WK of Feb 22 - WISH Team Walkers and Runners
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mkymsehi
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Maura, you love loosing weight with Girl Scout cookies. How so? Eat Thin Mints. Can't go wrong with those, right?
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Hey, Wishers!! 
Jen--I am so sorry to hear about your dog, Sadie, right? I know how much you love her and what a member of the family she is. Hopefully she will still have a long time with you guys.
I hope you feel better soon!
Maura--I'll have to check out the HC pot stickers. I LOVE Asian food, I could eat it every night, so to find some that is healthy would be awesome! What kind of cookies are you eating? My favorite is the Samoa/Caramel Delights. I ordered some from my niece, I can't wait until they come in!
Allie--I have always heard that 3 miles on the bike is roughly equal to 1 mile of running. I hurt my IT band during my 20 miler before the WDW full in 2007, so I spent a lot of time on the bike and the elliptical for those 3 weeks. Good luck!
Debra--Here's some
for your back! Hope it feels better soon! So are you pleased with the Oscar outcome? I watched the whole thing Sunday night and thought of you. 
In your opinion, if we were to rent a movie this weekend, which of the Oscar nominated movies should we start with? Go straight to the top with "Slumdog Millionaire"?
As for me, training for the Flying Pig 1/2 has been going great. I'm back in my running groove and back to loving running again, so I am excited! I had 5 miles for a lr this past weekend and this week is a taper back week. YAY!
Here a few pics of Carter in Disney from January. Can you believe he's already 7 months old???
Wearing Daddy's hard-earned medal
With Papa, waiting for Finding Nemo
Carter's favorite ride was the carousel, he laughed out loud the whole time!
Have a great day, everyone!
Jen--I am so sorry to hear about your dog, Sadie, right? I know how much you love her and what a member of the family she is. Hopefully she will still have a long time with you guys.
I hope you feel better soon!Maura--I'll have to check out the HC pot stickers. I LOVE Asian food, I could eat it every night, so to find some that is healthy would be awesome! What kind of cookies are you eating? My favorite is the Samoa/Caramel Delights. I ordered some from my niece, I can't wait until they come in!
Allie--I have always heard that 3 miles on the bike is roughly equal to 1 mile of running. I hurt my IT band during my 20 miler before the WDW full in 2007, so I spent a lot of time on the bike and the elliptical for those 3 weeks. Good luck!
Debra--Here's some
for your back! Hope it feels better soon! So are you pleased with the Oscar outcome? I watched the whole thing Sunday night and thought of you. In your opinion, if we were to rent a movie this weekend, which of the Oscar nominated movies should we start with? Go straight to the top with "Slumdog Millionaire"?As for me, training for the Flying Pig 1/2 has been going great. I'm back in my running groove and back to loving running again, so I am excited! I had 5 miles for a lr this past weekend and this week is a taper back week. YAY!
Here a few pics of Carter in Disney from January. Can you believe he's already 7 months old???
Wearing Daddy's hard-earned medal
With Papa, waiting for Finding Nemo
Carter's favorite ride was the carousel, he laughed out loud the whole time!
Have a great day, everyone!
deekaypee
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Jen: I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. I know how much your runs together mean to you both. I'm glad to hear she's not in pain and that you have some more time together, albeit off the course. Give her--and you--some hugs from us.
Liz: I agree. LWs in the heat of summer followed by a recovery ice-cream cone? I think I could double-dip WOs with incentive like that. (Okay, everyone can groan now.)
Jim: Great job getting your miles in, even if they weren't the biking miles I know you enjoy.
Lily: Thank YOU for visiting 'Ohana. (And to everyone who did the mixer. It felt good.) Congrats on getting out there with Kirby and w/o show shoveling.
John: That's a great pace--you'll be sure to stay ahead of the sweepers. How are your knees feeling today? Is the stiffness just on days-of runs?
Maura: At this time of year, "hello peeps" make me think of those yellow marshmallow confections. (Yes, I'm strange.) I do have to admit, a long hot shower does trump food as incentive. Getting me out there TO sweat, however, sometimes involves a little previsualization of tasty goodies. Though I try not to actually indulge in them afterwards and my body sometimes sneers "bait and switch" at me. My body now wants GS cookies, as a matter of fact. Does your post mean you're not doing Princess weekend? For some reason I thought you were.
