June Sizzling Summer Warriors!

[dsnyfan21]

Welcome to JUNE Warriors!!

Quote:
Originally Posted by TigerLily03
New WISH Team members. If you read one thing over and over, believe this. Being part of this team is fantastic. Part of the ride you get for the event is what I call the roller coaster. There will be lots of ups and downs. The more you post here, the more you will find yourself enjoying the ride. It is an incredible journey. Don't be afraid, shy or whatever to come here and just post up anything.You don't have to know us right away, or all of us at all. You will get to know some of us. It makes the event you are enjoying have MORE meaning and we love to have you.


2010 Warrior Team Members:

Tracy/dsnyfan21 (team coordinator)
Amanda/DrMomof3
Britney/Princess Bmoney
Carrie/wtpclc
Cheree/FortheMedal
Chris/GoofyinOhio
Courtney/Schmorks
Erica/3DisneyKids
Jeff/mkymsehi
Jeremy/Johde
Jim/JimB.
Kate/SmileyK8
Kathey/EmbroideryGrandma
Lily/Tiger Lily 03
Marcia/Mooshu
Michelle/MiaBand
Pam/Bookwood
Sarah/SarahRose
Stan/Goofy57



PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I AM MISSING YOU!!



****Please don't post until after Carrie has posted second for this month and then go crazy after that.

 

[wtpclc]

Don't forget to tell us your races for the month! I'll post the schedule here and remind everyone to be virtually cheering before the race.


June 6
Sarah Rose - Susan G Komen RfTC - 5K

June 13
SmileyK8/Kate - Race for Life 5K - Course Marshall
Goofy57/Stan - 5K

June 20
Sarah Rose - Furry 5K - Seattle Animal Shelter

June 26
dsnyfan21/Tracy - 5K
Sarah Rose - Seattle RnR Half Maarathon

June 27
wtpclc/Carrie - Bear Lake Triahtlon - Olympic distance

 

[wtpclc]

Hope veryone had a great weekend!

I did a tri sprint Saturday. Was not my best effort, but learned some valuable lessons. The report is on the tri thread if you are interested: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36838524&postcount=244

 

[johde]

Carrie - Sorry to ready the Sprint Tri didn't go as planned. I hope the next one goes better.

Tracy - Thanks for the advice. With the plan I'm on, the min. of walk and run change every week but I get to choose the run interval / walk interval and number of repeats. The goal of this is 2 fold. 1) get to continuous running of 2-3 miles and 2) Interspurse running into my fall 1/2 marathon. Like you said, I've been trying to listen to my body to most effectively decide on what to do next week.


AFM - Todays workout went well. I completed my 9 minutes of running during my 30 min. main workout without any major problems. I did the same 8 repeats of 1:08 run and 2:30 walk. The walk interval felt longer than I needed and I felt like I could have run more. That's a good sign for next week. I ended up doing a total of 3 miles. The best thing is no shin pain. Each prior C25k attempt has been cut short with shin pain. The half marathon training really helped build up my legs.

 

[wtpclc]

Jeremy - SO glad that you ar eseeing progress! That is awesome!!!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Jeremy: sounds like you are doing great with that training.

Carrie - I am doing a 5K this month on the 26th, just can't remember the name right now.

Hope all the Warriors are hydrating, applying their sunscreen (and reapplying) and using their hats/visors and lip balm with sunscreen!!
Be careful out there my peeps!

 

[Sarah_Rose]

Good Morning, Warriors! I'm making use of all my newfound free time I've discovered exists when you don't sleep! Hmmm.... when was the last time I was awake and up at 3:30 am? Oh right, marathon weekend Sunday! Can I go back to the second trimester? Please?

Tracy: Hydrating and sunscreen isn't much of an issue in Seattle, so far! We haven't seen the sun here in 3 weeks, now! I'm literally growing algae in my backyard!

Carrie: Learnings experiences are always valuable, no matter how much they might suck while you're doing it! For June, I'm running (walking? waddling?) the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5K on June 6th, the Furry 5K for the Seattle Animal Shelter on June 20th, and the Seattle Rock n Roll Half Marathon on June 26th.

Jeremy: Oh, the good old C25K. More like an exercise in math skills than anything else but it does get you there in the end!

I've been a bit stalled by the bad weather here in Seattle for the last few weeks - it's hard to get motivated to run when it's been raining for 3 weeks straight! I do have my 10 mile long run coming up on Saturday, though, so I figure this will be the real test as to how the Rock n Roll will go in 3 weeks. I don't feel particularly well-trained at all, but I'm not sure I would anyway, at 7 months pregnant, so I'm going to give a stab at it.

