The Official 2013 Wine and Dine Half Marathon Thread

[Ariel484]

Sorry to hear about folks having injuries.

For anyone with knee pain/IT Band issues, here are a couple of things that have helped me!

1. SQUATS - specifically Jump Squats. Strength training for your legs helps keep your kneecap in place, which is what was causing pain for me a few years back (I had a bad case of Runner's Knee). Strength training in general is SO important for runners...core, legs, arms, etc. It helps a lot!

2. ROLLING with the Foam Roller or The Stick - helps to loosen the IT Band. It HURTS when you're doing it but it makes such a huge difference.

See videos below (both pages might show the same videos...I'm not sure, can't watch them as I'm at work! ):

http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-...e-doctors-office-dr-jordan-metzl-runners-knee
http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-treatment/inside-doctors-office-dr-jordan-metzl-it-band-syndrome

 

[dlbwright]

Sunday I did 4 miles run/walk and then finished it with a mile walk. I have asthma and boy were my lungs sore on Monday! I've been practicing my breathing techniques and haven't needed my inhaler during the run walks. Happily my lungs are back to normal today! That was the longest I have gone so far, I think I'll repeat it this weekend and give my lungs a chance to do better
Good luck to everyone in their pre-training or training!

Pix13dust - I can sympathize with you. I have asthma, although not too bad, just when I run. I have felt that pain in my lungs and I can sympathize. Good for you on practicing breathing, it has helped me too. Big on the 4 miles! Way to go!



shellylmu - Sorry for the injury. Hope you get back out there soon. I know what you mean about getting out of the routine.

 

[Steve's Girl]

My brother-in-law would like to run the W&D half with my son and myself. Well, he goofed around and did not get registered for the race before it sold out. So, any other options still available for registration? I told him to look at some of the charity options. But, wondered if anyone has had success getting a registration from some of the travel groups or elsewhere. Thanks!

 

[Steve's Girl]

My son will be 14 at the time of the race. Does he have to show picture ID to get his race packet?

 

[rebapple]

My brother-in-law would like to run the W&D half with my son and myself. Well, he goofed around and did not get registered for the race before it sold out. So, any other options still available for registration? I told him to look at some of the charity options. But, wondered if anyone has had success getting a registration from some of the travel groups or elsewhere. Thanks!

If he hasn't booked a room he can register with get travel.

 

[peachygreen]

Saturday night I did a 2 mile test run with the goal of running the entire 2 miles. I typically do 3-1 intervals on my runs.

The positive to the run is that I did do the entire 2 miles without walking.

The negative was that I was only 15 seconds faster per mile than I have been doing with walk breaks. I have to admit I was running on tired legs as I had been on my feet pretty much all day. I had a soccer game in the morning (I coach/referree my daughters soccer team) and then we went to Wal-mart, Target, Babies-r-us, the sporting goods store and the mall, not to mention cleaning house.

Yesterday we went to the Space Center and Kemah Boardwalk and did a lot of walking. I got up from our table at a cafe in Kemah and walked into the corner of a column. I didn't see that it jutted out about 3 inches right at hip level. I have a huge knot on my hip. I'm supposed to run tonight. It gets stiff when I stand up. I really hope it is just a deep bruise.

 

[Steve's Girl]

If he hasn't booked a room he can register with get travel.

Thank you! I'll let him know.

 

[Figment1990]

Sunday I did 4 miles run/walk and then finished it with a mile walk. I have asthma and boy were my lungs sore on Monday! I've been practicing my breathing techniques and haven't needed my inhaler during the run walks. Happily my lungs are back to normal today! That was the longest I have gone so far, I think I'll repeat it this weekend and give my lungs a chance to do better
Good luck to everyone in their pre-training or training!

I have asthma too and usually I don't need my inhaler anymore when i run except when pollen counts are really really high. Anyhow, I just wanted to share that I do a 3-2 breathing technique that was discussed in a runners world article a few months ago (march I think) and even though it's supposed to be 3 inhale steps then 2 exhale, I find that when I'm running at a LSD pace, I need to exhale 3 steps and inhale 2 because 3 is just too hard on my lungs. It slightly defeats the purpose (of minimizing the higher impact on your body during footfalls when u are exhaling), but the odd-numbered combo does still balance out the impact between both sides of my body. I'm trying to switch but I find it is tough on my asthma.

