Wk of Apr 8--WISH Walking/Running Club

[keenercam]

Hi, everyone!
Let's see -- how much do I remember?
Mel -- I am so sorry you are having so much pain in your foot. I hope you find some relief soon.

MelR -- congrats on the great new job! I see Christa didn't wait to see if you could set up a discount before she bought new bike shorts.

Christa- congrats on the new shorts!

Matt -- man, you are fast and busy!!! You continue to impress the heck out of me. Please give Cheryl a hug for me!

Craig and Martha -- you two are so cute! I am so glad you had such an amazing run together. How is Lesley feeling today?

Bill -- so glad to see you here. Did your family enjoy your first Easter together? Has your furbaby gotten used to Timmy being around yet?

Hi, Lynnda! How are you feeling? I hope you are looking forward to being back in the training groove in six weeks or so!

Kristi -- cool story about your niece. I am sure Molly will remember that experience for the rest of her life! Sorry you got lost on the subway. I am sure that is not uncommon!

Jimmduck --

Erin, Kathy, Howard ( ), Heather -- we have missed you guys around here!

Steve -- I hope your hard work in the pool makes that endeavor a lot easier. Hopefully, you will see an improvement in your lung capacity. I still can't figure out why I can't breathe better when I run. So, knowing a really fit person like you is finding that kind of thing when swimming makes me feel like it isn't entirely a fitness issue.

Jen and Dave -- I am so sorry you guys are so unhappy at work. I am so blessed to love the people I work with and the work I do. I just can't imagine dragging myself out of bed every day to a job I wasn't happy at.

Carrie -- I hope your PT will find a quick resolution for your foot pain. Sending you sweetie!

Hi, Sunny! I miss you and hope all is well in your world. Are you taking care of yourself?

Lily -- I am sorry you are going through LTO too! Just think, though, we are almost 20% through the work week!

Krista -- how is the cooking effort going? I was lusting after all those great meals you were posting about last week!

Vic -- Thanks for the ToT clippie. I think it is time for me to add that and the Mickey '08 to my siggie, since I have made the hotel ressies for the first and received the confirmation post card for the latter!

Well, I didn't get any formal training in this weekend in New England. I had done my 7 mile LW mid-week since I'd be away this weekend. On Friday I did a 3 mile and a 2 mile walk -- the first was partly on the beach. Gorgeous though very, very cold. The second was along a canal in Cape Cod and under the Sagamore Bridge. Very pretty with some military vessels moving up and down the canal. Another very brisk 3 mile walk on Saturday and 40 minutes leisurely walk to and from church yesterday. I was actually envious of Howard's time at the gym on Saturday. But, I was busy with visiting and eating way too much food. With the Minnie just less than 4 weeks away, I am trying to figure out what kind of training to squeeze in and how long my LWs should be. I really do fear that my jogging progress is being curtailed as I focus on distance rather than speed. I seem to be able to maintain mid-13:00 miles over the distance and am content to be able to sustain that. I may have to wait until after the Minnie to really work on speed/intervals. I'd hate to risk injury now and have noticed some shin splints and instep pain when I pick up the pace.

sorry to all I missed. Keeping up should count for cross-training, don't you think?

 

[Lexxiefern]

I just love reading these threads - you all get me so pumped to get out there and run/walk! My training is going well. Got in 5 miles on sat for my LR, and today did 4 miles at a slower 14 min pace. My LR this week will be 6.5. Good job everyone for all your hard training!

Jimmduck - I know how you feel. I am nervous about the 1/2 as well - but I think I am going to go for it. I am doing a 15k next month, so if I can get through that, I think I will be able to do the half (with training of course). Glad to have you here!



Becky

 

[meghan74]

I keep getting into this "I need to respond to all of the previous posts before I post an update" mentality and all that ends up happening is that I read everyone's posts and log out without posting a darn thing. I just can't keep up with all of you!

Now that I am planning to do the Chicago Distance Classic in August, I have increased my training slightly and switched from training by time to training by distance. (More motivation to go faster when I know that it means I get to stop sooner!) Nothing extreme, my LR are only 4 miles at this point. But I have thrilled to report that I finished 4 miles in 51:25 on Saturday! That is really moving for me. I am also consistently finishing my 3 mile run/walks in 40:00 and I am pretty happy with that right now.

