Wk of Apr 23--2007 WISH Walking/Running Club

[chimera]

Hello everyone!

For those new to us, we're a group of people who are planning to participate in walking/running events throughout the year. Some of us are training for the 2006 Disneyland Half and for the 2007 WDW Half/Full marathons. We'll also be posting news/training for various other events throughout the year. We range from non-running beginners to triathletes. Come join us, whether you're training for an event or walking/running for fitness!

Here's the Marathon FAQ, a great place to answer your marathon questions:
Disney Marathon FAQ
And some websites for further running/walking info:
http://www.runnersworld.com
http://www.coolrunning.com
http://www.halhigdon.com
http://www.running4women.com/
http://www.runnergirl.com/index.shtml
http://www.katherineswitzer.com/fitness.html
http://www.irongirl.com
http://www.marathonguide.com
http://www.marathonwalking.com
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com
http://acefitness.com/getfit/freeexercise.aspx
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
The John Bingham site:
http://www.waddleon.com/
Jeff Galloway's site:
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/

Race Etiquette with Miss Road Manners

Pacing Calculator

Good training everyone!

 

[chimera]

Screen Name IRL Location

akasleepingbeauty Rhonda TX
aladdinsgirl Krista OH
AmyBeth68 Amy NJ
Andrea718 Andrea NY
andromedaslove Dana FL
Buckalew11 Brenda TN
budbeerlady
Calcio Craig MA
CarolA Carol GA
Cheryl N. WI Cheryl WI
chimera Mel FL
Chropistopy Christy GA
Cingoutload GA
crzy4pooh Lynnda FL
debm IL
DianeL Diane
DisneyGirl Marissa
disnygoof Christiana SC
DJBounce Darcey IA
donac Dona NJ
escape
goingthedistance Paul NM
goofyguy1958 Mike
gradtchr Beth TX
hmgolden Helen NY
Hockeychic Kim CA
hockeygirl Laura NY
Honeibee Judy NY
icunurse_celeste Celeste IL
Jen117 Jen WI
Jodi Jodi CT
jodistar Jodi CT
k_hase Kim NY
karebear1 Karen OR
Kareneast Karen NJ
keenercam Cam DE
KeenHo Howard DE
KeriZ Keri CA
Kim10110 Kim
Kimickey Kim MD
Kimwim8 Kim NJ
Kristi1357 Kristi NH
lillouisianagal Claire LA
Lisa Loves Pooh Lisa FL
littlegreydonkey Helen NZ
lizdotcom99 Liz IN
magslite Maggie IL
maherae Anne
maryliz maryliz ON
MdmMim
MelRhoads Melissa AR
MickeySP Lisa MA
Minnie Suzy
monte Monica CO
Mouse Skywalker Dave NY
MouseDogMom Jackie NC
msblrobs Sara NY
NYCpa Kathy NY
ohMom OH
Papa Deuce PA
perfectmatch300 Nancy FL
plutosmyfav Sunny MA
princessmomma Colleen NC
Rachael Q Rachael CA
RunningLilo Dena FL
sap1227 Christy FL
sara
ScoJo15 Scott GA
skfulkers Steve OH
solotraveler Kevin MI
Stenogoddess Lauren GA
stitch lover sith Erin
TammyNC Tammy NC
taz4disney CJ IN
TEK224 Terri PA
TiffJ Tiffany AL
TigerLily03 Lily OH
TnTsParty FL
TXBelle Heather TX
Wbgirl Melissa MN
WDWfan 9 Pat IL
wfloyd Bill FL
wiskband Renee NY
wtpclc Carrie MI
xterratri Lynne ME

 

[chimera]

Struggled through 8 miles yesterday, but they're done and over. My foot is FINALLY better...pain-free this whole week! I'm still having bad reflux issues...that was my problem yesterday. So I just took it easy and dropped back from R3/W2 to W3/R2. Overall pace was 14:30 which will get me a Minnie medal.

Dave and Judy...your discussion on the mental aspects of the sport was very interesting. I still have problems with that...the first 2 miles of every LR or big race are the hardest. I have a whole litany of things tgoing through my mind that even I'm tired of hearing Oddly enough, my second mile is always my fastest and once I see that my pace is good despite all the mental whining, it seems to help push through.

Dave...thanks for taking on the socks!

Amy...CONGRATS!!! What a fabulous time!

Judy...having something to train for really helped me with motivation and weight loss. Once I had something more tangible to work toward, it helped me focus my training from just wanting to lose weight. Do you have any local 1 miles or 5Ks you could train for to give you something to work toward before WDW? WDW still seems a long way off, but can y'all believe it's almost May?

