Tinker Bell ½ Marathon Weekend ~ 2014 Check-in!

[longhorns2]

Did 2 pain free miles on elliptical

Yay!

Great tip- thanks again

 

[kim3339]

Did 2 pain free miles on elliptical

Yay!

Great tip- thanks again

So happy that worked for you!!!

Got another email from Raw Threads today. They are determined to take all the $ I'm trying to save for WDW & Tink!! They've started the "good girls" shirts. So far they have a yellow one for Belle and blue one for Snow. No Cinderella or Auroa yet, but if they do...

Good luck w/ training runs this weekend girls!! Trying my 1st Krav Maga fitness class this Sat, really excited, but kinda scared not knowing what to expect. Hopefully it'll be fun and I'm not too sore for Sun's long 1.

 

[longhorns2]

So happy that worked for you!!!

Got another email from Raw Threads today. They are determined to take all the $ I'm trying to save for WDW & Tink!! They've started the "good girls" shirts. So far they have a yellow one for Belle and blue one for Snow. No Cinderella or Auroa yet, but if they do...

Good luck w/ training runs this weekend girls!! Trying my 1st Krav Maga fitness class this Sat, really excited, but kinda scared not knowing what to expect. Hopefully it'll be fun and I'm not too sore for Sun's long 1.

I saw them on Twitter. ADORABLE. I bought the Castle to Castle one- have you seen it? And the Cheshire Cat shirt. Love the way these shirts feel!

 

[kirstie101]

So happy that worked for you!!!

Got another email from Raw Threads today. They are determined to take all the $ I'm trying to save for WDW & Tink!! They've started the "good girls" shirts. So far they have a yellow one for Belle and blue one for Snow. No Cinderella or Auroa yet, but if they do...

Good luck w/ training runs this weekend girls!! Trying my 1st Krav Maga fitness class this Sat, really excited, but kinda scared not knowing what to expect. Hopefully it'll be fun and I'm not too sore for Sun's long 1.

I LOVE the Belle and Snow White ones. How does their sizing really run? I think the XL says its a 14 and I'm a 16 currently....I'm working on getting down to a 14 by Christams but I'm scared to order.

 

[longhorns2]

I ordered XL in the v-necks and they are totally comfy. Not too right at all. I wear a L or XL in most women's shirts- 14 or 16 depending on cut

 

[kirstie101]

I ordered XL in the v-necks and they are totally comfy. Not too right at all. I wear a L or XL in most women's shirts- 14 or 16 depending on cut

Awesome to know! Thanks!

 

[kim3339]

I saw them on Twitter. ADORABLE. I bought the Castle to Castle one- have you seen it? And the Cheshire Cat shirt. Love the way these shirts feel!

Saw the Castle to Castle 1. Have to see at Tink which 1 I like better ~ the Disney 1's or the Threads. Although I could get the C2C Dis sweatshirt and the Threads t-shirt... We'll have to see how good I am at the WDW Expo the week before. I love the feel of them too! They are so soft. I wore my Hook 1 when I was in DL during Halloweentime when it was really hot and it was a perfect shirt. And I love the little "run" and character image at the bottom of the back.

I LOVE the Belle and Snow White ones. How does their sizing really run? I think the XL says its a 14 and I'm a 16 currently....I'm working on getting down to a 14 by Christams but I'm scared to order.

I ordered XL in the v-necks and they are totally comfy. Not too right at all. I wear a L or XL in most women's shirts- 14 or 16 depending on cut

Agree w/ Patty, their sizing is good. I'm usually an XL and the XL fit great ~ not too tight and noot too loose. And I love that the sleeves are a bit longer than the traditional cap sleeves that you get w/ most women's cut tops. But then, I'm self-conscience (sp?) about my arms, if only running could shape them like my legs...

 

[kindakrazy2]

Help a girl out here - what shirts are we talking about? It sounds like I may need one!

 

[longhorns2]

Rawthreads.org


Great shirts! Great customer service too. Soooo soft!

 

[indygirl99]

Okay still learning to love those hills. Been doing my weekday runs to include some hills but today did my long run with my Galloway group and we ran Tewilliger.

