Team 6 - Team Ohana - Check in and introduce!

[laughinplace199]

Julie -- I am so unobservant, I just noticed you're in Boston! Are you in the burbs or the City? I'm a real Bostonian, and I have the parking sticker to prove it! LOL

For those of you scratching your heads -- it's almost impossible to park in the neighborhoods of Boston, and every neighborhood has their own sticker, which allows you to park on the street in that area. Even with one, there are some places where it's impossible. DH and I are extremely lucky in that we have a garage and driveway. We technically control 3 parking spaces (you can block your own driveway). So, we don't have to be out there with chairs in the street to save a spot. Yep, it can get pretty ugly...

Congrats on a great week, Team Ohana! I just read through our miles post, and we ROCK!

Maria

Maria,

We're in West Roxbury. I think we may have chatted about this once before when I first found the WISH boards. So we're real Bostonians too!

 

[laughinplace199]

Julie: C25K is Couch-Potato to 5K, a training plan available at Cool Running. A lot of people here use it to begin running, come back to running, or to recover from injuries. I'm using it to incorporate more running into a R/W, which is how I survived the marathon weekend. (Well, actually more W than R, but there's always this year! )

From your description, you're already at the 5K distance----but I still recommend taking a look at the site. It has training plans for 5K, 10K, and so on. And in case you're looking ahead to the '09 marathon, I think I'll be training again with John Bingham's Mararthoning for Mortals (Mfm). It got me through last time and I love his writing, so...

Sounds cool. Thanks for the explanation. I will definitely check out the coolrunning website - I need all the help I can get! I just bought Marathoning for Mortals, but I haven't started reading it yet.

 

[gatorphipps]

Debra - A big for your stong finish to week 7. How AWESOME!

Richard - How was the 5k? I am sure I can go over to the race reports and see...but that would take effort on my part...

Shell - Too funny about the "Manly man"....you are a better person than me. I would have laughed. Take care of those knees.

Maria - good luck with that 5 miler!

I did get in a mini brick today in between running DD10 around to a Bday party, getting the gift....ect. Just 13 mile bike and 1.5 mile run. So nothing to write home about. I should have gone out this morning to do it, but my wimpness on the biking in the cold would not let me do it...it turned out to be 68 here in Charlotte though...I was still cool on the bike, there were KILLER hills!

 

[chimera]

Had a great run this morning, though it's a cut back week so felt short. I did 5K at an 11:21 pace! I switched back to R4/W1, thinking I'll stick there for awhile. Since I talked to the PT, I'm a bit worried about longevity in this sport because of my ankle so we went and talked to a guy at the bike shop today to maybe start thinking about bi or triathlons. So much money for a good bike though!

Wow...love all the readers around here! Maybe we need to start a WISH team book club online.

Debra...WT's bday was good. She spent the whole day telling everyone it was her birthday and she is 5 now. congrats on the C25K! Do you read fantasy too or just sci-fi?

Julie...many of us around here use MFM for training. John Bingham's sort of a minor deity in these parts

Shell...dude you are hardcore. I woulda cracked up!

Ok so I feel like a total hick around you big city folk. I'm not sure i understand the parking deal and I definitely don't get snow shoveling (that may not be such a big city thing)

 

[gatorphipps]

Hey guys! Up EARLY Sunday morning....WISH me luck. 2 shows today! And a rehearsal b/4 hand.....but think of the hours this racks up....Normal start of the week for me. Good luck to anyone doing LRs or LWs or LB...or whatever....

Later

 

[shell78]

Debra/Christa I'm def. taking care of the knee as much as I can. I absolutely stopped with the lunges when the knees were hurting. I'm at least not that stubborn. There was no soreness on anything having to do with my knees the next day, just all those other leg muscles who've been waiting for things to do this past month.

