The Official 2013 Wine and Dine Half Marathon Thread

[Barb08]

Maybe we could use fabric paint to put little lime green Mickeys on the back of our shirts somewhere? Anyone have another idea?

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Oh I like this idea!! I had a horrible 8k run this evening, guess there are going to be days/runs like that This board helps keep me motivated and focused.

 

[dlbwright]

What inspirational stories!

I just pushed myself to 12 miles. Well I ran 7, walked 1, ran 3, and walked another. I dont feel 100% and I have some battle scars (chaffing, blister), but I'm not in too bad of shape, considering.

WOW! That is a great distance CamColt. I guess we can all except some battle scars after our long races. I am supposed to go 7 miles today, my longest distance yet.

 

[dlbwright]

Oh I like this idea!! I had a horrible 8k run this evening, guess there are going to be days/runs like that This board helps keep me motivated and focused.

Yes Barb we are going to have our ups and downs. But you did it! I slept terrible last night and I am supposed to go for a 7 mile run today and am not looking forward to it But I will get through it and it when I am done it will just be another notch in the training tree.

 

[jpeka65844]

I'm down with a hurt ankle and WISH WISH WISH I could run. When I first got injured, I would almost cry when I saw people running on the sidewalks around town. Now THAT'S a sign I'm crazy!

I just hope that once I'm healed, the injury doesn't return. Anyone know how to avoid tendonitis in your ankles?

 

[Figment1990]

Good shoes. Flat roads. I have similar issues with the foot I over pronate badly on. I'm looking for a solution. If anyone has advice I'd love to hear it too. It's so hard when the heart and mind is willing and the body says "NO!"

I do find that icing and a hand held massager helps a little. But I suspect mine are shin splints, not tendinitis. My past experience w tendinitis is pt, ice and anti inflamatories to get the swelling down and regular pt/exercise to keep it strong. I think fixing imbalances and weaknesses can help minimize chances but I haven't quite gotten to that point yet. (I had a very bad episode of patellar tendinitis years ago).

 

[Jenn310]

I'm down with a hurt ankle and WISH WISH WISH I could run. When I first got injured, I would almost cry when I saw people running on the sidewalks around town. Now THAT'S a sign I'm crazy!

I just hope that once I'm healed, the injury doesn't return. Anyone know how to avoid tendonitis in your ankles?

I'm at that almost crying stage too! Im trying to fix hip bursitis and I'm so jealous anytime I see or read people going out for good runs! Pathetic lol

 

[jpeka65844]

I'm at that almost crying stage too! Im trying to fix hip bursitis and I'm so jealous anytime I see or read people going out for good runs! Pathetic lol

I don't think it was bursitis but when I first began running, my hips hurt like crazy.

Then I got wise and started to stretch, stretch, stretch. Haven't had hip pain in forever! Now if I can just get this stupid ankle healed!!!!

 

[schoonersky]

I'm down with a hurt ankle and WISH WISH WISH I could run. When I first got injured, I would almost cry when I saw people running on the sidewalks around town. Now THAT'S a sign I'm crazy!

I just hope that once I'm healed, the injury doesn't return. Anyone know how to avoid tendonitis in your ankles?

I had tendinitis/shin splint issues when I first started running. It was partly because of wearing shoes for overpronation (which I do) but for some reason the shoes caused problems. The other reason was because my calf muscles are incredibly tight all the time. Went to a different shoe fitter, got into new shoes and they helped a lot. Started working with a run trainer and she has me doing a LOT of stretching before and after runs, for hips, ankles, waist, shoulders, calves, you name it I stretch it. And on rest days I do more calf stretches. Oh, and at the first sign of an issue- ice, ice, ice. So far it is working, and I have significantly reduced my stride length. I haven't started to really bump up mileage yet though. Typically do 4-5k but have built up to about 8.5 on long slow run days (focused on improving speed a bit before I worry about distance! Have to have a comfort zone for those pace bunnies!)

