Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos for April 19th, 20th and 21st!

[Maherae]

It's a BIG weekend in the race community, and the WISH team has a full slate as well! Ultra's, tri's, marathons, halfs, a 20K, a 10K, and 5K's...wheww!!! Have a GREAT time at your event, be safe!!


Saturday, 19th
thndrmatt (Matt) Mullet Man Tri (.25 swim /16.2 bike /4 run); Perdido Key, FL
goingthedistance (Paul) Unser 1/2 Marathon; Albuquerque, NM
aldisneygrl (Sandi) ReCreation 5K; Huntsville, AL
curiouser (Morgan) Old Oak Run 5k; Cleveland, OH (first EVER event AND !!!)
DisneyDudet () Fort Worth Zoo Run 5K/10K; Fort Worth, TX
FireDancer (Frank) Old Oak Run 5k; Cleveland, OH
KiraG (Kira) Philadelphia Run for Clean Air 5K; PA
runningjusme's DH FIRST 5K; Dallas, TX
tiggerspal222 (Patrick) and DW twoWDWfools (Liz) Promise Run for Wellness 5K/10K; Aurora, IL

Sunday, 20th
Jodi Jack Bristol Lake Waramaug Ultra 50K (31 miles); New Preston, CT
CynthiaCindy (Cindy) LAWS Run for the Shelter 1/2 Marathon; Leesburg, VA
Optimator (Mike) LAWS Run for the Shelter 1/2 Marathon; Leesburg, VA
lourodrigis (Lou) Penn Relays Distance Classic 20K (12.4 miles); Philadelphia, PA
cdn_gal_eeyore (Leana) Vancouver Sun Run (10K); British Columbia, Canada
blizzard (Carol) Tour de Airdrie 5K; Airdrie AB, Canada
FireDancer (Frank) City2City 5K; Cleveland, OH
jims2cool (Jim) and DW WDWFAN9 (Pat) A Walk to Remember 5K; Chicago, IL

Monday, 21st
BOSTON MARATHON: MA
Theta's DH

GO! WISH Team GO! ​

 

[princessrunner]

GOOD LUCK WISHers. GO TEAM GO!!!

 

[Kristi1357]

Go WISHers, GO!

 

[jmasgat]

Good luck, everybody. Run/walk welll!

Maura

 

[JustSmile]

Go, Wishers, Go!

 

[runningjusme]

my DH is doing his first 5K this Saturday...

good luck WISH'ers...

 

[wtpclc]

Wow, tons of WISH racing this week!

Go WISH Go!!!!!

 

[TXAng]

GOOD LUCK, TEAM!!

 

[curiouser]

GOOOOOO WISHERS!!!

 

[postesf]

Goooo WISH Team!!!! Good luck!!!

Stacie

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Go WISH Team.

I can't wait to read everyone's report!

 

[WDWFAN9]

WISHers Rock::

 

[tink06]

Let's go WISH team, Let's go!!

 

[Caseydilla]

Good luck to all!

 

[escape]

Wow! Look at all the races!

Good luck Wish Team!

 

[RedDragon]

Go WISH team!

 

[ScoJo15]

GOOD LUCK WISHERS!! Remember to HAVE FUN out there :

 

[CarolA]

GOOD LUCK WISHERS!! Remember to HAVE FUN out there :

DANG!

I should have read this first LOL!

I am not on the list because I didn't finally commit until yesterday but I did the Corners to Crossing 10K near Atlanta today.

This was NOT fun LOL! I am not sure what happened but my body rebelled on this one. MIle 1 was a struggle. About 1.5 I gave up and just said "walk, if you have to you can walk the whole thing" Finally about 2.25 miles into it I felt better and started jogging again. I actually was enjoying myself around 3 and 4. And then came the end.

This course was laid out by someone who wanted to watch people drop. The last half mile had the WORST hill I have ever seen on a race route before. I grew up in the mountains of East Tennessee. This thing had a straight up grade. (On the few occassions that it snows in Atlanta those folks can't leave home, trust me!) So I walked "SLOWLY" up that thing.

Overall my time was SLOWER then my time in Febuary despite being better trained..; 1.18.54.

My Minnie training plan says to do 8 miles next weekend. I am really thinking I need to pull back. It appears my legs don't recover as fast as the plan assumes.. hmm.... They were really tired today. I did five miles Tue and 3 Thur but did both of them at a good clip (for me ) So... I will have to think about this.

I am proud of myself for sticking with it. Those first miles were so tough I wanted to go back to the car LOL!

 

[joan4mickey]

Last night some one told me about a local 5K to be run today to benefit a food bank in honor of a young wife and mother who died while training for a marathon.

So I got home last night, googled the race, and got directions and left at 7:30 to register and race. The course was hilly-not big hill just sort of rolling. I did a 26:45-I think, I hope the results will be posted online later so I can see. The start was hard and slow because they just had all runners move forward and asked the children to get behind adults.

The best was the $13000 raised for the food bank and this was the 1st annual race.

 

[AmyBeth68]

Joan, THAT pace that was AWESOME! WTG on a great race!!!

CarolA, Great job getting out there. Tough runs and races happen...but you were a warrior and fought through it. Don't stress the slower pace, different courses bring different results. WTG!

To everyone else: GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!!!!