Week of Sept 28 WISH Walking and Running Club

[aladdinsgirl]

Hello everyone!

For those new to us, we are a group of people who are planning to participate in walking/running events throughout the year. For most of us, the ultimate goal is to train and compete in the annual WDW Half/Full marathons. We'll also be posting news and training for various other events throughout the year. We range from beginners to triathletes. Come join us, whether you're training for an event or walking/running for fitness!

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Originally Posted by TigerLily03
New WISH Team members. If you read one thing over and over, believe this. Being part of this team is fantastic. Part of the ride you get for the event is what I call the roller coaster. There will be lots of ups and downs. The more you post here, the more you will find yourself enjoying the ride. It is an incredible journey. Don't be afraid, shy or whatever to come here and just post up anything. You don't have to know us right away, or all of us at all. You will get to know some of us. It makes the event you are enjoying have MORE meaning and we love to have you.


Krista

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Looks like I'm the first one. Maybe I should head to bed!!

Krista

 

[mla1977]

Hi everyone! I calibrated my NIke+ for .25 miles and then walk/ran for 1.25. I'll start W3D1 tomorrow.

 

[mkymsehi]

Waimea Bay

Serenity.

The end of the day.

The beginning of the night.

 

[nucpharm29]

Morning WISHers! Heading out for 10 miles here in a bit--not at all looking forward to it. And then after that I get to work today, joy. Hope everyone has a fabulous Sunday!

eta: 10 miler in the books; ave pace 9:15/mile

 

[hockeygirl]

Hello Wishers!! Pretty quiet here on the boards this weekend, there must be a lot of people down at WDW enjoy the EE race! Today, I had my 7 mile LR, and I felt great. It was a bit rainy, but I went out anyway, because I couldn't push myself to do 7 miles on the TM today. Despite the rain, I felt great and I continued with my r2/w2 intervals and finished up in about 1:26.

Hope everyone has a great day! I will be watching the Nascar race. Go Dale Jr.!!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Hello all WISHers..... yeah it is pretty quiet. I still haven't seen much from the EEC trekkers yet about the race and not many photos yet.
I know the rest of us are waiting anxiously to see and hear all about it.

I did a local 5K this morning. (Sickle Cell Sprint 5K in Cooper City, FL)
I walked to the park as it wasn't that far away. I did a 1.69 mile walk to the park in the dark.
Started the 5K and was sweating and dripping before it even started!! Very hot and humid before the sun even came up!! UGh. I started a bit fast, I hate that because as a racewalker you find yourself in a "weird" area of a local race. There are mostly runners and then you have the run/walkers and then fitness walkers and the leasurely walkers. I fall between the run/walkers and the fitness walkers. As the race starts I like being around people so I tend to try and stay up with the slower runners. Then I realize I need to slow down some and settle into my own pace and race. I then start to do the leap frog thing and play "tag - your it!". My official finish time was 39min 29.2sec. Pace was 12:44. Out of 203 racers I placed 119th.
This was a PR for me in a 5K, even better than the judged racewalk I did in May!!!
I kept seeing a black and white looking object ahead of me and then it would disappear, I was trying to catch up to it (Darting Panda Ghost) and pass and stay ahead of all the leap froggers.
I then walked home, 1.75miles. Put a small race report in on that thread.

Trying to relax some and do some laundry. I just got some new Mickey Luggage (it was on sale for 39.99) it is a set with 3 pieces. So I went through some old luggage and will donate what I don't need anymore. (My little nephew needs "adult" luggage, so he gets first dibbs.)

There is some NAACAR on today in a few hours.

Still nursing some hot spots of sunburn that I got yesterday - should feel better by tomorrow.

Later all my WISH teammates!!

Racey Tracy

 

[Space Ranger]

Good morning Wishers. Long time no post. My plans are to start posting more on a daily basis. Hopefully I can keep up.


So far training has been not so good. Between life, work, and the arthritis in my knees I have not been training as much as I should. Consider all that last Sunday’s Philly half was not as bad as it could have been. The last few miles were not pretty but we finished. Seeing my fellow Wishers was the highlight of the weekend.


On tap for this week is to completely follow my training plan for the full in January. There are two half’s that fall in place during training. On next month in NH and one in November in San Antonio. We also have the local Race for the Cure 5K at Great Adventure this Sunday.


I have to add some Geocaching to the training so I can possibly do some in New Hampshire with my Geocaching Wish buddy Chad.

I hope everyone has a GREAT Week.

John

 

[windwalker]

Good morning Wishers. Long time no post. My plans are to start posting more on a daily basis. Hopefully I can keep up.


So far training has been not so good. Between life, work, and the arthritis in my knees I have not been training as much as I should. Consider all that last Sunday’s Philly half was not as bad as it could have been. The last few miles were not pretty but we finished. Seeing my fellow Wishers was the highlight of the weekend.