Anyway, this week is Week 6 (ay carumba) of beinng laid up and injurious. The plan is to rest up this last week and continue what I've been doing (biking, elliptical). Next week I'll try a walk and see how that goes. That will be the big determination on if I take the next step to go to an orthopedist or not. I'm still going to continue to wear a brace for volleyball probably until the end of the season (~5 more weeks) as that involves a lot of quick side-to-side moves and I don't need to get hurt from that. I want to play in the playoffs! As usual, I played some DDR today without the knee brace and the knee was very happy, even with playing up on the Difficult level today. So, I'm on the mend and hopefully it is a good mend. Otherwise, I am happily tuned to the mini-marathon of this year's UCA Cheerleading Nationals on ESPN2 this afternoon. I cheered from 3rd grade to HS and my team actually went to the Nationals in FL when I was a junior in HS (we were one spot off from going into the semi-finals, boo) and my claim to fame is that I was in the audience during the finals and made it onto the ESPN broadcast cheering and clapping from my seat.

 

[tiberius]

Good weekend Team!!

I thought I'd come by for my 5K race report, especially with Christa wanting to know and all....

Last year's Spring Fever 5K was my first organized running event since leaving the Marine Corps in 1991, and was only 9 or 10 weeks into my starting running after many years off. Being as I was not long into starting over with running, I was happy to finish in 38:45.
This year's Spring Fever 5K came on a nice morning, if still a bit humid. The race directors and sponsors put on the nicest 5K I have seen with lots of food and drink, plus other sponsor items. I had hoped to finish in 35 minutes or better for the race this year. Before the race I did not quite feel at my best, but early on in the run I knew I could do well today. My goal was max effort for max results for this run. Early on I seemed to be holding a decidedly faster than normal pace (for me a "fast" run pace is generally 11:30 - 12:00 minutes per mile). Mile 1 zipped by at a about a 10:21 pace, miles 2 and 3 were a bit slower, with walking breaks at the aid stations at mile marker 1 and 2. I finished in a time of 33:18, a time I was very happy to have (nearly 5 1/2 minutes faster than last year!).

By next year, I'll be hoping for a sub 30 minute 5K.

...and Debra, it is nice being in a new car (Hyundai Elantra with all the extras (incl sunroof). It's almost a 20 mpg difference over my Ford Explorer, and I no longer need all the extra room in the vehicle.

 

[corinnak]

I had a pretty nice 7 miler this morning. Except for the icy chill wind on the way up the BIG MAMA hill. Brrrr. I debated putting it off to tomorrow - I feel like I've been pushing too hard lately - but the weather is going to be a lot worse tomorrow, so I went ahead.

I love that you guys are calling me (of all people) "hardcore." Nobody would ever call me that IRL, I'm afraid. I do think that it may be that I'm the opposite of those tough guys with a hidden soft side. I might seem soft on the outside, but maybe, just maybe, I am kind of tough at the core.

So, in honor of running in the winter, I have complied :

Corinna's Top 10 Reasons to LOVE running in a Minnesota Winter.

10. People think you're hardcore even when you're soft around the middle.
9. Forced Ice Breaks (like a walk break, but randomly distributed through the course)
8. Wearing a jacket - it has POCKETS!
7. Using the jacket pockets to run to the gas station and pick up a surprise for the kids.
6. It's really difficult to get overheated.
5. No mud.
4. That gorgeous part with the frozen pond and snow-covered trees
3. Hoarfroast - rare but wonderful.
2. Rarely get thirsty on a run
1. That jacket I mentioned before - it covers up that soft around the middle bit!


Has anyone read any Sheri S. Tepper? Or Tamora Pierce?

 

[scuba diver]

Jeanne -- You are a reading machine! I drive my dh crazy, because I constantly orderbooks from the library online and send him to pick them up. It's kind of addictive -- good thing it's free!

Ok, off to write 2 more posts. I've started limiting myself or I end up at the computer for too long at once!

Go Team Ohana!
Maria

I'm just catching up on posts since we made a quick trip yesterday and today to Charleston SC for a gym meet. I'm starting to get to old for 800 miles in two days.

For the book readers.....the best gift I ever gave my wife, who is also an avid reader, is a subscription to Booksfree.com. It is the Netflix for paperbacks. She has 6 books in the loops at all time and it works great. Much cheaper then buying books and easier then the library. Just passing it along...

 

[deekaypee]

I've updated the charity runs post to reflect Richard's very successful completion of his 5K!

