Wk of Feb 24 - WISH Walking/Running Club

[RedDragon]

Hey gang! Some day when I know you better, and we are face-to-face ('cause the story is better that way), I will tell you about my surfing lessons. And it's so much better when I've had a glass of wine. Suffice it to say that surfing lessons while wearing a 2-piece bathing suite isn't always a good thing. Water can be very powerful especially when you fall off a surf board heading in the same direction that the wave is and well, the results can be shocking.

Enough said.

lenshanem: brings a whole new meaning to the trash day, doesn't it? Hope you enjoyed the run in the rain.

Carrie: glad you got 50 min in. When is the race?

Stephanie: so sorry to hear about DH's grandmother.

WWDave: LOVE the picture! Ha Ha Ha!!! But don't tempt him.

Cruella de mom: be careful out there!!

Happy training everyone!!

 

[Calcio]

Wow! This thread has gone quiet. I'll see if I can mix it up.

Rhonda

As ALWAYS, it is nice to see you. I understand I'll be dining with you on Saturday, May 3. With Martha there you can be sure I'll be on my best behavior, maybe.

Carrie

Already up to 60 minute runs? So what is your target for the Minnie?

Stephanie

Sorry about Scott's grandmother. Have a good time working the finish of the marathon. You may recall I cut chips at a race in Boulder last summer and had a blast. Well, after I dodged the "output" of the kid who came in and immediately cacked all over.

Mel

Cedar Point is remarkable IFF you are a roller coaster person. I haven't been there in many years, but man, do they have coasters!

WWDave

Great pic. It seems unfair that the shark doesn't have to paddle out, get up on the board, and likely fall off. In the film Riding Giants, I'm baffled why anyone would surf Mavericks and it's ice cold water, jagged rocks, long paddle out, and of yes, great white sharks.

Christa

I'm sure your training is going well, and hope your mom is doing well.

Debra

Remember that x-training which makes you sore all over IS GOOD FOR YOU, kind of like castor oil.

Kristen

That was definately one of my better rides. The problem is when you ride it all the way in, you have to paddle all the way out. I'm so un-fit for surfing that after about an hour I can hardly move my arms, especially when the instructor says, "paddle faster!"

Shan

Yes, when you push out the distance your legs really feel it. Be sure to vary the distance and intensity, some easy days to let your legs recover so you'll be fresh when you step out for long days. There is nothing less fun than having fatigued legs in mile 1 of a long run.

Cecilia

I agree, long runs on hard surfaces = just plain, sore legs.

Carol

22 females were behind you! I've passed this information along before, but when I was a freshman in high school on a Tuesday I first put on x-country skis, and on Saturday I entered my first x-c skiing race. 54 males finished the race, and when our coach got on the bus with the results his first words were, "allright Craig finished 45th of 54." Few race results have made me more happy.

Martha calls her surfing lessons in a tankini shocking. Heck, I call them highly amusing and tremendous viewing.

I pounded out 4.8 miles in 48 minutes on the treadmill today, and when I came out it was snowing. Can I get outside one of these days? 10 mpm was a breeze, so I'm feeling good about a nice Minnie. And yes, this will be easy since I haven't run a competitive 15K in many a year, but I'm planning to push the pace all the way to a middle aged PR and set fire to the darn course. A few weeks before the race I'll get me some really light racing flats, preferably in outlandish colors, just to emphasize the point.

Craig

 

[laughinplace199]

I had an eye opener today! (This is especially for those in the Atlanta area.)

DH and I went out to Sope Creek this morning. (Ran 4 miles, decent pace for me - 10:32, although my legs felt like lead! )

Sooo, after we were done we were driving back home on Columns Drive and this lady in front of us was flying (The speed limit is like 25 there?), ran over the curb knocking out a fire hydrant and a massive brick mailbox. Her car flew up in the air! Airbag went off and everything. We pulled over and I ran over to her as she was getting out and told her to sit down.

