Month of February 2010 - WISH Team Walkers and Runners Training Thread

[dismagiclover]

Jenny~That's a great idea to do the Baltimore half again to train for the full! You are going to do great!!

I have a friend that wants me to run it with her. It remains to be seen whether she is like you and leaves me in the dust

 

[MouseDogMom]

Jenny - Baltimore is still on my list of races to do, but I think we'll only shoot for the half when the time comes. But now that you mention hills... I guess it can't be any worse than what I've already run, but I like the idea of flat courses now that I've seen Myrtle Beach! DH and I have Baltimore on the back burner for this year, so we'll see.

Jennifer - 50-60 miles? And I was feeling good about 18-20 for this week. But then, I'm not training for a full right now either. Half marathons only until at least October, if then. There's still that goal I didn't meet in January that is hanging over my head...

Jeremy - The weather is making it hard on all of us. Fortunately, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed, all our snow is melted and the forecast is for 50 degrees + for the next 5 days. I'm delirious! Just hang in there and keep doing what you can. Any mileage is better than none.

Maura/Carrie - I'm really curious about Kensington! I want to see these hills.

Did 5 miles last night with DH. Scheduled for 10 tomorrow with my friends, but we're talking about maybe doing 12 to prepare for Tobacco Road on 3/21. If not this weekend, maybe next, but since the forecast is for 53 and sunny, we'd probably better take advantage of it while we can!

Jackie

 

[FireDancer]

Frank So have you run the Baltimore full? It is a tough course, lots of those mid-Atlantic hills (which are nothing like the overpasses they call hills at Disney) That is one reason I'm doing my first full at Disney World (though the main reason is I love the Disney medals)

No, I haven't. It was just last year I was going to until a wedding kept me from going. I will probably be doing it at some point in the future.

 

[jmasgat]

Carrie No plans onthe tri's. I sorta bought the wetsuit to have in case I get motivated to do another one. The local series that a friend of mine does (at Island Lake) has just added an Olympic distance to the sprint distance, so I might try that. There is also an Olympic one in Cadillace (Lumberman) that looks like it could be a good first time Olympic (same day as Steehead)

Kim Welcome back to the wonderful world of training....and go, Team Canada! Didya get any of the hot item mittens? Seems like Canada always has the Olympic clothes that people want to buy!

Jeremy Keep up the good work. I know it's tough in the wintertime to dodge snow/ice. Just take it easy, be careful, and don't get too hung up on pace/distance--do what you can!

Jenny Congrats on signing up for the full. I know exactly how you feel--like "What in God's name did I just do?!" BUt with training, you will get there. And you have a better race base under your belt than I did when I did the Mickey last month.

Frank I, too, have added in more leg weights this year. Last year, I figured "why work on legs when you're using them so much to run?". But I'm taking a different approach in order to become stronger and maybe avoid the kind of aches/pains/injuries that plagued me just before the full and even a little now.

Jackie Kensington is nice (although I think others would scoff at the "hills"--it' all relative) Good luck on your upcoming runs and enjoy the warm temps--I am still craving my usual mid-winter "run away to somplace warm"--but that isn't going to happen this year.

As for me....same old , same old. Finally tried on my wetsuit--it might have to go back. Feels really snug and almost had a mini-panic attack getting out of it. Will try again today, maybe soak in a tub (no lakes to go try it out this time of year!) and if still not ahppy, will exchange up a size.

Maura

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! Just a quick fly-by for me today... Did a short 2 miles on the TM at the gym last night. Planning on doing 13 miles tomorrow and then a 5 miler on Sunday. I probably shouldn't but I find myself wanting to give the hilly route another try. Hoping the weather stays nice!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[geaux_half]

Hi everyone:
Not a whole lot of training to post about this month. 3 weeks and the TFL muscle is still not cooperating. I'm going to have a follow-up visit with my chiropractor as I need it healed pronto. I've got a 10k on the schedule next weekend followed by 4 legs totalling about 20 miles of a 200+ mile relay race followed by back to back halfs March 20th and 21st. This injury wasn't accounted for in my race scheduling.
TGIF

 

[wtpclc]

Jackie - Maura's a goddess and the only person I know who says there are no hills there. While they aren't all huge, tehy just keep coming at you andn some of teh downs are too steep to recover. there is one that goes for a half mile. Here's the GPS info. Only look at the first 8.5 miles, the rest was forgettign to turn it off and driving home.