Julie: I hope you find Cool Running useful, and I'm sure you'll find MfM helpful. As you'll find out, I'm a reader. I want to learn something new, I read about it until I almost felt like I've done it. Half the time reading about it seems to substitute for the experience! Heck, by that standard I've been running for years! Really, though, it's a vocational hazard that I read about what I'm doing while, or before, I do it. Now if I would only read the instructions for my tech devices!

Christa: Only YOU would say that "only" 13 miles on the bike and 1.5 mile run is "nothing to write home about." I'm wiped just thinking about those things, without the hills or the cold. And your long days! I just don't know how you have the energy. I suppose the shows are somewhat energizing; that's the impression I got from the website, anyway.

Mel: WT's reaction--it's my birthday, everyone should celebrate--is exactly how I want my day to be. 5yos just get it right, don't they? As for your run, what a great pace and with a 4-1 R/W. See, you make me think I should keep to that R/W strategy & see what happens. I do like the idea of a WISH book club, go figure! I read fantasy as well as sci fi, and am particularly fond of fairy-tale revisions. Or mysteries. Postmodern novels. Historical fiction. You pretty much name it; I've never met a genre I didn't like. The parking scenario? See below!

Shell: I'm so glad you're taking care of that knee and that it doesn't hurt to play DDR. It sounds like you're taking precautions during volleyball, too. I'm probably projecting my weak knees onto your situation (and do what I say, not what I do ). So it's good to know you're the more reasonable of us. Btw, I didn't know you were a cheerleader and very good at it, from what it sounds like.

Richard: Thanks for the race report on the Spring Fling 5K. It sounds like it's well-organized & a keeper. And wow, did you shave time off last year. I'm impressed by that, by the fact you were able to establish & meet your goal, and by your speedy first mile! I think you have a good shot at meeting your sub-30 5K. And your new car sounds much better for your needs, especially with that 20mpg difference. The sunroof's not bad, either!

Corrina: Ahh, MN weather and Minnesotan tough. "Run today because tomorrow could be a lot worse!" And you wonder why we call you hard-core. I bet you people think you're, well, not soft on the outside, but maybe nice ("Minnesota nice"?) and gentle. That cons them into missing that Iron Woman core of steel. You'd make a sly competitor, you would. I'm so glad you're on my team! As for Tepper, I've read Beauty & I can't remember what else.

Jim: I'd not heard of Booksfree.com. I think I might owe you a drink!

As for me: A long, long workout day. 2:45 to be exact. Yoga, biking, and the elliptical...on my rest day. DOOD is working through the mid-semester/mid-winter blues. This means he works out longer and harder (he also eats a lot of ice cream, but hey! He deserves it.) And that means I stay at the gym with him while he pushes through. Of course, I don't go as fast or push myself as hard, but minutes is minutes. Now if I could just convince him to join Ohana....

RESERVED ON-STREET PARKING: MY P.O.V.
As for the parking space, imagine this scenario. Your place of residence doesn't have off-street parking, so you're jockeying for a prime parking position on your street along with your neighbors--some of whom you like and respect, some of whom you'd like to see relocate so that the housing values increase.

During most of the year, you might or might not get a parking space next to your digs, but it's not a big deal to walk a little. But in winter, when the wind is sharp and the snow is deep, you just want to park close to your cozy abode. Add to those general wintery conditions that fact that not only do you need to shovel your sidewalks but your parking space, and suddenly the "first come, first served" on-street parking situation becomes a bit, well, contentious. If you've spent 15-25 minutes not only brushing the snow off your car & scraping the ice off your windshields, but digging out a space for yourself, then you might just consider that spot yours. You've earned it, put in your sweat equity.

And there's nothing more irritating that doing all that labor than to find someone else in that very same spot. Especially if that person NEVER digs out their own space, doesn't shovel his part of the sidewalk, and parks in front of your place instead of her own because it's cleared out.

And that's why people put chairs, traffic cones, seesaws, and sometimes their grandmother as placemarkers to save their space.

 

[chimera]

3. Hoarfroast - rare but wonderful.

What's hoarfrost?

