Warriors are Bustin' Out in June

[mkymsehi]

Lily,

Marcia's volunteering ends tomorrow in LA. I haven't heard from her since before she left.

Where I swim is very populated with people. There is a reef barrier, but fish and other creatures do share the swimming lane with me. If early enough in the morning, possible to see green sea turtles. Sharks not likely, but I won't say never. It is their home you know.

I rode 24 miles today in 1:54.

Have a good weekend everyone.

 

[dsnyfan21]

Warriors, hope you are having a great weekend and speaking of that:
Michelle how did your TRI go??? Don't forget to stop by and give us the low-down!

Sarah: I just loved your photos from the race. The kilts were fabulous and the dog looked great!!! mmmmm popsicles on a hot day - sounds just fab to me!

Jen: Great mileage for you in May!!!Only to that 100, now maybe we could work on that for one of these months - eveyone trying to get to 100 or more miles for the month, probably could do it as we get closer to the actualy "traning Period" for January races.

Kate: Hi smiley girl!! It's ok to give those legs a break every now and then, it will only make it better later on. Are you still plannin on coming over across the pond in January?

Lily: poor little Kirby Dog and great that he is getting a day off. When Mickey has enough she will just plop down in the grass and that is it. She won't move, you have to pick her up and carry her.

ALoha Jeff; You are just rockin with your running/biking and swimming. You will do great at your tri!!! Please just don't say "shark bait" doesn't paint a pretty picture.

I got a quick text from Marcia out in CA. She says she is getting up super early every day and lifting lots of heavy stuff! Sure can't wait to hear all about it.

AFM: I am continueing with doing my 3 days of short miles and 1 day of whatever long miles tickles me at the time. Longest I have done is 8 miles and I do that like once a month or so. Other days are spent doing the BIggest loser shread or sculpt Dvds, Swimming or Wii. I started that 100 push up challenge that Marcia put the link up. I did week 1 day 2 yesterday. We'll see as I hate push ups. I spent the evening yesterday helping my friend paint her new place. She and her husband are first time homeowners. She helped me paint when I got my first place, so I figured to give back the favor.

I have updated the frist post with the Mile and Times that people have given me.
I am still missing Katarina and Roxanne. Come out, Come out wherever you guys are???

I am planning a separate Warrior meet a bit like alittle after 4pm right before the official WISH meet. That way we can all meet face to face and take a photo and that way then we can mingle with the other team mates for the bigger meet.
Also not sure if anyone would be interested in doing Warrior t-shirts?? Could wear them at the meet.

Racey Trace

 

[smileyk8]

Hey hey warriors!

a really quick fly by after a day of wallpapering with my parents! Did 6 miles in 53mins on friday followed by 10mins stretch. It wasn't horrendous things are moving forward again hopefully,

Tracy i'm still planning to pop over to my happy place in january, not booked yet. Apparently i'm not allowed to come alone, so my mum's considering joining me. You know i'm ONLY 23, still her baby obviously. Unfortunately my boyfriend's a teacher so he can't take the time off

 

[mkymsehi]

 

[dsnyfan21]

Hey Warriors, hoping your Sunday is going well so far.

I got out to do an 8 easy miles. Then around mile 2 I decided it needed to be not easy but hard so started to push it. Had alot on my mind so I even took my MP3 to listen too to keep my mind on something else - trying to focus more. DId my fastest 8 miles training to date.
Amost before mile 4 I almost passed up this little guy. He was out in the grassy area under a tree hunting.

It's a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. I have to count myself lucky to have seen it. They normally are not out in plain sight.
Around mile 5.8 the unlucky happens....bam, twisted right ankle - completely over on its outter side. Nice stingy feeling. I stood there thinking - hmmmm what to do. I still had a ways to get back home. I started walking slowly and then decided to just keep moving to finish up my 8 miles. I even joggin on it a bit. I figure as long as I kept moving it wouldn't hurt too much and I was right. Of course mow that I am stiing still for a bit the ankle has swelled some. So doing my RICE and waiting for NASCAR to start to see my #9 cutie Kasey Kahne race!!!

