Wk of Dec 24--WISH Walking/Running Club

[chimera]

Hello everyone!

For those new to us, we are a group of people who are planning to participate in walking/running events throughout the year. For most of us, the ultimate goal is to train and compete in the annual WDW Half/Full marathons. We'll also be posting news and 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!

WISH Team

akasleepingbeauty Rhonda TX
aladdinsgirl Krista OH
AmyBeth68 Amy NJ
Andrea718 Andrea NY
andromedaslove Dana FL
bekagain Bekah
Big Vic Vic FL
Buckalew11 Brenda TN
budbeerlady
Calcio Craig MA
CarolA Carol GA
Cheryl N. WI Cheryl WI
chimera Mel FL
Chropistopy Christy GA
Cingoutload GA
Cruella de Mom Cecilia GA
crzy4mk Michael GA
crzy4pooh Lynnda FL
debm IL
Dennyha Denny OH
DianeL Diane
disneybelle Darcey NJ
disneyfanz04 Michelle NJ
DisneyGirl Marissa
disnygoof Christiana SC
disneyrun
DJBounce Darcey IA
donac Dona NJ
dthogue Tammy PA
escape Susie AR
fabumouse NJ
gatorphipps Christa NC
getnthinr Wendy NC
goingthedistance Paul NM
goofyguy1958 Mike
gradtchr Beth TX
hbardeleben Heather IL
hmgolden Helen NY
HMHunters
Hockeychic Kim CAN
hockeygirl Laura NY
Honeibee Judy NY
Houstonmouse Tracey
icunurse_celeste Celeste IL
Jen117 Jen WI
Jodi Jodi CT
jodistar Jodi CT
k_hase Kim NY
karebear1 Karen OR
Kareneast Karen NJ
Kaycee Kaycee KY
keenercam Cam DE
KeenHo Howard DE
KelNottAt Kelley MD
KeriZ Keri AB
Kim10110 Kim
Kimickey Kim MD
Kimwim8 Kim NJ
Kristi1357 Kristi NH
lillouisianagal Claire LA
Lisa Loves Pooh Lisa FL
littlegreydonkey Helen NZ
LittleMissMickey Ashley MN
lizdotcom99 Liz IN
macrosswife Kimber AL
magslite Maggie IL
maherae Anne
MarkMichaels Mark IA
martysmom Jenny FL
maryliz maryliz ON
MdmMim
MelRhoads Melissa AR
MickeySP Lisa MA
Minnie Suzy
momoftwogirls K
monte Monica CO
Mouse Skywalker Dave NY
MouseDogMom Jackie NC
MrsTrx Tracey FL
msblrobs Sara NY
nstauffer Nikki MI
nucpharm29 Stephanie AR
NYCpa Kathy NY
ohMom OH
outonarun Teri CA
Papa Deuce PA
perfectmatch300 Nancy FL
plutosmyfav Sunny MA
pollioni Robb ON
princessmomma Colleen NC
Princess Nancy Nancy SC
Pungodingy Angie NH
Rachael Q Rachael BC
RedSonya Sonya UT
rKyDeX Chester FL
Rockclimber Dave NC
RunningLilo Dena FL
ryley26 Rich OH
sap1227 Christy FL
sara
ScoJo15 Scott GA
sjams Janet TX
skfulkers Steve OH
SoCalSnail Jim CA
solotraveler Kevin MI
Stenogoddess Lauren GA
stitch lover sith Erin
sugaswim Holly MD
TammyNC Tammy NC
taz4disney CJ IN
TEK224 Terri PA
thndrmatt Matt FL
TiffJ Tiffany AL
TigerLily03 Lily OH
TnTsParty FL
TXBelle Heather TX
Valentine Kathy NY
Viking Eric GE
Wbgirl Melissa MN
WDWfan 9 Pat IL
wfloyd Bill FL
WIsh I Lived in FL Felicia
wiskband Renee NY
wtpclc Carrie MI
xterratri Lynne ME

 

[chimera]

Weee'rrreee baaack!