Allie: I wish I had an answer on the equivalents. I think that putting as much time in the saddle as on the pavement is probably a good strategy. I can generally bike longer than I can run, but I don't really attempt to go fast on the bike. More like a recovery day. As for your knees, ITB, hip, etc., are you doing a lot of stretching every day--not just the days you run? Strength training? Those things will make a big difference. (I know YOU know this, but I tend to give them the short shrift in my own WOs, and that's when I get into trouble. So I thought I'd remind us both.)
Jeff: What's your predicted finish time in an event like that? Or is that just a silly question for that kind of event?
Krista: Wow, how Carter's grown! He's a looker. Check out that smile, everyone! I'm so glad to hear your training for the Pig is flying by and you're in the running groove. Remember, I expect to hear of a PR on this one!
As for the Oscars, I predicted 18/24 of the categories...about ave. for me. (Not that I agreed with the categories. "The Dark Knight" was robbed during the nomination process, as was "Wall-E.") I didn't think this year's batch of noms was particularly strong, but I liked the revamped Oscar show. If you were to rent a movie this weekend, yeah, I'd start with "Slumdog." It's pretty feel-good, which is kind of what I'm in the mood for these days, and it's well-done. Did it deserve best pic? That's another story.... Still, nothing wrong with a little life-affirming movie now and then.
As for me: Yesterday was an excellent day for running outside. It was sunny, and warm enough that I didn't need a hat and could take my gloves off. I forget how much I dislike running with gloves...
My back is much better, thanks. It was unrelated to pre-marathon injuries, just a little pull. It's still a little sore, but that's due to my Pilates DVD, which I've been modifying. I probably should take a Pilates class, but I don't know that I'm mentally strong enough for the snide comments of other participants. Oh, I know what you're thinking--no one does that. But they do. I hear these women at my FC in the locker room, and they do. And they take the Pilates class. Nice, huh? And, of course, they're the ones who are model-thin and perfectly coiffed. Anyway, it's DVD for me and after I'm 100% perhaps a class, non-Pilates, of course. (Boy, do I have issues or what?
)
I'm glad to hear she's not in pain and that you have some more time together, albeit off the course. Give her--and you--some hugs from us. Liz: I agree. LWs in the heat of summer followed by a recovery ice-cream cone? I think I could double-dip WOs with incentive like that. (Okay, everyone can groan now.)
Jim: Great job getting your miles in, even if they weren't the biking miles I know you enjoy.
Lily: Thank YOU for visiting 'Ohana. (And to everyone who did the mixer. It felt good.) Congrats on getting out there with Kirby and w/o show shoveling.
John: That's a great pace--you'll be sure to stay ahead of the sweepers. How are your knees feeling today? Is the stiffness just on days-of runs?
Maura: At this time of year, "hello peeps" make me think of those yellow marshmallow confections. (Yes, I'm strange.) I do have to admit, a long hot shower does trump food as incentive. Getting me out there TO sweat, however, sometimes involves a little previsualization of tasty goodies. Though I try not to actually indulge in them afterwards and my body sometimes sneers "bait and switch" at me. My body now wants GS cookies, as a matter of fact. Does your post mean you're not doing Princess weekend? For some reason I thought you were.
Allie: I wish I had an answer on the equivalents. I think that putting as much time in the saddle as on the pavement is probably a good strategy. I can generally bike longer than I can run, but I don't really attempt to go fast on the bike. More like a recovery day. As for your knees, ITB, hip, etc., are you doing a lot of stretching every day--not just the days you run? Strength training? Those things will make a big difference. (I know YOU know this, but I tend to give them the short shrift in my own WOs, and that's when I get into trouble. So I thought I'd remind us both.)
Jeff: What's your predicted finish time in an event like that? Or is that just a silly question for that kind of event?
Krista: Wow, how Carter's grown! He's a looker. Check out that smile, everyone! I'm so glad to hear your training for the Pig is flying by and you're in the running groove. Remember, I expect to hear of a PR on this one!
