Race Reports/Encouragement/Kudos - September 20 and 21

[Big Vic]

Saturday, 20 September

20 - ironz (Betsy) Prefontaine 10K; Coos Bay, OR
20 – wtpclc (Carrie) and DH (Scott) Old Boy's Oktoberfest Half Marathon, Spring Lake, MI

Sunday, 21 September

21 – 3DisneyKids (Erika) and groovygirls (Joanne) Maine Coast Women's Half Marathon, York, ME
21 - blizzard (Carol) Mayor's Run 5K; Airdrie, AB
21 – scoolover (Scott) Niantic Bay 1/2; East Lyme, CT
21 – smileyk8 (Kate) Cabbage Canter 10K, Cheshire, UK
21 – solotraveler (Kevin) Haulover 5K- Miami Beach, FL
21 - Philadelphia Distance Run (1/2 Marathon); Philadelphia, PA
disneybelle (Darcey), kareneast (Karen) and DH Space Ranger (John), KeenHo (Howard), Kira G (Kira), lourodrigis (Lou), Maherae (Anne) and DH (Bob), TEK224 (Terri), WDWFAN9 (Pat)
21 – JimB (Jim) Athletes for a Cure Triathlon, WDW
21 - MiaBanda (Michelle) Miners Ravine 5k, Roseville, CA
21 – thndrmatt (Matt) Athletes for a Cure Triathlon, WDW
21 – twoWDWFools (Liz) and DH (Patrick) Athens Sister City Shuffle 5K on the Runway at O'Hare Intl Airport, IL


GO! WISH Team GO!

 

[escape]

GOOD LUCK WISH TEAM!!!

Lot's of races going on this weekend!!! I'll bet there will be some celebratin' going on at the Oktoberfest race!

Can't wait to read all the reports!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Good Luck Wish Racing Team!!

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Can't wait to hear about all of these races!!

 

[Space Ranger]

Good Luck to all this weekend.

Can wait to see everyone in Philly tomorrow and Sunday.

John

 

[mkymsehi]

I'll attempt to finish the Niketown Run for the Kids 5K. Wheew, not used to this distance.

DD and I will then do the 1 mile keiki run.

 

[Mooshu]

GOOD LUCK WISHERS! MAY THE WIND BE AT YOUR BACK!

 

[mkymsehi]

GOOD LUCK WISHERS! MAY THE WIND BE AT YOUR BACK!

And beer at your front!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Yes, be careful Jeff!! You may just keep running around in loops seeing how many times you can run the 5K before the last person crosses the finish line from doing it just once!!!

 

[MiaBanda]

Jeff - You are so fast, you'll be done with your 5k about the same time I finish mine!

I'm doing the Miners Ravine 5k in Roseville, CA. It was on the calendar...but I'm not sure what happened to it.

EDIT: Sorry...the race is on Sunday (9/21/08) Thanks!

 

[smileyk8]

Good luck to carrie, scott and betsy today and everyone else tomorrow. Michelle, is your race sat or sun? Hope you all have wonderful events

 

[3DisneyKids]

GOOD LUCK, Teammates! I am so proud to be a member of the WISH team and I will wear my WISH racing shirt with pride tomorrow!

~Erika

 

[Cindylou]

Best WISHes to everyone racing this weekend. I look forward to the race reports when you're done.

Cindy

 

[jmasgat]

I decided on Friday that my return to running was going well enough to consider running my first 5k--yes, only my first 5k. (Minnie was my first race, and it was definitely a challenge!) So yesetrday I signed up for the Birmingham Leader Dogs for the Blind 5k--also had a 10k and 1 mile run.

Today was a great morning to run--cool, slightly overcast. I went downtown and got my chip, stretched, ran into some friends who had also registered yesterday and then next thing you know, we're off!

The course was mostly flat--isn't everything in SE lower Michgian?--although there are a few small hills. And it turns out, the course covered some of the ground I did in my longer training runs for Minnie, so it was familiar territory. The last 1/2 mile seemed to be all uphill--gradual (like the off-ramps at DIsney), but still enough to cause people to groan (I kept mine quiet!)

I forgot my watch, but I figured it was only 5k and people would probably have times. I was right. Now, I have yet to learn my running pace--I'm still totally clueless at knowing how fast I am running. Mainly, I try to run and maintain a certain breathing cadence. And given my disappointment in running outside vs inside (I seem to be faster indoors), and given the fact that I was just hoping to finish in 30 minutes, I was rather surprised to find that I finished the race in 27:28!!! (8:51 pace). If I was to look at my splits, it probably went something like 8:30/9:00/9:30, but who cares! I finished
2nd in my age group.

So all in all, I'm thrilled. Although while I was doing the last hill section, I was thinking: how in God's name will I make it through a 1/2 marathon!

