Wk of Apr 8--WISH Walking/Running Club

[cdn_gal_eeyore]

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.

Terri - Congrats on getting in! Maybe we can all do a mini WISH meet in SF that weekend. I'll be there with two of my girlfriends - they will be walking the half. Too bad about ToT though! Good luck with the healing.

jimmduck - Be sure not to wait too long on registering if you really want to do the event. I'm sure it will be full long before October.

I got a 3 miler in on the TM tonight. I now remember why I hate TM running so much... but I was being a wimp and I didn't want to run in the rain. Unfortunately I hit the stop button on the TM instead of pause right at the end so I'm not too sure what my pace was for the night. Tomorrow evening I have to head to a landowner consultation meeting for work in a small town that is about 2-3 hours away so Tuesday is now a rest day.

Sunday I'm thinking about volunteering at the Chinook Half Marathon here in Calgary. I want to see first hand a little bit of the excitement from these longer races, get a few ideas for some new running routes, plus we get brunch at the Sheraton (along with the runners) for volunteering. That's where I have ressies to take my mom for Mother's Day so I'm kind of keen to scope the spread out. Not to mention, I like free breakfast!

 

[Optimator]

TXAng - Great job on the run. Glad the running intervals are getting easier.

Vic - Impressive workout! And no offense, but I hope to NOT to have to call any police communications/dispatch type folks this week.

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.

I second that. Don't wait too long and miss out on the fun. You can do it!

Terri - Congrats on getting in the Nike 1/2. Also, congrats on being so smart with your recovery!

Steve - My complete inability to do much more than splash around in the pool is just one reason I'll never be a candidate to try a tri. My DD10 is an excellent swimmer but she surely didn't get it from me. Come to think of it, I've seen the mailman doing laps at the pool and he's really good. Hmm, wait a minute here.... No, no, just kidding.

Nothing super exciting (or even mildly entertaining) for me. Ran 10 miles yesterday morning as the first run of my longest week on the training schedule. I've got 5, 5, and 20 milers scheduled for the rest of the week and then it's all taper from there.

Take care everyone.

 

[Sir Bouncealot]

Krista - Good to hear about your pain free 5 miler! Was that with our without your inserts?
Vic - I love the clippie! Would love to do the race too, but just not in the cards.
jimmduck - Welcome to the team!
Jackie - Only if I can have my name across the back!
Carrie - Good news to hear! Hope those stretches work out real well and you get back to 100% with your training!

This is a quick post, I will catch up with everybody tomorrow, sorry.

After work, I had intended on 4 miles of run/walk (4min/1min) on the TM, but I was sooo pooped after 3.5 that I walked a bit longer and then just stopped. I think I may save my longer training sessions for my days off.
Day off tomorrow, should be posting about my new bike shorts (sans a modeling photo).

Happy Training!

 

[Kristi1357]

Does anyone here own one of "the stick"s?
http://www.thestick.com/products/sticksbylength.cfm#Marathon_Stick
Chad has always wanted one and his birthday is coming up soon.
I thought there was one or two versions - they have all kinds!
There is one called "marathon" so I am thinking that is the one to get.
Any thoughts from my WISH experts?

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good Morning TEAM:

Wow, I got behind this week. It's Tuesday, and this is my first post, sheeze... Slowly but surely my booty's been feeling better. Boy, you heal slower when you get older. I ran 3 miles on the TM yesterday in 28:20 min/9:30 mpm pace, and felt pretty good.

Krista- I did see that you had a close call with a car over the weekend. I'm glad you are OK. And great job on the pain free 5 miler. Did you take the inserts out? Wow, I hope that's the end of your pain.

Christa- Glad DD9 liked the butterfly run. I need to do that again with my princesses . Our training's really been falling off since the weather turned cold.

Kristi- I have a stick. I used to use it a lot, but not so much anymore. I should dig it out again. I really liked it.

OK, I'll never catch up with everyone, but I just wanted to say hello.

 

[jimmduck]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

As part of Joints in Motion, our registration at any event (yes even Goofy) is guaranteed if we decide to participate. So I don't need to worry about registering now. I would never wait until October otherwise - I hear you. We have already signed for the fun run, as that does not get covered by JIM.

We will continue fundraising - and I will decide after my October race if I will make another Donald attempt in 2008 or defer the money to another calendar year.

