Tinker Bell ½ Marathon Weekend ~ 2014 Check-in!

[TinkerPlouffe]

Question about "training"....What does everyones week of the half marathon look like? Are you scaling back your running or no?

I'm still running but doing 3 days of easy runs... Approx 5 miles each.

 

[kindakrazy2]

Question about "training"....What does everyones week of the half marathon look like? Are you scaling back your running or no?

It will be a taper week for me for sure. My "long" run the weekend before will be about 10-12kms and then 2 short runs will be about 7-8kms during the week. Then its go time!

 

[Skpnw]

I am scaling back my training as well - I will do three 3-mile runs. I am scheduled to run a 6-mile the weekend before. I am arriving on the Friday before the race so I know that I will be walking around the parks on Friday afternoon and Saturday with my kids - so I lightened up my runs because I won't be "resting" too much those days.

 

[longhorns2]

My plan was to cut back on overall mileage


My longest week was 23 miles. This week will be 18 or 19. Next week will be 15-16. I'll probably run 2-5 miles the week of the race, but not much more than that.

 

[MinnieDiva]

I'm planning on one more long-ish run of about 10 miles this weekend, then just 5-milers a few times a week. The last time I'll be able to get a run in will be the 13th as I work the next 2 days until we leave. I might hit the treadmill in the hotel on the 17th just to keep the legs loose..3 miles or so..

 

[ToodlesRN]

Im looking for a 5K bib if anyone cant go, my niece is coming along (last minute decision) and would love for her to join us!!

 

[kirstie101]

Good advice ladies. I think I'll try to do 10 miles on Sunday and make that my last long run. Keep run to 5 and under from there on out. Do not want to get injured this close to race day!

 

[stitch4336]

Officially checking in! Been of the boards for a while, WAY too long acutally
I can't wait for my first ever Half! Hope to meet some DISsers along the way

 

[kim3339]

Good advice ladies. I think I'll try to do 10 miles on Sunday and make that my last long run. Keep run to 5 and under from there on out. Do not want to get injured this close to race day!

Kirstie ~ do you still need me to pick up race stuff for you for Saturday, forget if it was the 5k or kids races?

Officially checking in! Been of the boards for a while, WAY too long acutally
I can't wait for my first ever Half! Hope to meet some DISsers along the way

Hi! You're going to have so much fun!! We're doing a meet up on Saturday afternoon if you want to stop by!

 

[kirstie101]

Kirstie ~ do you still need me to pick up race stuff for you for Saturday, forget if it was the 5k or kids races?



Hi! You're going to have so much fun!! We're doing a meet up on Saturday afternoon if you want to stop by!

Kim - Thank you for the offer! I THINK we're ok. If the weathers looking good for Saturday we're going to take DD out of school for Friday and drive down which will give us time to get to the expo before it closes and pick up her packet! If weathers looking crappy we'll leave her in school, leave later and just plan on her not doing the race.
Fingers crossed for sunny weather!!!

 

[kim3339]

Got the last email for Tink if anyone wants it, pm me your email address and I'll send it off to you. If you had me send you them before, I already forwarded it to you!

 

[2sistershavingfun]

I've been stalking everyone on this post since page 1. I thought it was about time to say Hi. Tink will be my first half and I'm so excited. I did a 13 mile run last Saturday and plan on doing about 10 miles tomorrow, then just some short 3-5 mile runs a couple more times before the race. I'm running solo, my sister and her kids are doing the 5K. They did sign up for the chEAR team. Of course I'm in the last corral. I hope to see many of you at the starting line...I feel like I know all of you on this thread. Lots of love to everyone.

 

[AliceNWonderland]

Hi everyone...
I've been off the boards and training on and off. I have a half on the 13th, a half with all you lovely ladies, then one in February. Seeesh! DTD will be packed the night before so heads up. I walked alone to the line and it was fine. It will be cold at first but you will warm up. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING is that you are going to impress yourselves in this race, it's soooo much fun! Happy running everyone!

 

[AliceNWonderland]

Okay ladies - here comes a TMI question for you

So today I went about 16kms in the freezing cold (yes, thank you - I got off my tutu and went out there in below freezing temps to run) and I when I got my gear on I forgot to change out of my cotton panties. The grandest of oops moments if ever there was one! LOL! I know better then to run in cotton anything but I had a serious blond moment apparently.

So....anyways....

Well needless to say I am missing a large amount of skin in areas I don't want to be missing large amounts of skin.

I got in the shower when I got home and thought I was going to pass out from the pain of the water hitting me.

So....long story short, I'm not wearing panties for the rest of the day (I warned you it was a tmi situation) but I'm wondering if any of you have any advice on how to heal this little issue I have going on here with great speed.

I'm in agony over here people!

And I'm also thoroughly embarrassed

If your still chapped use mole skin on the areas.

 

[lilybell08]

How important are the maintenance runs at this point? I have been having some twinges in my knee which may just be my rheumatoid arthritis but just to be sure I was thinking of not running until I don't feel it anymore. I don't want an injury at this point but I also don't want to make it hard on myself to finish the race.

 

[longhorns2]

I have no idea the official answer.


My thinking would be to rest if you really feel injury is a concern. That at this point it should be ok if your training was solid so far. If you can bike or elliptical without pain, I'd do that to keep cardio going

But if no injury- if you really think its something else- then I'd keep up the maintenance runs.

 

[TinkerPlouffe]

Do you all run interval runs? Ex: run 10 mins walk 1 ? Just curious if there was a trend among the Disney runs?

 

[longhorns2]

A lot of Disney runners do the Galloway approach to run/walk/run. The intervals vary.

I've been doing 1min run to 30 sec walks for my long runs, 2/1 for my short runs.

 

[kirstie101]

I've been doing 2:1s for my long runs and plan I'm doing the same for the race. I like 1:1s as well

 

[kindakrazy2]

2 weeks from right now we should be done and wandering the park with a medal around our necks!

We're almost there ladies!!