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[capeseal]

Ran a 10k this morning that I was completely undertrained to complete. I did finish, though about a minute off of my mile-pace goal since I needed to walk a few times. Still, I am so glad that DH pushed me to do this and the whole family had a blast at the expo. The other great thing about this run was that it was almost entirely on packed dirt and my back, which has been bothering me a bit again, did not hurt at all. I just need to get through the next few months of training without herniating a disc again. This time last year I never thought I would be pain-free again and now I'm training for my first half-marathon. Love to think about how far I've come.

 

[Snelldog]

Well, we have our dining reservations, our MVMCP tickets are ordered, and we're looking into flights. Can't wait another minute! My new blog post is up! Check it out! www.snellsracechase.wordpess.com

 

[shelleylmu]

We're looking to do MVMCP too on Friday night. Any idea how quickly those tix sell out?

 

[peachygreen]

Last year I bought mine for the Friday before Thanksgiving about 3 days before we got there. It sold out the night before. With this being veterans day weekend I'm not sure. I wouldn't think it would sell out too far in advance though.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

Maybe we could use fabric paint to put little lime green Mickeys on the back of our shirts somewhere? Anyone have another idea?

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I totally love this idea... We have to do this.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I can so relate to this statement.


I finished that race in 6hrs and 18 minutes (chip time not gun time). It was definately not the race I trained for or the race I wanted to run. Some day I will run another marathon because I have to get the taste of that race out of my mouth.

It has taken me a long time to realize that I did not fail but against tremendous odds I persevered and finished what I started when many would have quit.

So this half marathon is my first major step to getting back there again. I regirstered today so there is no looking back. I have 6 months to get from 5k shape to 1/2 marathon shape. I know I can do it.

Thanks for sharing.
I did the Disney Marathon in Jan. I trained for between a 5:00 and 5:30 depending on the temps, etc and finished at 6:09ish. I don't even know my final time. I was so disappointed. I have piriformis syndrome and my back was just gone for the last 6 miles. It was horrible. At the end I had to get a massage in order to sit down. It was just completely locked. My running this spring has been hit and miss while trying to deal with the piriformis issues, but I have run or walked at least a mile every day this year, and I finished a half marathon a couple of weeks ago that went well.

I can't even imagine 26 miles with stomach issues. I am glad you were able to finish, but I totally get that bad taste in your mouth feeling.

I don't know if my back will let me do another marathon, and it is disappointing. But I am proud that I have gotten back out there, and I am really trying.

Congrats on registering for the race!

I'm down with a hurt ankle and WISH WISH WISH I could run. When I first got injured, I would almost cry when I saw people running on the sidewalks around town. Now THAT'S a sign I'm crazy!

I just hope that once I'm healed, the injury doesn't return. Anyone know how to avoid tendonitis in your ankles?

Over a year after finishing pt for ankle issues, I still work on strength to keep things from reoccurring.

Ice, Ice, Ice after exercise. Look at some of the yoga poses--tree especially for strength. You can also use a bosu ball for strength. Stand on one foot on the bosu ball, other in leg in front, side and back for 5 seconds each and repeat 5 times. My pt also had me stand on a foam pad barefoot on the weak side and play catch. There are also some strength exercises with a band that you should be able to find online.

I had a sprain, fat bad injury in the heel (which is horribly painful) and tendonitis in several of the tendons in the same foot and I came back from it to run a marathon a year later. There were many times I thought that I would never run again, but it is fixable.

Kt tape was my friend for quite a while. So that is something you can look into as well.

Good luck!

 

[PlutoBaby]

Thank you gang, glad to be here!



Well, it will be my first half marathon, but I've been training since January. I have a heart condition where I cycle through good times, then I cycle to bad times. I started a cycle of "bad times" last September and when I went to Disney in October, I was still in the midst of it. I was brokenhearted as the trip was a big struggle. I was having a hard time walking, I got tired easily... My low point was having to leave San Angel Inn during dinner because I was so sick. I remembered crying all the way from Mexico to Future World, then back to Pop. I was so disappointed that I was getting this sick.