I look forward to being involved more on this list. You folks are great - love the enthusiasm.

Wish I lived closer to Florida, but, alas, reside in Atlantic Canada, which makes frequent travel to Disney difficult.

Would love to do that October race sometime.

Have a great day guys.

 

[princessmomma]

Does anyone here own one of "the stick"s?
http://www.thestick.com/products/sticksbylength.cfm#Marathon_Stick
Chad has always wanted one and his birthday is coming up soon.
I thought there was one or two versions - they have all kinds!
There is one called "marathon" so I am thinking that is the one to get.
Any thoughts from my WISH experts?

Kristi,

DH and I have one and love it. They come in at least 2 different lengths. Make sure you get the shorter one. My sister has the longer and she likes ours better and the longer one doesn't fit into carry-ons when traveling.

Colleen

 

[Honeibee]

Greetings Race Team -

I'm so far behind I'll never get caught up. So here's a collective "Greetings!" for everyone!

I did 8 miles on Sunday. Most of it against the wind and in sideways snow. I just could not do 8 on the TM. It stopped after a while. Too bad it was so windy. I really wanted to wear my bunny ears. Anyway, I was happy with most of it. I won't bore you with my splits. Suffice to say the average was 13:36, but I did do a lot of hills, which totally slowed me down. However, I countered that with some 11:00s and a 9:00s! I thought for a minute I was wearing Charlie's Garmin. Mine NEVER sees that kind of speed!

The good news my knee didn't hurt. Well, until 4:00am yesterday morning. I woke up because they both hurt. But not in the way it was hurting before. This was just regular soreness.

I think the only thing that is going to help my knees and my time is....liposuction.


Matt - Thanks for the explanation about what you do. And also..thanks for keeping us safe.

Krista - Whoo hoo! You are sooo fast now!

Carrie - I'm glad you found out what the problem is. See, we really shouldn't be sitting at desks all day long. Let's find something better to do.

Terri - Congratulations on getting in the Nike Half!

Kristi - I think Cam told me Howard has one of those and loves it.

BTW, Charlie and I were discussing our vacations and races. We have an 8 day Carnival cruise out of New York scheduled for September 24th. I was going to suggest to him that we take a shorter cruise out of Florida after the ToT13K. He beat me to the punch and said let's just cancel the cruise and stay at WDW a few more days then maybe go over to Cape Canaveral.... Yippee! OK, nothing against Carnival, but we've been on three cruises in the couple of years and I'm secretly planning a DCL trip for him next spring which will make that cruise even better of we don't go on one in the fall. Plus, YAY more days at WDW!

I love it when a plan comes together.

OK, let me pretend like I care about my job.

 

[jeanneg]

Wow, you guys post alot. There's so much to catch on and this has been such a busy period for me, I can barely read all the posts much less reply to them. I am in total awe at how you always respond to everyone individually. I am rapidly approaching dementia and can barely remember what was posted 2 replies back!
Yesterday I received the WISH shirts that Cam was kind enough to lend to Nancy and me. Suddenly it's all starting to feel real. I'm getting scared but am also very excited. Our event is now less than 3 weeks away.
I'm looking ahead to the WDW event in January and starting to plan for it. Is there usually a WISH group get-together of some sort? If the Donald is on Saturday and the Mickey on Sunday, when and where is the gathering usually held? Do most people go to the after-party at Pleasure Island? After my daughter ran the full, she was too tired to even go back to the parks and just wanted to veg out. The PI event was the last place she wanted to be.

 

[keenercam]

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!!

Krista -- I am so glad you are finally able to do that distance/speed pain-free! :

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.

Carrie -- I hope the exercises help. I was so impressed with how quickly I felt relief from the exercises my doctor gave me for the inflamed sacroiliac joint and the achilles tendonitis I suffered in the past. I hope you have fast and full pain relief!

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

How wild is that? We walked on the canal on Friday around 1:00. We intended to do brunch at the Dunbar Tea Room but it is under construction, so we ended up at the Bee Hive -- excellent! Not sure what side of the canal we were on, but we walked toward the Sagamore Bridge with some other bridge behind us and around a bend. Sorry -- I'm clueless!

