Marathon Training thread for 8/8-8/15

[trola2]

Hey Everyone!

1:04 for me this morning! Yeah!! Hurricane Charlie has sucked the heat and humidity away from us for a day or two! Yeah!! (Sorry So Florida!) Anyway, it was only 60 this AM and ony 80% humidity and when you are used to 75 and 98%, that is a BIG difference!! BRING ON JANUARY WEATHER!!lol

Decaff, great job on teh 15+ minute miles! I like that you are training on teh sly. Only my sis and my DH knows my plans.

wovenwonder/jody- you CAN do this. I'm planning to be at the back of the pack, so I'll be trying to catch up with you!! Keep on walking!

Debbie- are you still on vacation? Hope it was/is great!

Karen, I love the idea of a training book. I can imagine the pictures!!

Have a great day everyone! We're journeying to town today...the kids are begging for happy meals!!

~~Beth

 

[ibouncetoo]

Haven't been doing too well on eating and exercising (not too awful, though), so I thought I'd just post some inspirational stuff from John Bingham's book "Marathoning for Mortals". This quote is from the end of the book, a section intitled "The Rest Of Your Life"

The finish line is not the end, the finish line is the beginning. Standing at the starting line gives you permission to hope. Taking the time to train, putting in the mileage, making the changes in your life, and taking the risks has given you consent to hope for the best in yourself. The miracle is not that you finished, but that you had the courage to start (italics mine).

Crossing the starting line also gives you permission to dream. You can dream about the perfect day, the perfect race and the perfect experience. It may not happen that way, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't dream about it.

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. And faith is one of the most powerful emotions you can experience.

Faith is what keeps us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that conquers fear. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, and all of those voices that tell you what you can and cannot do and can and cannot be.

If standing at the starting line gives you permission to dream, crossing the finish line gives you permission to plan. Crossing the finish line gives you permission to plan for your next success, to plan for the realization of your next dream. The last step of the race is the first step of the rest of your life.

..............................You've also learned that what stops most of us from achieving our dreams--as athletes and as people--are the confines of our imaginations. We can never be more than we imagine we can be. And as long as we restrict ourselves by our imaginations, we forever bind ourselves to our past and blind ourselves to our futures.

Your limits lie behind you now. With that one final step across the finish line, you liberated yourself from everything you ever thought you knew about yourself. You have taken the very first step on the course to your destiny. Waddle on..........

 

[karebear1]

That is EXCELLENT Jackie! My 2 favorite parts are:

"Faith is the emotion that conquers fear"

and

"You've also learned that what stops most of us from achieving our dreams- as athletes and as people- are the confines of our imaginations. WE CAN NEVER BE MORE THEN WE IMAGINE WE CAN BE. And as long as we restrict our imaginations, we forever bind ourselves to our past and blind ourselves to the future."

Thanks for posting those!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

ibouncetoo, Wow! Jackie, Thanks for that inspiration.

trola2, Beth, glad you are finished with the rain part. Fl looked so bad on the weather maps last night.

I am reading and trying to become more familiar with my WISH walking buddies and trying to put DIS names to RL names so when we meet I may have some down by then. We'll see. The list is on Kam's site too right?

So far today I am in for 20 minutes Winsor Pilates. Since I did not get out the bed early enough to walk, I am so trying to figure out how I will fit in any walk tonight. I want/need to watch Olympic opening ceremonies. I have dinner out tonight. I must walk. Hmmm. I am feeling like the Rocky and Bullwinkle skit:
"Hey Rocky, wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat? Oops, wrong hat!" I am going to find the right hat for my magic. I will walk tonight! I must walk.

 

[plutosmyfav]

Hi everyone

Today was a light training day for me. Upperbody weights, abs and 1.2 miles on the treadmill in 20 minutes.

I hope all you Floridians are safe.

Sundie

 

[karebear1]

Ok everybody- I'm leaving to go out of town again- this time I'm headed to visit my DD Alissa in Utah! I have asked Jackie or Mom to start the thread at the beginning of the week. If neither of them are able to get around to it (I just asked them and am leaving before I'll be able to know what their response will be!)- someone else..... please pick up the ball and run with it! I worry about you guys and want to have somewhere to post your success's. I will try to get access to a computer while I'm gone- but there are no guarantees- so............

