Wine and Dine 2015

[Chaitali]

Compression sock poll: Do you wear them during the race, after the race, both, or not at all?

I've worn them both after a race/long run and during.

 

[ZellyB]

I don't typically wear compression socks at all. I wore them while running for a short time a few years ago when I was battling shin splints, but haven't used them since.

 

[MissLiss279]

I wear compression sleeves while I run. I started using them when I started to get shin splints last year. That was at about the time I needed to replace my shoes. I'm really not sure how much they have helped or if it was getting new shoes that helped, but I do continue to wear them.

 

[Miranda]

I wore them once when recovering from my first 13 mile long run when training for Tink earlier this year. I liked how they felt but I still have some weight to lose, and even the largest size was pretty snug on my calves. I tend to get swelling around my ankles and I felt like they kinda made that worse even though they were supposed to be pushing it up my legs. I brought them with me to DLR thinking I might wear them on the flight home, because were flying home about 32 hours after the race, but I didn't end up wearing them.

 

[Dis5150]

I'm so excited! My son, who is in the Navy reserves is currently deployed so he is going to miss our family vacation in September. But I just talked to him on Facebook and he should be back in October and might be coming with DD25 and I to W&D! I haven't seen him in over a year!

 

[Miranda]

Woo hoo!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Compression sock poll: Do you wear them during the race, after the race, both, or not at all?

I wear after the race.

 

[pclvnmcky88]

I'm so excited! My son, who is in the Navy reserves is currently deployed , so he is going to miss our family vacation in September. But I just talked to him on Facebook and he should be back in October and might be coming with DD25 and I to W&D! I haven't seen him in over a year!

This is awesome! So happy for you! Just one thing of advice, since this is an open forum that the public can see I wouldn't put specifics about where someone is deployed (DH is in too, but not that branch).

 

[sperkins921]

Compression socks: wear during a run but not after

I've tried sleeves but only once/twice. Felt like my ankle ligaments were a little more irritated and I had more swelling around the ankle that with compression socks- but felt like I didn't have such tender bruised toes using double sided run socks with compressions sleeves.

 

[RogueKnits]

"Speedwork:
800 meter repeats are included to
improve speed. Do the standard warmup, followed by
4 accelerations that gradually increase to workout
pace. Run each 800 meter segment 15 seconds faster
than your goal pace for half a mile, and walk for 3
minutes. Then repeat as noted on the schedule. " from Disney Galloway Training Program instructions.

This has to be a typo. 800 meters = 0.49709 mile. You can't run 15 seconds faster in the 800 m than you best half mile run. .

I think it's just worded poorly. I interpreted it pretty much the same as you did--determine your goal pace per mile for the half marathon. Divide that in half to get your "goal pace per half mile". Run your 800s 15 seconds faster than that. I don't quite do it that way in practice, though, because I don't really have a goal pace other than "faster than last time". Instead, I use my best mile pace from a short training run, divide that in half and take 15 seconds off of that. Since I run my short runs without intervals, my best training mile is probably a minute or more faster than my half marathon goal pace, but still not anywhere near an all-out sprint because it's a pace I can keep up for 4 miles.

Since the speed workouts are replacing a long run that week, I figure they should be challenging, just in a different way than the long run.

 

[RogueKnits]

I just started wearing compression socks a few months ago, and I love them. So far, I just wear them for a few hours after a long run. I find they help ward off soreness and keep me from getting that "jelly legs" feeling that can happen that makes me want to just sit on the couch the rest of the day. Plus you get an arm workout trying to struggle into them! I haven't tried wearing them yet for a run, but that's something I will probably do once the weather gets a bit cooler, and if that goes well I will wear them for races. Right now, I'm not interested in wearing extra layers.

 

[Dis5150]

This is awesome! So happy for you! Just one thing of advice, since this is an open forum that the public can see I wouldn't put specifics about where someone is deployed (DH is in too, but not that branch).

Thanks for the reminder. I edited my post, now it only shows in the post you quoted, lol. I wasn't thinking about it, since his Camp has a public Facebook page where they post pictures with names and ranks.

 

[pclvnmcky88]

All is good! (I edited the quote in mine ) That is very true, I've seen those from the organizations we've been a part of. I get confused with the OPSEC requirements sometimes, but just thought I'd chime in

 

[NileNellie]

Ok so I have what might be a silly question. We are on week 6 of the Galloway plan: 4 miles with magic mile. So does this mean we are running 4 miles total? Or 4 miles plus the MM, so 5 miles total?

 

[Miranda]

I'm actually not sure... during Tink training I just ran the distance given and never did the Magic Mile.

 

[flatlandcycle]

Ok so I have what might be a silly question. We are on week 6 of the Galloway plan: 4 miles with magic mile. So does this mean we are running 4 miles total? Or 4 miles plus the MM, so 5 miles total?

For the most part, mileage listed is total mileage, mm inclusive. I try to make the "fall back" mileage half of what my long runs are. Five miles on an easy weekend would be too long for me if my long run is at 7-8 miles.

 

[Belle Ella]

I will confess, the whole magic mile thing still confuses the *bleep* out of me. Oops. I haven't been able to start training yet but when I do I usually just run whatever the listed distance is.

I'm hoping to map out a new running route at my new apartment tonight and hopefully pick up running tomorrow or Thursday. Depends on how my lungs are feeling. I got sick right before moving and it's been torture!

 

[Figment1990]

I personally love the magic mile test and concept. I've actually found it to be pretty accurate at least in my case. I don't always run them exactly when Galloway says too, I tend to run them every few months, my first run of the month as kind of a ritual to see how I'm doing. At the very least I run them twice a year, once when I start training in the spring and once in the fall.

Basically I warm up for about a half mile or a quarter mile and then run a mile as fast as I can. Because I don't do walk intervals this basically means I run continuously and I am pretty used to knowing if I'm starting out too fast at this point. I have to be really careful to pace myself and try for a negative split. When I started a few years ago I did have to take a walk break halfway thru because I wasn't good at pacing.

After the magic mile I run/walk whatever is necessary to finish.

 

[AThrillingChase]

The more and more I get into my training, the more real it becomes. The next 2 months are going to be torture! But, in the meantime I will spend my nervous energy planning.

I asked this in the BC forum but did not get a response, so I will try here. We arrive late on Thursday night, landing at 8pm. I am torn between going to Trader Sam's and going to the hot tub at the BC and relaxing around there. To be honest, with how much I am paying per night I think I would feel better about it if I went to the hot tub! But I am not sure how late the pools stay open in November. Does anyone know? Even if you remember if any resort pool was open late that would help! I imagine they are all similar? (I know we could use the quiet pool hot tub, but I love the ones in stormalong bay)

 

[flatlandcycle]

But I am not sure how late the pools stay open in November. Does anyone know? Even if you remember if any resort pool was open late that would help! I imagine they are all similar? (I know we could use the quiet pool hot tub, but I love the ones in stormalong bay)

It's hard to tell; they reserve the right to change pool times...
I think they shoot for at least 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. year round. They post the real times on a chalkboard next to the guard chairs day of or day before. I have seen people in hot tubs at like 1:00 a.m. It might be a memory from before they tightened pool rules.