It is a beautiful course around a lake and they keep the path clear in teh winter. It' sby my parents, so I only have to run there about once a month or if the wweather is too bad at home (about 2.5 hours away).

Pat - Hang in tehre! Those darn injuries never show up at a good time.

Maura - IL hs an olympic? may have to check it out. DOn't make extra trips to teh area often, though. Maybe it will fall into one of my regular trips.

Did 45 min on teh TM last night. Proud of my self for mixing it up by increase pace adn increasing slope. It did go more quickly too.

 

[FireDancer]

Maura- I have the same "no need to work the legs" thinking during the summer. I do some light work but nothing heavy. In the winter, especially when the weather isn't cooperating" I hit the legs a little more. I also got a road bike at the end of last year and since it was late in the season I plan on using it much more this year. I figure that a couple of steep climbs will take care of the leg workout .

The weather has been pretty running-friendly around here this week so I was finally able to get in a proper running week. Hopefully it will stay about the same so I can start to ramp the miles up for the next few weeks.

I always look forward to the race season but for some reason this year I am more excited then usual. Maybe because I know it will end with the Disney full next January.

 

[MouseDogMom]

Pat - Don't you just hate it when the body doesn't respect your race schedule? Hope the muscle heals soon so you can get back out there. That's a pretty aggressive schedule you have ahead of you!

Carrie - Thanks for the Kensington info. We have a regular route here that would probably be similar - lots of long, gradual uphills with some fairly steep ones thrown in just to keep it interesting. The scenery for yours sounds much nicer, though!

Maura - Temp hit 65 today. Absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately, temps are headed back down for the week. Spring has to be around the corner somewhere!

Did a 10 mile LR yesterday with seriously negative splits. We were doing R3/W1 - first mile was a 12:29, last one was an 11:19. Then DH and a friend and I walked an additional 2 miles around the lake for a total of 12 miles. 4 weeks until the next half!

Jackie

 

[smacky1]

I ran my first half marathon today! It was much harder to maintain my goal pace than I thought it would be. The weather was decent, in the 30's, but the race was along the coast in NH so the wind was killer at some points. Overall, I met my goal exactly. I wanted a 9 minute pace and I finished at 1:57:59 placing 31 out of 87 for my age group and 562 overall. I was so happy and so exhausted at the finish! Now my legs are screaming at me! It was a fun day though.

 

[dismagiclover]

smacky1 Congratulations! That is a great half time and great that you hit your goal!

 

[timmac]

I ran my first half marathon today! It was much harder to maintain my goal pace than I thought it would be. The weather was decent, in the 30's, but the race was along the coast in NH so the wind was killer at some points. Overall, I met my goal exactly. I wanted a 9 minute pace and I finished at 1:57:59 placing 31 out of 87 for my age group and 562 overall. I was so happy and so exhausted at the finish! Now my legs are screaming at me! It was a fun day though.

Didn't realize you were going to be there, you guys need to get on Vic's list of upcoming races! I was the volunteer in the orange vest at mile 13 yelling out splits to the runners. Actually, my real purpose was to pick off unregistered bandits before they got into the finish chute, but yelling out times while I was standing there anyway seemed more productive.

Congrats on your first half, you did awesome!

 

[jmasgat]

Happy, snowy Monday everyone. Wait--no snow in 49 states today? Oh well, we're getting 5-8" here. Did my LR yesterday on a warm, sunny winter day, so snow today is okay.

Pat Sending healing thoughts your way. I always seem to leave an extra week or so in any long training plan for injury. And there's always something to deal with!

smacky1 Congrats on a phenomenal first and what a great time! That is one of my goals this year--to run sub-2:00.

Jackie Well, we didn't get 65, but we did get 40F yesterday...of course, now it's snowing. Great job on the run, and the negative splits. You'll fly at your half.

Well, might be time to go find the XC skis on the back patio and head to the park.

Maura

 

[smacky1]

Didn't realize you were going to be there, you guys need to get on Vic's list of upcoming races! I was the volunteer in the orange vest at mile 13 yelling out splits to the runners. Actually, my real purpose was to pick off unregistered bandits before they got into the finish chute, but yelling out times while I was standing there anyway seemed more productive.

Congrats on your first half, you did awesome!

You were there!!! I wish I would have posted my race before hand. Those last 2 miles were my toughest! I thought adrenaline would kick in, but it never did. I had to dig really far. Thanks for all your work volunteering! It was very well organized and fun. Im running that whole series, will you be at any other races?

 

[wtpclc]

smacky1 - Huge congratulations!!! That's awesome!

