Wk of July 13 - WISH Walking/Running Club

[Big Vic]

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 beginners to triathletes. Come join us, whether you're training for an event or walking/running for fitness!

Originally Posted by TigerLily03
New WISH Team members. If you read one thing over and over, believe this. Being part of this team is fantastic. Part of the ride you get for the event is what I call the roller coaster. There will be lots of ups and downs. The more you post here, the more you will find yourself enjoying the ride. It is an incredible journey. Don't be afraid, shy or whatever to come here and just post up anything. You don't have to know us right away, or all of us at all. You will get to know some of us. It makes the event you are enjoying have MORE meaning and we love to have you.

 

[KeenHo]

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!

Today is DS's 15th Birthday! He is busy packing for Boy Scout Camp where he'll be away at one camp working on Merit Badges this coming week. We will then pick him up on Saturday and drop him off at another Boy Scout Camp the day after for another week of Merit Badge work. He has 4 remaining Merit Badges to attain before turning his sites on an Eagle Project.

I went out on a run this morning around 10 AM (way too late and hot, but I had to get out to run). I had to wait until a plumber came and cleared a drain for us before I could go running today. Lots of fun.

Here are my results from the run earlier. It was extremely hot and humid...so I took it easy and didn't try to get any 8 minute miles or better today. I just wanted to get the miles in.

Miles: 8.1
Time: 1:21:58
Pace: 10:14

Splits:
9:24
9:58
9:19
10:08
11:18
11:26
10:23
9:59

Debra: I came in 16th in my AG in the 5K... not too bad, but then again not in the top 10 like I thought.

 

[nucpharm29]

Well, no training for me today. However, if you'd have seen me leaving the farmer's market this morning you would have thought I had been doing something strenous. Unfortunatley, it was just very hot and humid today--no wonder a nasty thunderstorm came rolling through this afternoon. Will try to get something in tomorrow, but no promises

Debra--yes, DD will either love physical activity or be completely against it. She's at the gym with me at least 4 times a week, either b/c I"m working or working out. But for right now it's a win-win for both of us b/c mommy training = happy mommy= more disney trips for her.

 

[mkymsehi]

Today is DS's 15th Birthday! He is busy packing for Boy Scout Camp where he'll be away at one camp working on Merit Badges this coming week. We will then pick him up on Saturday and drop him off at another Boy Scout Camp the day after for another week of Merit Badge work. He has 4 remaining Merit Badges to attain before turning his sites on an Eagle Project.

Tell your son happy birthday from one Eagle, to a future Eagle. And way to go!


Spent the afternoon hiking and geocaching with the Queen and the Princesses.

******* Ginger Pool (Nuuanu Stream)

Kapena Falls Pool (Nuuanu Stream)

 

[angietuck2]

GOOD MORNING TEAM!!!

Howard: tell DD -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Way to go in the run so late in the morning.
Stephanie: HI Hopefully you got your training in today.
Jeff: AS ususal the pictures are beautiful and make me want to run away to some tropical island!!!

As for me, Had the alarm set, the clothes set out, good to go but woke up to thunderstorms!!!! Hoping they pass through and will get the run in tonight. Set to try 8. The good news is DH was on duty this am so I would have gone by myself - which could spell trouble - since I have no self control. But since I will go tonight he will be with me and will probably be a more sane run!!

I will let you guys know how it goes.

 

[angietuck2]

Just went back to last page of last week's thread.

Debra Funny you should ask about the training plan because trying to pick one actually has me a little stressed out Still looking just know that I want to start "officially" working toward the marathon in August - 6 months out. DH is doing amazing, thanks for asking. He has been doing LR on weekends anywhere from 8 to 10. I am however forcing him to fall back with me because I really need the motivation right now!!!

 

[Big Vic]

Good morning WISHers!

Trying to get motivated this morning. No training to report.

Howard - WTG with the 8 miler! Hope the DS has fun at camp.

Jeff - Great pics!

Angie - Hope you can get your run in this evening. I was in Tampa last week and got in only one run due to thunderstorms. I really think I need to become a morning runner.