As for the Oscars, I predicted 18/24 of the categories...about ave. for me. (Not that I agreed with the categories. "The Dark Knight" was robbed during the nomination process, as was "Wall-E.") I didn't think this year's batch of noms was particularly strong, but I liked the revamped Oscar show. If you were to rent a movie this weekend, yeah, I'd start with "Slumdog." It's pretty feel-good, which is kind of what I'm in the mood for these days, and it's well-done. Did it deserve best pic? That's another story.... Still, nothing wrong with a little life-affirming movie now and then.
As for me: Yesterday was an excellent day for running outside. It was sunny, and warm enough that I didn't need a hat and could take my gloves off. I forget how much I dislike running with gloves...
My back is much better, thanks. It was unrelated to pre-marathon injuries, just a little pull. It's still a little sore, but that's due to my Pilates DVD, which I've been modifying. I probably should take a Pilates class, but I don't know that I'm mentally strong enough for the snide comments of other participants. Oh, I know what you're thinking--no one does that. But they do. I hear these women at my FC in the locker room, and they do. And they take the Pilates class. Nice, huh? And, of course, they're the ones who are model-thin and perfectly coiffed. Anyway, it's DVD for me and after I'm 100% perhaps a class, non-Pilates, of course. (Boy, do I have issues or what?
)Hello,
I am new to this board. Relatively new to running...Started at 35. (One and 1/2 years ago) Thinking about the Disney 1/2 next Jan 2010 but live in a cold weather clime.
My experience to date is 1 - 1/2 marathon (and one on the calendar for April), 1 - 10 mile, and 20 or so races from 5K - 10K.
Any advice about the trip, the race, training, the experience in general would be welcome!
Lysa
I am new to this board. Relatively new to running...Started at 35. (One and 1/2 years ago) Thinking about the Disney 1/2 next Jan 2010 but live in a cold weather clime.
My experience to date is 1 - 1/2 marathon (and one on the calendar for April), 1 - 10 mile, and 20 or so races from 5K - 10K.
Any advice about the trip, the race, training, the experience in general would be welcome!
Lysa
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Lysa So glad you joined the group. Sounds like you already have the running base/experience for the half. People here are walkers, runners and everything in between. Lots swear by Marathoning for Mortals (MFM). I myself used Hal Higdon to train for the half in January.Biggest pieve of advice is probably to commit SOON! The half is already 60% full and filled faster than the full. Keep an eye on it.
Travel planning is always good to do early--for the airfare, anyway. Disney hotel rates for 2010 are not out, but you can still book a room.
As for the experience....my favorite part of the marathon weekend (other than getting the gigunda Donald medal!) was seeing all the people on this board. There's always a meet and greet or two, and even if you travel solo, you're not alone.
Welcome to the group. Hope to meet you next year.
Maura
[Who better take her own advice and sign up for a race!]
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Lysa!Jen - so sorry about Sadie!
Krista - love the new pictures!
I went roller skating with DS yesterday & am counting that as XT - lots of fun, and boy did I work up a sweat! I have to do things like that more often - combining exercise with doing something fun with Zack.
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YES!!!!!! I got my wish--I'm running away from home next weekend to Disney! Got a reasonable airfare. That's the good news. The bad news is the Family 5k is full, so I won't be running anything (Yeah, I know, the half is still open, but I don't think so!). Will try to make it to POP meet to say hello.
Maura
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mkymsehi
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Maura,
Just bandit the 5K run. No one checks bibs at the start or the finish. Just walk past those handing out the plastic medals at the end.
Mooshu wore her bib on one shirt, and it was covered the whole race by her long sleeve shirt. No one said anything to her or asked to see her bib.
Are you going back in January, 2010? I will be on the lookout for you with a beer in hand, just a couple of tenths of a mile before the finish line. (You
) (me
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Hey Maura!!
Glad to see you're coming!! NOt happy your not doing the race. Come on you get an inaugural medal. At least will you be out at Epcot as we enter handing out stuff?? Nice thing to happy for you!!
AFM: I went to my fun little park tonight after work to do 4 miles. Felt good and weather was GREAT! (don't be jealous because my weather is better than yours - not you Jeff!