The homeowner then comes out screaming at DH (He thought he ran into his mailbox.), but then we told him it was the woman. She spoke little English and I felt bad for her, this guy was a real jerk. (Regardless, she shouldn't have been speeding.)

We waited for the police and he told us we could go.

Now Columns Drive has a bike path on both sides and gets alot of runners and bikers. I was thinking about going there this week for my 10 miler. But, now... Don't think so! The neighbor said their mailbox has been knocked over 5 times since they've lived there and his wife said it freaks her out to see all these runners pushing their baby joggers. Matter of fact, a guy had just run past that spot and had turned around to come see if anyone needed help.

Anyway, it opened my eyes! Guess I'll stick to my regular route this week.

Be careful out there WISHers!

Yikes! That's scary. Definitely stick to your regular route.

 

[Kira G.]

Hi everyone!

I'm in Dallas for a few days doing a travel agent training, and just thought I would drop by to see how you are all doing. I'm going to try to hit the gym at the hotel tomorrow, but they have us working until dinner time each night so I'm not sure I'll be up to it.

Anyway I hope everyone is having a great week! I'll be sending good wishes from the Lone Star State.

 

[mkymsehi]

Hey WISHERS,

I thought of all of you today while running through Ala Moana Beach park. There were ton's of surfers out, due to the south swell. No sharks, but a few humpback whales way out beyond the break.

I'll have to bring my camera with me soon, to show you the sights of where I train. Or is that just plain torture? LOL.

We cranked out 8.5 miles today. Around the park a few loops, then out to Aloha Tower and back.

Oh yeah, when I got back to my car, there was a hula halau of about 25 were practicing their dance moves in the parking lot. I found it quite distracting trying to cool down and stretch, while seeing all those hips a shakin'. LOL.

Everyone have a great day, and safe running out there amongst all the drivers on their cell phones, or just plain not paying attention.

 

[littlegreydonkey]

Hey all - I have five minutes before my next phone call, so thought I'd check in. Have done very little running - though we did walk for hours on Saturday trying to find 7 koala bears in a forest of 7000 trees - failed miserably - but I saw a lot of kangaroos and a platypus.

Last night's running club was also stopped by a lightning storm hitting just as we were about to leave the pub - so we went back into the pub and drank beer instead (is walking to the bar cardio?). I got out tonight for 30 mins though - before another storm.

Got veeerryyy excited this morning - they said on the news that Disney had been looking at property in a place called White Bay here in Sydney, which I can see out of my window - so came straight on here only to find out, they looked, but nothing came of it. It's actually a container port at the moment and I can't see it being big enough for a park - it's a majorly residential area too, so we were thinking something to do with the cruise line.

Anyway, gotta go now as there's a lady sitting in London waiting fo rme to call her - which reminds me, Craig did I see something about you going to Fulham? Tim will be most upset that you're not going to QPR if you are!!! They're only up the road - Helen

 

[Kristi1357]

Martha calls her surfing lessons in a tankini shocking. Heck, I call them highly amusing and tremendous viewing.

 

[wfloyd]

I am back and nice and sore. I think I may have to take it easy for a few weeks and see if I can get over all these little injuries.

To catch up on what I remember.

Craig - Nice picture. Not many students actually get to have a cool professor.

Martha - Vic did say it was topless Tuesday so I am going to guess that the story would fit right in.

Helen - Sorry you didn't see any koalas out but I would have settled for the kangaroos and platypus myself. I get tired of alligators after a while.

HawaiiJeff - Great pictures of you daughters. So are they going to start golfing anytime soon.

Shan - That is a little scary. I sometimes worry about some of the roads I am on but just hope that the drivers are a little better than I think.

Mel - Glad you had a good trip. Sorry about the back but since everyone in Florida is supposed to have an alligator in thier back yard, I figure sky diving would be a better story.

Stepahnie - Sorry to hear about DH grandmother. Have fun volunteering at the marathon.

Debra - Glad you had fun at the movies and hope you can recover quickly. I don't think we could sit that long without a nice recliner.