Kate: nice that mum worries about you, I think at 23 you are old enough to fly by yourself, but that's just me.

Racey Tracy

 

[3DisneyKids]

Hi Team!

Oh, a tri report! Can't wait to hear all about it! My first tri was in March and I have another (longer) one in August.

I have June miles to report which will go on the spread sheet.

Today was a nice 4-miler with some stretching for 45 minutes. Felt SO good. I am going to start upping my mileage this week.

 

[mkymsehi]

14 miles banked in the tropical heat. Time to ice bath.

 

[deekaypee]

'Ohana Monday Mixer

This one is JenG's very good question to the cousins, excerpted, about the difference between building a base and training for a race. The mixer starts here on the 'Ohana thread.

What is the difference between maintaining or building a base and training for a race? I've only been running for a year and I've either been taking time off running or training for a race. What is just building a base?

How is your approach (mental or otherwise) and exercise routine different when building your base versus training? Do you run less? Do different exercises? Approach the run differently psychologically?

 

[JimB.]

Hey Warriors!!

Between running & biking, I got in about 26 1/2 miles Friday. I had ANOTHER freakin' flat on the road bike, so I finally gave up & took it to the shop with a plaintive "Please fix it!" plea.

Yesterday about an hour of P90X workouts & today I was help up by rain, but got in a short 4.3 miles before running out of light.

Hopefully tomorrow: a long bike/run combination.

You guys all rock!!

 

[Roxy]

Sorry for not posting. School just got out for us had a graduation party and family just left yesterday. Not a whole lot of time to be online. Now that school is out it should get better. Maybe I can catch up on reading posts this week. Miles for May are 109.63 and time is 16.48. Hope everyone has a great week.
Roxy

 

[dsnyfan21]

Yeah, Roxy is in the house!!

Thanks for coming by. Sorry about the LTO!! Great miles!!!
We are all here for each other!!

Tracy

 

[dsnyfan21]

I put this together to show you all how we are doing compared to the other teams....
(Just in case you might be interested!)

We, so far have the highest times. As you can see, we are doing pretty good compared to some of the other teams. Hoping this might pump us up a bit.
Some people will start training for the Disney Half and Full Marathon starting around Aug/Sept so the miles should pump up. I am hoping to get a bike at some point and that will help also.

Have a great Monday Warriors!

Tracy

 

[smileyk8]

Hey Roxy, they are fab miles and times. It's lovely to see you too

Sarah thanks, i'm very proud i can lunge- can you tell!!! lunge lungety lunge lunge! Your photos are fantastic too.

Tracy thanks for the update on our team status- i'm so proud to be part of the warrior gang. Massive well done on your fastest 8miles too and wildlife spotting!

Jim awesome workout on friday, that's alot of miles all at once!

Jeff an ice bath after tropical 14 miles sounds..... evil!?!?! you're amazing

Erika so pleased you had a good run and can take it up a step. You deserve some more good runs.

Lily you make me giggle! really good to see what you're upto.

Think that's everyone!

I did 6.2miles on TM yesterday, then 0.93miles swim and 30mins on wii ea sports active today. I'm loving how different the exercises are from what i'm used too. Although i did strangle myself twice with the wii-mote

I am also a little embarrassed to say that i have signed up for a gym instructor course! Mostly home study and I'm ready for next challenge as I come to the end of one Post grad course in July. I'm not intending actually to instruct but it'll be a great help to my current job. (well that's what i'm telling myself!)

 

[JimB.]

Merry Monday Warriors !!!

Summer has finally arrived here. Hot as a burned hamburger in the morning, thunderstorms in the afternoon.

I ran 6 this morning using the run 7/walk 1 strategy because it was sooooo flippin hot. Still managed to keep it under 10/mile. Followed that up with a .75 "cool down" rotfl2 walk.

This afternoon I managed to get in 11 miles on the bike before getting chased back to the house. I literally beat the rain by about 2 minutes. I was able to keep it above 18 mph, which is my immediate, consistent goal.

But the BIG news of the day: After $62 worth of repairs on my back wheel, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FLATS!!!!!!

I think the total for the day is about 17.65 miles in 1:48 (including the 13 minute walk).