 

[jmasgat]

Happy Sunday, WISH'ers!

I am happy to say that I actually went out for a run, albeit a short one. (Dontcha just love words like "albeit"?) Given my recent travails (Ooh, another one!) with my knees and what I have figured out to be strained abductor/hip muscles, I have been mostly missing on the run scene. Today I switched back to my old shoes (which still had some miles left on them) and foam rollered before I went out.

I made it 2.5 miles--not far, but relatively discomfort-free. I stopped to walk a little--big mistake! When I started back up, I felt the right hip/knee stuff flare up. So I walked home. But 2.5 miles is a big improvement from the <.5 miles I could manage on Thursday.

So I think I'll keep up with the rollering in advance of the run (Deb thanks for asking about the rollering), and the old shoes and maybe an IT band strap on my right side, take it slow and hope for the best. And since I need to XT, and maybe one day next season do a tri, I gave in to my consumer dark side and bough a new bike yesterday! Got a 2007 Trek 1600 WSD (Women Specific). The only down side--those tight fitting bike shorts--I don't look good in compression shorts. But it appears they make bike skirts! Maybe I'll have to try one.

So have a great day everyone. Off to watch the TDF, do laundry, buy groceries, work on next year's high school student directory, and--if my DH swaps the pedals on my bike--go out for a ride with him--if he can go that slow!

Maura

 

[nucpharm29]

Maura--congrats on the 2.5! And more congrats on the new bike--color me jealous!

Angie--hope you can get your run in tonight. Don't ya love the summer thunderstorms? I got caught in one yesterday and was stuck in Walmart for a half hour waiting it out, the lightening was so bad!

Well, I gave in and got on our home TM. I hate it, but what else am I to do on a rainy day and no morning daycare at the gym (and the afternoon daycare is staffed by none of than yours truly!) I really believe that our TM isn't calibrated right b/c it's always so much more of a struggle here than on any other TM and especially out on the road. But that being said, I stayed on for 40 minutes and logged 3.75 miles-no land speed records by any means, but it's something, right?

Off to the showers!

 

[lilouisianagal]

Howard: Happy Birthday and have fun for your Scout! Good job on getting the miles in. Your pace would be zippy for me! (*whispers*I blame it on the humidity)

Stephanie: I hear ya on the humidity! Good job on getting the dreadmill miles in.

Jeff: Wow that's pretty!

Angie:Well maybe the rain will cool it down some.

Maura: Nice word usage! Sorry about the pain, but good job on the 2.5 miles. Lucky you on the bike! ...skirts and bikes...hmmm



I went for a short run this morning along with some drill work. I stopped by our mascot's cage--Mike the Tiger! He decided to play with his giant ball in the water and it was hilarious! I'll probably do some strength training later and maybe a short swim.

 

[thndrmatt]

Reposting on the weekly thread for all my WISH friends...

To Go Further

As a child I used to go to the beach, and dig a hole. A deep hole. My goal was generally to dig a hole to China.
Now that I'm grown, I realize that flying there is significantly easier.
So I had to find something more difficult to challenge myself with.

A 2.4 mile swim.
A 112 mile bike ride.
Then.
A 26.2 mile marathon.
In 17 hours.

Ironman China.

Haikou, Hainan Island.

April 19th, 2009.


(that and I had to blatantly show off my new siggy)

Off to my long run, I'm feeling motivated all of a sudden.

 

[Big Vic]

Reposting on the weekly thread for all my WISH friends...

To Go Further

As a child I used to go to the beach, and dig a hole. A deep hole. My goal was generally to dig a hole to China.
Now that I'm grown, I realize that flying there is significantly easier.
So I had to find something more difficult to challenge myself with.

A 2.4 mile swim.
A 112 mile bike ride.
Then.
A 26.2 mile marathon.
In 17 hours.

Ironman China.

Haikou, Hainan Island.

April 19th, 2009.


(that and I had to blatantly show off my new siggy)

Off to my long run, I'm feeling motivated all of a sudden.