Carol - Congrats on the race.

Vic - Thanks for getting this started. So how do you audit operators, make sure they answer the phone when it rings in a certain amount of time.

To all those hit by the latest storm, I hope you made it through safely without any damage to anything.

Bill

 

[Calcio]

Hello Helen

Yes indeed, we're off for London on March 13, and have tickets to the Fulham-Everton match on March 16. Everton's keeper is a Yank (the US #1), and Fulham has 4 Yanks. This is Martha's birthday trip, so you can see how good a sport she is that she's coming to the football match with her spouse and offspring.

Man I have to get to Sidney one day, if only for the surf and the pubs.

Bill

I suspect they use the word "eccentric" to describe me.

Take care

Craig

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Good morning, team! Wow it's quiet around here this week. Where is everybody???? I don't have much to report as far as running goes, I haven't been sleeping well at night and I come home from work exhausted. I'm a belly sleeper and since I really can't do that anymore, I'm having some trouble getting my zzz's. I've looked at those body pillows to sleep with, but I really don't know how Stephen, Hines, a huge pillow, and me can fit in our queen sized bed. I may have to move to my own room.

Oh, question for the mommies, what did you run/workout in when you were pregnant? My running clothes are getting too tight and I'm not really sure what to do. Buy bigger and then buy bigger again in a few months? Start wearing Stephen's clothes? Spend the next 5 months on the couch?

Mel--I'm so jealous that you just back got from WDW. I'm having some serious WDW withdrawls and knowing that I won't be back until January 9th isn't helping. Sorry about your back too, that does not sound pleasant. Oh, and I'm kind of mad at you: "what is there to do in Ohio? Hmmmmm, hmmmmm let me think....." How 'bout you come and visit me?????????? I'm assuming you guys will be coming in the summer and by then I'll nice and hormonal and grumpy!! Stephen will welcome anyone else to take my rage. We're about 2 hours from Columbus and 4 hours from Cedar Point. And yes, Cedar Point is AWESOME! Stephen and I go there every summer (well, not this summer I guess), we got engaged there on 7/9/99, so that's kind of our special place. When you're over by the Magnum, look out toward Lake Erie, we got engaged on the beach right in front of the Magnum. Millenium Force is hands down my favorite coaster ever and go ahead and ride Top Thrill Dragster, it's not as scary as it looks. If you have any more questions about Cedar Point, PM me or e-mail me, we know just about everything there is to know about that place.

Craig--Awesome picture. I've love to go to Hawaii someday. Very jealous about your Europe trip in a couple of weeks too. Can you adopt me? I promise I don't eat much.

Shan--That's scary!! I've almost been hit by a car a few times while running, it's not a good feeling. Oh, and you are most definitely a RUNNER!!!! We know it. Your husband knows it. Now you need to know it.

Christa-- for your mom!

Stephanie--So sorry to hear about Scott's grandma. Have a good time at the Little Rock marathon and try not to be too jealous! (But trust me, you will be a little bit).

Kristi--Are you feeling better??? How is the great job search coming along?

Martha--Can't wait to hear that story in person!

Helen--That is so wild that you see kangaroos on a regular basis, I can't even imagine! All we see are deer and raccoons. I'd much rather see kangaroos and koala bears.

Rhonda--Good to see you again!

Carrie--Wow, you are really ramping up the training for Minnie! 60 minute runs already? I'm so jealous that I'm missing the Minnie AGAIN! Did you guys get a lot of snow? We didn't, but I heard Cleveland go hit pretty hard.

Aloha Jeff--If Craig and Martha won't adopt me, can you? Living in Hawaii sounds like paradise! Do you actually get any work done or do you just run and surf and play golf all the time? I know I couldn't possibly hold a job while living there.

Bill--Take it easy, man! Let your body rest some. How are the boys and Lynnda? Aren't we getting close to Timmy's first birthday?

