Team 6 - Team Ohana - Check in and introduce!

[corinnak]

Check it out, guys - I didn't even scare him off a little! Good ol' Panda. We can always count on you to come on over here and stir things up, can't we?

You're already on that ball, aren't you Jen? Jen? See - she can't hear me. She's concentrating on balancing.

jeanne and Deekaypee - I have a blue belt in Kung Fu.....so I've got your back, even with the wild animals around here.

 

[windwalker]

Check it out, guys - I didn't even scare him off a little! Good ol' Panda. We can always count on you to come on over here and stir things up, can't we?

You're already on that ball, aren't you Jen? Jen? See - she can't hear me. She's concentrating on balancing.

jeanne and Deekaypee - I have a blue belt in Kung Fu.....so I've got your back, even with the wild animals around here.

The friskey little panda runs in and power hugs the pretty princess and they dance around and laugh, then the little panda scampers off to visit the Bunnies and the Heroes.

Sneaky Panda

 

[chimera]

the pretty princess and they dance around and laugh, then the little panda scampers off to visit the Bunnies and the Heroes.

Dude...don't think we're that kind of princesses around here. Ohana chicks are Hardcore!

Vanessa! Feel free to jump into the fray!

Maria...my goals this month are to survive, get the shirt orders out and try to keep up with my training I did manage to do some core work tonight which is new for me and I'd like to keep that up. I'm also trying to fit a 4th running day into my schedule but having a hard time working that out with DH's schedule.

Where are the guys? Denny, Richard, Robert...how y'all doing?

Robert...how did the surgery go?

 

[Jen117]

Oh YAH.... Jen was on the ball last night!!! And I swear today at lunch is the gym. If one more thing stops me, I will SCREAM!!!!!

 

[vscohen]

Vanessa: Great to see you over here on the chat thread. Wow, you sound really busy, but in a good way! It's so cool that we have so many sci-fi folks here, because now I can bore you with all my confessions. For instance, confession #1: I've watched all seasons of Battlestar Galactica while on an elliptical or treadmill. I downloaded the epis to my iPod to get me through training for the Goofy! And I'm really envious of you doing ToT. I really want to do it, but DH is still on the fence. (Schedule/budget more than any real resistance.)

Hehehe...I'm already talking to my friend that convinced me to run in the ToT with her that if we finish this, we need to just buy annual passes and run all the races next year...we'll be too late to sign up for the marathon, but there's always 2010 (and I can always come down and cheer everyone else on!!!) My DH has NO IDEA what he's in for now that I have another excuse to go to Disney...
Tell your DH to give in and let you come down - there's almost always specials in October, MNSSHP and the wine & food festival are going on, and ToT looks like a ton of fun!

But you also gave me a good suggestion for DH! I bought myself a cheap little ipodish thing that doesn't have a video screen, because I really only want the podcasts to work out to...but I think DH might do better if he was watching some of his shows while working out so he could combine two things at once (and his IPOD has a video screen). I'll have to recommend that one.

Jen - you can do it! I'm going to workout on my lunchbreak today (for the first time ever!) ... so we can work out together =)

 

[corinnak]

Come on, Vanessa! The Marathon and half are both still open right now!! You don't have to finish ToT first! Oh, the peer pressure. Of course, 2010 is a good idea, too. And Marathon weekend would be a great culmination of your year of running Disney races!

Did you get a shuffle or analogous small MP3 player? I'm with you - I'm all for tiny, tiny compact when I'm running. Although I was thinking of putting velcro on the treadmill and iPod to watch, say Battlestar Galactica....or do they have mounting equipment that would be a better bet? I have to say, watching all of Battlestar Galactica while working out is not much of a confession - good for you, Dee!

Way to go with that ball, Jen! Have a good workout at lunch!

 

[ultramickeymouse]

Dude...don't think we're that kind of princesses around here. Ohana chicks are Hardcore!

Vanessa! Feel free to jump into the fray!