I also found my sweet spot of 11-12 min pacing for most runs and that too helps me grow my lung capabilities.

 

[schoonersky]

My son will be 14 at the time of the race. Does he have to show picture ID to get his race packet?

I know race for a Reason in Canada still has registrations, but it is a package through them I think. Worth checking though.

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[pix13dust]

I have asthma too and usually I don't need my inhaler anymore when i run except when pollen counts are really really high. Anyhow, I just wanted to share that I do a 3-2 breathing technique that was discussed in a runners world article a few months ago (march I think) and even though it's supposed to be 3 inhale steps then 2 exhale, I find that when I'm running at a LSD pace, I need to exhale 3 steps and inhale 2 because 3 is just too hard on my lungs. It slightly defeats the purpose (of minimizing the higher impact on your body during footfalls when u are exhaling), but the odd-numbered combo does still balance out the impact between both sides of my body. I'm trying to switch but I find it is tough on my asthma.

I also found my sweet spot of 11-12 min pacing for most runs and that too helps me grow my lung capabilities.

Thanks so much! I'll look up that article. I've been doing a yoga style breathing to help expand my lungs, so far it's been really helpful. After about a week if conscious breathing my lungs were really sore but I could tell it was working. Now I take two puffs of the inhaler about 10 minutes before I start running and it seems to hold me. When I first started running I was taking 2 puffs every half mile- yikes! I figure by November I should have this breathing thing figured out!

Melinda

 

[Figment1990]

Thanks so much! I'll look up that article. I've been doing a yoga style breathing to help expand my lungs, so far it's been really helpful. After about a week if conscious breathing my lungs were really sore but I could tell it was working. Now I take two puffs of the inhaler about 10 minutes before I start running and it seems to hold me. When I first started running I was taking 2 puffs every half mile- yikes! I figure by November I should have this breathing thing figured out!

Melinda

Sounds like you are making great progress! I used to take two puffs before my spinning workouts too and have worked my way up to not needing it at all anymore. I'm sure you will get there! I still have some issues running outdoors when people mow their lawn so I often run on a treadmill and at a school track that has AstroTurf instead of real grass for a lot of my runs. Our "trail" is a real killer for me w all the weeds and stuff around. Amazingly tho- my allergies and asthma are not a problem at all in Disney. Must be the magic!

 

[sully&mike]

I hope that everyone is doing well with their training/racing/injury recuperation.



It has been about a month since I first started running/jogging.

I had my first 5-mile run on Sunday. It was incredible!
5.25 miles/46:46.

My first official race is a 10k on June 30th. Hoping that I get a good enough time to get me out of the last corral.

I am trying to do something from my Turbofire one day/week for my crosstraining. I did the HIIT 15 DVD on Friday night. Oh Goodness Gracious. It was difficult!!! It used to be so EASY to kick-out this workout...and it was NOT so easy this time! I'm clearly using a different set of muscles for my running training than I used for the 90 days that I was pressing PLAY. I do miss Turbofire. It is just such different training and I don't want to overtire my body by doing Fire DVDs on my rest days.

Anyway. Completing 5 miles without stopping (just a minute at a traffic light) felt like such a huge accomplishment. We were out of town and DH dropped me off in a neighborhood. I jogged through that neighborhood, through a park/trails, on a sort of main road, through a long straight-away of another neighborhood, back down the same straight-away of the same neighborhood taking any cul-de-sac I saw along the way back, then along the whole back end of a Target/Kolh's/Safeway shopping strip mall...and back. It felt kind of empowering to know that I had the confidence to just take-off on the roads like that. Never could I have done that a month ago.

13.1 seems a little more possible today than it did before that 5 mile run....though I still have a long way to go.

 

[Tinker326]

I hope that everyone is doing well with their training/racing/injury recuperation.



It has been about a month since I first started running/jogging.

I had my first 5-mile run on Sunday. It was incredible!
5.25 miles/46:46.

My first official race is a 10k on June 30th. Hoping that I get a good enough time to get me out of the last corral.

