Race Reports for 5/12, 13 and Encouragement/Kudos!

[Maherae]

It's another weekend..already??!! and WISH Warriors are out!!

Saturday, 12th

rKyDex (Chester) Muddy Buddy
nucpharm29 (Stephanie) Women Can Run 5K


Sunday, 13th

getnthinr (Wendy) Danskin Tri
pungodingy (Angie) Mother of All 5Ks

Have a FANTASTIC event, WISHers!!

GO, WISH TEAM , GO!! ​

 

[rKyDeX]

Thanks Anne.

I'll be heading for WWoS at 5:00am. I hope that the Muddy Buddy doesn't get cancelled because of all the wildfire smoke hanging over the state.

Chester

 

[Maherae]

I know, Chester!! We're worried for you and Wendy who's doing the Tri!! Does Disney have a smoke policy to go with its rain/lightening??

 

[wtpclc]

Chester & Wendy - The endurance entertainment guy said it's bad down there smokewise. Good luck!!!

Angie & Stephanie - Good luck on your 5k's!!!!

Go WISH Team Go!!!

 

[rKyDeX]

Anne,

Muddy Buddy has a "Natural Disaster Policy" that covers it:

Natural Disaster Policy
Natural Disaster Policies We experienced our first ever Natural Disaster in October of 2004 when we experienced the worst rainfall in the past 100 years in San Jose. The 9:30 pm the night before the race, the park rangers called to tell us that we could not do the event the next morning because the trails were too muddy and they felt runners and mountain bikes would cause permanent damage to the trails. We were left with no option. The next morning we had to tell 1,800 unhappy Muddy Buddy hopefuls that there would be no Muddy Buddy. It was difficult on everyone. Athletes enter a Muddy Buddy to have fun with their friends and family.The course was already set up and all the costs to put on the event, which are substantial, had already been spent.

If an Act of God/terrorism/Community Disaster occurs, what actions are taken? 1. We will make decisions based on safety first 2. Races will be altered as seen fit 3. Athletes in that race will have first right to sign up for that event the next year. 4. Financial: The Muddy Buddy Ride and Run Series cannot accept the risk of a disaster for everyone. Each athlete needs to accept the risk of his or her entry fee. There will be NO REFUNDS or free entries to other future races. The money you paid is spent developing that race.

Why?
The Muddy Buddy Ride and Run Series does not save any money if you do not ride and run the course. Muddy Buddy has ordered and paid for every supply and service needed for that race. Muddy Buddy needs to pay for all race supplies or services associated with that race, regardless of the outcome. These include paying for permits, rangers, our staff/offices/warehouse/ administration costs all year..


We're 100 miles away, along the coast with a seabreeze and it's bad. It has to be worse in Orlando. ...I'll just have to wait and see what the morning brings....

Chester

 

[angietuck2]

Chester I hope that it will be ok for you over there. DH's fire department sent out first strike team to assist with all the fires last night, IT's SO BAD!! GOOD LUCK AND BE CAREFUL!!

To everyone else:

GO TEAM GO!!!!!!!!!

angie

 

[keenercam]

Good luck, all our WISHer's and be careful, especially if you are breathing in large gulps of unclean air. We will be sending good thoughts your way!

 

[nucpharm29]

OMG I just saw the news report on the Florida wildfires. All Florida runners/walkers please be safe!

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

 

[solotraveler]

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Good luck WISH Team!

I hope the FL events work out.

 

[DianeL]

Angie & Stephanie!!! Have a wonderful time on the 5Ks!!!!

Chester & Wendy ..... Good luck and take care!!! I hope you both are able to have wonderful races and I'll be thinking of you both sending tons of Pixie Dust thoughts.

Go Team Go!!!!!

 

[nucpharm29]

Seems fitting that the weekend after Minnie I do another event for women. This one however, was women only--significant others had to sit this one out--made for great scream teams though. As most of you weekly thread readers know, this event was the culmination of a 10 week clinic designed to get women off the couch and get them walking or running. There were clincs held all over the state. The event was started by a friend of our family, who is no longer with us--but the event is now held as a memorial to her and her love of running and sharing it with other women.

Anyway, got to the race early, picked up my chip (which I thought was odd for a small-ish 5K race--but whatever) and hit the porta-potty line. The one drawback of having to have my morning cup of coffee--is the dire need of a restroom. DH was a trooper this morning trying to contain to unruly children who were extremely unhappy being woken up so early for this.

All us ladies were led in some stretching and warm ups--then off to the starting line. I found one of my clinic leaders who convinced me to start at the front. I've never been that close to the starting line before and it unnerved me slightly. Then we were off--900+ women running/walking the streets of a small ARkansas town. One thing to say about this course is that it is completely flat! Made for a great race. Nothing terribly eventful happened during the 3.1 miles, except for a great pace! Mile 1: 7:47, Mile 2: 7:48, Mile 3: 7:55, 0.1: 0:51. So much for negative splits, but pretty consistent!

So total time 24:20! My fastest so far to date was 25:01--so I beat that by almost a minute! I finished 19th overall out of 900+ women and 2nd in my age group in the clinic division. Luckily they divided up the clinic and open participants or I would have just missed an age group award. Gotta say the 30-34 and 35-39 age divisions for women are FAST!!!!!

I have found a new favorite running tune after this race--I had downloaded my EPCOT cd to my Ipod and loved running to Illumnations: Reflections of Earth--also made me think of all my WISH buddies cheering me on!

 

[Maherae]

WOW!!! FANTASTIC, Stephanie!!! You were really flying!!

 

[DianeL]

Woohoooo Stephanie!!! That is an excellent pace! and to place 19th overall too boot is just amazing

 

[Sir Bouncealot]

Go Chester, Wendy, & Angie

Awesome Job Stephanie! We should call you phastpharm29!

 

[westcliffemom]

Stephanie, that sounds like a fun race! Great job!

 

[gatorphipps]

Like I said b/4....Stephanie, you are my hero!

Good luck to everyone else racing!
Please be careful if you are running in smoke filled air! ​

 

[Maherae]

Awesome Job Stephanie! We should call you phastpharm29!

Oh, Andrew!!! That's GREAT!! and so very TRUE!!

 

[nucpharm29]

Ya'll are giving me too much credit--all the kudos need to go out to my wonderful clinic leaders who were out with me and the other ladies for the past 10 weeks pushing us--letting us know what our potential is and helping us to acheive our goals! They were the best!

 

[chimera]

Great job Stephanie!