This lovely road in Portland goes up and up and up and did I mention it goes UP. We had a 5 mile out and back planned, I made it slightly over 2 up and then turned around and came back. So ended up being 4 for me but I can say I did much better than my disasterous run at the gold course.

The good thing about a road that goes up endlessly is that when you turn around to go back it is DOWNhill.

 

[lilybell08]

I feel so awful that I introduced myself a little while back and then never checked back in. I do have a question for anyone familiar with the Tink Galloway training though. I set out to do my 10 mile run today and made it only about half way because of dizziness. Would it be okay if I tried the 10 miles again next weekend even though it was two weeks ago today that I did 8.5? I'm not sure what to do or how to move around my long runs for the remainder of training. Sorry for being such a weirdo about this. I am a beginning runner who is on the slower end and is very concerned about training to outrun the sweepers.

 

[kim3339]

I feel so awful that I introduced myself a little while back and then never checked back in. I do have a question for anyone familiar with the Tink Galloway training though. I set out to do my 10 mile run today and made it only about half way because of dizziness. Would it be okay if I tried the 10 miles again next weekend even though it was two weeks ago today that I did 8.5? I'm not sure what to do or how to move around my long runs for the remainder of training. Sorry for being such a weirdo about this. I am a beginning runner who is on the slower end and is very concerned about training to outrun the sweepers.

Doing 10 next weekend shouldn't be a problem as long as you keep your running up the rest of this week to keep your cardio up. Just do the 10 in place of whatever distance your long run next weekend was supposed to be. Then you can jump back onto the schedule the following weekend. And don't worry about missing 1 weekend! It happens and you still have a long way out ~ if you're doing 10 next weekend, you'll do great in Tink!

And speaking of missing long runs, I am so glad tomorrow is a fed holiday and there will be less people on the road, b/c I could not get my run in this morning and need to go out tomorrow. I am so sore from that Krav Maga class yesterday, I'm wearing my compression socks as we speak. Couldn't even go to the gym this morning! But the class, as hard as it was, was awesome!

 

[kindakrazy2]

Rawthreads.org


Great shirts! Great customer service too. Soooo soft!

Thanks! I think....my credit card does not thank you! lol!

 

[longhorns2]

Ha! I hear ya. They took the "good girl" shirts down or I would have been sporting a few more new items next week.

So after a week on the elliptical I felt like I *had* to run... so I did. I got on the treadmill with a new plan. Instead of my quick intervals which gave me a lot of starting and stopping 30:30, I went to 4:1 for my run today. In order to do that I had to slow way down- and can really only truly pace myself on a treadmill. So that's what I did. Slow sucks, but it had to be done.

I went 5 miles pain free. My leg still had tightness- I felt it, it wasn't "normal" but I was NOT in pain. My plan was to try for 3, but it felt ok so I went for 5. I could have done more (technically needed a 10 miler today- oy) but was afraid of pushing it. I've been stretching and rolling and icing all day and it feels ok. Not normal, but not like I did anything to make it worse! I call that success! lol I'm sure my PT wouldn't agree, but man, I just can't stop running for 6 weeks at this point. Tink is too close!

So I think the elliptical + my longer slower intervals will be the game plan here on out. I'll do my short "runs" on the elliptical and then every other week do the long runs on the treadmill or outside if my leg is feeling good.

All this is contingent on my leg not hurting worse tomorrow! If it hurts tomorrow, then I'm off to the PT again and just going to have to get it fixed. But fingers crossed!

I was slower than my usual time by about 30 seconds per mile. So it wasn't a terrible crash and burn on the time, but I'm not happy about it either. No one wants to get slower. But I suppose if my choice is slow or not running, I'll take slow!

 

[Thundergod]

Ha! I hear ya. They took the "good girl" shirts down or I would have been sporting a few more new items next week.

So after a week on the elliptical I felt like I *had* to run... so I did. I got on the treadmill with a new plan. Instead of my quick intervals which gave me a lot of starting and stopping 30:30, I went to 4:1 for my run today. In order to do that I had to slow way down- and can really only truly pace myself on a treadmill. So that's what I did. Slow sucks, but it had to be done.

