Wk of Dec 31--WISH Walking/Running Club

[kareneast]

Hi All,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mel – GREAT poem. Brought tears to my eyes.

Kevin – So sorry to hear your news. Take care of yourself.

Susie – Not a fun way to get some XT in.

Denny – Ouch! Glad you are all patched up & will still be able to race.

Well….been fighting a cold and haven’t gotten in any training since last Wed. Felt a little bit better today so went to the gym and did 30 min on the elliptical. It was tough since my chest is still congested but I got through it. We leave bright & early in the morning for WDW. Being sick put me way behind. Had to get the laundry done, clothes packed & Christmas tree down between yesterday & today. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

 

[Cruella de mom]

Hi Everyone -

Steve - wash the singlets twice and they will be fine. Just don't dry them or they may fit like mine - a little bit snug.

How about making lime green pace bands for everyone? That way you can all wear what you need to wear and yet you will know how to spot one another. Ok, its not ideal, and certainly isn't as easy to spot as a shirt but I shudder at the whole bandaids comment.

And also, I can wear a lime green pace band even if it clashes horribly with my snug purple jersey. I am sure that will make me easy to spot ina sea of purple

85 degrees? They have to be kidding. I may be thanking Disney for starting so early after all.

Cecilia

 

[Maherae]

WISH team mates ​

See you reeeaaallll soon!!

To all of our long distance scream team...THANK YOU for being here for us!!
Kevin, I'm sooooo sorry we won't be seeing you, though!
Cam and Pat and any other marathon walkers, I, too, will be interested in your reports. I am planning on only doing one marathon in my life..the Mickey medal is calling me. When I read that there will be a special 15th anniversary medal next year...it looks like my once in a lifetime marathon is coming sooner than I expected!!
Cecilia, thank you so much for the pace band site!
MelR, sooooo glad the doctors finally figured out what was going on with your DS and that he is on the mend.
Denny, the pros have spoken..just wanted to say how glad I am that you are healing and still on for the race!

Off to do laundry and pack....

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

OOOHHHH NO! Glad you are OK though! See my above post for the answer to your training question.

OK! I have a question!With the heat...I have already said that I MAY NOT wear my WISH shirt. But I am really torn!
I have really wanted to wear it so I could be identified as a WISH team member. I got it for the marathon. But then I think it may not be worth being uncomfortable in it....but then I may not be uncomfortable.
SO WHAT SHOULD I DO???
I know this is studip, but I don't know what to do.

If you are up for it----use puffy paint either on fabric to pin to your shirt or just puffy paint directly to the shirt in a way that can be read "W.I.S.H".

We do this for Team in Training--only it is actually are name to help our cheerleaders know who we are...and when spectators can see the name--they cheer more.

Just a suggestion---but you will be tossing your WISH shirt...I guarantee it!!!

I would suggest lime green puffy paint--and if you opt to do this---if directly on your singlet....use some type of cardboard underneath the area you will right---be very easy with the puffy paint--you could inadvertently use too much and make a mess.....

If you just get a piece of fabric (I used something that was almost like canvas last year) and pin it to your shirt--front or back....then if you make a mistake, just make a new one.

 

[jodistar]

Hi Team,

Just popping in really quick --- Good news, my friend is definitely doing the Goofy Challenge, we may take it slower than we originally were going to do but we should be just fine. I'm so relieved, I haven't seen her in over an year and really like the idea of being able to catch up plus do a fun activity.

So is anyone else going out this Thursday? Uhhhh -- I have to get up super early that day and leave my hour around quarter to 4 to get to the airport and through security....I get into Orlando at 10:00 a.m. hopefully I will be able to get some sleep on the way there.

Looking forward to meeting everyone on Friday! Thank god, I am already totally packed. All I have to worry about is getting up in the morning.

Well, gotta go -- and get ready for work

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Kevin- I'm so sorry that you've gotten mono and can't compete in the Goofy Challenge. I hope you get better soon. I know you have so much going on with work and school. Good luck in dealing with this and getting over it. I was looking forward to meeting you, maybe next year.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Another idea for race day identification.....

Lime green ribbon (if you can find it)....probably the half inch think stuff...ladies can wear it in their hair if they like--or you can tie a bow and pin it to your singlet.

Of course--this idea may not work so well for the men.

