WK of 21 December - WISH Walking/Running Club

[jmasgat]

Hey, everyone! I finally made it back to Michigan after another long drive yeseterday (only 12-1/2 hours!)

Today I went out and did 5 miles--first run since a week ago Friday. Bad girl! It was warm, rainy, foggy and I was soaked. It was definitely a "Knock the rust off" run. Anyway, I will get in one final long run sometime in the next week and then 2 WEEKS TO GO.

Now to find food and football.

Maura

 

[goofyinohio]

psssstttt.... Chris - I am thinking about going out to the beach early in the AM to get in 4 miles along the Boardwalk in Hollywood Beach area. Will post when I get some photos.


HEY EVERYONE!!!

Racey Tapering Tracy

Sits in suspense awaiting the pictures to arrive........

Hope you enjoyed your run.

We took down all our lights today. So now that I'm done with that the only thing to focus on is my running.

Of course it's 66 and I have no runs scheduled today and after back to backs I know I had better just relax.

 

[dsnyfan21]

Hellooooooo my fellow WISHers!!!


** WARNING WARNING **
Some of you may want to look away....


TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE WDW HALF MARATHON!!!!

OK everyone can come back now, it wasn't really that scary was it???

Allyson: Hope you survived the 10 on the dreadmill. Let us know if you survived w/o going insane. If we don't hear back from you we can only think the worst happened. If I think it is going to rain during a rain I bring along one of those folding up desposable rain poncho things in my fanny pack and if possible a dry set of socks. I just really try to GLIDE my feet really well which seems to help some.

Tricia: So sad you weren't feeling well this morning to get out there. Weather was nice at the beach, not too hot and breezy and plenty of clouds to hide the sun.

Shan: Glad to hear your sinuses are clearing up. You got your run in and now taper!! Yeah you!!

Maura: Wow - girl. You and those long drives. I hope you don't have to do that very often.

AFM: I decided for some strange reason yesterday that I would go to the beach this morning for 4 mile walk. (Plus take some photos for Christ - hehe)
So, I got up and out the door at 6:40am to get to the beach around the time the sun was rising (7:07am). Parked and put money in the meter. Found the broadwalk around out side the park that I parked next to...

Here is the start of the path through the seagrapes...

Now onto the main area where the hotels and restaurants are...

Trying to get a photo of the sun, way to many clouds for that!!

One of the "bigger" hotels along Hollywood Beach. Positano.

Still big hunka clouds in the way...

Some sites of the boardwalk...

Well, sorry I couldn't get anything better. I was sooooo windy and the waves were just crashing up a storm. (rip tides warnings were out) Temps around 75 when I was out there. I may do this again. I enjoyed my 4 miles along the ocean.

Wind blown Tapering Tracy...

 

[ms.mightyduck]

Wow, Tracy--those photos are fantastic!

DH and I were going to walk the boardwalk tomorrow--they are predicting temps of 72! Unfortunately, they are also now calling for 15-25 mph wind, so that's not happening. Way too windy for a ten-miler for me (asthma).

Hope that you enjoyed scaring us! can't wait to see you and mom in two weeks!

 

[goofyinohio]

Nice Pics Tracy and Thank you. Something to look forward to. Although we did see some sun in these parts and it wasn't freezing cold out so I'm happy about the weather for at least a day.

 

[mkymsehi]

Tracy even trains in her WISH uniform.

 

[mkymsehi]

Okay, here I am. Did you miss me for the last 17 hours?

Yesterday, the Big island, Maui, Lanai, Molokai were under a flash flood warning due to 2" of rain per hour.

Last night on Oahu, at 5:30 pm a pretty violent storm rolled in from the East off the Pacific ocean. Cold air + warm air = lightning, thunder, pouring rain. By 6 pm the lights had flickered a couple of times, so I went to grab the flashlights. Just as I was changing the batteries in one, everything went dark.

We spent the evening reading, kids played their DS', and wife watched videos on her Archos Wi-Fi player.

After a few hours, I thought, hmm maybe I should turn on my radio to listen to the news. That's when I found out one of our two power plants took a direct hit by lightning. They system automatically shuts itself down, and takes over 12 hours to reboot the island.

So apparently all the tourists in Waikiki were stranded walking up and down stairs, had nowhere to eat, and no where to shop.

This morning we slept in, read, and listened to the news radio. Broke out the Coleman stove to make some breakfast.

This is my second island wide power outage in 20 years of living here. Minor inconvenience for us. Water use restrictions since the pumps don't pump water up the mountain we live on. We don't open up the refrigerator or freezer, so the food won't spoil in the 24 hour window.

President-Elect Obama and his family were also in the dark in Kailua. The electric company brought a emergency generator over in the middle of the night, but he actually went to bed like the rest of us when the lights went out. He's been relaxing Hawaiian Style. Low-key, not in the spotlight.

With all the relaxing we've done, we're going to head out into the rain and go hiking to Makapuu Lighthouse in search of humpback whales.

See you all later in the day.

P.S. My suitcase and backpck for WDW are packed, since we're headed to Maui on Wednesday. Won't have time to do it next week, so I got it done yesterday before the outage.

 

[hockeygirl]

Jeff-Glad to hear the power is back on by you! I had heard about this on the news and I was thinking about you and wondering if you and your family were affected. Glad to hear it is back on and your are back to your normal adventures! I hope we get pics from your hiking to see the whales!