The Indycar race season finally started a few weeks ago and I am planning my training around that schedule (because I am that obsessed with it). I can't wait for May to arrive as I live close enough to Indy to make it to the track for several of the practice sessions and qualifying. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Greatest Spectacle in Racing - the Indy 500 - the teams arrive in early May and stay the entire month.

I've really got to look into doing the Indy mini-marathon sometime. Maybe next year? Has anyone here done that one? What was it like?

 

[escape]

Christa – I’d like to have another pair of bike shorts. They’re so expensive! As for the $65 ToT fee….Yes, it’s HIGH! However, I’m going to do it. I guess those glow in the dark shirts are really expensive! for the swimmer. I may need to see about getting a psychotherapist to run with me.

Erin – swimming a mile is one thing….but what that guy did….yikes!

Mel – good pace even with the LTO issues! Your 90% mental and 10% physical is right on – in my case at least. Sometimes I think my body is telling me to stop this nonsense but I sometimes figure out that’s it’s my personal demon talking. Ugh!

Kathy – good luck on the knee surgery after a busy last few days of tax season!

Erica – I can never keep up with the threads and I don’t have nearly the stuff going on that you do.

Kevin – Great 3 miler! I’m not disciplined enough to get out at 5am yet.

bekkiz – Good luck with your training. Sounds like you are doing really well so far. I started out slowly and gradually built up to race pace and you will too. One thing that helped me (and still does) is strength training. I try to do that twice, sometimes three days a week. I don’t think I could have completed the half-marathon this past January without it. I really didn’t start my exercising until August so you have an earlier start and you can do it! I second the Marathoning for Mortals by John Bingham. Very inspirational and he has some good walk, walk/run, and running plans to train you for the half. As for jogging being the devils work, Ha! When I started, I could not run more than about 20 seconds. I still don’t run too much now (mostly walk) but I’m trying to go for the walk 3 minutes/run 2 minutes interval for my training for the full. That’s my goal. Anything beyond that is gravy.

Matt – you are getting speedy. Ah, to be young and fit. Keeping my fingers crossed that you won’t get deployed.

Martha – you are super woman! Great run. You just started all of this and you are already fast! Good going!

Leana – I don’t think I’ll be seeing you at the Nike event. You’ll be way ahead of me with that kind of pace.

Craig – yes, London is so expensive. So is the rest of Europe. I’m going to be spending two weeks in Italy in May and two weeks in Austria and Hungary in June so I’m trying to find all the cheap eats places before I go. By the way, what a way to celebrate your 30th anniversary! Awwwwww.

Jackie – sending PD for your foot. Sounds like Craig has a lot of good advice for you.

Steve – whew! Sounds like you are getting a lot in for your Tri. Good luck with the training.

Andrew – those bike shorts really help the rumpus. I can’t go without them any more whenever I get on the bike….and I have a cushioned seat!

Kristin – glad you are feeling better. I’m sure you’ll do much better after you are feeling up to par.

Heather – good luck with the house business. We’re trying to move into a new house and get our house ready for sale as well. Ugh!

Howard – good luck with the rest of the semester. You’re almost done!

Jen – on the receptionist. Hope you find a good candidate soon.

Stephanie – rough life.

Jimmduck – Good luck with your training. Now is a good time to train to get ready for the training. You can do it! I was quite heavy when I started (and I still have ~ 50 pounds to lose.) The Marathoning for Mortals book and the inspirational stories on this board were two lifesavers for me for this past WDW half- marathon. We’re glad to have you here.

Judy – in answer to an earlier question….I will be spending a week in Rome and a week in Florence. We plan to use Florence as a base to see the different areas of Tuscany. What town or area did you stay in? Any recommendations for places not to miss?


As for me, I saw a Podiatrist last Monday. I have a mild case of Achilles tendonitis in my right foot and a sore/painful left foot (at the top) but no fractures. Whew! However, he did say that I have a broken bone in the bottom of my left foot (up around my big toe area). I’m not experiencing any problems or pain from it. He said that some people have problems with this type of fracture and others don’t so we’ll leave it alone for now.

On another note, he told me that I have high arches. Because of this, I need to loosen the shoe strings in the area where the hump of my left foot meets the shoe tongue. He said that was probably what was causing me to experience pain in that area. One running store said I have flat arches and sold me some shoes for this. I ran in the wrong shoes for the half-marathon! I knew they never felt quite right after a few weeks of training in them but because I was a novice, I didn’t trust my instincts enough to change. And besides, after paying $130 for the shoes, I was too cheap to buy another pair right away. I’ve learned my lesson.