Maura

 

[CarolA]

Maura,

WAY TO GO! Second in your age group. I am impressed!

One of the reasons I wound up buying the Garmin was that I am horrid at "pacing" So I would go out to fast and "burn out" at the end! Garmin helps me see how I am doing!

 

[ironz]

Maura...great job!!

The Pre 10K in Coos Bay (hometown of Steve Prefontaine, record setting runner in the 70s, career ended too young due to death in a car crash) was great fun!

It's a hilly course...I think the only flat section was the last 300m which is on the track at Marshfield H.S. (where Pre attended school before going to Eugene to run for the Univ. of Oregon). I ran with a guy I know from work, and he wanted to just make it fun and we would dress in costume to run. So I brought my Dorothy outfit I wore in the Kansas 70.3 tri, and he dressed as a scarecrow. Very funny to get to the start line and one of the college cross country teams had all dressed up and they had a Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion, and Wicked Witch! haha! The 'other' (much younger) Dorothy had glued red sequin fabric on her running shoes, so they were better than mine, and she had on the full dress (I just had the skirt with a white top), but I had a better Toto dog in a basket. I am totally copying her shoe modification when I race in Kansas again next year!

Anyway, we started out up a long hill, then down, then up, then down..etc...so my splits are all over the place. My friend was sweet to stay with me (he would have run way faster on his own), and we came in about on target at 1:03:47, for a 10:17 pace. I am happy with that, since it helps me know where I'm at pace wise, and I do remember how to run, after the meltdown at Ironman Canada 4 weeks ago. I didn't quite negative split (was trying), but didn't drop too much time in the second half.
Sore now, but it was fun. And a cool Pre t-shirt for my efforts! (part of the reason I wanted to do this event! ha!)

Good luck to the rest of the racers...would have loved to do the tri at WDW this weekend. Hope it's a good event. I have a sprint tri next weekend, that I will be undertrained on the bike for.

 

[dsnyfan21]

Betsy: Congrats to you and getting that great t-shirt.hehe

MAURA: WOw you did great and what an awesome pace. I think you will be able to do the Half without much of an issue. You did fine at the Minnie and it's only 4 more miles than that!! You may need to slow down the pace a bit so you won't poop out towards the end , but I think you can do it!! (and isn't that enough?? )

GO WISH team!!!!!!

 

[smileyk8]

Maura congratulations on your first 5km! You absolute star that pace was brilliant. You're going to do a great 1/2!

Betsy I hear you on the hills, at least they do come down eventually You did really well tho and how lovely that your friend stayed with you. Must make it more enjoyable. Fab work

I did the Cabbage Canter 10km race this morning. It was set in the cutest cheshire village ever- had sort of a fete feeling and we had lovely weather- 20oC clear blue skies... a little hot for me in midday sun tho. There was a great warmup first, then 10km, 5km and 3km set off together. The run was basically half uphill and half down each lap (there were 2) which was hard work for hill hating me. Anyway with lovely marshalls and great village support made it around in 53mins which was a couple of mins quicker than expected so v happy.

Me with my cabbage!

Lookin forward to hearing how everyone else got on,.

 

[blizzard]

Airdrie Mayor's Recreation for Life Run (5K)

I waited until less than a week before the race to sign up, but it's been on my radar for a while. I wanted to see where it would fit into my half-marathon training, and find out if it would conflict with anything. Since my training schedule had a 2.5 mile tempo run for today, I figured a 5K race would fit in well. In the spring, after only running for 2 months, I did a 5K in terrible weather and finished in 36:40. I knew I could do better than that today, so my goal was to finish in 30 minutes.

The weather here today was overcast, cool and a few showers - just about perfect for running (although chilly for standing around after). This is not a chip timed race, but there were less than 100 people at the start, so it didn't take long to cross the line. I used my Garmin to track pace and keep time. Everything went pretty well, but I just didn't have quite enough for a strong push at the end. I finished in 30:20, which I'm happy with.

For where I am in my half-marathon training (end of week #1), I thought this was a good effort. It's also a nice tune up for the Expedition Everest Challenge next weekend. We will be treating that one as a "fun run", so we won't be pushing hard for that one. When we get back, I'll have a write up and pictures of EEC.

 

[mkymsehi]

Nike 5K Run for the Kids (Honolulu).

I hope I placed first for 99 year olds.

24.46.99 total time, us old timer's can't run negative splits until we see the finish line.

7:19 mile 1
7:51 mile 2
8:02 mile 3
.1 mile 6:13

14 minute mile with Princess #1

 

[Caseydilla]

Good luck WISHers and congrats to those who already raced.

Maura, Betsy, Kate, Carol and Jeff - awesome finish times on your races! Good job.

Jeff, you're quick for 99 year old. Love the pics. Your daughter is adorable!