Go get'em, Matt!!

 

[dsnyfan21]

Matt: Wow an Ironman in China!! I hope the air quality will stay in the good range like it is supposed to be for the Olympics!!

Angie: Sorry to hear about the morning run put on hold. I had the same experience this morning.

Maura: Lovin the new bike purchase, enjoy the Cross training and congrats on doing another tri!

Jeff: Love those photos!! You and you family are sooo cute!!

As for me, the weather was lookin iffy this morning when I got up to my alarm at 5:45am. Kept checking the weather channel and Satellite, but was showing rain and I heard some thunder. SO I waited to hear from my sister and went over to her house to do my 10miles. I forgot how much I hate TMs. I can really only for about 5-6 miles on it before I get bored. I was bored at 5 miles. I also don't think her TM is calibrated right, the miles and time didn't seem the match right. I always hate the feeling when you get off of it after a long time and you still feel like you are moving. SO rest and chocalate milk on tap for today!!

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Hey, everybody, doing my monthly check-in. Tomorrow I will be 36 weeks and I'm starting to get a little freaked out. I keep going back and forth from being incredibly excited and extremely nervous. I wasn't nervous until we went to the childbirth class 2 weeks ago--that made it very real, plus I learned what an epidural really is. All I can say is . Of course I haven't been training at all--the baby is sitting right on my diaphargm and I get out of breath going up and down the stairs, but I started getting my stuff together for the hosptial and I just put the last load of baby laundry in the dryer. I can't believe how incredibly giving everyone has been, the baby has a closet and an armoire full of clothes and I think I've only bought maybe 5 things. And we have everything we need for the baby, we have very few things to buy--mostly things like more bottles, sheets--stuff like that. We have everything we HAVE to have. So physically we are ready for the baby--not so sure about mentally or emotionally, but are you ever really READY for a baby to come?

Even though I haven't been posting, I have been lurking and trying to stay caught up with everyone. I know I missed some stuff, but hopefully not too much!

Debra-- for your dad!! I hope things are going well for him. Are you settled into your new apartment? Oh, and is Pittsburgh going nuts with the Rooney's trying to sell the Steelers? I was shocked when I heard that last week.

Carrie--Continued for your FIL. I saw that he finished his chemo treatments. How is he feeling? How is your tri training going? When is it again? I heard that you and Stephen have been doing lots of tri talking. Right now he's upstairs sleeping after his sprint tri this morning. This was his 3rd tri in 3 weeks--2 olympic distances and then today's sprint.

Kristi--I love the Indy cake! That's awesome! And the monkey brains looked great (is that weird to say??). Have you been able to keep up with training?

Angie--I hope you're able to get your run in tonight! We've been getting a lot of storms this summer, but I'm not complaining, last year we were in draught--that was not pleasant.

Matt--Ironman China?? That's awesome! Do you already know where you are getting your M-Dot tatoo? Last fall Stephen was planning on doing the Bentonville Harbor Half Ironman in August, until we found out it was the weekend before my due date!

Howard-- to Andrew! It's great to know another Cancer--my birthday is this Saturday, however I will be much older than he is! Have you started your official MCM training yet? Oh, wait, it's not October yet.

Cam--How is your VR planning coming along? I know you are getting so excited!! I remember you said something about the possiblity of Jen getting engaged soon--did that happen yet?

Kevin-- for your sciata!!! You better take care of that before Goofy training officially begins!!

Judy-- I posted just for you so you could see Hines in his Sorcerer Mickey hat!

To everyone I missed--

I better keep working on the laundry, I'm trying to keep up on all the housework so I don't fall too far behind once the baby gets here. This week I plan on start making and freezing meals for after the baby is born. I know I won't feel like cooking and even though Stephen does cook, I know he'll be more inclined to make a McDonald's run or call Domino's than to cook dinner after working all day. Even though my pregnancy has been a free-for-all for eating, once he is born, it's back to healthy foods and counting calories. I want to get skinny again fast!! I'll try to keep up with everyone and we'll definitely let you know when the baby is born. Depending on how coherent I am, I plan on taking the laptop with us to the hospital, so hopefully I'll be able to post while we're waiting and of course Stephen will post pics once he is here.