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

Oh, I am so happy for you!! Awesome splits! Doesn't it feel great when you can finally RUN!!!!?!?!?!??!??!

. . . My complete inability to do much more than splash around in the pool is just one reason I'll never be a candidate to try a tri. My DD10 is an excellent swimmer but she surely didn't get it from me. Come to think of it, I've seen the mailman doing laps at the pool and he's really good. Hmm, wait a minute here.... No, no, just kidding.

Nothing super exciting (or even mildly entertaining) for me. Ran 10 miles yesterday morning as the first run of my longest week on the training schedule. I've got 5, 5, and 20 milers scheduled for the rest of the week and then it's all taper from there.

Take care everyone.

OMG!!! You had me Have I mentioned how much I appreciate your posts here and your awesome sense of humor?

After work, I had intended on 4 miles of run/walk (4min/1min) on the TM, but I was sooo pooped after 3.5 that I walked a bit longer and then just stopped. I think I may save my longer training sessions for my days off.

Andrew - kudos to you for doing 3.5+ after a long day at work!

Does anyone here own one of "the stick"s?
http://www.thestick.com/products/sticksbylength.cfm#Marathon_Stick
Chad has always wanted one and his birthday is coming up soon.
I thought there was one or two versions - they have all kinds!
There is one called "marathon" so I am thinking that is the one to get.
Any thoughts from my WISH experts?

Kristi,

DH and I have one and love it. They come in at least 2 different lengths. Make sure you get the shorter one. My sister has the longer and she likes ours better and the longer one doesn't fit into carry-ons when traveling.

Colleen

Kristi -- I am with Colleen on this. I bought Howard the travel size last year and he really likes it and it is easily packed in a carry-on and also in a post-race bag. It is certainly long enough to get across even the most muscular thighs!

I did 8 miles on Sunday. Most of it against the wind and in sideways snow. I just could not do 8 on the TM. It stopped after a while. Too bad it was so windy. I really wanted to wear my bunny ears. Anyway, I was happy with most of it. I won't bore you with my splits. Suffice to say the average was 13:36, but I did do a lot of hills, which totally slowed me down. However, I countered that with some 11:00s and a 9:00s! I thought for a minute I was wearing Charlie's Garmin. Mine NEVER sees that kind of speed!

The good news my knee didn't hurt. Well, until 4:00am yesterday morning. I woke up because they both hurt. But not in the way it was hurting before. This was just regular soreness.

I think the only thing that is going to help my knees and my time is....liposuction.

. . .
BTW, Charlie and I were discussing our vacations and races. We have an 8 day Carnival cruise out of New York scheduled for September 24th. I was going to suggest to him that we take a shorter cruise out of Florida after the ToT13K. He beat me to the punch and said let's just cancel the cruise and stay at WDW a few more days then maybe go over to Cape Canaveral.... Yippee! OK, nothing against Carnival, but we've been on three cruises in the couple of years and I'm secretly planning a DCL trip for him next spring which will make that cruise even better of we don't go on one in the fall. Plus, YAY more days at WDW!

I love it when a plan comes together.

OK, let me pretend like I care about my job.

Awesome LR, Judy! And I am so happy that Charlie prefers a few more days at Disney to the 7 day Carnival cruise! You guys are going to have such a great time!

x-post from the Minnie thread:
Okay, I am glad to report I got some training in last night. 60 minutes on the TM. The first 30 was intervals of walk 3 at 4.0-4.2 mph then jog 2 minutes at 5.2 mph. I did 2.28 miles in 30 minutes (278 calories) -- pace 13:09!!!! Then I was going to quit but decided to do some incline work. OMG, incline work is NOT easy! I stayed mostly around 4 mph but increased the incline gradually from .5 - 5.0. I did 2.07 in 30 minutes (14:30 pace) and burned 270 calories. I am just going to take a book and do the bike tonight for at least 30 minutes. Does anyone know whether there is any advantage to doing the upright bike versus the recumbent?

ETA: Terri -- so glad you got into the SF 1/2 marathon. My partner got word this morning that she did, too. She is so excited! I'll tell her to look for WISH shirts!

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Good morning TEAM!! I finally have a minute to get on here, I have A LOT to catch up on.

Kristi--I've thought about getting The Stick for Stephen and I too. I've heard good things about it. If you haven't bought it yet, check www.runningwarehouse.com--where Mel got us the discount, I know I saw them there.