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
Colleen- have a great trip next week.!

 

[Auntmeme]

Have a safe trip Karen

Thanks Jackie for that wonderful passage, it's changed my feelings about the starting line. I now feel as if I've already started and I'm heading to get that donald medal so I can find out what my next adventure will be I love it!

I walked/jogged 2.75 miles on dm treadmill - 2.5 just over 37 min and then a cool down. I feel great however my legs are feeling it

I finally washed my sneaks and they look marvelous- yeah! Just to share good news - I fit into a dress I haven't worn since before ds was born. It's just a denim casual short one that I took to Portugal summer 2000, but today it fit great - yippie

Walk walk walk .............

 

[ohMom]

jackie -- thanks for sharing that from you book -- i need to read things like that now. i'm feeling very out of shape from slacking this past month

i hit the path this morning, jogged .5 miles then just didn't have it in me so I walked the rest totally just over 3 miles. I was disappointed to see I had been gone almost an hour when I got home, I guess i need to wear my watch to keep myself paced better.

I gave myself a pep talk this morning - TODAY I start counting points again faithfully and considering myself to be "in training" I kept saying to myself i'd be 'in training' in the fall. well fall is almost here and i need to spend the next two weeks getting back to the shape I was in at the beginning of the summer.

jody -- glad you joined us

 

[ibouncetoo]

Today was my 'long' walk (though only scheduled as 2 miles) but I was in the ZONE and did 3.75. Took a pinch over one hour, but was practicing my new stride.....concentracting on form...and boy did it make a difference on how I felt when I was done!

Here's how I used to walk: Lean forward, throw one leg as far forward as possible, flap foot on ground, drag body forward. CRIKEY, no wonder my hips and knees were killing me!

New walk: Stand up straight! Small step forward landing on heel, rolling foot and PUSHing off with toe...by the time the next foot strikes the ground, your body is already balanced over it.

Now I just have to concentrate on this so it becomes a habit and I don't fall back into my floppy ways! PixieMagic is helping.....as we'd walk, she'd just quietly say "Flapping" LOL!

Goal for next week............STICK TO THE TRAINING SCHEDULE!

 

[Auntmeme]

Wow OHmom & Ibounce you guys did great -

I walked only 1.85 today due to timing. But that completes my goal of walking 5 days this week for a total of 13 miles yippie and next week I'll beat that!

Keep focused and keep training!

 

[pixiechick]

hi guys!

slow and steady 10 mile run today. Ended in a light rain--felt great!

Hopefully, we'll be flying out to WDW tomorrow. If air travel is still a mess, we may drive. We'll see!

Great job to Meme--fitting into smaller clothes!! Woo-hoo!!

ibouncetoo: I have really been focusing on my form as well. My new thing is counting my stride per minute. Really good runners hit 180 per minute. I'm stuck at about 165 steps. Gives me something to think about when I get bored!

Molli: I hear you about the refocusing thing. I had planned to crack down this week. However, TOM hit and "Blitz week" didn't. DH and I are in for a "boot camp" mentality when we get back from Disney (assuming we get there!)

Train well everyone, and send some pixie dust this way so we get to the world!
Colleen

 

[ibouncetoo]

Have a great trip Colleen.....I'm just a couple of more weeks behind you.

YEAH! I bought new shoes this afternoon.....asics GT 2090 Duomax Gels....or something like that. Can't believe what size I ended up with (one and a half sizes larger than my normal shoes) but the fit is GREAT. My sister bought me a pedometer, now I just have to figure out how to work it!

 

[Debbie]

Hello, Everyone! I can see that you are all doing well. I am busy, busy, busy....you can tell that the countdown to school is on. When I picked up the milk today, and the expiry date was Sept. 1, you should have seen my face.

It was a long walk for me, today-5 miles. I plotted out what I thought would work, walked and timed myself, and then checked with a car (after stretching). Turns out that I didn't do five miles.

I did 5.8 miles in 98 minutes. I'll take that, thank you! My knee did fine, until I did some school work on the 'puter. It was really screaming by the end of the afternoon. Ibuprofen will be on the TOP of my packing list come January.

And, now, since it is Sunday I guess we should end this thread and begin the next! See you over there.