Cam--I know you're busy, just wanted to say and

Debra--Wow, you are a movie buff!!! The only Oscar nominated movie I saw was Juno, I really liked it and was rooting hard for it. I think Ellen Page will be doing some great things, she seems like an actor's actor. How is training in the 'burgh coming along?

Carol--Great time on your Peachtree qualifying time.

I know I didn't get everybody, so for those who I missed, sorry and . Talk to you all later!!!

Krista

 

[postesf]

I have a quick question for you 1/2 or Full WDW Marathoners...

Are the shirts unisex? I believe I've read that they are tech shirts, but wasn't sure about the sizing.

Thanks!
Stacie

 

[angietuck2]

Hello Everyone

I feel really bad doing this again but I can not even begin to get caught up on this thread but I don't like being so AWOL.

So training is going well -- did 6 on Sunday felt great!!! Did 3 last night.

REALLY BAD NEWS: DH did something to his back again
He is not doing Sarasota 1/2 this Sunday obviously and is really upset because he doesn't want to go through this all over again. Deep down we knew it would happen eventually, the surgeon told us he would always have back problems (whether he ran or not) so he has been doing really well till now. The worst part is he is being stubborn and won't make appt w/doc.

Ok I really am sorry, gotta go back to work. Finally got our new computer at home so I will try to catch up tonight.

 

[SamSam]

I'm still in Vegas, but wanted to pop in real quick and say Hi and catch up on the thread.
Having a great time with friends (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas)
Haven't been able to do any actual workouts, but I probably walked about 6 miles yesterday. It's start and stop walking so I won't count it towards weekly totals, but it felt good to at least get a little walking done.

 

[wtpclc]

Angie - to Bobby. How awful. Hav you guys looked at ChiRunning?

Craig & Krista - Actually, I have the Martian Half Marathon first weekend in April. That's what I'm traing for.

Craig - Goal for Minnie? No idea. It'd be worse than my goal last year, so I've had a hard time setting one. NOt to hurt is the first goal, though. *should* be ok there.

Martha - Martian if first weekend in April.

Yoga last night. I'm sore. Felt good though. Very much looking forward to a rest night tonight.

 

[jmasgat]

Carrie I see you're doing the Martian 1/2--I have been thinking about doing the 10k, which is on Saturday. Not sure yet.

Craig So I may have to keep you in my sights for the Minnie. Even though it is my first race, I have set some goals: 1) Finish (I think I'm okay with this one) 2) Run the entire way--still working on that! and 3) Finish in 1:45, with a stretch goal (a very GM/corporate thing) of 90 minutes. We'll see.

Training has been alright this week--but I am tired. Did 3 miles yesterday and I felt sorta dead. Shoveled snow (ENOUGH ALREADY!), too. Today I did 45 minutes in the pool (and nuts to the guy next to me who pushed me out of the way. You could have at least asked/clarified what lane I was swimming in! )

Maura

 

[cdn_gal_eeyore]

I have a quick question for you 1/2 or Full WDW Marathoners...

Are the shirts unisex? I believe I've read that they are tech shirts, but wasn't sure about the sizing.

Thanks!
Stacie

Stacie - The shirts are unisex. Check out this thread as there was some discussion about sizing (and I actually put down the M measurements):
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1701579

Sorry guys, I have been lurking lately. I think I'm finally over the bronchitis thing though and am back to being active. I ran three times last week and now I feel like I'm ready to get on my schedule of 4 runs/week along with Fit Ball for cross training on Mondays. I've signed up for Bikini Boot Camp again, but that will start when Fit Ball ends in mid-April.

 

[twoWDWfools]

Hi everyone!
Been a bit of a crazy week around here between work and home. Started a new position and the bulk of training was "here ya go....have a nice day". Now coming up on month end and people looking for specifics. Wonder if I can just point them to the files and say the same thing....

Had more snow Monday night..argh...Chance of snow again tomorrow night then 46 Sunday. Welcome to Chicago.