Kristi...congrats on your 7 miles! Great pace!

Scott...loved your 5K race report! Congrats!

Gotta run...my parents are coming up today for Easter dinner since they were sick last week. Y'all are welcome to join us...we have ham!

 

[keenercam]

Congratulations, AMY!!!! You should be soooo proud of yourself!!

More later. Am at work. Did post day 2 of my solo trip report. Alas, must now turn to work. (easier than admitting I didn't do my LW yesterday. )

 

[princessmomma]

Hi guys!

It sounds like everyone is doing great! The past month has been dismal for me. I ran twice in the last month and I feel I need to really get my act together training wise.

I need a goal and I am considering the Chicago marathon. But after doing some research, vacancies in hotels are few and far between. Does anyone have any suggestions for hotels in Chicago?

Amy, great job on your 5K. Oh what a feeling. You are hooked!

Colleen

 

[jodistar]

Hi Everyone,

I did my MS Walk today - around a 15 min/mile. The MS Society did a fabulous job putting the entire event together.

The rain wasn't that bad.......but the wind was horrible. However, if I had to do it again - I would.

Jodi

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Let the taper begin!!! I did my 11 miles yesterday in 2:37:45--averaging a 14:something mile (I forget the exact time). This week I'm doing 3-4-3-6. Does anyone else have a psycho Garmin? I have no idea what's up with mine, I have the lap time set on 1 mile, but sometimes I get my first 2 mile splits and nothing else, or I won't get anything, but all of sudden on like mile 5.88 it'll give me the time for 6 miles (yesterday I got beeps at 5.88, 6.88, and 7.88 and nothing else), or it will give me some outrageous lap number, like lap 20. Is my Garmin haunted?? I have never messed with resting time or try to customize the lap time, so I have no idea what's up.

Amy-- on your 5K, you rock!! I'm glad you had such a good time. You'll find that they are quite addicting. When's your next race?

Jodi--That's wonderful about your 5 mile walk. I'm glad that you had such a good time. Stephen is using Hal Higdon's program from his website.

Mel-- that your foot is better! for your acid reflux!!

Colleen--It's good to see you! Come and hang out with us more often.

 

[goofyguy1958]

Today I ran the inaugural Valley Forge Revolutionary 5 Mile Run in the cool misty morning. The race turned out more the 1,000 runners and was a one loop around Valley Forge Park. I was a bit nervous because the course has a good number of hills but, hey, what goes up comes down and usually a lot faster. I had a goal of 37 minutes for the 5 miles and much to my surprise I ran a 36:33, my second fastest 5 miler ever, and came in 154th out of over 1,000 finishers.

 

[Maherae]

Great job on you MS walk, Jodi!!!
Goofguy, an inaugural event..how cool is that? Literally!! What a great time for your run!!
Krista, WOW!! 11 miles with a 14+ pace..you are so ready for Flying Pig!! Have you gone to the www.garmin.com site? They have a product support number listed. It might be worth it, if your Garmin keeps going crazy!
Mel, so glad your foot is pain free!!
Cam, where's the link to your trip report?
Tiffj, 2 weeks and counting!! I can't believe 1) that I'm going to WDW for just the weekend, 2) I'm going with ONLY DH, and 3) I am walking in the MINNIE!!!

Have a great week everyone! Anne

 

[RunningLilo]

My 5k yesterday was my absolute favorite yet! For those who don't already know, it was called the Cheerios Challenge in Covington, GA. My wonderful dh has already updated our journal with 23 pics of it: CHECK IT OUT HERE!. The course was beautiful and the hills kept it...shall I say...interesting. How come no one reminded me that there were hills in Georgia? We have never ran on any kind of an incline and I am sore sore sore today. The hills gave me a bad stitch right after the 2 mile mark and I had to walk an entire interval, but we still finished in 39:48. Under 40 minutes...amazing for us! I highly recommend this race for a beginning 5k or 10k. It was well organized and there was no pressure to finish fast. It was very family oriented. I LOVED IT!

However, there was one guy running with his daughter that made me so mad. He yelled and fussed at her the entire race! He would run off and leave her and then yell at her to catch up. She was on the verge of tears as he was yelling "Keep Running!" "Why are you walking?" "You should run like this." "Why can't you just keep up?" and the list went on and on. As I ran by her I told her she was doing great and to just slow down and enjoy it. Grrr! What an awful way to inspire your kid to love running. I felt so bad for her.