Oh, a tip my Podiatrist gave me regarding blisters (a major problem I had during the WDW half). This may not be anything new to most of you. My doc was a runner at one time and he also worked with athletes in the Army. He told me to spray my feet with Right Guard (or some other deodorant. Next, put on those ankle hose (anklettes? I think they are called). Ladies, these are the hose we used to put on while trying on shoes. On top of the anklettes, put on the running socks. He said that most of his men liked this method. I’ll have to give it a try.

 

[Lexxiefern]

Cam, that path along the canal and under the bridge is where I do my LR/W and some of my midweek training if I can get someone to go with me. You picked quite a cold weekend to be here - so sorry!!


Becky

 

[keenercam]

Cam, that path along the canal and under the bridge is where I do my LR/W and some of my midweek training if I can get someone to go with me. You picked quite a cold weekend to be here - so sorry!!


Becky

Oh, Becky, I wish I'd have known ahead of time that we were going there and that it was near you. What a beautiful area for your LR/W. We saw many runners and walkers there and I was envying them that opportunity on warmer days. We stopped there on our way back from the Bee Hive restaurant. What a wonderful lunch! We also went to the Lobster Hut on Saturday. You have lots of great choices around there!

 

[gatorphipps]

Christa – I’d like to have another pair of bike shorts. They’re so expensive! As for the $65 ToT fee….Yes, it’s HIGH! However, I’m going to do it. I guess those glow in the dark shirts are really expensive! for the swimmer. I may need to see about getting a psychotherapist to run with me.

Susie - Yeah those bike shorts are expensive, but mine were on major sale...$29.00 and I had a gift card from Christmas I used! ....I am a Therapist and I talk to myself while I run, is that the same? Should I pay myself, or have DH pay me for my counseling?

Yeah! I did get new bike shorts! My sweet 9 6.5 told me they made my butt look big. Gotta love the honesty.
My and I ran today. We played the butterfly game that Dave does with his . Thanks Dave. 9 loved it, but 6.5 stood there mad b/c she wanted to swing, so we had to do both.

 

[solotraveler]

Good evening all!!!

Martha-- GREAT run!!

Christa-- Only 65 days... eh, I'm not impressed. Actually, I used to do open water swims back in the day after I stopped swimming competitively---- that's a interesting beast. There no where you can properly train for swims of that distance and simulate race conditions, so you kind of have to do the best you can in the pool and just go.

Steve--Part of what I like about Higdon's intermediate II is that it is so aggressive. I figure that if I want to follow that plan, it will require quite a bit of training during the summer to get ready for it AND with three 20 milers, I would be sure to get at least 2 in... it's not such a gamble with the Michigan weather.

Jimmduck-- Hope to see you posting often!

OK, so I wasn't QUITE out at 5am this morning.. it was more like 7:00. I had planned to go to bed right at 10, but I have developed this thing for Brothers and Sisters and then this news story about this woman and her twice-baked potato Easter miracle on the news, it was more like 11:15. So I hit the snooze button. Seven times.

I did get two miles in before I had to turn back in 17:-something. (8:42/mile, I remember). I was pretty happy with getting SOMETHING in. I have to say, it would have been three miles in warmer weather. Not because I was uncomfortable in the 24 degree temperatures, but because it takes so darn long to get dressed and ready to get out there. All those layers and such... At least I had a good workout at the gym this evening. Hoping for an earlier bedtime and a longer run tomorrow morning.

Happy training!
Kevin

 

[MouseDogMom]

Kathy - for the shoulder and the upcoming knee surgery.

Matt - Just reading your posts makes me tired! What an awesome week!

Christa - I agree that $65 is high, but if I were already there, it would be a no-brainer. I'm just trying to figure out how to swing another trip between the June vacation and the January one - PLUS spend $65 to enter the race!

Leana - Might want to reconsider that route! Be careful!

Craig - Thanks so much for all the tips on PF. I printed them out so I won't have any excuse not to use them! I'm assuming you kept running while treating it?

Steve - I agree with you on the swimming. I love the idea of swimming laps; then I get in the pool and just can't get the breathing thing. Good for you for even trying!