Maria...my goals this month are to survive, get the shirt orders out and try to keep up with my training I did manage to do some core work tonight which is new for me and I'd like to keep that up. I'm also trying to fit a 4th running day into my schedule but having a hard time working that out with DH's schedule.

Where are the guys? Denny, Richard, Robert...how y'all doing?

Robert...how did the surgery go?

Hi Mel,

Linda and I have been busy. In Folsom buying a condo this weekend for our upcoming move. Hope to close by 2/29 and start moving some items from our Tahoe condo. We will be keeping it but will just sit empty.

Linda and I were able to get out as no snow in Sac. We did 4.5 miles(3 1.5 mile walks) on Sunday and 2 miles on Mon before heading back home late yesterday. Not bad walking 4.5 miles 8 days after surgery Slowly getting better.

I am awaiting news from lab to see if they will pay for the regrowth of the cartilage. Insurance doesn't want to pay sometimes and the lab fee only is $11,000 Not counting all surgery expenses. If all goes well with ins, I have my surgery scheduled on 3/27.

We are logging miles and hrs just laying low.

Great job team!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Aloha, Team!

I did my biking yesterday, and today is a rest day. I'm going to start using the weights on my rest days +Friday, let the sculpting begin

Robert -- even in recovery you are logging miles. What an inspiration for the rest of us!

Corinna -- I am a huge fan of my shuffle -- hey, does anyone know how to remove a song you just don't like anymore? I am such a technophobe

Vanessa -- Running the Half (he runs, not me) is actually the only way I've been able to get dh to go Disney without complaint. He really doesn't like it there in general, but had such a good time at the Half he wants to do it again

Jen -- That pesky life just gets in the way, doesn't it?! I know you can do it!

Mel -- Thanks so much for doing the shirt order. I know that is an incredible amount of work, and it is greatly appreciated!

Dave -- Ok, Panda, we will just have to keep an eye on you.

Shell, Jeanne -- Hey, Ladies! Is there a smile on your face and a song in your heart?

So, tonight when I'm tempted to skip the weights I will think of you guys and do it for the Team!

Maria

 

[windwalker]

I really do love you guys. I put lots of my buddies on here because I knew you would really help each other along.


Friendly Panda

 

[deekaypee]

The friskey little panda runs in and power hugs the pretty princess and they dance around and laugh, then the little panda scampers off to visit the Bunnies and the Heroes.

Sneaky Panda

I think our favorite frisky panda is feeling springtime in the air! Dave, feel free to scamper and spread your special brand of panda love! I think I'll take it as a sign that I should get my butt in gear & head out into the great outdoors; now if the weather would just cooperate with me....

Mel: What kind of core work are you doing? I'm trying to commit to core work, too, and my abs hate me. Wow, this shirt order things keeps getting more and more complex--I admire your organizational genius. My response is so complicated: I'll just keep telling myself that I look good in lime/safety green and keep buying.

Oh YAH.... Jen was on the ball last night!!! And I swear today at lunch is the gym. If one more thing stops me, I will SCREAM!!!!!

But will you yodel? Jen, you're not only ON the ball, but you've got tons of balls in the air that you're juggling.

Vanessa: I second Corrina's suggestion--there's always the half marathon or even the 5K. (The full calls my name, and I'm still kicking myself I didn't just cave & sign up for the Goofy again. Darn family obligations.) I totally recommend your DH watch his shows on an iPod, especially if he's like me and rewatches them. You lose some of the FX on the small screen, but you pay attention to other things.

Corrina: I used a nano & Nike+ for ground work or SRs. I already had a video iPod for general traveling, as I'm a movie FREAK. So on my training for the Goofy, back-to-back LRs, I took my video iPod--which is in a Marware athletic sleeve with a clip for my pants--and clipped it onto the TM at the gym. (We have big ones with shelves for books.) I could also prop it on the shelf in a pinch, but the eye level was a little odd. When I was on smaller, cheaper TMs over the holidays, I just used those plastic magazine/book holders the gym offers. What really got me, though, was going to a hotel and seeing their fancy equipment, which allowed me to plug my ipod into their individual TV monitor. Man, did the time really fly. I'm the rare person who really doesn't mind the TM (as long as I have the right visual distraction). I don't have your Jingle Bell stamina for running in the great outdoors.

