The August Heat Will Not Stop The Mighty Ducks

[disneygirlinnj]

It's worth the extra $$ if it helps you keep on track with what you want to achieve....

Please let us know how it's working for you.

Thanks SamSam! I totally agree, it's worth the extra money to get in shape and see results. In the long run it's only about $30 more expensive a month and I can easily spend that going out to dinner or drinks with friends. I can sacrifice one night out if I have to!

Yesterdays workout was great! I'm definitely feeling it today but going back tonight for the 2nd day. Was also able to squeeze in 45 mins of cardio too.

 

[ironz]

Good job, Jen! Keep us posted on how that is going! I seriously need to spend more time in the gym, doing strength work. You are inspiring me!

I got sick this week...darned summer cold! So took off 3 days in a row, but I think it worked, because I feel pretty good now. Will have a group workout with my tri team this evening. I did try Bikram yoga for the first time on Monday (probably didn't help the impending cold symptoms)...it was hard! And I'm having enough trouble with the heat outside, so adding more heat was difficult.

Augie...thanks.... sprint tris are fun for me...over quickly, and a good tempo workout. Will be shifting focus to the run from now through Goofy, with some biking as cross-training. Goal is to get through Goofy without getting an overuse injury, like I have tended to do in the past. One more sprint tri to go, in September.

Still finding my stuff to get totals posted up here....and looking for some more posts for the week ending Aug. 21! (ummm..Bryan, Liz? )

Vic...glad to see you starting to ramp things up for WDW marathon weekend!

Hugs to all!

 

[disneygirlinnj]

ironz... I tried bikram yoga once and felt pretty good after. during the actual class though I wanted to die! I need to go back and try a few more classes. Glad you're feeling better though!

Do you guys know if there are team standings anywhere on the boards? I kept trying to look for them but can't find them anywhere

 

[ironz]

Jen....not sure about team standings. I think they are supposed to be somewhere. With Augie and Rich, I'm sure our team is doing fine!

I'm laughing about our thread title, because the heat really has been bothering me! Just bonked on a run this morning...probably more because of not eating enough breakfast and starting my run too late than the heat. Well, at least I got a few miles in!

Cheers to all, and I'll be looking forward to getting the totals for the last week in August from everyone! report for Aug. 22-31, please.

I PROMISE I will have some totals to post for myself, too!

19 weeks until WDW marathon weekend....not that I'm counting...

 

[ahoff]

We could have used some August heat here yesterday. I registered for an event called The Ride to Montauk, not a race, just a ride to Montauk with several different starting points, 30, 66, 100, and 145. So, naturally I had to do the 145. It started at Penn Station in midtown Manhattan, and for once the weatherman had it right, when they predicted showers. More than 100 of the miles was done in the rain. Thankfully it stopped at the end, so we could enjoy our food and beer!

I did see a thread somewhere with team standings, it must have gotten bumped to the second page.

Only 19 weeks?

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

 

[bubba73]

Hey Triple D's!!! I owe all of you an apology for being MIA recently. Things have been extremely crazy at work and things are also moving along with the personal situations so my stress levels have been thru the roof. I think about you all every single day. Just by the time that I get home at night, I have had so much negativity thrown my way that I don't want to bring it here so I stay away. Not a valid excuse but it is the truth. All I can say is that I am very sorry and I do love you all!

Here are my totals for the last couple of weeks. I will post again tomorrow for this week's totals.

Aug. 8-14
Miles - 55 (that is including my double miles for the 5k that I did)
Time - 9 hours

Aug. 15-21
Miles - 75
Time - 10.25 hours

On a side note, things have been slow here for a lot of people. I know most of us have kids in school and with that starting back, some things had to go on the back burner. I understand that totally. But I also know that most of us are planning on going to Marathon Weekend. That means it is time to start ramping up training for your perspective races. I would love to see some more posting going on around here letting us all know how you are doing for training. Who knows? Something that you say may be the spark that someone else needs to really kick it into gear. We all have the excuses. Let's get passed that and get to the motivation. Let's push passed the boundries that hold us back and get the miles in so we can have a fantastic time in January!!!! LET'S GO TEAM!!!!!!