Andrew - Maybe we need WISH bike shorts now?

Kristin - Hope you're feeling better! The good news is that the setbacks are usually short-lived.

Jen - Gee, I'd like to work 6am-2pm too. You can get a lot more work done when there's no one in the office!

Stephanie - Enjoy the vacation - don't know how many more details I want to hear!

Jimmduck -

Cam - Keeping up with this group should definitely count as cross-training, especially since it takes up so much time!

Meghan - There's an Indy mini-marathon? Bet I can get DD to train for THAT! Was thinking about you today and wondering when the teams arrived and you'd be heading to the track.

Susie - Sounds like you had a great visit with the podiatrist. Hope it helps!

Kevin - I'm DVRing Brothers & Sisters too! Good for you for getting out there!

I can't decide whether I should take a few more days off, or try to run a couple of miles. I think I'll try the bike tomorrow morning and use Craig's icing technique for now.

Jackie

 

[jimmduck]

Thanks for the encouraging words guys.

I do indeed enjoy John Bingham's work and have "Marathoning for Mortals".

I have at least four 5ks, and at least three 10ks planned this year - and will decide by the October 10k if I think the Donald is doable.

I agree about the strength training - was doing some work today - and boy are my muscles sore!

Am still getting used to new orthotics.

Anyway, this group is great and I enjoy being here.

Glad I "dropped in".

 

[meghan74]

Jackie,
I'm just hanging in through this little dry spell until the race in Japan - after that the action picks up again. I'm planning my first trip to Indy for pole qualifying weekend, but I might sneak over there for a few practice sessions earlier than that. It all depends on the weather!

Anyway, the mini-marathon typically sells out well in advance and I think it is always the first weekend in May. This is the website: http://www.500festival.com/marathon/. I'm hoping that someone here has done it before so that I can get some more details about the course. It looks like they run around the track, which would be very cool. With so many of us willing to travel to Chicago, maybe we can get a big group together in Indy next year. It's an easy city to travel to.

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Hi guys! I only have a second to post, I'll have to catch up with every one later. I just wanted to post that I had an excellent 5 miler today and I am so excited about it. 5 miles, 52:46, 10:31 ave pace, NO PAIN!!! I haven't be able to run that fast since early December!!

 

[wtpclc]

Krista -

OK, have not had tiem to catch up. What a day! Need to work on taxes now.

I did see a PT today. I have an irritated piri formis (booty muscle to those around here. ) It is annoying my sciatic nerve. They did ultrasound on it and gavwe me a page of stretches. The pain in my toes went away for morst of the day. I'm thinking that it's irritated from sitting on it too much during the day. She gave me a stretch I can do at my desk, though, and that helps a bit. I go back tomorrow and Thursday. The PT I had was not for athelets, but she knew her stuff. My PT tomorrow will be. He will help me with what I should be doing about running. On teh bright side, if one partial session helped, I should see a big diff after more and doing the stretches twice a day. Let's hope.

Melissa, Dave and anyone else with booty pain. I have a sheet with 4 stretches that work really well. PM or e-mail me (wtpclc@sbcglobal.net) and I'll send them your way.

Hope everyone had great weekends! I'll work at catching up tomorrow!

 

[skfulkers]

I've really got to look into doing the Indy mini-marathon sometime. Maybe next year? Has anyone here done that one? What was it like?

Meghan--I have a good friend at work who does this race every year with his wife and they love it. I want to say they've done both the 5K and the half marathon at different points. I know the half marathon actually makes a lap around the speedway, but I think the 5K course does not. Apparently, there are quite a few people who do this race (15,000 or something like that ). Is it too late for you to register for this year's race? If I remember correctly, he said they had to register fairly early last year.

If you end up doing it, let me know how it is, because we only live about 2 hours from Indy and Krista and I would love to try this race sometime. Problem is, it's always the same weekend as the Flying Pig here in Cincy, so unless you try a "goofy challenge" for the weekend, you can't do both of the races.

Steve

 

[Lexxiefern]

Oh, Becky, I wish I'd have known ahead of time that we were going there and that it was near you. What a beautiful area for your LR/W. We saw many runners and walkers there and I was envying them that opportunity on warmer days. We stopped there on our way back from the Bee Hive restaurant. What a wonderful lunch! We also went to the Lobster Hut on Saturday. You have lots of great choices around there!