Robert: Wow, your recovery sounds phenomenal. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed on the insurance for your surgery. If you have it, how will that affect your relocation plans?

Maria: My plan for my 40th birthday is to have rock-hard abs. Originally, I thought I'd just work out and get them, but now I'm just thinking it'd be easier to hire a stripper. I'm sure your work with weights will produce better results than mine, which apparently just puts my mind in the gutter.

To all our stealth Ohana family: I hope your week is going well, in all areas well beyond the challenge!

As for me: I'm still not 100% from this weekend, although I did last on the TM twice as long today as Monday (which was no great feat). I substituted with more biking and elliptical, but I have to say that I'm itching to get back to my scheduled training. If the rain clears here, I'm planning on a brief walk at my commuter pace (between 15-17 mm) just to see how it feels. To bribe myself, I'm thinking of promising myself a matinee (the joys of being self- and under-employed )

 

[Steffwalks]

The following appeared in the Hakuna Matata thread, I felt i needed to post it here for your benefit as well

Quote:
Jeanne saidear Connie, Hakuna Matata Team Captain and fellow WISHer,

Team Ohana would like to file a formal complaint against one of your team members (actually a co-captain, at that) for visiting our thread, uninvited, and suggesting we do things that involve certain modes of undress. I know it's difficult, and you have our sympathies, but please try to keep him under control!

Jeanne while I sympathize with you and understand the need to lodge a protest on behalf of the Team O'Hana, I feel compelled to point out that you were the one who invited this particular line of thinking when you suggested that you might be willing to do a nude race. I am sure that given your innocence and delicate nature that you meant that the race was basically stripped of amnenities like water and Gatoraid and such and NOT that you might particpate sans clothing. I will speak to Mischevious Panda about this.

xxxooo, Connie

 

[shell78]

You want a good core workout? I have this DVD for the stability ball and it's tough. It is from "The Method" series of DVDs and is appropriately titled "The Stability Ball Workout". I like using the ball in general for crunches and the like (even just sitting on it to do arm workouts like bicep curls, etc works) because you are always using your muscles in your midsection to keep your balance.

 

[ultramickeymouse]

Robert: Wow, your recovery sounds phenomenal. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed on the insurance for your surgery. If you have it, how will that affect your relocation plans?

If now surgery, will probably move to Folsom 3/1. If surgery, will hang here at IV until about 1 week after surgery(around 4/5) for 1st post op check. Being in Folsom will allow me to get around without worring about falling on snow/ice. Plus all living space in new condo on one lever. Tahoe condo 2 floors.

 

[Jen117]

OK... first... YES I made it to the gym at lunch. I ROCK!!!! And I picked up some miles because I added in a 15 minute bike segment!!!

Second... isn't there a Johnny Cash song called Folsom Prison Blues (or something like that)... is your condo really a prison?? Come on, fess up!!!!

 

[ultramickeymouse]

OK... first... YES I made it to the gym at lunch. I ROCK!!!! And I picked up some miles because I added in a 15 minute bike segment!!!

Second... isn't there a Johnny Cash song called Folsom Prison Blues (or something like that)... is your condo really a prison?? Come on, fess up!!!!

There is a high security prison in Folsom. It's right next door to my condo No actually the prison is up by Folsom Dam and a fair distance from where we will live.

 

[gatorphipps]

Hey team! Sitting here with a huge headache and small fever....I HATE being sick. I don't do well laying around.....I have miles to cover! I did see a few clients, but don't think I helped them much...b/c I could not focus. So I finally went home....DH drove me to and from work b/c of being dizzy..so I am going to bed. I hate not seeing anything on my WO log for the day.

Panda - Don't make me break out the world of hurt on you!

Robert - What kind of surgery are you having? How did I miss this?

OK for real going to bed!