Welcome back Roxy!! Don't be a stranger!!!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Lily you make me giggle! really good to see what you're up to.

Me, I don't know. Perhaps you're just giggly today?

Good going Jim. I hope that the no flats continues for quite a long time now.

Jeff, I'm glad that where you swim is more safe than not. I agree with Tracy though that the term "shark bait" is a bit disconcerting.

Tracy, nice pic of the bird.

Kate good job on your training. Yeah, you really are old enough to travel the pond by yourself, but I'm sure it's nice to have Mum along too. I must hear all about this embarassing gym instructor course. You must tell all! Will you be learning how to count jumping jacks series and pushups or what.

I'm plugging away. Seattle half in a couple weeks! It won't be fast, but it will get done. Planning on taking most of the time allotted and chatting with friends along the way.

 

[deekaypee]

Happy Birthday, Jeff!!




Have one, or, two on me. I assume there's cake and ice cream involved. After all, Run to Eat!

 

[MiaBanda]

Morning Warriors!

Sorry I'm late posting this but it's been a very busy week. Not only did we have the tri on Saturday, but we are getting ready to leave to Boise...DH's Ironman 70.3 is on Saturday!

The tri on Saturday was so much fun! The weather was perfect! The water was a little chilly, but in the wetsuit I couldn't even tell. And actually, the lake is warmer than than Folsom Lake which is where we have been practicing. My swim went much better than I expected and I wasn't the last person in my wave to get out of the water! Off on the bike, it seemed much easier than last year. The "hills" that just about killed me last year were nothing this time. Probably because we have been training on much worse! Last year, my friend caught up to me right as we exited the park on the bike and she was in the swim wave after me! So this time, I kept watching for her. She didn't catch me until the turn around, so I was very happy with that! Instead of walking (more like crawling) the run like I did last year, I actually took off running! Felt good until I hit a rock the wrong way on the trail and almost bit the dust! It is very hard to catch yourself from falling on jello legs!!! I managed not to fall, but this was all done right in front of the photographer!!! I was really worried that she caught that on film. Luckily she didn't...or if she did, she deleted it for me! As I finished I check the clock... WHAT??? I only beat my time from last year by 2 minutes??? You gotta be kidding me! I was so depressed. I mean, 2 minutes better is 2 minutes better, but I was hoping for much more! I tried to not let it get me down, after all I had finished strong and didn't pass out like I did last year (heat issues.) We spent the rest of the day at the park with the running group at the lake, BBQing, etc.

Sunday, I went to check the results. Didn't really care to see mine, was looking up DH. He told me what he thought his time was, but I couldn't find him. He then asked if I took the 5 minutes off that it took from the time the clock started until his wave took off. WAIT...WHAT? What a dummy! I totally forgot about that! My wave didn't take off for a good 20 minutes! YES!!! I PR'd by 22 minutes!!! Much better!

So we had a great time at the tri for fun and like I said, are now getting ready for Boise next weekend. Hmmm...I'm really liking this tri thing. Maybe next year I can do the Ironman with the DH! (Did I really just say that???)

Hope everyone is having a great week!

 

[mkymsehi]

Happy Birthday Donald Duck, Casey's son Gavin, Michael J. Fox, Natalie Portman, and Johnny Depp.




Oh yeah, thanks Deb for remembering.

 

[bellaDisneydncr]

I'm baaaack!

My trip was so great. The audition went well, but sadly there was no spot open for me. Apparently they were really only looking for people that were either very short or very tall. I'm right in the middle so my height really was the problem. oh well! there's always next time. We walked like crazy (as always with a WDW vacation). But all in all it was a really fun trip.

Glad to see everyone's doing so well!
Kat

 

[deekaypee]

Hi Warriors!

I've started a new thread to keep track of the rosters more easily. I expect interest in teams will start to pick up soon as the training to train and full-on training for the fall races start.

The link to this new thread is here, and it will include the rosters on the first post and monthly totals for all the teams on the second. Other posts will be for requests and new information.

Racey Tracey, you knew this request was coming, but could you please send me an updated roster for your team? TIA!