Carrie-- for your booty!!! I'm so glad it wasn't something more serious.

Judy--I like the way Charlie thinks!!! You are a lucky girl. : Awesome job on the 8 miler, I know what you mean about just HAVING to get out. It was so cold on Saturday, but I knew if I did my 10 miler on the TM I would be miserable the entire time. By the way, I'd pay money to see you running in bunny rabbit ears!!

Jimmduck--WELCOME!!!!!!!

Dave and Andrew--I did my 10 miler run and my 5 miler run WITHOUT the inserts. My ankle was a little sore after the 10 on Saturday, because my ankle does roll out quite a bit, so it's absorbing all the shock. I guess I need to go see a podiatrist some day and get custom orthodics, but right now I feel like why mess with something that really isn't causing major problems. I'm lifting weights, so my quads, hamstrings, and glutes are getting stronger, which will help with any future IT band problems. My ankle rolling while I run is completely my gait and a genetic thing as my Mom has the same problem.

Vic--WOW!! That xt looks impressive! You are going to be like the Incredible Hulk pretty soon. I keep telling myself I need to be more disciplined with my toning, bathing suit season is right around the corner. I just got a resistance band, now I need to figure out what to do with it.

Terri--Congrats on getting into the Nike Women's Marathon. That's on my list. By the way, did you see last week when I posted that I saw you on the WDW Marathon Race Re-Cap DVD? It was during the full marathon section when they showed the starting line.

TXAng--Congrats on the run!!! Those are a lot of firsts!! That is awesome.

Jen--Do you have a new assistant yet? How frustrating!!! I'd like to work 6-2 also, that would be awesome!!

Erin--Good to see you again!! Don't be such a stranger!

Cam--That route sounds lovely! I do all my runs in our neighborhood and while I can get a 4 mile loop out of the roads, I'm starting to get bored. By the way, I have been cooking up a storm thanks to all the tips I got on here. By making a list of what we are going to eat a week in advance and going to the grocery store and getting everything that I need that week, I know I always have something on hand and can never use the excuse "I don't know what to make" again! Even when I don't feel like making what we were supposed to have that night, I have the ingredients on hand to make something else. Last night we had pot roast with sweet potatoes. It was GOOD!!

Susie--I put Body Glide on my feet for long runs, just as a precaution. I've tried deodorant too, but Body Glide works better. I hope your feet heal themselves quickly!!

Martha--Awesome run on Sunday!! How is Lesley feeling?

Leana--How bad is Sanjaya going to be tonight?

Bekkiz--WELCOME!!!!!

Mel--Great job on sticking with the run! I agree, once you have your base, running in 90% mental. with your daughter!

Stephanie--I am so jealous!! How dark is your tan?

Melissa--How many bikes have you sold this week?

Kathy--

Christa--We needs pics of the new bike shorts!!!! Did you ground your daughters for saying the shorts make your butt look big? The next time they say that, just start singing "I like big butts and I cannot lie" while shaking your booty.

I know I missed people, but this is taking me FOREVER to post. I think I started this hours ago. Tonight is xt, I think I'm going to bike for 20 or 30 minutes (depending on traffic and how quickly I can get to the Community Center) and then lift weights.

 

[Cindylou]

Hi Everyone,

I've been so busy I haven't had much time for DISing. Luckily, I've gotten my training runs in. After having 2 such great runs last week I'm feeling a bit unmotivated this week. I guess every run can't be the best ever. I'm sure the cold weather isn't helping. I've heard reports of more snow this week. Nooooooo!!

Jimmduck and Bekkiz: Welcome. I think you'll find lots of inspiration and good advice on this thread.

Martha and Craig: Nice run. It's great that you can run together.

Jackie: Good luck with your foot pain.

Steve: Good luck with the swimming. I'm not the best swimmer either. A few years ago I joined a pool so that I could swim during lunchtime. After one workout the life guard approached me to say that he offered adult swim classes if I was interested. I guess my form is pretty bad. It doesn't help that I don't like to get my face wet. I stopped going shortly thereafter.

Kevin: Good luck with the 5AM runs. That's way too early!!

Krista: Congrats on 2 great runs. Sorry the inserts didn't work out for you.