)
A week from now I will be driving in my car to WDW to meet up with Liz, Stacey, Kim and Brandie - Girls Weekend and get to celebrate my 40th birthday early!
Tracy
Glad to see you're coming!! NOt happy your not doing the race. Come on you get an inaugural medal. At least will you be out at Epcot as we enter handing out stuff?? Nice thing to happy for you!!
AFM: I went to my fun little park tonight after work to do 4 miles. Felt good and weather was GREAT! (don't be jealous because my weather is better than yours - not you Jeff!
)A week from now I will be driving in my car to WDW to meet up with Liz, Stacey, Kim and Brandie - Girls Weekend and get to celebrate my 40th birthday early!
Tracy
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Tracy: Love the socks!
Debra: oooo coldstone...you make me drool
Maura: LOL I love your priorities! What kind of GS cookies might I ask? I still haven't found any here.
Allie: I bike a not terribly stiff pace (but not leisurely either!) for a little less than double my run (11 mpm to 12 mpm) and it's about the same calories-wise according to the garmin.
Jen: Sorry to hear about your running buddy
It's definitely been hard to see my running buddy at home slow down.
Krista:
Wow Carter is so big and NO I cannot believe he is seven months old already! But I'm glad to see that you are getting him his ears early.
Lysa: Welcome!
As for me:
I've been running and cross training for the Crescent City Classic 10K (the day before Easter). Plus, I've been going nuts getting wedding stuff together, invitations are about to go out and I'm going to say there will be a lull after that (ha!). We have signed up for a Disney Cruise for our honeymoon and can I just say I'm excited!!! I've never been on a cruise (neither has my fiance), so it will be an adventure. It gives me some motivation to get through the semester. I probably won't do Marathon Weekend 2010, so this is my Disney dose, but hopefully I'll make it for 2011. I have teacher interview day coming up in late March, the day before my comprehensive finals
So I will be needing my running to keep me sane!
Happy running!
Debra: oooo coldstone...you make me drool
Maura: LOL I love your priorities! What kind of GS cookies might I ask? I still haven't found any here.
Allie: I bike a not terribly stiff pace (but not leisurely either!) for a little less than double my run (11 mpm to 12 mpm) and it's about the same calories-wise according to the garmin.
Jen: Sorry to hear about your running buddy
It's definitely been hard to see my running buddy at home slow down. Krista:
Wow Carter is so big and NO I cannot believe he is seven months old already! But I'm glad to see that you are getting him his ears early.Lysa: Welcome!
As for me:
I've been running and cross training for the Crescent City Classic 10K (the day before Easter). Plus, I've been going nuts getting wedding stuff together, invitations are about to go out and I'm going to say there will be a lull after that (ha!). We have signed up for a Disney Cruise for our honeymoon and can I just say I'm excited!!! I've never been on a cruise (neither has my fiance), so it will be an adventure. It gives me some motivation to get through the semester. I probably won't do Marathon Weekend 2010, so this is my Disney dose, but hopefully I'll make it for 2011. I have teacher interview day coming up in late March, the day before my comprehensive finals
So I will be needing my running to keep me sane!Happy running!
SamSam
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Jeff Still debating (meaning trying to work up the courage) to sign up for the full. If I do, then you'll still beat me to Epcot and I will take the beer!
Claire Thin Mints--the only cookie really worth eating, IMHO (alright, let the flames begin!)
Liz Thx, I do know the meets at POR, but my typing fingers don't!
Time to go buy some baseball tickets. Is there anything nicer than sitting in the sun watching baseball and drinking beer? (Well, yeah even I could come up with a thing or two--but baseball ranks up there)
Maura
Claire Thin Mints--the only cookie really worth eating, IMHO (alright, let the flames begin!)
Liz Thx, I do know the meets at POR, but my typing fingers don't!
Time to go buy some baseball tickets. Is there anything nicer than sitting in the sun watching baseball and drinking beer? (Well, yeah even I could come up with a thing or two--but baseball ranks up there)
Maura
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No Way! You can not be 40! More like 30.
Whichever it is have a Happy Birthday!
Oh Sharon, you're making me blush! THHHAAANNNKKKKSSSSS!!
Tracy
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