Super Goofs are MARCHing into Spring!

[DisneyMomma09]

Oh gotcha! Didn't know you had a 'runner' to be! My middle son walked at 7 months, he was so little and walking! He is the one who was the gymnast, is there a connection? Maybe??!!

Well even when you can't go for a run, you are running after them!
...ah the good old days....

Now my three DS 22, DS 20, and DD 15 (16 on April 4th as she keeps reminding me!) just drive me a little crazy but in a good way!

Yes, already a runner. He certainly keeps us running after him! He can now open up all the cupboards and likes to throw all the contents on the kitchen floor. Maybe we have a baseball player on our hands? Or maybe a QB?

~My birthday is April 4 as well!~

Ashleigh Your son is adorable (I peeked at your trip report), and I can't imagine what it would be like to have a child walking so early! BTW, I love OKW. My sister has DVC there (they bought the first year it was available) so I have been lucky to spend time there over the years. It is big, and feels different from other DVC resorts. I have said (too many times to some of my family) that I would be very happy living in a 1BR unit there! They broke the mold after they built that place.

As for me, on Saturday I did an impromptu race with a friend. It was a 5 mile trail race called "No Frills, All Thrills" at a local MetroPark. Can you say hills? Oh my god, I have never done a race that was 80+% up and down. Only the inital ~1/2 mile or so (and same finishing) were flat. It was hard!

The weather here--which has been glorious all week--switched back to late winter (happy vernal equinox!) so race temp was 36F with a wind of about 5-10 mph. Once I started running I was comfortable--temperature wise anyway! Fixed on one person who seemed to be about my pace and age group and tried to stay with her. Funny, I chatted with her after the race--she was faster uphill and I was downhill, so every time I thought I was closing on the downhill, she would regain on the uphill. I did end up passing her after the 4 mile point.

Finished in 42:53 (8:35 pace), which was 4th in my age group (would have placed based on last year) I guess this is an okay time, since it was a trail race and hilly, but it's off my best 10k pace fo sure.

Got a tech shirt, and they were selling nice headbands for $5, so picked one of those up. Then my friend and I headed to Ann Arbor, where we were supposed to meet up with her son for lunch, but he was a no show. So just the two of us at Blimpy Burgers.

I was expecting to feel it in my legs yesterday, but amazingly did not, so I headed off to Ashtanga Yoga (and skipped my scheduled LR-- a fair trade)

Today might be a rest day--haven't had one in a little while. We'll see.

Hope everyone else is doing well and your teams are surviving in March Madness. MSU pulled out another heart stopper (after again blowing a big lead). Their chances are dim though, having lost their best guard. But the weekend games sure were entertaining!

Maura

Thanks! I am glad to hear you like OKW! I am excited about staying in a new resort.

Sounds like you had a good race!

Here in dreary Erie it has started to snow again. No big surprise...I am looking forward to spring break! Tomorrow is our last day of school until April 7th! I am so excited to be able to stay home with Colby for a while! If the weather breaks again maybe we will be able to go out to the peninsula (there is an awsome trail for walking/running/biking). But it has to be pretty nice for us to go down there. It is always about 10 degrees colder down there because of the lake.

 

[DISaholic's]

Happy 'Easter' birthday to you Ashleigh! I know it's not April 4th yet, but close enough!

Enjoy every minute with that little boy of yours, gosh it goes so fast. Our schools Easter break here doesn't start until April 1st but they don't go back until April 12th.

I'm just getting my miles back under me. Hoping to go on my long run tomorrow. 7 miles is what I plan on. Seems like it's taking so long to get back into running where I was last fall. Would love to get back to 20-25miles a week, but trying not to push it. Don't want to injure anything.

Hoping everyone has a great weekend and the sun shines!

Jeanne

 

[lenshanem]

Hey Goofs! Hope everyone had a great week and is ready for the weekend!

Week four back running is done. It was an easy week and I got in 8 miles, all under a 13:00 pace - still incorporating walk breaks. My old knee injury aggravated me a tiny bit today, but nothing I couldn't handle.

Still debating on gymnastics! I'm pretty sure we're gonna go thru with it. Thanks for the comments.

I got DH and myself into the Peachtree Road Race again this year. Took a little over an hour before I got us both in. I also signed us up for the Georgia Marathon next March. DH will be doing the full and I'll be doing the half. The first 200 for each distance to sign up got a kicking deal - $35 for the full and $25 for the half!!! I couldn't pass that up, though that course is the same one I injured my knee on... Don't like those hills!

DH had a rough full this past weekend. He finished, but an hour slower than last year. He said he learned a valuable lesson - to train! I'm very proud of him. He has determination!

Got one more week until we arrive at Kidani Village at AKV. I'm so excited. The Easter bunny will have to visit us while we're at Disney!



Hi Jason! Welcome to the Goofs!

Maura - Way to go on the trail race! That is a great pace! Congrats!

Joanne - Awesome about the Boston Marathon!!!

 

[SAHDad]

Hi Goofs,
Just a quick note - still trying to hack up a lung, but I got in a decent 7 miler yesterday, and have maintained my streak on the other days. Should be getting back in the swing of things this week, and I signed up for the "Bike across lower Michigan" challenge thing at the Y, so I should be adding lots of bike miles next month.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Hey Goofs! I've been skimming on my bberry, so please forgive me for not replying to folks (need to covince my dad to get wifi!). My monkies are on spring break this week, so we left DH at home and headed out to visit family. I decided that this week will be my self-imposed, self-directed triathlon training camp, so I packed up my bike and we headed to the multi-sport training mecca of . . . Cleveland! I rode 15 miles around my home town in 38 degree weather and swam 750 yds yesterday. Up for another swim today!

