The SUPER GOOFS are red, white and blue in JULY

[Pungodingy]

No Fall Disney for me (unless I win the lottery!) but I have lots of races...here's what I'm registered for...

7/17 - Bill Luti 5 miler
7/31 - Woodchuck Classic 5K
8/8 - Balloon Rally 5K
8/12 - Cigna Elliot 5K
8/29 - Loco Moose 5K
9/11 - Run to the Rock Half
9/25 - Tanger 5K
10/3 - Hampton Rockfest Half
10/16 - Friends of Forgotten Children 5K
11/7 - Manchester Half Marathon
11/25 - Galloping Gobbler 4 miler
12/4 - Jingle Bell Run 5K

 

[suzannews]

No Fall Disney for me (unless I win the lottery!) but I have lots of races...here's what I'm registered for...

7/17 - Bill Luti 5 miler
7/31 - Woodchuck Classic 5K
8/8 - Balloon Rally 5K
8/12 - Cigna Elliot 5K
8/29 - Loco Moose 5K
9/11 - Run to the Rock Half
9/25 - Tanger 5K
10/3 - Hampton Rockfest Half
10/16 - Friends of Forgotten Children 5K
11/7 - Manchester Half Marathon
11/25 - Galloping Gobbler 4 miler
12/4 - Jingle Bell Run 5K

to you also Angie!!

 

[Cindylou]

June miles 96.1.

I'll be back later to post more.

Have a great day everyone.

 

[airtime247]

Great lineup Angie!

I registered for the Big Sur International Marathon this morning. Now I guess I've got to go find an additional job to pay for it!

I can't wait though!

-steve

 

[lenshanem]

Way to go Steve and Angie!
I've only got two races on my calendar right now.

Had to do my LR a little early this week since we have plans this weekend. Ran 6.20 miles this morning around the neighborhood before DH and the girls woke up. It was still hot, though! This was my first time switching back to a R/W in awhile. Now I'm officially doing Galloway for my LRs and running the shorter runs during the week. I was happy to see my pace was roughly the same as when I just straight out run!

Have a great weekend Goofs!

 

[suzannews]

Bumping up to the top!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

 

[jmasgat]

Guess I haven't posted in a while!

Shan Glad Peachtree was fun. BTW, you should check out runningwarehouse.com--they now have this shoe finder feature where they supposedly have 3D info on shoes so you can compare your current show to one you might be choosing. According to them, the Ride3 is definitely smaller than Ride2. So I decided--after more blisters--to buy a different shoe. I picked up some Nike Vomero 5 (on sale at Nordstrom!) and am about to christen them this morning.

Angie & Steve Great list of races! Comgrats for committing to so many. Unlike me, who always waits til the last minute. Hope your races this weekend went well.

Suzanne

Same old, same old at this end. Friday, I went out for my first solo bike ride. Yeah, seems weird--I've had my road bike 3 years, and I don't ride that frequently, and ususally with DH or friends. So I did 19 miles, and no flats.
Yesterday, instead of my 17 mile LR, I went with friends to a local state park (where they hold a series of tris). We rode 21 miles and then went for a swim. I can't swim in a straight line to save my life!

Anyway, LR awaits ....now. Better get going.

Maura

 

[Mrs D]

Just popping in to do a quick dance.

as of today!!!

 

[jeanigor]

Just popping in to do a quick dance.

as of today!!!

Congrats!!!!!!!

 

[stenogoddess]

Just popping in to do a quick dance.

as of today!!!

I'll dance with ya!!!

 

[Cotillard]

Congrats!!!!!!!

Your countdowns are awesome!

I walked my first "race" ever this weekend. A 4-mile beach walk. It was a fun way to start my career. LOL.

Tomorrow I start week 2 of C25K and I'm very excited. Wish I'd gotten into all of this years ago!