On tap for this week is to completely follow my training plan for the full in January. There are two half’s that fall in place during training. On next month in NH and one in November in San Antonio. We also have the local Race for the Cure 5K at Great Adventure this Sunday.


I have to add some Geocaching to the training so I can possibly do some in New Hampshire with my Geocaching Wish buddy Chad.

I hope everyone has a GREAT Week.

John

Hi John, long time no see. Glad your back to training regularly, see ya at the House of Mouse.

Walking Panda

 

[Big Vic]

Out for 7 slooooow miles this morning.

The weather was great this morning. 60 degrees, no wind or clouds. Why, it was so gorgeous I should have taken a picture of it.

Hey John!

Stephanie - WTG with the 10 miler!

mla1977 - WTG with the 1.25 miler!

Laurie - WTG with the 7 miler! Go Team #88!!

Tracy - WTG with the 5K!

 

[tracyz]

Happy weekend everyone! Glad to see everyone is getting out and enjoying the fall. It's turned really pretty here in Vermont in just the past week. I did my last 20 mile training run for Nike this morning. I'm done! I'M TAPERING!!! It was a good run, much better than the last one. I attribute it to the fact that I fell on my wrist last night while ice skating (ok, ice skating 3 weeks before a marathon, yes, probably not the smartest thing to do...), and it still REALLY hurts. So I took tylenol 3 times over the course of the night. I think that helped a lot with how this run felt. And I'm definitely going to take Tylenol before the marathon!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Krista: Thanks for starting this weeks thread!!

Jeff: Lovin the photos.

Stephanie: Happy to see you got out and did those lovely 10 miles - double digits is always fun.

Laurie: Good job - I just dread anything over 4 miles on a treadmill, it almost makes me physically ill.

John: Glad to see ya around. It's hard when LTO. Glad to hear you made it through the Philly half - YEAH!!
I'm thinking I might need to get out my wet noodle if you start slaking again. Get yourself out their my fellow WISHer and get those miles in - RUN/WALK/CRAWL in wither the morning/day or midnight!! (Did that help?? )

Vic: Sounds like yall in the pan handle are enjoying some nice weather. Very hot and humid in southern FL today.

TracyZ: oooooo - hope your wrist gets better soon. Remember not to take much pain stuff the day of your race. Yeah - Tapering, I like Tapering!

oh, I forgot to mention that as of today I am down 15lbs!!

Later my WISH friends,
Tracy

 

[Honeibee]

Out for 7 slooooow miles this morning.

The weather was great this morning. 60 degrees, no wind or clouds. Why, it was so gorgeous I should have taken a picture of it.

I love you, Vic!

 

[Kristi1357]

Sorry, I don't have time to catch up with everyone, I am just trying to get better at posting my workouts. Promise to catch up tomorrow!

I got out with my mom for 8 slow miles today. My asthma's been acting up and she was pretty lax on working out this week. So, we decided to just get the steps in and forget about time.

 

[Cruella de mom]

Hi everyone!

We are just back from EEC. It was a blast. I have no pictures since I packed the camera but not the battery.

We had so much fun on the scavenger hunt that we are making one up for our kids when we go back the week of thanksgiving. It was a great race and I can only recommend it.

The only real negative to the weekend was that my foot pain came back with all the walking and running so I am going to have to take it easy for another week.

 

[KeenHo]

Good evening Athletes!

I got out this morning early with the following results:

Miles: 10.01
Time: 1:30:45
Pace: 9:04

Splits: 9:30, 10:02, 8:40, 8:50, 8:33, 8:54, 8:48, 8:57, 9:08, 9:19

Conditions were far from desirable with 100% humidity, misty rain and overcast skies.

Hi John! It was great seeing you and Karen last weekend! Hard to believe it has been a wek already. Train well and stay healthy. Good luck with the upcoming half marathons and 5K.

 

[mla1977]

Hi everyone! I went 1.5 miles in 27:17. I really wanted to do more, but it was so disgustingly humid that I couldn't go any further. Tomorrow may be a cross training day for me just to give my legs a rest. I guess I'll try to start W3D1 again on Tuesday.

 

[TnTsParty]

I blew off my 10 mile LR yesterday to do the EEC. I don't regret it though - guess that just means I have to get on it this week with the training and get 11 miles in next Saturday. So I guess I can say I did 3 miles and quite a bit of walking around Epcot and MK so far. Tomorrow will be MGM and AK - and probably no internet access. Oh well I will survive!!!

 

[getnthinr]

A quick "hi" and an invitation to check out the great Expedition Everest Challenge photos on the EEC thread. This is a link to my post/photos but there are a lot of other good reports and photos there besides mine (just not smart enough to know how to get you to the correct page in the thread)!

Wendy's EEC photo journal

 

[joan4mickey]

I, too, blew of my 9 mile long run this morning, but...I did 40 min. of pilates and 4 miles in 38 min. I'll go for the LR tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a great workout week!