Then I saw a bunch of my friends training for the Princess Half. I followed along and got completely bitten by the bug and started training in January. Running the Princess Half wasn't possible... It was sold out, I wasn't ready, etc etc etc. But I decided the race I'd train for is the Wine and Dine. I figured it gave me plenty of time and it let me do something I've always wanted to do... An after-hours tour of my favorite park. I'm devoted to EPCOT and considering that, it just seemed so perfect that EPCOT and Disney, the place where I had the lowest moment of pretty much my whole life, where I worried about how sick I was getting, worried I'd never get better, afraid that trips to Disney would be out of the picture permanently (I had a cardiac issue on the plane... And it was the worst flight of my life... I was truly nervous, to say the very least), to be the place where I overcome this huge obstacle. Plus... Food. I mean, really. The race sells itself. I'd always wanted to be a runner, and this just gave me my motivation.

Now, before people worry, the nature of my heart condition (tachycardic hypoxia) is one that, in theory, regular moderate, even vigorous exercise, will help me immensely. It helps my heart regulate itself, helps with oxygen flow, all sorts of stuff. But because I wasn't fit and because I never exercised, it was really, really, really hard to push past that wall of being too sick to do anything to being too sick to do anything and push through it. I've been watched by a doctor, I was evaluated before I started, I'm checked regularly since... So I'm doing this entirely safely. In fact, I've been free of my downswings since late January, about 4 weeks into my journey, and I've even been able to reduce my medications from twice-a-day to once-every-other-day with no ill effects. Exercise, a structured diet, and finding my stride in progressing in my runs, it's really changed me. I feel awesome! I've gone from walking from Mexico to the Pop bus stop and being winded, almost too tired to stand on my bad day, to running on my endurance training days, a constant 9 minutes without needing a break at a pace of a 12 minute mile. More importantly, doing 30/30 runs via Jeff Galloway's program, I'm able to run safely and comfortably 5 miles at a pace of 13 minutes, maintained, for the 5 miles! While pushing a stroller!

I've got a lot more training to do, and obviously, no landspeed records being broken by me, but for a girl who could barely walk this time last year to a girl who can run 5 miles... Night and day.

So... If anybody sees an Orange Bird on the running route, be sure to say hello! Because that Orange Bird overcame her lifelong heart condition to run... With the promise of food and Soarin when she's done... LoL!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! That is an incredible story! And oh so motivating! Thank you for sharing and helping the rest of us with issues that are a lot less life-threatening, keep things in perspective!

how can I join the half crazy club?

You just did!

I like that idea! I was thinking about putting my screen name on my shirt?

I went to zazzle.com and had a custom t-shirt made for the race, including my screen name in WISH green on the back. It was a little pricey I thought, but fun to do.

 

[Suited Deuces]

99%.....Wow

 

[Ariel484]

99%.....Wow

Yikes! If anyone's on the fence about doing this race, sign up NOW. It's going to close soooooooon!

 

[sully&mike]

Hi! I'm Leslie.
I'm now part of the half-crazy club, too!

This will be my first half-marathon.
Yoy!

 

[FloridaNative8]

Hi! I'm Leslie.
I'm now part of the half-crazy club, too!

This will be my first half-marathon.
Yoy!

Yay! Welcome!

 

[capeseal]

DH seems to be becoming addicted to signing me up for 10k's, hahahahaha. I thought he was going to be doing one while we are visiting family this summer and was so excited for him because he gets to cross the 50 yard line for his favorite team at the finish. Last night he was saying, "So, we need to get a babysitter..." I'm thinking it will actually be a good training run though because it is in the evening and it should be pretty hot out. Just hoping to post a better time for that run so that I can use it for a decent corral placement at W&D.

Welcome to all of the new "half-crazies!"

No custom shirt here but I am considering a sparkly headband. That's about as wild as I think I can get.

I AM tempted by the New Balance Minnie Mouse sneakers. Since we are flying in on Friday though, there's no way I'll be able to snag a pair. I probably wouldn't run in them anyway. I just think they look fun. I wonder if New Balance is going to expand their Disney offerings at some point?