 

[corinnak]

Hoarfrost is very cool. I've only seen it once on a run this year, but it's incredibly pretty when it happens.
For the full explanation:
Hoarfrost

For just a picture:

A lot like the stuff on my eyelashes at that 5K, really.

 

[windwalker]

Good moning team Ohana, I have a new player for you. Please welcome the pretty princess Kelly, KELNOTTAT. Be on your best behavior and don't scare her off now.

Pesky Panda

 

[corinnak]

We haven't actually scared anyone off yet, have we? You must be thinking of another team....

to Team Ohana, Kelly! We look forward to getting to know you.

 

[deekaypee]

Corrina: That's a great picture of hoarfrost!

Kelly: Welcome to Ohana! We look forward to getting to know you!

Dave: Thanks for sending us so many friendly folk! I hope your dental appointment went well!

Monthly ADD/SUBTRACT CHALLENGE?

I don't know if we're posting this information here, but I think it's an add week. I'll be working on drinking enough water every day. It's my holy grail of general health and fitness. (And I like the taste of water. )

ETA: Oops, I see the thread for the add/subtract challenge. I'll leave this here, though, so you can see what I'm up to.

 

[Optimator]

Sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to catch Debra.

Hey DKP - I hope you don't mind but I borrowed (O.K. stole, pilfered, plundered) your Cleveland Marathon siggie. It's so much more stylish than that honkin' one I had.

Please let me know if you've already had copyrights attached so I can send the royalty check your way.

Thanks!

 

[gatorphipps]

Hey all my friends! Hope everything was wonderful for you today.
I had a good one...got to go ride in the 73 degree weather.....went to the "booty Loop" with Bree to get her used to her bike. The Booty Loop is a 2.8 mile loop in the Meyers Park area of Charlotte...a real nice part of the city. This is where the "24 Hours of Booty" is help...a 24 hour ride where you raise $$$ and ride as much or as little as you want...really fun.

HOARFROST - Corrina, I wont even go to what I was thinking.... Sorry I have a sick humor but I blame it on all the things I have to see at work.... Crazy name but beautiful.

Welcome Kelly! You will like it here...just don't listen to Panda.

Richard - thanks for reporting on the race! WTG on the PR.

OK...What is the best way to talk DH into letting me do a 1/2 marathon this weekend....It is the one I PRed on last year (1:54) so I have fond memeories of it. Maybe I should not tempt fate. I know I could not do it faster and I would hate to be slower...plus I am doing a tri at the end of this month and a 1/2 next month with DSIS...(but the April 1/2 is not for time and I like to know where I am in the running.) I am trained but it is the $$$$$ issue...too many races to little $$$$....

You can read my race report on the link to my blog below. It was called the corp cup

 

[Jen117]

Hey team, just wanted to let you know that I am trying to get back on track after this nasty cold. Tonight I got in 35 minutes on the TM speedwalking. I could definately feel it in my chest. I can't wait for spring and the end of cold and flu season. It is just nasty here in the Northwoods!!!

Debra - Thanks for the post, I hadn't noticed that thread!!! Water is definately something I need work on. I get in my 64 ounces, but I used to be a 100 ouncer girl!

Kelly - WELCOME!!! Ohana means family and we are the bestest team out there!!!!!

Christa - I thought the Booty Loop was another one of those Nekkid Races that you southerns seem so fond of!!

Corinna - I LOVE THAT FROST, but we don't call it Hoarfrost. In fact I have never hear of that term. Hmmm... you Minnesotans are a different bunch!!!

 

[corinnak]

Oh, I should have been more clear - that isn't my photo. I just chose it from the internet because it was the prettiest example. Didn't want anyone to think I was passing it off as my own. I agree, it's a crazy name. I didn't make it up!

I took the day off today. It's tech week for Godspell, so I'm going to be more busy in the evenings all week long. Then it will just be weekend performances the rest of the month, so more like normal.

Christa - I hope you can find a way to do that 1/2 you wanted to. I suppose if it doesn't work out, there's always next year, eh?

I'm trying to add vitamins this week. So far, I think I'm at about 50/50.

 

[laughinplace199]

Kelly!