Happy Holidays to my WISH team family ...

...and to all a good night!

 

[Big Vic]

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[Kristi1357]

Happy Holidays everyone!

I am taking a break from this Santa stuff...
(please remind me next year how crazy I am at Christmas since I am a huge procrastinator!)

Christmas in the 1800s wasn't so bad. I ate so much food at my family's party during the day, that I wasn't hungry at all for their party last night! AND, apparently white zin in a box is from the 1800s.. And actually, the food looked much better than when we had Christmas in the Ukraine in 1997!

Anyway, needless to say I got no training in today either. Too much last minute shopping!

Since we are putting our foot down, somewhat, tomorrow & not going to the IL's until 5pm - I am going to try to get in the 40 mins r/w I skipped today.

Ok, back to being - I haven't wrapped one of Zack's gifts yet....ack!!!

 

[monte]

Merry Christmas

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! Enjoy the time with your families.

I got 4 miles in today at a 10:30 pace. Felt OK, but am still a little tuckered from my cold. Can't wait until the princesses wake up tomorrow.

Sunny- I wish you all the best, and hope you are feeling better really soon. Don't give up yet. You've come so far and overcome so much. I know you can do this.

Good Night all.

 

[TEK224]

Merry Christmas everyone!


(Is anyone having trouble reading some of the print on the boards. It seems white and I can hardly make out the names of whose post I'm reading. Do I need to do something to change that?)

Terri

 

[crzy4pooh]

Merry Christmas everyone! We are just waiting for DS to wake up - yea!!!

Have a wonderful day!!!

--Lynnda

 

[nucpharm29]

Merry Christmas WISH teammates! Hope everyone has a wonderful day! Got 2SRs done so far on my trip--here's hoping I can get my 12 miler in this week!

 

[goofyguy1958]

Merry Christmas All and to all good training. I got in my last "long" effort yesterday by knocking off a half marathon (half in the dark and half when the sun came up; all by myself) in 1:53:02 at what felt like a very easy pace. I believe being away from work for 2 days actually relaxed me and my pace, even with HR monitor on, increased without increase in effort. See what stress does to you.

Again, a very Merry Christmas and for those not celebrating have a great day.

 

[Big Vic]

The boys (Dusty and Earnhardt) wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and show off their cool bandanas.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[nym]

Merry Christmas Everyone! No training today, but hoping to run, waddle or walk tomorrow...

 

[TiffJ]

Merry Christmas Team!! My boys were up at 5:15 this am I told them no getting up until 6:30 but grandparents were here & were up with them so I couldnt sleep either. We had a great morning & now I turn to frantic packing & planning. I am leaving Thur afternoon to drive part way & get there early Friday. I cant believe its time for me to pack & leave. I can't wait to see you guys.

Terri- Yes, I have the white where you cant read it too. I hope they fix that soon.

Sunny= I dont know what to say. You are in my thoughts & prayers. I really hope you get better soon!

 

[Minnie]

Quick help to those that are seeing "white" screen names.

If you change the skin under your User CP and then options you will get that to change. I have "serenity green" on now and the user names are in black.

Hope that helps!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!!

 

[Jen117]

Merry Christmas Team!!!

I am so glad that Christmas is over. I have eaten so much, stayed up too late too many nights, and am not feeling the greatest. Also, last week was one of my worst training weeks yet. I just didn't have the time. I CT'ed on Thursday and did a 45 minute TM run on Friday. This morning I did another 45 minute TM run while watching the WDW Parade (I cried). But it was a great way to get in a run. Tomorrow I hope to get in my missed 8 mile run. DH and I are splitting the week for work since we have the kids home.

Oh my poor DD6, she will be out of school a lot. She is off all this week, then goes back for one day and I am taking her out for the Marathon. She won't be back in school until the Friday after the race. Thankfully she is only in kindergarten and the weird thing is that she has full day classes on M, W, F only. She she will technically only miss 3 days of school. Her teacher seems pretty understanding and we are going to do a trip report. I think we will theme is around her running the kids race, which she is super excited about.