A big construction truck just drove down my street and my big furry protectors (our two German Shepherds will not leave me alone for a minute, lately!) just freaked out. It's time to get back to bed, I guess!

 

[smileyk8]

Sarah sorry the weather's been so rough for you, and really really wishing you well for your 10miles. i can't believe you're 7 months!!!!! I'll do a sun dance for you later!

Carrie i'll be popping over to read you report, but I think sometimes things have to go slightly wrong so that you know how to do it better next time!

Tracy i hope things are starting to fall into place for you. Sun-running should come with a caution

jeremy it sounds like you're really seeing progress which is so brilliant and exciting. Keep it up!

Me I've been struggling to get out with a bit of soreness, but off to running club in a bit. Oooh does it count if i'm volunteering for an event? I'm a course marshall for the race for life on 13th June. It's a cancer research event and i can't wait!

 

[wtpclc]

Kate - You know how much volunteers are needed. Of course that counts! orry about hte soreness. DOn't push too hard today!

Tracy - Good warning. Summer runs are tough wand we need to take extra care.

Sarah - I can't eblieve you're still running/walking/waddling. You are amazing! Hope all goes well for your final traning and your race!

 

[JimB.]

Happy Freakin' Hot Thursday Warrioirs!!

It's a beautiful SUNNY day in ST Augustine today. The temperature is a Balmy 87º with the humidity hovering around a nice dry 65%, which gives us a heat index right now of 95 !!

I managed to fit in a 700m swim workout today (haven't been wet for a couple of weeks, so it's the "1 step back" workout today.

Afterwards I put in a 22 mile bike ride, & even on my bike I was sweatin' like a race horse.

No races scheduled this month, but I AM going on a (non-Disney) cruise in 3 weeks, so I've got that going for me!!

Ya'll stay safe & drink lots of water!!! I'm finally figuring out (after HOW many decades of living in Florida...... ??) that really late afternoon runs seem to be the best for heat/humidity concerns. I just have to time it so that I do not run out of light!

Carrie - I read your Tri report. We all have off days, but you showed up & gave it your best!! Color me jealous. I can't find a Tri that fits my schedule at all! As for the swimming, I am using the pool right now strictly for intervals. I do sets of 25M sprints, then 50's (starting to slide in 75's) and work back down. They are really KILLERS!, but it seems (for what little time I get to the pool) to be helping me, especially with "bursts" of exertion. I am HOPING that it will translate eventually into longer, faster swims. I have to be able to do 500m in 10 minutes for an advanced certification at work, so that's my goal right now.

But, I was approached today by a co-worker who said "Some of us are planning to do the Alcatraz swim in 2011. C'mon, it'll be fun!"

Wha.........................................???????

 

[wtpclc]

Jim - Thanks. Your sprints sound sliek they would help me a lot. Just for recovery from going out too fast. Great job in the pool! 500m in 10 min??????? I can do 50 m in 10 min. lol. OK, I'm not that bad, but 500M, would take me at least 15 min. NTW, finally caught up on our May thread. So sorry about the run you had for the wife of 20 yrs. Thansk for the reminder to tell our loved ones we love them. Your job is so hard. I'm very grateful people like you are out ther efor us, though. Funny, that temp does not sound much different from MI this weekend.

 

[John VN]

Hello Warriors, I'd like to introduce myself;

Name: John (Embroidery Grandma's husband)
Age: 60 in July
Races: 2010 Disney's Up 5K
Upcoming races: Wine and Dine relay-2nd leg, Spacecoast 1/2 marathon,
Jan 2011-5k, 1/2 marathon and full marathon
Hobby: Bicycle riding
First race: Disney's Up 5k

 

[dsnyfan21]

John : It's nice to have you on board!! I most likely will be doing the Spacecoast Half as well!!

Jim: Yepper it's going to be a nice hot and humid summer in FL!! yippee. I do some miles during the week after work around 5:30 or it's first thing in the morning like 6:30am or 7am to try and beat the heat. I really don't mind it and think it makes my endurance that much better, but I do true to be smart about it. I do like getting over to the beach and getting that surf breeze and salt in the face!!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!!

SARAH- good racing tomorrow!! whoo hoo!!

AFM: I did an early sweaty 4 miles at the beach (included bith elbow bombs and pinky pistols! ). I am going to try and make this a Saturday deal every week. I am feeling like I am being drawn to the beach somehow - with all the dread and doom looming for most of the FL coastline for the soon to come tar and oil, I want to enjoy it. I needed to see some surf and all that stuff. It was hot and humid out there even at 6:45 in the morning. Nice breeze but only hit you in the face when you were going South. The last mile I decided to do in the compacted beach sand - good workout for the feet and legs. I finally SIGNED up for the WDW Half. I am hoping to do the Wine and Dine and Spacecoast to finish out the year.
I am now waiting on my lender to finalize their side and then get a closing date. whoo hoo!!