 

[Ronda93]

Hello Ducks!

I’ve been plugging along biking to work and running three times a week. I’ve chosen the MfM half plan. Just not sure if I can do all run. I may switch to the run/walk. Maybe a combination of run during the week and run/walk on the longer weekend runs. Just not confident that I can run more than four miles.

I ran in two local events this spring… a four mile and 5k. There is a local timed 10K that corresponds to my 6 mile run on the MfM plan (November 14). I want to do it to get more experience preparing and going through the nerves cycle. I expect it to be a hilly course given the county park location. I’m also doing it because, if memory serves, a decent 10K time could move me up in the Donald corrals.

So questions:
1. Sound idea to run an event as part of training?
2. What kind of 10K time will help my placement at WDW? What the corral to pace relationship?
3. Should I bother? My pace is currently around 12:30-13:00. I don't expect to get much beyond 12:00 by January.

I asked for a SPIBelt for my birthday. Looks like a great addition.

For the last week of August:
600 minutes
39 miles

QUACK!
Ronda

 

[disneygirlinnj]

2. What kind of 10K time will help my placement at WDW? What the corral to pace relationship?

Hey Ronda! I asked the same question in a separate topic on the boards. i was told that to move up in corrals, you have to prove that you'll run a 2:45 half. I believe that means you have to run a 1:17 10k.

Here's the topic I posted:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2192035

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Aug 22nd-28th:
26 miles
330 mins

whew! finally was able to bump up my numbers!

 

[AUdisneyDad]

My Totals for August 22 - 31 are:

Distance: 49 miles
Time: 300 minutes

Bryan you are right about ramping up the training. Marathon weekend will be here before we know it. I'm trying to get ready for the TOT 13k in October. This should be a good indication of where I stand on my training.

Anyway I wanted to share with all of you what I have been using as motivation. This past year my father has had four heart attacks, luckly he is still with us and is doing a little better. These were brought on by an unhealthy lifestyle. Never exercising, overeating, eating bad, etc. So I did a self analysis of my lifestyle and realized that I was on the same path that my father took. I decided that I wanted to be around to walk my little girl down the isle and do alot more with my beautiful wife. So i run, bike, weight train and eat better.

 

[Big Vic]

9.5 miles
125 minutes

 

[ahoff]

Hello duckies, and welcome (almost) to September! The year has seemed to go really fast, hasn't it? Here are the totals for the end of the month, 23 hours, and 365 miles. 10 of those hours were from the 'rain ride' on Saturday. I also will have to put more time in some running, with a few road races and duathlons coming up, my legs are not in running mode yet.

I have also completed the Cabot Cheese Vermont to Vegas Virtual Challange, where we have been logging time for walking, running, biking, and rowing since last May. They are going to do a return trip starting in November if anyone is interested. More info here:
http://www.cabotcheese.coop/vermont-to-las-vegas/

Everyone have a great week!

Augie

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Anyway I wanted to share with all of you what I have been using as motivation. This past year my father has had four heart attacks, luckly he is still with us and is doing a little better. These were brought on by an unhealthy lifestyle. Never exercising, overeating, eating bad, etc. So I did a self analysis of my lifestyle and realized that I was on the same path that my father took. I decided that I wanted to be around to walk my little girl down the isle and do alot more with my beautiful wife. So i run, bike, weight train and eat better.

Congrats on making the lifestyle change! I know how hard it can be. I'm almost in the same boat as you and have seen a few family members live unhealthy lifestyles and it makes you realize that you need to take care of yourself. Keep it up

 

[SamSam]

The final week of August I got some good minutes and miles in. The weather was perfect and I did a little stationary biking to help the miles.
Can't believe it's September already; I love the fall.