Jackie - Yay for teh negative splits!!!!

Maura - We haven't XC skiied yet this year. Must work on that. HOpe you had fun!!

Frank - I am more excited for race season this year too. I htink it's due to huge goals and making up fo ra sless than stellar marathon performance.

Did my pre-Princess 10-miler this weekend (modified MFM reverse taper from full adn train for half plan). Was awesome to be outside. beautiful day (for MI in February). My body was still screaming from Friday's core class, though. Not a good thing. Still, I finihsed and I know Princess has tobe better than that was.

 

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! Did a 13 miler on Saturday and it went pretty well. I did the hilly course again and the rolling hills section still felt tough to me but when I went back and checked the Garmin stats, I actually did that section just over 11 m/m. So not too slow (for me anyway ). Sunday I was suppose to run 5 miles - but I ended up going out really, really slow and I just didn't feel into it. My hips were pinching a bit so I cut it short at 2.5 miles It was warm and sunny out so I don't know what happened. Just one of those short runs that feels like it's 3x as long as it really is I guess. I feel a little badly about it because the snow seems to be coming down today so I'm not sure if my plans to run tomorrow morning will happen.

smacky - Congrats on your first half! And a fantastic time too!! I'd love to be able to run as fast as you do!

Carrie - WTG on your 10 miler! The Princess is right around the corner - you must be really excited!!

Maura - Glad to hear you got in your miles before the white stuff hits. The forecast here is calling for snow all week but so far nothing seems to be sticking. I'm still not looking forward to the drive back home tonight.

Frank - I'm another one looking forward to this racing season as well. Not sure I'll break any records but I'm looking forward to trying out new and longer distances leading up to next January.

Jackie - Negative splits? That's awesome!! Not to mention the extra two miles at the end! Which race is your next half?

That's it for me! I'll check in later

 

[johde]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement. This weekend was better. On Thursday, I hit the gym before work. I over did things a little bit and felt a little lightheaded afterwards. The room was hot though and I wasn't expecting that. I went back to the gym again on Saturday, and took it a little easier and made sure I had plenty of fluids during my walk. I did much better. Sunday was a not horrible so I got outside to do my long walk. I completed the 6mi for the week. It started sprinkling at about 3 1/2 miles but never rained hard and ended up stopping after about 30 minutes. So, even though things have been crazy, I've been able to get my long walks in each week.

Snacky, congratulation on your first half. Breaking 2:00 is great.

Vicky, good job on getting your 13 miles in Saturday.

Carrie, good job on your 10 miles, I will hopefully be at that level in a little over a month.

Maura, I know your sick of the snow because I am too. We are getting rain from this system right now. It's supposed to change into snow tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[TEK224]

Pat - Hope you're healing up well. I missed whatever the injury is, but I hope it's getting better.

It's gonna be busy at work this week so I wanted to get on here and which everyone a great time in NOLA this weekend. Have a great race!

Terri

 

[FireDancer]

Smacky1- Congratulations on your first half. How long after finishing did it take you to decide what the next one is you are going to do? I was looking at doing the ING in Hartford last fall, I image you ran kind of close to there since NH doesn't have a lot of coast.

Maura- XC skis huh? I have no desire to downhill ski but I think XC would be fun.

Carrie- Yeah, I think having tough goals help keep you optimistic. I have a lot of fun races this year too which helps too.

Jeremy- Where in Ohio are you? We had rain all day but it finally let up so I could get out this evening.

It was looking like a miserable day but the rain stopped just long enough to get in a quick 4.5 evening. The week is looking like it might go downhill but they have been overly cautious up here so far this winter so I am hoping we dodge another predicted storm. It helps that the lake is frozen and we aren't getting the lake effect snow any longer this year.

 

[smacky1]

Smacky1- Congratulations on your first half. How long after finishing did it take you to decide what the next one is you are going to do? I was looking at doing the ING in Hartford last fall, I image you ran kind of close to there since NH doesn't have a lot of coast.

I actually signed up for a race series call the Will Run for Beer race series so I had a race schedule planned for this winter. It includes another half marathon in April. My race was in Hampton NH which is a little over 2 hours from Hartford. They are doing another half and full marathon in October called the Hampton Rockfest. After this race series I may start training for that. I have to tell you that the quote you have from Lance Armstrong has gotten me through many tough training moments! Thanks for posting it. During the half, someone had a sign that read "suffer today, brag tomorrow", another saying I will use on those difficult days.
Lisa