Amy- Sounds like you did great in your 5k! I hope you had a ball. I was thinking of you as I was climbing those hills!

Goofyguy- Great placement. 154 out of over 1,000. All I can say is WOW!

Jodi- I don't think I ever congratulated you on that WW Lifetime. Great job! That's such a huge accomplishment!

Scott- While I was at the Cheerios run I found out about another one...The Hot Biscuits Run. I thought about you and laughed. You are so right about me and food themes! Thanks for checking on my race!

 

[Maherae]

Dena, what a great report!! Your little one has all the markings of a future runner! You are right, the course does looks really pretty..that house (mansion?) wow! and the flowers! And Cheerios for a prize, how awesome is that?? Great job on your time, too!!

 

[MouseDogMom]

I can't believe 1) that I'm going to WDW for just the weekend, 2) I'm going with ONLY DH, and 3) I am walking in the MINNIE!!!

Anne - I'm so with you, at least for #1 and #3. DD and her friend are coming with us, and I HOPE to do more than walk, but I'm not expecting to do more than walk.

Jodi - Glad you enjoyed the MS walk and that the rain wasn't too horrible. I hate wind, though, so I'm afraid I'd have been miserable. Good for you for hanging in there!

Dena - Congrats on your 5K! And I think that's a great time - hope I do as well for the Minnie, but with NO HILLS!

Goofyguy - Your race sounds great too, and what a terrific time!

Everyone sounds like they had good races/walks/runs. What a great weekend! Hope everyone has a good week - back to the daily grind.

Jackie

 

[AmyBeth68]

Wow....the Minnie Marathon is almost here!!! I'm so excited for all of you who get to run!!!

Jodi: CONGRATS on your MS Walk!!! You did great,weather and all!!

Dena: Wow! Great time, and even with all those hills! I was thinking about you as I was running and it made me smile! I knew you were probably out there about the same time doing your thing! So glad to hear you had fun and it was really well organized!

Goofy Guy: Once again I'm in awe! You had an amazing race.... congrats on the awesome time!

Krista: Great job on your 11 miles this weekend! Woo-Hoo for the taper!!!! BTW...my next race is a 5 mile trail run called The Summer Solstice. It's on the longest day of the year...which happens to be a Friday this year....and it runs through one of our beautiful state parks. I don't expect to be very fast since there are some serious hills. But I do think it will be fast and it benefits breast cancer so I'm really excited to be a part of it! Hopefully my SIL will run this with me b/c it might be dark when I finish.... it will be nice to have company LOL!

Colleen: Good luck getting back to your running. I know how hard it is to get back into the groove once you get off. But I know you'll be fine!!! The Chicago marathon would be great....I hope you find lodging.


Mel: So glad to hear your foot is feeling better! And thanks for the info on PF....it feels good today despite all the hill running yesterday. I've been wearing my good asics for days now and it's made a difference. I made need orthotics for my everyday shoes. Hope you had a really nice Easter dinner .

 

[MelRhoads]

Krista - You should e-mail garmin. You might be able to get a firmware update that solves your prob if you have a unit that links to the computer. I don't really have any idea what I am talking about, but Sunny would know for sure. Have fun w/ the taper.

Goofyguy - congrats on your race.

Dena - Great job on your 5k.

Colleen - Is Chicago in Oct? If you do it, you will be totally prepared for disney!! In fact, you could just do it as a training run for goofy!

Sunny - I stink at lifting. I've been doing it for 2 weeks now. I think I hurt my shoulder rowing (which i don't understand as i kayak all of the time) Anyway, I've been pretty good about lifting and stretching on M, W and F.

 

[crzy4pooh]

Hey everyone!

Amy - CONGRATS on your 5K!!! That is a great time!!!!!

Chimera - great job getting through the 8 miles! So glad your foot is feeling better!

Cam - How was work? So sorry you missed your LW - I'm right there with you this week...

Colleen - I don't know anything about Chicago hotels, but I've heard so many great things about the marathon! DH and I may have to look into it in future years. You can do this!!!

Jodi - Awesome job on your MS Walk!!! And congratulations on making lifetime!!!!

Krista - Great job on your 11 miles!!! I can't wait to hear how the pig goes - you will be great!

Goofyguy - All I can say is... WOW!!!! Your time is amazing!!! Great job!!!

Anne - 2 weeks... Yea!!!!! I can't wait to see all the WISHers!!!

Dena - GREAT JOB on the race!!! I know what you mean on the hills! The only ones we have to train on here are the highway overpasses or the causeway (over the river) - and I'm not overly fond of either! Keep up the great work!