I am trying to do something from my Turbofire one day/week for my crosstraining. I did the HIIT 15 DVD on Friday night. Oh Goodness Gracious. It was difficult!!! It used to be so EASY to kick-out this workout...and it was NOT so easy this time! I'm clearly using a different set of muscles for my running training than I used for the 90 days that I was pressing PLAY. I do miss Turbofire. It is just such different training and I don't want to overtire my body by doing Fire DVDs on my rest days.

Anyway. Completing 5 miles without stopping (just a minute at a traffic light) felt like such a huge accomplishment. We were out of town and DH dropped me off in a neighborhood. I jogged through that neighborhood, through a park/trails, on a sort of main road, through a long straight-away of another neighborhood, back down the same straight-away of the same neighborhood taking any cul-de-sac I saw along the way back, then along the whole back end of a Target/Kolh's/Safeway shopping strip mall...and back. It felt kind of empowering to know that I had the confidence to just take-off on the roads like that. Never could I have done that a month ago.

13.1 seems a little more possible today than it did before that 5 mile run....though I still have a long way to go.

Wow, that's an amazing time for a 5 mile run with just starting running a month ago. That's my 4 mile time.

GREAT JOB! You'll have this half blown out in no time!!

 

[capeseal]

Had my cortisone injection this morning and hope to be running again in a few days if this one takes like the last one did. I can't wait to get back to training....and just moving around in general without pain

 

[capeseal]

One other quick note for those who haven't purchased flights yet but need to is that Southwest had some price drops today. We were able to book our family of four round trip for $850, which is a good deal for us. (Previous to today, we were looking at $1400.) Now that we have a hotel room and flights, it all feels very real to me that we are going to be running this awesome race in just a few short months. Still holding out hope for military park ticket discounts but, so far, I feel like we've been staying within budget.

 

[bjakmom]

Oh Yikes I just saw that AKL was bumped from the host resort list and that's where I booked. So we can rent a car and drive over right? Do they let you park you in the main AK parking lot that early in the AM for the 5K? do they charge for the parking?
As long as I have to drive for the 5K maybe I'll try and stay on the monorail so we don't have to drive for the 1/2.

 

[kristenrice]

Oh Yikes I just saw that AKL was bumped from the host resort list and that's where I booked. So we can rent a car and drive over right? Do they let you park you in the main AK parking lot that early in the AM for the 5K? do they charge for the parking?
As long as I have to drive for the 5K maybe I'll try and stay on the monorail so we don't have to drive for the 1/2.

We're at AKV too and this is our first Disney race so I have the same transportation concerns. I believe there is a shuttle from Epcot to the WWOS that starts around 7pm. We're planning on heading to Epcot around 6 and catching the shuttle unless a better plan develops.

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[jeanigor]

Oh Yikes I just saw that AKL was bumped from the host resort list and that's where I booked. So we can rent a car and drive over right? Do they let you park you in the main AK parking lot that early in the AM for the 5K? do they charge for the parking?
As long as I have to drive for the 5K maybe I'll try and stay on the monorail so we don't have to drive for the 1/2.

Yes. You can park in normal parking at AK. There is no charge to park for 5K participants/spectators. Please remember that just because you took the monorail to get to the shuttle area doesn't mean that you will be able to take the shuttle back to your resort.

We're at AKV too and this is our first Disney race so I have the same transportation concerns. I believe there is a shuttle from Epcot to the WWOS that starts around 7pm. We're planning on heading to Epcot around 6 and catching the shuttle unless a better plan develops.

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Yes there is a shuttle from Epcot to WWoS for people who are driving (locals, off property guests and non-host resort folks).

 

[Barb08]

Morning everyone, just booked our flights for November super excited, just have to book some rooms and we are set!!! Just a questions as I am new to all this running stuff, we just did a marathon on the week end and wondered how we submit our times for coral placements?

 

[jeanigor]

Morning everyone, just booked our flights for November super excited, just have to book some rooms and we are set!!! Just a questions as I am new to all this running stuff, we just did a marathon on the week end and wondered how we submit our times for coral placements?

Per the runDisney site:

"If you do not provide proof of time at point of registration but acquire it after you have registered, email the information to disneysports@trackshack.com before September 1, 2013. After September 1, 2013, you will need to bring proof of your estimated finish time to the Runner Relations booth at the Expo to have your start corral placement changed."