 

[wtpclc]

OK, so I came in here pretty darn low. I've been sick since Friday and my team shamed me last night. I want to rant, but think my energy is better utilized elsewhere. However, hearing of Kevin's illness and not even being able to make the trip makes me realize that things could be worse. Kevin!!! We will miss you!!!!!!!

mel - That's an awesome poem!!!

Heather - So glad you and Kevin are ok to run!!!!

I am on the mend. If I make it through the work day and have energy left, I may do an easy r/w. I did 40 minutes on Friday without pain, bu I lost my stride. I'd really like to find it before I go. I will not push it, though. Been hydrating like crazy, but I'm still thirsty, so I'm really worried about staying hydrated in teh heat. I'm going caffeine free this week, though, and drinkinf Powerade Option like it's going out of style, so I hope to be ok.

I have the concentration span of a gnat, so forgive me for not catching up with everyone. Oh, it worries me that that is the only taper side effect I feel. Not dying to run, legs don't hurt. Maybe it's because I've been on a pseudo-taper for about 6 weeks.

 

[TXBelle]

Good morning everyone! Back to work for 3 days then it is off to WDW! I am not wearing my Crocs today, but I am wearing comfy shoes. If my feet start to hurt, I am going with stocking feet as Lily suggested. I started packing last night, but I am still bummed about the weather. DH is insisting on packing our throw away jackets and gloves. They take up way too much room in the suitcase. I am going to wait until Thursday night, check the weather one last time, and take out the throw away stuff if the forecast is still for the 80s. While going with the lime green singlet from Target is tempting, I am way too fat to show so much skin, and the WISH shirt is long enough to hide my butt & thighs in my sausage shorts. I ran in SS coolmax shirts all summer so I am sure that I will be fine in the WISH shirt.

Denny- I am so sorry about your face. Please take care of yourself. I am so glad that you can still make WDW. Just rest this week. You will have no problem finishing the 1/2 and claiming that Donald medal. My first year my longest walk was only 6 miles before the 1/2. I finished the 1/2 with no problem. You are well-trained and ready for this.

Jodi- I am so glad that your friend is going Goofy with you. I know that is a relief for you. Is your DH coming along as your Scream Team?

I am jealous of those who are already in FL, but I know that we will all be there soon. See you Friday!

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Good morning Team! Happy New Year!! Like Stephen said, we are back from the lovely state of Michigan. I thought of Carrie and Kevin a lot this weekend, especially on the drive from Benton Harbor to Mount Pleasant, when we passed Grand Rapids, Grandville, and Kevin's college. I am going to be such a bear this week, I am "detoxing"--no caffeine until Sunday afternoon, plus I am sick with a sore throat and a very congested head. At least it isn't in my chest. I didn't get a single workout in this weekend, so I'm doing an hour today on the elliptical after work. I'm still nervous to try running with my IT band issues, so I was planning on doing the elliptical over the weekend in place of my 6 miler. We stayed at 3 hotels from Thursday-Monday and not one of the hotels had an elliptical, only a treadmill. Grrr.

Kevin-- I am SO sorry that you aren't going to be able to run this weekend. I was really looking forward to meeting you. Please take care of yourself and get healthy again. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers.

Dave--Who Dey baby!!!

Jody--Yay! Your friend is able to do the Goofy Challenge with you. That is great news! I have to thank you for posting about your ATM troubles, my debit card expired in 12/06 and reading your problems reminded me that my expired card was still in my wallet. As soon as read your post, I moved the expired card to the back and put my new one up front. You saved me the embarrassing "Ma'am this card is denied" exchange that would have happened the next time I used it!

Denny--I am so glad that you are okay! How scary that must have been for you. I think you will be fine in the half on Saturday (Saturday?!?!!!! )

Kristi--I have that green shirt from Target too! It's a very comfy shirt to run in.

MelR--I'm so glad the boy is better. That has to be a huge relief for you and Phil.

I'm pretty sure I don't like the weather forecast for the marathon. Running in 85 degree weather is a little much for me. On the bright side, we'll get a nice suntan. Speaking of suntans, does anyone know or remember if there's a booth at the Expo that sells the solid tubes of sunscreen that you put on your face? I got some regular sunscreen, but I couldn't find the tubes that Stephen and I can take with us and use as we are running. I'm sure I can find it at running store, but I don't have time to go to one this week.