Hours - miles for last week of August:

540 minutes 40 miles

 

[TnTsParty]

Ok so I apologize for being a slacker and not posting my times and miles. I looked back at the spreadsheet and realized I didn't post my miles for June, July or Aug (not that I got that much in but I am sure every little bit helps) so for June and July I will just give the monthly total (its not very much anyway so it doesn't make sense to break down into the weeks) but since Goofy training is going to start officially for me next Monday my miles are starting to slowly creep back up so I am reporting Aug by the weeks

June total - 11.2 miles 156 mins
July total - 6.1 miles 85 mins
Aug 1-7 - 2 miles 26 mins
Aug 8-14 - 7 mile 99 mins
Aug 15-21 - 6 miles 94 mins
Aug 22-31 - 13.7 miles 190 mins

As you can see my miles are creeping back up there but also my time has gotten SLOWER - hopefully I can get my speed back up to at least where it was for the marathon this year. I am hopeful though that there is still more than 18 weeks left before Goofy and it will hopefully be getting a little cooler down here in south Florida but I am not counting on it.

Good luck in Sept Duckies and I will make a point to try and stop in here

 

[ironz]

Hi, Ducks!!

Tricia--welcome back!!! You are all updated on the spreadsheet!

Big Vic...nice job building back into it! Can't wait to see you in January! I still get a chuckle about how I ran up to you at the marathon last year, since I recognized you from your pic.

AUDisneyDad...excellent motivation! You should be very proud of what you are doing and the example for your kids.

Augie...you're killin' me! I've been a bike slacker.

Ronda...I'm all for race experience. The 10K sounds like a good idea. Also, I have a spibelt, just to carry small stuff on a run (I usually don't like things on me)...it's come in handy since I travel a lot--can put in hotel keys and/or cell phones. plus a couple of gels if needed.

And....drum roll...guess what?! I finally came up with some totals for me for August! (and just realized I don't even have my last week of July..ugh). I am sorry I have been a slacker here. I think I got discouraged when several people stopped posting. Also, I wasn't getting in a bunch of training, so I didn't really want to see my numbers. But it's time to get ready for marathon weekend...and I miss you guys!!!

So...for August, I had:

Aug. 1-7:
Bike: 13.5/1:00
Run: 3.8/0:55
Triathlon race: 0.3 mi swim/13.8 mile bike/3 mile run = 17.1 miles, doubled is 34.2 miles/1:35

Total for Aug. 1-7: 51.5 miles/3:30 hours

Aug. 8-14: This was a bad week training-wise, with much work stress. But I did do a triathlon that week, so some small doubled miles!
0.25 mi swim/9.2 mile bike/2.5 mile run = 12.05 miles, doubled is 24.1 miles/1:05.
Plus 10 min warmup run of about 1 mile.

Total for Aug. 8-14: 25.1 miles/1:15 hours

August 15-21:
Running only: 12.8 miles/2:30 hours

August 22-31:
Triathlon race: 0.2 mile swim (very short!)/14 mi bike/3.1 mi run = 17.3 miles, doubled is 34.6 miles/ 1:35
Bike: 14.7 miles/1:00
Run/walk: 7.1 miles/ 1:25
Yoga: 1:30

Total for Aug. 22-31: 56.4 miles/5:30 hours

yay!

 

[ryley26]

Morning Ducks good to hear from all of you. I can't wait till Marathon weekend to see many of you

Miles for the week Aug 21-31
63 miles
11.5 hours

Biking
160 miles
12 hours

Have a great holiday weekend everyone.

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Hey guys! Is there a Sept thread yet?

 

[disneygirlinnj]

Aug 29-31:
miles: 3miles
mins: 75mins

 

[bubba73]

Augie Your totals are amazing. Between you and Rich (and several others), I really feel like a bum But it is ok. It is actually motivating me to want to do more training. So let me say thank you for encouraging me to get back at it hard and heavy.

Betsy I am still around even though I haven't been posting as much as I would like. I will work on that and get back into the groove. I promise. Thank you for checking up on me. You're the best!!

My Totals For the last week of August, I had a pretty decent week. So here you go:

Miles - 105
Time - 11.25

Now we are in September. Let's get over to the new thread and start posting. There are a lot of people who will be training for upcoming races so let's be a little more active if we can and motivate each other during our time of training.

Thanks everyone!
Bryan