Well those new shoes I bought two weeks ago seem to be pushing into the top of my right foot just above my big toe. Wore them for first long outdoors walk this past Sunday, had sore spot on Monday and realized when I put them back on last night for TM time it started to hurt right away. It seems to happen when my foot flexes when pushing off with that foot. Basically where the shoe bends. Not good so going to take them to running store I got them at tomorrow night and see what they can do.

Hope everyone who is sick/injured get better fast and great job to everyone for getting in the time/miles.

 

[deekaypee]

Christa: Thanks for the update on your mom. She's one tough cookie, and I'll be thinking of her, you, and your whole family. I'm so glad you all have each other.

Mel: As far as your back story, I go for a sky-diving accident that led you into an alligator wrestling match for your life. In a tankini! Hope you're feeling better!

CarolA: Congrats on your race and your pace, not to mention avoiding the DLF!

Stephanie: I'm sorry to hear about your DH's grandmother. I hope you're all doing as well as you can be, under the circumstances. And thank you for volunteering at a race. 8 hours plus the finish line--I admire your fortitude.

Cecilia: I'm glad you made it through the storm okay and with little damage to the house.

Stacie: I'M excited about your 9 miles on the bike--does that count?

Carrie: Icy baths? I'm not that desperate...yet. I love the way you "found" a break in your training. That's a great spin on a schedule mix-up. I love the yoga soreness, too!

Shan: Your DH is right. Running in the rain IS dedication, especially since you followed it by picking up wet, icky trash.

Kristen: Ice cream carbo-loading. Now that's a program I can really see myself following to a "T." Thanks for the suggestion.

Martha: Sounds like a great story about surfing, very titillating. I'll even buy you the wine!

Craig: XT as castor oil? That explains a lot. I think I prefer Kristen's carbo-loading plan. Your training program sounds like it's moving right along at a speedy pace. I hope the weather cooperates with you soon.

Kira: You're enjoying your travel agent training, I hope, even if it leave you little time to work out. Do you even get to see any of Dallas?

Aloha Jeff: I'm sort of a masochist, so I'd LOVE to see pics of your training digs and all the scenery. Hey, someone has to live there. If it's not going to be me, it might as well be you.

Helen: Thanks for the news on Disney's interest in White Bay--could it have something to do with Adventures, I wonder? More important, it sounds like you're loving your adventures: kangaroos, platypus (or is that platypi) and beer, oh my!

Bill: It turns out I can't sit that still for that long, either, at least not without having my body protest. Who would have thought it would be harder on my legs than the Goofy? And you take it easy and recover, as it sound like that's what your body is telling you.

Krista: You make a good case for Cedar Point--I haven't been there in years. Training in Pgh is going fine, as long as I take it easy (read: avoid) the hills. It's actually sunny right now! Windy and snowing, but sunny! Hey, did you hear the news that Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope died? I didn't know who he was, but he sounds like he was quite the Pgh institution.

Angie: I'm glad your training is going well, but I'm so sorry for your DH. I hope he gets over his stubborn streak and goes to the dr. (do as I say, not as I do...)

SamSam: Vegas, huh? It sounds like you're seeing a little action; if not on a running course than somewhere else. It sounds like you're having fun!

Maura: WTG with the training, especially when it's tough. And a double for all that snow shoveling...ew.

Leana: Yea! You're back and with an awesome plan!!! Just looking at your schedule makes me tired.

Liz: If it's not the Chicago snow, it's the wind....Hope spring is headed your way soon, along with a more relaxed work week and a new pair of comfy shoes. All are much needed.

As for me: for me! Today is the first day in probably two weeks I've run that I've actually felt good doing it! Hopefully that means my knee is on the mend and that I've fine-turned my XT to help me strengthen it. Now if the weather would just cooperate with all my plans....

 

[lenshanem]

Angie, sorry about your DH's back! Hope it all turns out OK.

Debra, great news about your knee! Glad you're feeling better!

 

[cdn_gal_eeyore]

4 rather ugly miles today. It was really windy, plus I probably ate too much at lunch. Oh well, I got it done!