I know there are A LOT of people I didn't talk to, I hate only posting a couple times a week. I'll be here this week, until Thursday night and then it's off to Walt Disney World!!!!

 

[plutosmyfav]

BTW ~ Just for the record, I will personally check each and every pair of running shoes for a race chip. If it appears I am being rude by not looking everyone in the eye, you'll know what I'm doing.

Howard

That's a relief. Last year I nearly tripped myself for the first mile because I kept looking down at my shoe to make sure the chip was really there!

I'm relieved that others are opting out of the WISH shirt. I think I will wear an ultra thin white nike shirt due to the heat. Lisa's idea of puffy paint is a good one, I might try that. I have a lime green visor I wore last year, I might do that, too. Looks like there's no way to hide the Pillsbury Dough Boy legs this year

Craig-- Are you walking over from POFQ for the full? If so, about what time? I want to walk over but last year I chickened out. This year I don't even know if I'm going to attempt the full, but if I do, I hope to walk and save that extra 1-2 hours of standing/waiting.

I definitely plan to do the half with Paul. Depending on how I feel after that, I'll decide on the full..

My plan (should I follow through with it) will be to show up at the start line and take one mile at a time. If I finish, great, if not, I did my best. At least its a very well supported race so I won't get stranded somewhere. It will be a miracle if I do it. The pain was one thing, then the weight gain, then the pneumonia, now the heat... It's really not looking too promising!

Sunny

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Instead of a training taper, I've kinda had a training disintegration .

On Sunday, December 10, we had a relatively beautiful day here in Ohio. The temperature was up to about 50, dramatically higher than the high 20's and low 30's we had been having. I left my house to do a 9 mile LR. Unfortunatley, luck was not on my side that morning. About 3 miles into my run, I hit an ice spot on the sidewalk in such a way that I went down, hard. I hit my right cheek/temple directly on the cement side walk. To keep this story from getting too long, I broke the bone on the right side of my face. I had surgery almost 2 weeks ago, and everything went fine. They patched me up with 2 small titanium plates, and the stitches have been removed. Most of the swelling is gone, and I am cleared to run this weekend.

And here's my BUT (as Pee Wee Herman used to say, "there's always a big BUT"), but I haven't trained since Dec 10 (and that was only 3 miles). At this point, I've resigned to the fact that I'm going to walk and run, not just run this 1/2M, but I don't know if I should try to get some training in this week , or am I better off just letting it go. ( I'm just so glad that I ran my first 1/2M back in October, so that at least I know that I can do it.)

What do you think? Squeek in a little last minute training, or go into the 1/2M having not trained in almost a month.

Denny- Oh no, that is too, too bad. I'm sorry to hear about your accident. I think you'll be OK for the half though with the training you've already put it. Take it easy on yourself.

 

[Big Vic]

Sunny - We're staying at POR. If you want to walk over for the half let me know. I'd rather walk than take the bus.

Hey, is anyone excited yet?

 

[nucpharm29]

Just wanted to pop in and give ya'll a big "GO TEAM!" before everyone leaves for WDW!!! I'll be thinking of everyone Sat. and Sunday! Make sure to post when you can to let us homebodies know how it went!!!!! Will see everyone in '08!! We're already making plans for that trip!!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good Morning and Happy New Year TEAM:

I was trying to catch up with everyone after not checking the boards much over the weekend.

As far as the weather goes, I'm going to be wearing shorts and my W.I.S.H. tank top. I got it this summer in the first batch of shirts, wore it for the x-country races in August, and then stuffed it in the drawer. I'm glad I have it now. I never thought I'd be wearing it for the marathon though. Am I going to be the only one in a W.I.S.H. shirt though? Hey everyone, on Sunday look for my scream team near mile 9 of the full marathon by the Wilderness Lodge. I'm going to give them all W.I.S.H. t-shirts so they should be easy to spot. There will be DW, Cool Aunt, and my 2 princesses . That is unless they decide to go to MK.

Not much else to report for me. I took 2 rest days off after my 7 miler on Saturday. I thought I would do some x-training on the elliptical today and SWOG tomorrow and Thursday. Get some good soaks for the legs in before travelling.

Oh one other thing, I don't think we'll be able to make it to the meet on Friday night afterall. We're going to be at Animal Kingdom, and I know everyone wants to see the parade at 3:30p. There's not going to be any way we make it to Pop for the meet if we stay for the parade. I guess I'll just have to meet people b4 the marathon, at the "W" tent after the full, and at the IllumiNations dessert party.