Jackie - Just think - only two weeks until WDW! Every minute of the daily grind brings us that much closer to Minnie - Yea!!!


I haven't posted in a while - it's been a VERY long couple of weeks! I wish I could say that my training is going as well as most of yours, but life is not cooperating. Here are a few highlights... two Sundays ago I did a long bike/short run brick and hurt my knee. I felt a pop shortly after I started the run. No biggie - ice, rest, all is good. Last Saturday I started my 10 miler and did something to my foot (other side), and was in so much pain I had to limp back after a couple miles. The next day DH left for a week on business. My foot was okay to bike and swim, but now I had no babysitter. While he was gone our air conditioner decided not to work... Oy! And on the day he was flying back (also my birthday), our fridge/freezer decided it needed a break... double Oy!!! Sweet DH go our AC working, but the fridge repairman won't be out until this coming Tuesday.... BIG Oy!!!! Yesterday we did go to Disney for a much needed break, and my foot was sore, but okay walking - Yea!

Soooooo... all this to say, I'll be at the Minnie and am hoping to be able to walk most of it with just a few light jogs to keep pace. The tri the next weekend should be okay - there is no time limit for the run portion so I can rest my foot as needed (plus it is really short, and it's through the Magic Kingdom! )

Sorry to be such a downer. It's so frustrating to deal with curve balls when training has been going so well. Sometimes you just have to laugh at it all, though! I will still experience the inaugural Women's event at Disney, and I'll still complete my first triathlon. I doubt I will remember my finish times for anything, but I will definitely remember the experiences and the people. A huge thank you to all of the WISHers for your encouragement and support - you guys are the best!!! I can't wait to see many of you in 2 weeks!!!!

--Lynnda

 

[goingthedistance]

Greetings everyone!

I ran in the Fiesta de Albuquerque Marathon yesterday as part of Albuquerque's Tricentennial celebration. The race began with a hot air balloon mass ascention. It was amazing to see about 75 hot air balloons in the air over the first few miles of the course. I tried not to let it get me down that the balloons were moving faster than I was!

The course itself was very flat, with the only hills at the bridges. The weather cooperated for the first hour or so, but then it began to get hotter. It was probably 55 at the start and closer to 75 by the finish. Since there were 2-2.5 miles between the water stations, I was carrying my own.

I was fine up until about mile 21 or so. At mile 20 I was really hungry, so I did a Gu and some pretzels. Something didn't sit right, because I began to feel a little sick to my stomach. I slowed WAY down around then. I knew that I was also dehydrated, even though I refilled my water bottles at each water station. Looking at my splits on the Garmin, you could see the fade in my pace as the race went on. Once my Garmin has recharged, I will post my split times.

All in all it was a good race. But it was no Disney Marathon. For example, there was hardly any spectator support. It was a small field too, and after the half-ers made their turn to the finish line, there was even fewer people on the course. There were some 2-person and 5-person relay teams out on the course also. I was beating some of the relay teams for a while! Of course, I got tired and the relay runners were fresh, so I did not beat any of the relay teams to the finish line. But that's ok...I wasn't racing them. I was running MY race at MY pace and really didn't care what the other people were doing.

There must have been some kind of problem with the timing of the race. We didn't start right on time, but it was still a chipped race. Well, there were mats at the finish line anyway. The course cutoff was 5:30. My Garmin clocked me at about 5:12, which would still be a PR for me by about 30 minutes. My place was 94th overall (out of 103 official finishers) and 6th in my age group (of 6th). I was using the motivational mantra of DFL>DNF>DNS a lot during my race. I know that there were several unofficial finishers. As I was walking to the car, I saw probably 20 or more runners still on the course...and some of them looked to be in my age category. So here is the interesting part. Like I said, my Garmin clocked 5:12 and change. I checked the official results today. My official time is 4:43? I'll take it!

In all seriousness, I would not be too concerned if the discrepancy was about 5 minutes or so, but 30 minutes is a long time. I think that I will call the race director this week and try to get it sorted out.

Bottom line is I finished the marathon before the cutoff, and I know I set a PR. I finished, and I had the courage to start. I was really sick after Goofy in January. Today I am just a little sore, but otherwise fine. My 3rd marathon in 6 months...I think it is time to rest for a bit (DCL Magic cruise in the immediate future) and start training again for the DL half...and maybe (99.5 % convinced) just maybe Goofy 07.

Paul

 

[msblrobs]

Happy Monday!!

Mel - Congrats on the 8 miles. Glad to hear the foot is better. I hope you work out the reflux issues real soon.