So, did I mention that my whole family is sick. Every single one of them. My chances of staying well are not too hot, especially since the girls seem to think mommy can kiss and wipe noses constantly. HELP. I have been sucking down the Airborne. Now DH is sick and it isn't looking good.

I did get some great running gifts this year. DH bought me an Amphipod pack. SOOO COOOL!! He also bought me a 6 pack of Snickers Marathon Bars and some Sport Beans. Oh and running socks. We draw names with my family and my brother got mine. He is a long distance biker, so he bought me a new water bottle filled with packs of Hammergel (I haven't tried these, but have heard good things about them). Also, he gave me a wind break jacket.... IN GREEN!!! Very cool. I don't want to wear it to the 1/2 tho, I would hate to lose it. Instead I am wearing throw away clothes for my top layer and save my new jacket for training at home.

I hope everyone had a GREAT Christmas!! The clock is ticking... it's almost time!

 

[TEK224]

Following up on Jen's post, what running gear did everybody get for Christmas for our "free" sport?


I got some "blister free" socks, a small jar of icyhot, a gc to a local running store and a Polar heart rate monitor. Oh yeah, and lots of Disney Dollars.

Terri


ETA: Thanks Minnie - it worked!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good Morning TEAM:

OK, I just have to tell you that the princess', DD5 and DD8, jaws dropped on the floor when they opened their present that contained the tickets to WDW. I think they were a little confused at first getting the small plastic card that looks like a gift card. DD8 said "we got credit cards?" Then she read the back which said "4 Day Park Hopper", and it started to come together. She figured out we were going to DisneyWorld and asked when? I said we leave on January 4th and will be there to January 9th. They then start jumping up and down. It was very cute. I told them how I was doing all this running to get ready for the marathon. I don't know that the marathon made too much of an impression on them. They were pretty focused on seeing the Mouse again. That's OK. DD8 was also soooooo excited to celebrate her birthday at WDW on Jan 6th.

Oh, and then later in the day about 3pm, Mickey Mouse himself called us to say how excited he is our family is coming to DisneyWorld and he can't wait to see us. Thanks Lily!! The girls were very excited for the call. When Mickey was done talking, DD5 says into the phone "you know my Dad is going to run the marathon, but then she realized it was a computer.

Great day!!!

For running stuff, I got a new gym bag, Snickers Marathon bars, an ice pack, new head phones, new fleece top layers, and new gloves. I got DW a new iPOD Nano that's really cool! It's a lot easier to use than my Zen MP3 player, I might have to upgrade.

 

[Big Vic]

Good morning everyone!

Dave - Glad to hear the DDs were suprised. Sounds like you had a great day!

Well lets see, I got a pair of Under Armour Streaker pants, UA gloves, UA zippered fleece sweatshirt (Does anyone see a trend here?), a new pair of Reeboks, three pair of running socks, and a box of GU gel packs.

A pretty good haul.

 

[TXBelle]

I got massaging slippers from my SIL. They are great! DH got us passes to the VIP tent for the marathon for Christmas. I did a walk with DD8 on Saturday. I hope to get in a run/walk later today. We are getting so close. It won't be long and we can see the 10-day forecast on weather.com! For Thursday, 1/4 the forecast is sunny with high of 73 and low of 57. Unless a cold front comes through next week, we are looking at warmer temps than last year. All this talk of layers may be unnecessary, and I doubt I will need the heated tent. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Kristi1357]

Dave - the Princesses reaction was fabulous!

I didn't get any running gear for gifts. Oh wait! My MIL put those travel size rolls of toilet paper in me & Chad's stockings at her house!

I ate everything in sight over the weekend. I am back on WW strictly as of today. I am also going to do that 40 min. wog I blew off yesterday by sleeping all afternoon! (see, told you sleep was very, very important to me!)
Now, off to the mall to scout some bargains with the Christmas dough I have...