I went 5 miles pain free. My leg still had tightness- I felt it, it wasn't "normal" but I was NOT in pain. My plan was to try for 3, but it felt ok so I went for 5. I could have done more (technically needed a 10 miler today- oy) but was afraid of pushing it. I've been stretching and rolling and icing all day and it feels ok. Not normal, but not like I did anything to make it worse! I call that success! lol I'm sure my PT wouldn't agree, but man, I just can't stop running for 6 weeks at this point. Tink is too close!

So I think the elliptical + my longer slower intervals will be the game plan here on out. I'll do my short "runs" on the elliptical and then every other week do the long runs on the treadmill or outside if my leg is feeling good.

All this is contingent on my leg not hurting worse tomorrow! If it hurts tomorrow, then I'm off to the PT again and just going to have to get it fixed. But fingers crossed!

I was slower than my usual time by about 30 seconds per mile. So it wasn't a terrible crash and burn on the time, but I'm not happy about it either. No one wants to get slower. But I suppose if my choice is slow or not running, I'll take slow!

Did you say treadmill? My how I hate treadmills. I find it harder on my knees than running on concrete with Tanya Harding hired bullys hitting my knees with bats.
Treadmills for me not only hurt but just the concentration of staying in place wears me out. I can run a half marathon and feel better than running 2 miles on a darn treadmill.

Trust me. Stay with the eliptical program and do a real distance run once a week and you will be good to go.

 

[longhorns2]

Did you say treadmill? My how I hate treadmills. I find it harder on my knees than running on concrete with Tanya Harding hired bullys hitting my knees with bats.
Treadmills for me not only hurt but just the concentration of staying in place wears me out. I can run a half marathon and feel better than running 2 miles on a darn treadmill.

Trust me. Stay with the eliptical program and do a real distance run once a week and you will be good to go.

I'm not a TM hater as long as I have good TV distraction! I have to be in the right frame of mind to spend hours on it, but shorter distances are totally doable. During training I usually have a DVR stocked with good running shows. Yesterday was Glee (yay music!) Totally works for me- and I am a MAJOR mental runner. I get bored pretty easily.

Treadmill at the gym- no go. At home with my own shows- I don't find it harder on my knees at all, but I don't find outside particularly hard on them either.

So this morning--- I feel GOOD! Less pain today than when I woke up yesterday, so it's an improvement for sure. I'd even say no pain, just some tightness that should be able to be rolled out. I have a tightness up in my groin that is the only area I would say feels different than my good leg, but I dont think that was the run. I did some leg workouts on Saturday and I might have stressed something a bit there because I felt it yesterday morning.

Anyway---- success! Thank you for the elliptical tip! I think that's going to get me through Tink. I am going to do elliptical during the week for 3-4 miles, then do one real run a week, progressively longer each week. Should put me in ok shape for Tink. I'm guessing slower than I planned since my speed work won't be there, but hey, I'll take it.

 

[rosermama]

Can someone explain to me the way the start up works do they stager the corrals or does the whole go at once?

I am training at about 15 min mile and am worried if I need to focus on better than that to account for being at the back and the slow start.

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[kim3339]

They do have corrals. I think they go off every 5-7 minutes. The 3:30 time limit does start until the last person crosses the start line. If you have a race time up until the expo, you can show them at the expo and get moved up a corral or 2. If you don't have any race times, make sure you're at the front of your corral and that will give you some leeway. Also, somebody mentioned somewhere back in the thread that if you get past a certain point, between 9 1/2 & 10 1/2 (not sure exactly where) they'll let you finish.

 

[rosermama]

Next corral question which may have already been covered. My husband and I are running the race together but not as a team. Partly because we signed up at different times and my husband is running for a charity.

We both put 3 hrs on our expected time to finish. What the chance we will have the same corral?

If we don't can they put us together?

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[kim3339]

Next corral question which may have already been covered. My husband and I are running the race together but not as a team. Partly because we signed up at different times and my husband is running for a charity.

We both put 3 hrs on our expected time to finish. What the chance we will have the same corral?

If we don't can they put us together?

You'll probably be in the same corral. The only way you might not would be in there were so many 3 hour time registrations that they had to split up the times. They did that w/ DL this year. If you are in separate corrals, the person in the higher corral can move down to the person w/ the lower corral, but not vice versa. Also, don't think it'll be a problem w/ the 3 hour time, but w/ Tink, the earliest corral men can start in is c even they have a lower time (the whole femal race thing).