Tracy--great pics! I wish I was closer to the beach here in NJ to run when it is warmer!

ms.mightyduck--we may actually have some race day temps here in NJ tomorrow....did you ever think we would be saying that two weeks before the race! I am taking advantage of it wind or no wind tomorrow!

Sorry to everyone I missed, but it is time to go watch the Devils beat the Rangers!

 

[MouseDogMom]

Jeff - Glad you survived the power outage. At least we now know that it's not ALWAYS picture perfect beautiful!

Tracy - Glad you enjoyed your run. Love the pics!

Duckie - I don't run in the wind either, and I don't have a valid excuse. I just hate wind!

Did my 10 miles with the group this morning. I have to say it was one of the best runs I've ever had. I expected it to be tough, since I haven't actually run outside since Thanksgiving, but it was probably the easiest 10 miles I've ever done. I'm pretty sure I could have done 4-6 miles more, but I had to quit so we could go to the in-laws for Christmas dinner.

While DD and I (and puppy) were at dinner (DH had to stay in town for work), DH went to an adopt-a-thon at PetSmart. Guess what he came home with? Yep, we now have TWO puppies! I'm not particularly thrilled, but DH has been sulking because he didn't feel a part of the decision about Sienna, and he really wanted a boxer mix, so that's what he found. The good news is they're tiring each other out, but the bad news is they're exhausting me!

Jackie

 

[TnTsParty]

Jackie - congrats on the other new puppy. Boy you sure are a full house now!! At least they will be able to grow up together. So do the new puppy have a name yet?

 

[TEK224]

Hi Kathy and Colleen!

Thanks for the kind words. After not finishing the full (for the 2nd straight year ) I decided to take a break from going Goofy. I felt like I was putting too much pressure on myself and not being able to get the steps in to train properly. So I decided to just do 1/2's this year and to really get ready for Goofy 2010. Of course, with craziness at work, training hasn't improved much.

But as I started reading about the WDW getting closer, I was surprised by how bummed I am that I'm not going. I think it just goes to show that the weekend is not just about the race, but about the friendships made here on the WISH boards. I'M GONNA MISS SEEING ALL OF YOU!!!! wahhhh!

I'll suck it up and get through Phoenix. And for 2009 I'm going to adjust my attitude and make training more of a priority. It's a matter of focusing more on me and making the time to get the steps in.

Terri

 

[ms.mightyduck]

Jackie and Laurie- I'll still have to get my walk in tomorrow; I just won't do it on the unprotected boardwalk (and of course, there's a 10 mile racewalk on the boardwalk tomorrow! Drat! It's in Asbury Park if you're looking for it, Laurie). I can't believe we have such warm weather after so many weeks of ridiculously low temps!

And congrats on the newest puppy, Jackie! New friends are always good. Sorry they are tiring you out. Puppies are exhausting, but so worth it to put the energy in at the beginning to have super companions for many years to come.

And yes, as Tricia asked, name for newest puppy?

Terri--our posts crossed! The friendship and camaraderie is definitely what I'm most looking forward to in two weeks. Sorry you won't be there, but I guess that means we'll all have to do it again next year!

 

[Kristi1357]

Can you NJ folks keep the nice weather through Wednesday for me?

I am heading to Atlantic City on Tuesday morning with 'my girls' for NYE and would love to do my training outside, rather than on a TM at the Showboat while I am there!

 

[ms.mightyduck]

Oh, Kristi, if it were up to me it would never get cold here at the shore! It's looking like a dip down to the 40s. The good news is they are predicting sunny skies, so you may have luck if you work out in the afternoon. I wish I could do better than that for you!

Have a great time! I just saw in the paper today that the first week of March AC will be having a restaurant week, so we will probably head down then to take advantage of the excellent deals. And I would go see an Imax movie this week if it were up to me, but I don't think DH is going for it....

 

[mkymsehi]

Windy Wet Oahu pictures.

Pali Lookout, 30-40 mph gusts.

Kaneohe.

Kailua (President-elect Barry and family staying here)

Makapuu lighthouse hike. The seas were too choppy to spot any humpback whales today.

Look at the two CRAZY people in the water! Lower left in this picture. (Look just above the word CRAZY in the sentence).

 

[hockeygirl]

Jeff--Awesome pics...as always!!! Those people in the water are CRAZY!!

Jackie--another puppy!!! Bet you didn't think a week ago you would have two new puppies!!!

Terri--I can totally relate to how you are feeling right now...in January I didn't sign up for the Goofy as I wanted to...didn't think we were going to have the money to go. Well as time went by, I started to feel bad about not signing up..I really wanted to go. My fiance says to me..isn't there any way to get a Goofy entry..and low and behold within one day of hearing that I had booked a package deal with Anthony travel with a Goofy entry. I just couldn't imagine sitting here right now feeling all down that we didn't go. I have no regrets about signing up! Hang in there...before you know it, 2010 will be here and you will be back at WDW!

Duckie--no racewalk for me tomorrow...I will be on the local trail doing my 12 miler.

Kristi--no 60's for wednesday but it won't be terribly cold, you still should be able to run outdoors if you bundle up!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Jeff, glad to hear you are all ok there. Windy pics. Whew!

Tracy, lovely pics. Windy too!

Happy taper everyone!

 

[chimera]

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