OMG! The Beehive is across the street from where I live!! How funny that you were that close! When did you go to the canal? We were there on saturday afternoon around 4pm. Did you walk on the cape side or the plymouth side? I just read your reply to my DH and he could not believe it. What a small world!

Becky

 

[escape]

Thanks for the encouraging words guys.

I do indeed enjoy John Bingham's work and have "Marathoning for Mortals".

I have at least four 5ks, and at least three 10ks planned this year - and will decide by the October 10k if I think the Donald is doable.
I agree about the strength training - was doing some work today - and boy are my muscles sore!

Am still getting used to new orthotics.

Anyway, this group is great and I enjoy being here.

Glad I "dropped in".

Jimmduck - just want to let you know that you will probably need to sign up within the next couple of months. Last I heard, the Donald is 65% full and may fill up way before October.

 

[Big Vic]

Good evening everyone.

Crossed trained at home this evening. Decided to conduct an experiment for the next month by doing bodyweight exercises (pushups, pullups, dips, etc.) on my non-running days.

I want to be buff when we go to the World over Mother's Day weekend.

Here's the exercises I did this evening (2 circuits),

Pushups - 1 x 20, 1 x 6 Diamond pushps (Hands close together)
Crunches - 2 x 50
Pullups - Static holds x 2 **Static holds are 10 - 15 seconds in duration**
Knee Raises - 2 x 12
Dips - 1 x 5, 1 x 2
Chinups - Static holds x 2 **

Ended the evening with a set of five burpees (Check it out Burpees)

Object of the game is to perform 3 to 4 circuits almost non-stop. We'll see where we're at in a month.

Cam - Sounds like you had a great time.

Becky - Good luck with the LR this week.

Meghan - Have fun at IMS. I've been to two 500s, 1969 and 70. Hopefully, I can make it up there one year for the Brickyard 400.

Krista - Great job!!

Carrie - Take care.

Susie - Take care.

 

[WDWFAN9]

I would love to do this event. It was on RW's top 10 Half Marathons. Registration is limited to 35,000 and closes months before the event. The course does include a lap around the Indy Speedway, how cool would that be?? The problem is that it is the same weekend as the Minnie and the Pig. But......I am only guessing, but..... just think how cool the bling is??!!

I also think it would be cool to do the Las Vegas Full/Half marathon in Dec. I had every intention of doing the half this year, but it is a week earlier than last years and it doesn't fit in my schedule. Darn. The bling is shaped like the famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign. WISHers could really take Vegas by storm!!

 

[TEK224]

JimmDuck - Welcome to the group! I feel for your friend at the WDW full. I had to drop out at 21 1/2 miles due to severe blisters. I was totally bummed.

Mel - Hope the foot is feeling better!

Vic - I hated doing diamond push-ups! We used to have to do them in my martial arts class. They killed my arms!

Pat - I'd love to add the LV bling to my collection!

Susie - I'm in! I got one of the random entries to the Nike 1/2 in SF! Both my niece and I got an entry. Now I just gotta get this achilles to heal!

On the bummer side is that since I'm going to SF on Oct. 21st, I won't be going to the TofT race on Oct. 27th. I'll have to save that race for next year.

PT is going ok. Just gotta be patient.

Terri

 

[TXAng]

Cam – You got a lot of training (even if it wasn’t “formal”) in for being out of town. That’s great!

Becky – Glad to hear your training is going well!

Meghan – Awesome job on the 4-miler!

Christa – Leave it to the kids to be brutally honest when you don’t want them to be! Though I doubt the shorts are that bad.

Kevin – Great job on the run this morning!

Krista – WTG!! You rock!

Carrie – Glad that those stretches already seem to be helping. I don’t envy you for the tax work. Blech.

Vic – Great job! I think I’d end up landing face first into the cement if I tried one of those Burpees. Bet they’re effective, though!

DH and I went the TM route again tonight. Did 3.4 miles in 48:01 - and some big firsts:
First time that I've run for 4 minutes straight (only once in the workout, but I'll take it!)

First time that the 2 minute running intervals actually felt good instead of feeling almost out-of-reach hard.

Splits for the three full miles were 13:25, 13:42, and 14:01. First time I've kept a sub-14:00 for all three miles (ok, technically I was :02 away).