Colleen - So nice to "see" you again! I've heard Chicago really is a wonderful marathon to run. Hotels are always pricey in that area, so I can only imagine the difficulty in trying to find any room for marathon weekend. Best of luck.

Jodi - Congrats on the MS Walk!!

Krista - Taper here we come!! I have a psycho Garmin also . Luckily I very rarely use it.

goofyguy1958 - Great time on your 5-miler!!

Anne - Less than 2 weeks to go before the Minnie. Yeah!!

Dena - Loved the Cheerios Challege pics. It looked like such a fun time (minus the hills). Sorry you had to endure the bad dad. That poor little girl...

Lynnda - Glad to hear we'll see you at the Minnie. Sorry you've been dealing a lot with Murphy's Law lately. I hope things start settling down real soon.

Paul - I'm so jealous about the hot air balloons! It sounds like a great race. Congrats on the PR. Have an awesome time on your cruise.

I had a great 8-miler yesterday as part of my continued Minnie training. I have to vent about DH for a moment. He is supposed to be "running" the Minnie with me, yet hasn't really trained for it and I am getting frustrated. Basically no LR's since the WDW 1/2 in January. I am trying to give him an out as far as saying it's no big deal if he doesn't run. I feel it isn't fair if I take the time to train but have to walk the entire thing with him just because he didn't commit to training properly. Am I just being a b****?

Best of luck to everyone in meeting their personal goals this week

 

[wtpclc]

Woo hoo Amy, Dena, GoofyGuy and Paul!

Mel - Congrats ont he foot feeling better. The reflux is a bummer. Hope it's better soon too! I know I have a very hard time running when the stomach' snot happy.

Lynnda - Habg in there. Feel free to ven to us, we've all been there.

My weekend would sound like whining and I've done mroe than my share lately. Suffice it to say 6-miler did not happen and chances of gettign to the Mine are less than none. I don't even know if I could do 9 at this point.

Have a great week everyone! I'll try to be in a better mood later!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

Hi WISH Team!

Where did last week go? I can't believe I didn't even get a chance to read about our team. I will, but figured it best to post my hello b4 it gets away again.

Congrats to all who are participating in the events. Cheerios medals love it! Cute pics and story too. Mountains is right, no matter what uphill is not the easiest thing.

Half hour timing difference? Well, you know what you did and that is for sure. Great work! Think the hot air balloons would be a nice thing to look at while getting around.

Lynnda, sorry about all the stuff you had to deal with. I am proud to hear you are continuing with training the best you are able! You go!

I started up this weekend withthe group I played with last year on Saturdays. I need the forced commitment and look forward to playing again this year. I'm not sure to what I am commiting, but I am getting out there and that is a plus.

 

[keenercam]

Dena -- Great trip report. Loved the pix and narration!

Goofyguy & Paul -- awesome races, guys!

Sarah -- Different people have different takes on this, but I know Rhonda and I are planning on doing the Minnie together. She is way ahead of me training-wise, but has generously said we are in it together and she isn't looking for a PR or anything, so she will do it with me. However, if you have been training to run this event and DH knows it, it seems like he would not be surprised if you ran it and he kept up as long as he could and was then on his own. Not sure what his physical limits are, but I can tell you DH would be able to run it with me without a single hour of training (which seems so unfair, BTW). I know a lot of people would say just do it for the experience and don't worry about time, but if you have worked so hard to be able to run it, I think you should. Now, shhhhh, don't tell Rhonda I said that! I am SOOO grateful she is willing to do this event at my pace.

Amy -- I thought of you ALOT on Saturday as we traipsed around U of D in the torrential rain and driving winds. ICK!!! DD is starting to wonder if it is an omen that it has rained torrentially both open house events we've attended there. However, her enthusiasm has not waned, and she left the house this morning in UD sweats and hoodie, and probably had more UD garments layered under those that I don't even know about!

Lynnda -- UGH! on the training. I can really sympathize. And I have had a migraine since Saturday night and am just completely incapable at this point of doing any kind of workout. It is not looking good for this weekend either, as we will be visiting my in-laws and there will be no time at all for a LW. Am still hoping to fit in a couple shorter LWs on the TM this week and next, but it looks like I am going in to the Minnie with my longest LW in the past month being 4.7 or so last week.

Jodi -- congrats on a successful finish in the MS walk. That is a cause that is dear to my heart so thanks to you and the others who do this event.

For anyone interested in my day two trip report, it is here:
Day 2-- Half-Naked Breakfast, a CRUSH, CUTIES and a TATTOO