 

[SkinsFan76]

Did 12 miles on Saturday and it was miserably hot and humid. I didn't get out of the house until 9:20 am so the heat was already climbing. At least I did the run. I'm going to have to start bringing water with me on my longer runs now. Not excited about carrying fluids.

 

[airtime247]

Maura - Great job with the mileage. You are inspiring.

Dawn - Congratulations and an awesome job! Way to go.

Genny - Congrats on doing your first race. It's not easy doing any kind of exercise on the beach. Best of luck with C25K. I keep reminding myself of "better late than never" as I got off to a late start too. You are doing great. Keep it up!

Jason - Great job to you too as I have a hard time functioning out there once it hits 60. I couldn't imagine 12 miles in that heat and humidity.

AFM, I'm in Austin, TX right now visiting some good friends on the way to visit my FIL for the rest of the week. I brought my running gear but I don't see any way I can exercise in this heat outside of the hotel gym!

I just ran the Napa to Sonoma Wine Country Half Marathon yesterday. It was a fun day. The course had a lot of rolling hills and the first several miles had me surrounded by vineyards. It was beautiful but I had to keep reminding myself to look around and not stare at the ground or straight ahead of me like I'm in the habit of doing. I was worried about the heat as it had been in the 90's there. I was fortunate to start at 7am and it was still overcast until mile 9 so I got pretty lucky. It didn't start heating up until just about the time I finished. I wasn't very well prepared for it so I'm still pretty happy I did as well as I did.

At the finish line, they gave out wine glasses and they had a lot of wine tasting stations. As badly as I wanted to stay a while and sample, I don't think my stomach can handle alchohol after a long race!

-steve

 

[suzannews]

Maura

Dawn...congrats on your weight loss!

Genny...congrats on your first race!

Jason...wtg 12 miles in the heat, I carry water with me year round here in FL so I feel your pain!

Steve...your 1/2 sounds great with beautiful scenery, I think that makes the miles go by so much faster!

Hope everyone is doing great!

I am waiting for my doctors approval to sign up for a 15K at the end of September, I plan on walking most of it, just a little jogging here and there to stay ahead of the 15 min/mile pace. I am already signed up for weekend after that for the Wine and Dine 1/2 so I can count this as a long training run!! Not much else on my list for the fall, waiting to see what else comes up!

 

[Cotillard]

Thank you so much, Steve and Suzanne. You are so encouraging

Steve - I have visited Napa once for a wedding and fell in love with the area Have not been to Sonoma but want to. I cannot imagine how amazing that course must've been Beautiful country. Congratulations.

Suzanne - good luck with your 15K. Are you running the Wine & Dine or walking it? I would LOVE to walk it but I can't be there on that date Maybe next year.

I'm going to walk two local 5Ks in September and then walk a half marathon in late October. Depending on how those go (and my C25K training) I am either going to run the Family Fun 5K or walk the Princess half in February but one way or another I will be there

 

[Mrs D]

Maura - Way to go on the solo bike ride. I have been thinking more and more about pulling mine out as well.

Genny - Congrats on your first race! It seems like you've caught the bug! I think you'll enjoy the C25K program. Keep up the good work.

Jason - way to go on the 12 miles. If I were doing that distance I'd either need to plant water on the route or wear a fuel belt.

Steve - That Napa>Sonoma run sounds lovely, although the hills would have done me in. Good for you!

Suzanne a 15K before a Half does sound like a good training run! Are you able to make the Boma meet on Friday night? Anyone else running Wine & Dine able to join us? The link is in my siggy.


Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement on the weight loss! I was able to drop the first 10 just by beginning my training for the W&D half relay but finally broke down and joined weight watchers last month and have dropped the other 10 with incorporating that.

I'd had a tough 2 weeks with my runs. I think this being my first summer of training I'm not used to the heat/humidity/sun blasting down. I find myself barely chugging along and feel like I'm backsliding in my time and mileage. I did finally have a great run Tuesday night - I think I did 4 miles (I lost track of my laps) which is currently my long run distance. I want to be comfortable with 5 miles before the W&D race.