Krista and Iceman- Yeah! Go STEELERS!!!

Carrie and Kevin- Uuugh, the Rose Bowl was a stinker!

Whooo, I'm excited for the weekend. We leave on Thursday.

 

[gatorphipps]

Lisa - Those are some great ideas! I love the ribbon in the hair thing. I think I will go to Target and Walmart and get tone of Lime green.
Or...Like Sunny, I may just wear my white nike tank...Sunny, we will be twins!

WARNING...WARNING!
For everyone who is wanting to give up caffene this week for the race, let me give you a warning.....Bree did this one year for a race (not sure if it was WDW or another one) and she had a MAJOR head ache the whole race. I would not try to change much this week.

IT IS GETTING SO CLOSE!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Lisa - Those are some great ideas! I love the ribbon in the hair thing. I think I will go to Target and Walmart and get tone of Lime green.
Or...Like Sunny, I may just wear my white nike tank...Sunny, we will be twins!

WARNING...WARNING!
For everyone who is wanting to give up caffene this week for the race, let me give you a warning.....Bree did this one year for a race (not sure if it was WDW or another one) and she had a MAJOR head ache the whole race. I would not try to change much this week.

IT IS GETTING SO CLOSE!

Why do people give up caffeine for the race? No way am I doing that. In fact I have been using the GUs with caffeine (just normal amount not 2X or 3X).

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Sunny[/B], I may just wear my white nike tank...Sunny, we will be twins!

We'll be triplets! I am wearing a white Nike tank too.

Dave--I've heard that caffeine dehydrates you, that's why I'm not drinking it this week. I didn't drink any pop the week before the half last year, and I was fine by Saturday. I just have to be careful to not over hydrate, I'll be drinking water and Gator Ade this week.

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

We'll be triplets! I am wearing a white Nike tank too.

Dave--I've heard that caffeine dehydrates you, that's why I'm not drinking it this week. I didn't drink any pop the week before the half last year, and I was fine by Saturday. I just have to be careful to not over hydrate, I'll be drinking water and Gator Ade this week.

Oh, ok, I was wondering if it was because of dehydration issues. I guess I figure I'll compensate for any dehydration the caffeine causes with taking in some extra fluids. I've trained with using caffeine, and I don't want to switch now. Before my Saturday LRs I would sit downstairs with my large mug o' coffee!!!

 

[Honeibee]

Good morning Team -

I am a wreck. An absolute wreck.

I woke up this morning at 2:30 coughing and wheezing and having and really hard time breathing. I think I have a sinus infection, so I have an appointment with an ENT today anyway. But I really think I had an allergic reaction to something. I coughed so much my lungs still hurt. I was awake until at least 4:00. I realized the alarm was about to go off, so I shut if off and went back to sleep eventually. So I missed training.

Plus, I am really a nervous wreck! All of the sudden these past couple of days I am petrified. Really. I have such an upset nervous stomache ache, and all the accompanying GI delights that go with it. I haven't been eating much, amazingly. Why am I such a nervous wreck?

I keep saying to myself "I have trained for this, I know I can do it - I HAVE done it!" I keep trying to remember what Craig said about all the hard work being done, now is the fun part. Ugh! I hate this! I keep trying to distract myself. I have so much to do before we go, you'd think I'd be too busy to panic.

OK, I must relax, RELAX, RELAX! I'm using far too much energy being nervous. Maybe once we get going I'll be OK.

I'd like to put my offer out there to anyone doing the Full, I too will be over by the Yacht & Beach Clubs on Sunday and would be happy to hold or take anything for you. If you want my cell number just let me know. I'm bringing binoculars so I can see who's coming so if you want me to hand you anything or take anything from you, I'd be very happy to do so.

Well, here's some good news. I did my last L.R on Saturday and felt really good about it.

6.01 miles

Mile 1: 13:36
Mile 2: 12:22
Mile 3: 11:58
Mile 4: 12:39
Mile 5: 13:48
Mile 6: 12:30

I took a little different route and added some hills in mile 5.

I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be.

I need to catch up on this long post, but first I have to get us a rental car and confirm our flights.

Sunny - I need to "borrow" some clip art for the name badges.