 

[corinnak]

Aloha, Team Ohana!

Maria - it is easy to delete a song from your shuffle. Are you using iTunes to manage it? When you plug the iPod into your computer, click on it in iTunes and then find the song that isn't doing it for you - highlight and hit delete and poof - it should (in theory) be gone from your shuffle.

Debra - that set-up with the screens on the machines is slick, isn't it? I had no idea you could plug in your own shows, though. Very cool. I don't mind the TM too much, but I need the right auditory distraction. Running on the treadmill, I don't know if it's turning my head to watch the screen or what, but watching something seems to mess with my form and makes me feel like I'm dragging through the whole thing. And excuse me, Ms. Goofy Survivor....you want to talk about outdoor stamina, I can't actually compete with that.

Shell - that sounds like a good workout - I like to have a video to lead me through exercises - it's so tough to put together a workout on your own. I'll look for that one.

Robert - Good luck with all the surgery prep-stuff. And negotiating the health care system. That's a work-out in itself, isn't it? I have to mention, I love your website and reading reports about the Minnie last year was one of the things that made be believe I, too, could get up off the couch and go the distance. It is a WONDERFUL resource.

Jen - you DO rock! And way to hit the bike! I need to get myself to the YMCA for some bike action......

Christa - Wow, it sounds like you've had a rough day. I sure hope you feel better after a good night's sleep.

As for me, I shoveled snow today. Woo hoo. And I think I am going to pile on a little pilates workout disc OR resistance band training, I haven't decided yet. Pace run tomorrow! Except I actually feel like

 

[Dennyha]

Where are the guys? Denny, Richard, Robert...how y'all doing?

I'm hanging back, trying to keep up with everything. I am off to a good start. So far, since Friday, I have 14 running miles in, and 6 biking miles (but I'll report in with a weekly total on Friday). I'm traveling this week in PA, so it's a little tougher getting out to run, but I hope to get some more miles in Friday when I get home.

It looks like everyone else is off to a great start. Keep up the good work.

 

[chimera]

I did 3 tonight, hanging right around a 12 min mile. Humidity bites!

Corinna...DH got me a 2gig Sandisk MP3. It's itty bitty, like the Ipods but has a display screen so you know what's playing.

Debra...my corework is a combo of stuff from the sparkpeople.com site and the acefitness.com site. Nothing hardcore yet, though I'm certainly feeling some things today

Jen...you rock dude!

Christa... for feeling better.

Denny...some impressive mileage so far! How do you like SC?

Maria...great idea to do weights on rest days! Do you find you're sore on your next running day?

Robert...insurance is big fun in my office

Vanessa...welcome to the running/Disney addiction group

 

[deekaypee]

Shell: Thanks for the suggestion. I have a stability ball, somewhere. It got put into storage during the move and, surprise, surprise, didn't get unpacked. I'll need to pull it out.

Jen: Yes, you always ROCK (and are never a failure, btw).

Christa: I hope you're feeling better--it sounds a lot like what I got, esp. when you described the dizziness. I hope I'm wrong.

Corrina: You just crack me up. Yeah, I "survived" Goofy. Just ask Jen & Mel what I looked like--not a pretty sight. You, on the other hand, brave the elements, risk your eyelashes, and worry about your form on a TM. I'm operating in bribery mode--you're already into running mode. Need I say pace run? We'll both get there, but I think you have the internal motivation I'm looking for. I admire that. (I think you should do Goofy with me in 2010! Okay, so I'll be training behind you, but you get the idea.)

Denny: Yea! It's one of our stealth teammates. Sneaky, you are, putting the covert-operation Panda off his guard. Where are you in PA, out of curiosity? You might be near one of us!

Mel: I'm using SP for part of my corework, too! I'm not quite ready to tailor my routine, and for some weird reason I feel accountable to that site. Go figure! 12 mm! Once again--nicely consistent! By the way, have I told you I love the quote in your signature?

One last update for today: I managed to add another 3.4 miles today with pedestrian/commuter walking! Let's hope the good weather holds here.