Last, I feel like I've been MIA from the DIS, and it's because I'm on the committee for my church's annual 5K. This year we have a completely brand new committee (new to putting on a race, but many seasoned runners) and are getting a VERY late start in planning & securing sponsors; we are 9 weeks away from the event and really just now getting the ball rolling. So as you might guess we are pulling our hair out trying to play catch up and actually make this happen. If anyone has advise or knows a company that would be a great sponsor - all suggestions are welcome!

Thanks for listening (reading) and being such a great supportive group!

 

[Cotillard]

I ahve caught the bug. I hope it lasts! Thank you so much for your encouraging words.


The heat makes things very difficult. I can't wait for the humidity to go down.

 

[jmasgat]

Dawn Add my congrats to your wonderful weight loss. And hope the race you are organizing comes together. I have no sdvice, although there are 1 or 2 race organizers on the WISH board--you may be able to get some advice.

cotillard I imagine a beach walk could be quite challenging depending on what part of the beach you walk on. Good luck on continuing with C25K. And don't worry about the past. I didn't start any of this til nearly 50, and I don't have real regrets because I know that only now do I have the interest and commitment to make it worthwhile.

Jason I hope you find a way that works for you to bring water. I run with a 2 bottle Nathan pack, which doesn't bother me, but I know that a lot of people aren't fond of packs. 2 bottles is really not enough in this weather, though. so I am going to have to make anadjustment (I don't drink nearly enough as I should)

Steve Sounds like a good race. I hear you about looking around--I never do. I always stare at the ground. And just once I am going to do a race that has wine or beer at the end! I would stick around until I could drink it.

Suzanne I have a lousy memory...I hope whatever you were at the doctor for has healed. Any plan I had to do W&D is gone, since DS has Parent Weekend at school that we are thinking of maybe going to. So I changed the Bounceback reservation that I had to December--looks like DD and I may go down to WDW the week before Christmas.

2 exciting stages of the Tour de France "kept me" from heading to the gym this week--I really have just blown off the XT. I'll be glad when it's over and I can adhere to my usual routine. I just can't get motivated to head to the gym in the PM.

Off to run now though (it's a flat stage--sprinter will win and I can catch the highlights later!)

Maura

 

[jmasgat]

Just popping in after my 20 mile LR--which actually turned out to be 20.35 according to Garmin. I noticed at a few spots on my route that the AutoPause feature kicked in while I was still running. Two-fold bummer! 'Cause first--I wasn't running THAT slowly! and second--that distance wasn't showing on my display.

Anyway, it's done (last 5 miles were tough and slow) and I am drinking my chocolate milk in a very Homer-like fashion (mmmmm, chocolate milk....drool)

How I am ever going to pick up the pace for the future LR is beyond me!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend all!

Maura

 

[DISaholic's]

Hi all,
I've been lurking but not posting lately. Life is just so busy sometimes. I think I need a vacation from Summer. Did another 15.5 mile training run yesterday, it was a tough one.

Anyways, I just signed up for my first marathon. I'm going to run (or kind of) the Wineglass Marathon in Corning,NY on October 3rd. My sis and her hubby are running also. They are experienced Marathoners, not a marathon virgin like me. Honestly I am so scared/nervous about it. I'm just not sure if I can do it and I'm going to feel like a complete failure if I can't.

Ran a 5K last weekend, it was so HOT and humid, my time was terrible. It shouldn't matter but I've been training so much more this year, I would have thought it would have gotten better. I also have a Half planned for August 22nd. The Half was going to be my 'we''ll see how it goes" then sign up for the Wineglass race, but the Wineglass Marathon was in Runner's World last year as one of the "Best marathons to run for Boston Qualifier", so this year the registration is over 75% full already and if I had waited much longer to sign up I might have not made it in. Oh dear what have I done.....

Jeanne