 

[John VN]

Tracy, thanks for the welcome and I am glad to be onboard.

We're at SSR right now enjoying the HEAT. I got out this morning at 3:35AM for a 5+ mile walk before Kathy joined me at 4:38AM. The temp. wasn't too bad that early and we had one mocking bird that greated us as we headed towards the Treehouse Villas.

Hear what you are saying about the beaches but the word where we live is that unless there is another wicked Huricane Charlie event, the loop current should keep us clean. Not so for the rest of Fl.

I hope to me you and other Team Members at W&D, Spacecoast and 2011 Marathon Weekend.

Stay hydrated and safe.

p.s. no idea why the un-smilie is in the upper left

 

[Embroidery Grandma]

The continuation of John's post

I met up with John and then we continued for another 4.81 miles My knees hurt but we had inclines that we do not have at home. It was nice to be walking at Disney. We really need to get out constantly to get in practice

Grand kids just arrived. First time meeting our new grand daughter Courtney

Kathy

 

[johde]

Hi All

John - Welcome, It's alway good to have a new member.

John & Kathy - Have fun at WDW. I'm a DVC member but have never stayed at SSR. My home is OKW so I normally book there first and then try to transfer at the 7 month window. So far I've stayed at OKW, BWV and AKL. They are all great.

Tracy - Sounds like you had a good run.

Jim - Sound like you had a good workout. Our temp. hasn't been that how but plenty hot enough for up north in early June.

AFM, Thing are going OK. I got out this morning and almost did the same workout again. The only thing I did differently is combine the last 2 runs sections into 1 longer 2:16 run. I did it last so if I had trouble running that long I still got most of my minutes in. I normally would have done this workout yesterday but when I woke up, my knee wasn't feeling right. I didn't hurt but it didn't feel 100% either. I'm thinking I slept on it wrong. I decided to play it safe and postpone yesterdays workout. Today when I woke up it felt better.

I don't have any races officially on the schedule but I'm planning on doing the 1/2 marathon in Columbus in October. I got the calander out and figured out I need to start building mile starting right after July 4th weekend.

 

[MiaBanda]

Hey Warriors!

Hi John! Welcome to the Warriors! Glad to have you here.

I feel like a slug. Haven't worked out / ran since last Tuesday!! Too much going on between a cake order for Saturday and going camping. Gotta get back at it today!!

And summer has definitely arrived here too. But we missed Spring! We went from cold rain / hail / thunderstorms to warm rain with horrible humidity to 90+ degrees! Outdoor running is going to be difficult for a while.

Happy training Warriors!

 

[johde]

Hi All
My workout went fairly well today. I bumped my running interval up to 1:30 and my walking time down to 2:15, for a total of 12min running/18 min walking. Right now, my biggest problem is my leg want to go faster but my cardio can't keep up.

 

[goofy57]

Hey Howdy Hey Warriors,

Hope June is going well for everyone. Gotta 5K coming up this Saturday. I/m looking to PR in it. My previous best is 26:16, I will be happy with anything below that.

My goal for the year was to run a 1000 miles. I am currently sitting at 525, so I should make it as long as an injury does not crop up. So far so good.

My wife & I have registered for the Wind & Dine 1/2 mary relay in October. We are both really excited about running this as a relay. It will be a first for us. Before the Wine & Dine, we are going to run the Disneyland 1/2. I ran it last year and had a blast. I want another Coast to Coast medal. This will be my wifes first 1/2 after a bunch of 5K's.

Good luck to everyone with there running & wlkaing this summer.

PS only a couple of weeks til Toy Story 3 comes out, yea!!!!

 

[John VN]

Thanks all for the WELCOME.

I envy you runners, seems like my legs just can't handle the movements required to run. I enjoy walking but maybe someday.....who knows!

I hopped on the TM for 40 minutes tonight while DW was on the recumbent. Time passed pretty rapidly watching Bones. I plan on heading out early tomorrow for a 60+ mile bike ride. Will use it to burn off all the calories I ate while at WDW this past weekend.

johde, I found that riding my bike in lower gears has allowed me to lengthen my cardio workout without causing pain or injuries. High cadence gets those fast twitch muscles moving and the heart has to speed up to fulfill the oxygen requirements. Without training this way I would never be able to ride the 125 mile rides and feel great afterwards.

On these hot days, don't neglect constant hydration and enjoy your training sessions.