Carrie: Good luck with the PT. Glad to hear it's already feeling a bit better.

TXAng: Nice job on running for 4 minutes.

Vic: Good job on your race and your calestenics.

GoofyGuy: Congrats on finishing your race.

My apologies to all I've missed.

Have a great day everyone.

Cindy

 

[RedDragon]

Total drive-by right now. I never even took my laptop out last night so I missed posting yesterday. I really hope to be less of a slug tonight, but wanted to say "Hi" to everyone!

I'll be running speed work after work today. I'm not sure if it will inside or outside but whichever is fine with me. I may try for 40 minutes today.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and I promise to try and respond to everyone later tonight!!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

I just got a resistance band, now I need to figure out what to do with it.

Krista- Just wrap it around your knee...

 

[Stitch_lover_Sith]

Hey all, thanks for the welcome back, I will try to be less of a stranger. I am currently in New york looking forward to when I move back to Florida with one of my friends. I am doing database validation type stuff here. It is fun but very repetitive.

Well my race calender is not at all like Lynne's. 5k with mom and Lynne on april 21, Make a Wish 5K on may 5. Then might do tri at Miskoka. Then Full 08 hopefully. Oh and I forgot about ToT. Well I should get back to work.
Erin

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Krista- Just wrap it around your knee...

 

[meghan74]

Steve - Both the 1/2 and 5K have been closed for awhile. (The 2006 race closed in December! Can you believe that?!) That's okay with me because I wouldn't have been ready for this year, but I'm really thinking about it for next year. I would just love to run on the speedway because I am such a racing dork! I know that the Flying Pig is a popular event around here, but it would be cool to get a small group together at Indy.

Vic - Some people think that it is a tragedy to have NASCAR at IMS. I'm not sayin' I'm one of them, but you'll never see me at the Brickyard 400. I'm an open wheel fan all the way! My two sisters are big NASCAR fans, so it's an ongoing family disagreement.

Pat - You should keep Indy in mind for next year. You're right, we'll have to sign up early! I'll have to look for a picture of the medal - I bet it is really cool.

TXAng - great job! I'm just getting to the point where I can run for 4 minutes without wanting to die, so I know exactly what you mean. 4 miles is great, too!

Cam - I also suffer from problems with my sacroiliac joint. If you can point me towards some helpful exercises, I would really appreciate it. I can't seem to find anything online and my doctor hasn't been very helpful.

 

[wtpclc]

OK, I caught up, but did not take notes.

Meghan - SOund slike you're making fgreat progress!

jimduck - Welcome!

Erin & Kathy - Great to see you both!

Solo - Yikes! you're making me feel like a slacker. Good thing I can start running agian tonight! Woo hoo for almost being done for the year!!! (So sorry I'm behind, but I'm very glad that Mark's ok. I hate the C word!)

Mel - Taking it easy a bit, ice and advil should make the hot spot better if it is a stress fracture. Let's hope the pain stays away!

Judy - I don't know. SItting on my butt helps me to keep up with my WISH friends.

Thanks to everyone again for their well WISHes. What an awesome group!

PT today told me that if I was not improving in a week, I coudl go to another facility for a video gait analysis. In the mean time, stay with training, althuogh maybe take it easy on pace. I can do that. Yay! I'll be doing extra stretches before and after, so hopefully, that will help. I just love places that "know better than to tell you not ot run". Then again, with the way life's been, it's been a good time for a break.

 

[Kristi1357]

Thanks for the advice guys! I ordered the marathon stick from runningwarehouse just now. I even shipped it to my parents' house so as not to blow the surprise!

I am scheduled to do 3 miles today - a cut-back week for me. Thank goodness! I have done nothing since the Half last week and am knee deep in paperwork since I haven't done our taxes yet!

 

[keenercam]

Meghan -- the two stretches I remember being very effective involved lying on the floor with my thighs at a 90 degree angle to my upper body. One is lying on the floor and putting your legs up on the bed and scooting your bottom as close to the bed frame as possible. And the other was lying with your bottom up against the baseboard of the wall with your legs going up the wall. The critical thing, he said, was to keep the hamstring stretched and to elongate the back. Now I lie backwards over a balance ball too to help stretch my spine. I hope you find something that helps. I still swear by the combination of those stretches and aleve.