 

[jmasgat]

Hi Goofs,

The drama that is college application process has pretty much played out, so I hope to stop feeling anxious...for a little while anyway! DS got into 4 out of 6 schools he applied to. Could be 5, if U of M comes through (not holding my breath) and could have been more but we found out that his transcript did not reach one of the schools (don't get me started. There's enough blame to go around), so his app was considered incomplete.

So we have to do some last minute school trips and then DS needs to reach a decision that he will be comofrtable with. Hoo boy.

As for training... it's going fine. Runs are okay, swimming is the usual laugh-fest and haven't gotten out to bike, but have been doing some indoor work. Got my second wetsuit in and it's the keeper, so need to send the first back.

Weather is starting to shape up. It's supposed to hit mid to upper 70's here by Thursday.

Shan Enjoy your Disney trip. I still regret not making it down for Princess. Guess my next Disney trip will have to be DL 1/2.

Rich Glad the streak's still intact.

M Glad you're getting in your workouts--and we'll send the nice weather your way (after we're done wirh it in Michigan!)

Jeanne Hope your 7-miler went well. You'll get back to where you were, mileage-wise.

Lauren Hope you find some speed work and XT that works for you. It's alwasys good to mix things up now and then just to keep from getting bored. (That's how I ended up running in the first place!)

Jason Good luck on your upcoming race. Hope you get your PR.

Time to go walk the dog.....

Maura

 

[jeanigor]

Good Morning Goofs!

I have been quite remiss in posting here as of late, as I just got out of hospital after a week. I haven't done anything, being bed ridden. But I am almost back to 100%.

Today is supposed to reach a high of 70° here in Metro Detroit, and I plan on getting out and adding some last minute miles to March.

 

[SkinsFan76]

Month mileage update. Did a pretty good job this month, but took off 6 days in a row after the Princess half. With the weather turning so nice, it'll be much easier to keep up the mileage.

Feb mileage - 98.7
March mileage - 109.8

Jason

 

[jmasgat]

Todd Sorry to hear that you were inthe hospital. I hope whatever it is has been resolved and that you will feel great soon. The weather should help over the next few days. It is so nice out now.

Guess it's time to tally up the mileage for the month. I'll get to work on that soon. Right now I am putting the finishing touches on Lemon Cloud with Strawberry Compote. Bringing dessert over to friends' house for dinner.

I earned every bite of this dessert. Today I did a stint on the bike, and thought I'd follow it with this weight class. But it turned out the class was also a Cardio class, too. So I got an extra workout--not expected!

Maura

 

[lenshanem]

Drive by Goofs...

Got 39.42 miles in for March. It should increase as I've got some races coming up I'm gonna actually have to train for.

Getting ready to leave for spring break. Can't wait to see my pal Mickey. I'll be MIA until we get back.

Have a great week everyone!

 

[SAHDad]

Hi Goofs!

Todd- sorry to hear about the hospital stint. Hope all is well.

Maura - yay for extra workouts? (Okay, that should be a good thing, but it doesn't always feel like it at the time, does it?) Enjoy the dessert - you earned it.

Shan - walking miles count, so maybe walking around WDW should count double too!

Jason - well done on the miles. It does get easier as the weather gets better, doesn't it?

As for me - ran and biked yesterday, ran intervals and biked today. Lost more fitness than I liked, but I'm not going to worry about it.

Miles for the month: 143.47. (Lower than I would have liked, since it is missing a couple long runs, but life happens, right?)

 

[Pungodingy]

Please don't boot me off the team, I read every day, just don't have much interesting to say!!

My miles for March are 63.81, and please add 23.3 to my Feb total ('cause I forgot to double my race miles)

 

[Cindylou]

Hi Goofs. Sorry I haven't posted in a while.

Rich: Hope you are feeling better soon. Good job on keeping the streak alive. Thanks for sharing your reason behind the streak. I'm glad you brought up injuries (or lack there of). I currently run 3x a week and hope to increase it over the summer, but worry about getting injured. Not that I intend to start streaking but hope to go up to 5 days a week without incident.

Maura: Enjoy the dessert. It does sound like you earned it.

Jason: Belated welcome to the Goofs.

Todd: Glad you are out of the hospital in time to enjoy the good weather. Hope all health issues are behind you.

M: Enjoy your vacation in Cleveland.

Have to cut this short for now. Hope to get on again later.
Cindy

 

[DISaholic's]

Way to go to all Goofs!

I think spring is actually here and we'll all be able to enjoy some sunshine soon, even us 'up north' people.

Todd - glad to hear your on the mend and back with us here!
Maura - that dessert sounds delicious and not to heavy on the calories
Cindy - I'm also trying to get back to 5 days of running a week, not quite there yet but maybe this week!

My miles for March were 57.8.
Hopefully April will be better, thinking of doing a Mother's Day 5K , have to ramp up the miles if I will actually be able to do a marathon in October. Still not sure I can do it...time will tell!

Jeanne

 

[DisneyMomma09]

Hi all! We are finally enjoying some spring weather up here! I have gotten outside for a few runs lately...it is so much nicer than running on the TM! I am enjoying spring break...11 whole days off of school! It is great spending lots of time with DS! Today we started a mommy and me swim class. Colby loved it! I probably can't count my time in the water with him as 'exercise' though...

I also decided on a Jogging Stroller. I am getting the Baby Trend Velocity Jogger. I will probably be getting it within the week. I am pretty excited about it!

My total for March is 36 miles.

Hope everyone has a good holiday this weekend!

Ashleigh

 

[jeanigor]

Including today's backwoods hill adventure with my pups, my March total is 39 miles.

My goal for April is to at least double that.

And thank you all for your well wishes. I think I've triumphed over it.

 

[suzannews]

Hello everyone!!

I just started the April thread so please post over there now. I will update numbers soon!!