Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos for April 5th and 6th!

[Maherae]

We've got WISHers strutting their stuff north, south, east, mid-west and far west, across the ocean!! Even outer space gets a mention!!! Have fun! Be safe!!

Saturday, 5th

Raleigh Rocks 1/2 Marathon; NC
getnthinr (Wendy)
jeanneg (Jeanne) and DH (John)
HMHunters (Renee)

mkymshi (Jeff) Ford Island Bridge Run (10K); HI
BamaEd1 (Ed) GEICO Wright Flyers Heritage 5K; Montgomery, AL
Steffwalks (Connie) Redbud Classic; Oklahoma City, OK

Sunday, 6th

Great Bay 1/2 Marathon; Newmarket, NH
Groovy Girls (Joanne)
Kristi1357 (Kristi) and DH Mickeyhead (Chad)
princessrunner (Lisa)
Pungodingy (Angie)

Martian 1/2 Marathon; Dearborn, MI
DianeL (Diane) and DF (Cathy)
funwalker (Margie)
mousemgr (Susan)
Stitch lover Sith (Erin)
wtpclc (Carrie) and DH (Scott)
xterratri (Lynne)

GO! WISH Team GO! ​

 

[princessrunner]

Go WISH team!!! Good luck to everyone, especially all the Greay Bayers!!! We have 1 more team mate running, Groovy Girls (Joanne) who is on a bike vacation right now, silly girl...

GO WISH TEAM!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jmasgat]

Good luck to my SuperGoofs teammates at the Great Bay--Lisa, Kristi, Chad,Angie!

And to all the Martian Marathoners--hope to see you out there on the course. I'm a course marshall, but don't know where yet. If I find out soon enough, I'll let you know!

Maura

 

[wtpclc]

No laughing at teh MArtians! OMG, you should see teh e-mails you get. If youwant bizzarre....The have space ship parking. We're going to be the biggest WISH meet of teh weekend, though! Woo hoo!!!!

Good luck to everyone!!!!!

Anne - Thanks so much for doing this. Promise I'll be better about this report than the Ice Fest! Color coding girls and boys? You are too good!

 

[WDWFAN9]

Go Team Go

Have a blast this weekend, and be sure to post pics of your medals!!

 

[ScoJo15]

GOOD LUCK WiSHers!!!

 

[lenshanem]

GO TEAM WISH!

 

[CynthiaCindy]

Good luck everyone

Can't wait to read the race reports!

 

[tink06]

Good Luck WISH team!!!!!!!!

 

[twoWDWfools]

Go WISH Team!!

 

[AmyBeth68]

Gooooooooooo WiSH!!!!

I WiSH you all FANTASTIC races! Have fun and be safe!!!

 

[postesf]

Have fun y'all!!!

Go WISH Team!!!

Stacie

 

[DianeL]

Thank you to everyone!!!

Maura I'll be watching for you but I'm sure you'll be able to pick us all out of the crowd cause you know we'll all be wearing WISH! wear

I'll be sure to take my camera to the expo tomorrow and get our WISH Volunteers in action (Carrie, Scott and Margie). I'm still trying to decide if I want to try and carry a camera on Sunday but I'm really tempted with the mile markers we'll be seeing.

Good luck to the rest of the racers this weekend!!!! Safe driving to all as I know some (Erin and Lynne) are traveling a ways.

(((Anne)))) May is almost here!!!!

 

[Caseydilla]

Just wanted to wish everyone good luck this weekend.

 

[TXAng]

Good Luck!!

 

[Big Vic]

Good luck everyone!!

 

[BamaEd1]

Here's my race report. My race got postponed due to rain. The awful part is that I won't get to run it at all because the new date is the same day as the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. Stupid rain!

 

[scoolover]

Congrats to everyone who went out today with the courage to start.

Here is my long report:

This morning was the Hartford, CT 1/4 marathon. It was 6.554 miles of "rolling" hills. In all fairness, I had run the course before so I knew what I was getting into. There was one really big hill and lots of other ups and downs. The course was two loops around a reservoir and was a real pretty run.

My goal was to run 59.59. I figured that with a 10K PR of 56 and change, that would be good. That would also be about a 9:10 pace for the course.

The first mile was way too quick. I went through the mile mark at 8:17 and actually said, "Oh ****", out loud. Even with a shorter race, starting out that quickly could spell trouble. The second mile was where the big hill was. I ran up it and passed a few people on the hill. The good news was that by the 1.5 mile mark, the course was either pretty much flat or down hill. I went through the two mile mark in 17:21 which must have been a 9:04 mile. That was better as far as pace goes but still, with the hill was probably too fast. I cruised down the hill on the otherside and passed the 5K mark at 27 minutes.

That was about where I wanted to be but I felt like ****. I have a head cold and some gastric issues. Perhaps even running today was asking a little much. I passed the finish line without getting lapped which was another goal. I stopped for some water that my girlfriend was holding because the water they had on the course doesn't work with me. Mile 4 I felt like I got back on pace a little . I ran that in just over 9 minutes so the pace was again fine. Mile 5 had the big hill again. My plan all along was to walk that hill. I did but didn't lose much because my fast walk was almost as quick as their slow hill run. After I got to the top, I ran for a bit and did something I have not done before in a race.

I quit. My stomach was churning and my head hurt. My pace was slowing and it was getting hot. I said, "screw it, I'll walk it in". The good news was that after a few minutes, I felt a little better and decided I could jog it in. I picked up the pace as the big down hill approached. When I saw that I had 13 minutes to run the last 1.55 miles, I figured that I could still do it. What's 13 minutes of misery? Well, to make a long story short, I did it. I hammered the last 1.55 miles and finished the race in 59:41 for a 9:07 pace. I then promptly went behind a structure and tried to puke. I could only muster some foam the the puking sensation went away.

I was 215 out of 311 (sometimes you show up and finish in the top 1/4 and sometimes the good runners show up and you finish in the botton 1/3.

I was 10 out of 19 in the clydesdale divison. That pissed me off because there was no one there heavier than I was. No one that I saw anyway. I think they used the 190 weight class. Also, there were no scales so who knows.

The post race food was very good. Lots of sweets though.

Overall, It was a good race. If I wasn't suck a wussy, it would have been better but I can't blame the race for that. I'd do it again.

 

[TXAng]

Ed - Oh, no! Sorry your race got rained out.

Scott - Congrats on finishing within your goal time! Sorry that you had a rough time of it.

 

[Big Vic]

Scott - WTG!!