Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos for May 3rd and 4th

[Maherae]

WOW!! The WISH team will be EVERYWHERE!! Temperatures are getting higher..be safe! Have fun!!

Saturday, May 3rd

EPCOTDUDE (Bob) New Jersey Marathon (FIRST Full!)

Festival 500 1/2 Marathon; Indianapolis, IN
AmyBWV99 (Amy) and DH (Matt)
jims2cool (Jim) and DW WDWFAN9 (Pat)
Larahb (Lara)

gatorphipps (Christa) and DS trail 1/2 Marathon; NC
FireDancer (Frank) Run with the Captains 5K; Eastlake, OH

Sunday, May 4th

bjkj (Jill) Lincoln National Guard 1/2 Marathon; NE
hockeygirl (Laurie) Long Branch 1/2 Marathon; NJ
goofyinohio (Chris) Flying Pig 1/2 Marathon; Cincinnati, OH
KelNottAt (Kelley) Frederick 1/2 Marathon; Frederick, MD

Eugene 1/2 Marathon; Eugene, OR
klh-or (Karla)
Rakes5 (Rachael)
Sassparillo (Heather)

Bloomsday; Spokane, WA
12K: Jusacuz (Jessica)
5K: katerkat (), Suzann

curiouser (Morgan) Lakewood Hospital Ambulance Chase 5K; Lakewood, OH
goingthedistance (Paul) Run for the Zoo 5K; Albuquerque, NM

GO! WISH Team GO! ​

 

[WDWFAN9]

Have fun everybody!

 

[postesf]

GO WISH TEAM!!!

Stacie

 

[JustSmile]

Go, WISHers, Go!

 

[twoWDWfools]

Go WISH Team!!!

Have great events and have fun!!

 

[runningjusme]

have fun everyone!

wish you were joining us at the Minnie ...

 

[wtpclc]

Go WISHers! No matter wher you are racing, we're all together in spirit this weekend!!!!

 

[TnTsParty]

Go WISH team GO

 

[deekaypee]

WISHERS, YOU ROCK!! BRING BACK THE BLING!!
​

 

[ironz]

Isn't the Minnie this weekend?

And my triathlon isn't until next week, I messed up on the dates.

Good luck to all!!!

 

[hockeygirl]

Good Luck to everyone racing this weekend!!

 

[kareneast]

GOOD LUCK WISH TEAM...
HAVE FUN OUT THERE!​

 

[TEK224]

Good Luck Everyone!

I'm not racing this weekend, but will be working the Blue Cross Broad Street Run Ten Miler all weekend (Expo Fri. & Sat., lead pace car on Sun.)

Hope everyone has a great race, no matter where it is!

Terri

 

[mkymsehi]

Have fun for the rest of us!

 

[Kristi1357]

Go WISHers!

 

[princessrunner]

Wow, I missed this thread....

GO WISH TEAM, GO WISH TEAM

 

[BamaEd1]

I hope everyone has an injury free, PR setting race! Have fun, everybody!!!​

 

[scoolover]

Good Luck everyone!!!

 

[thndrmatt]

Sneaking over to a computer lab at my "forward deployed location" to post this... I got a race in this weekend! And bizarrely enough, it's one that other WISH'rs completed! And even more bizarre, it was my own "minnie" (mini) marathon!

You might have seen on the news, that they ran a version of the Indianapolis 500 Mini Marathon at a forward deployed location. I ran it! Heard about it a couple days prior, hadn't trained or anything, but figured I'd give it a whirl... Imagine my surprise when I found out that we got the same awesome medal! A checkered flag colored neck ribbon with an indy car logo inclusive of the date, and the wheels actually turn!

They announced that 38,000 would run the real thing in Indianapolis later that day, but the 800 or so of us due to the time difference would be the first to complete it!

As for the race itself, needless to say, it was hot! And dusty... And long... And involved a lotlotlot of out and back portions... literally MILES of them due to the restrictions of the base. My garmin actually put it at 12.2 miles, but I sure wasn't complaining! Time was something like 2:13 even with a short race, so probably around 20 minutes slower than average overall. I was able to run the first 10 miles before being forced to do intervals due to chafing (no bodyglide, boo!) and cramps. Go figure, training actually would have helped.

Hope everyone else had a great Minnie weekend too!

 

[Big Vic]

Sneaking over to a computer lab at my "forward deployed location" to post this... I got a race in this weekend! And bizarrely enough, it's one that other WISH'rs completed! And even more bizarre, it was my own "minnie" (mini) marathon!

You might have seen on the news, that they ran a version of the Indianapolis 500 Mini Marathon at a forward deployed location. I ran it! Heard about it a couple days prior, hadn't trained or anything, but figured I'd give it a whirl... Imagine my surprise when I found out that we got the same awesome medal! A checkered flag colored neck ribbon with an indy car logo inclusive of the date, and the wheels actually turn!

They announced that 38,000 would run the real thing in Indianapolis later that day, but the 800 or so of us due to the time difference would be the first to complete it!

As for the race itself, needless to say, it was hot! And dusty... And long... And involved a lotlotlot of out and back portions... literally MILES of them due to the restrictions of the base. My garmin actually put it at 12.2 miles, but I sure wasn't complaining! Time was something like 2:13 even with a short race, so probably around 20 minutes slower than average overall. I was able to run the first 10 miles before being forced to do intervals due to chafing (no bodyglide, boo!) and cramps. Go figure, training actually would have helped.

Hope everyone else had a great Minnie weekend too!

Matt - WTG!