Keep up with training, January will be here before we know it!

Krista

 

[skfulkers]

Hey team! Like my DW, I wanted to do my monthly check-in. Sorry I've been so absent. I really have tried to keep up with the threads, but they've gotten the better of me. I've managed to somewhat keep up with my Rabbits team (of course, I had to give a shout out to the Rabbits ), but I have been pretty absent on here. Sorry about that. I'm going to make a real effort to keep up for awhile.

Having said that, I haven't gotten a chance to read last week's thread. I'm going to try to accomplish that this evening. We've been pretty busy lately with the baby on the way. Like Krista said, I think we're "physically" ready for him, but I'm not going to kid you--emotionally and mentally, we're just cruising along on Cloud 9, unaware that this cloud is going to crash us right into a wall. No, don't get me wrong--I know it will be GREAT, but I'm not naive that this will be life-changing as well. So WISH us luck!

I've been pretty busy racing the last month. I just finished my third triathlon in three weeks today. It's been great, and I'm feeling really comfortable with the whole tri thing this year, but I'm pretty worn out and ready for a little break of some normal training. I guess I was just trying to squeeze in as many races as possible prior to the baby.

HI to all and I hope to really catch up with you guys this week. Hope everyone had a great weekend! Talk to you all soon!

Steve

PS--Matt, you're a machine! A crazy, sadistic machine, but a machine nonetheless. Congrats on signing up for IM China!

 

[Calcio]

Matt

All I can say is wow ! A Chinese Tri. I pride myself in knowing where most places are, but you stumped me with Hainan Island, so I looked it up. Okay, now I know it's the big island East of what people my age call North Vietnam.

Krista and Steve

It is good to see you both. I know you're ready for what's to come. We found, unfortunately, that babies did not come with a set of instructions, so we made it up as we went along. I do so wish you three (+ Hines) well. About the epidural, well as a male I never have experienced one, but a dear friend of ours thinks they are the most wonderful things ever, and hopes the inventor is rich and happy for this good deed.

After saying hello to everyone as a group, the rest of this is a pity party for me. I tore my left calf muscle in April 2004, and reinjured it several times in the succeeding years, but I seemed to have it under control, as my last tear was 2 full years ago. That is until today. I was running easy and comfortably and it unraveled on me again. The exact same spot in the same muscle, every time. And it felt the same way when it tore.

So now I'm on IR for a couple of weeks, then at least 2 months of rehab and easy running before I can even think about running any distance and pace. I'm glad this didn't happen before the Minnie 15K and ruin that wonderful weekend, and that I have time before the Tower of Terror and Goofy, but my goals for both races are now gone. I was even going to sign up for the October BAA half marathon Wednesday when registration opened. Blam, all gone in literally 10 seconds when it went from just fine to torn .

I'll be there on October 25 and January 10 and 11, I can guarantee that, but sadly not much else. As the races get closer I'll have a feel for my likely result, and see if anyone would like having me on their shoulder for the races. It is always more fun to run with someone else, isn't it?

Craig

 

[dsnyfan21]

Craig: oooouuuu, ouch!! I'm in pain just reading your story. Sorry to hear that it tore again. Wow, I just can't imagine coming back from that many times over....nothing else can be done?? I walk so you may not like my time getting you over the finish line, so maybe find a runner. Hmmmm... I suggest ScoJo, he seems like he would be able to handle that for you.
Good luck with the recovery and rehab. Keep your head up!!

 

[TEK224]

Matt - IM China! That's awesome!

Craig - I'm so sorry to hear about your calf. It really sucks when you have your plans all set and an injury for no apparent reason. Hope you mend quickly.

Krista and Steve - good to see you posting. Hope everything goes quickly (no long labor). I kn ow you're so excited. Do you have any names picked out? Steve, congrats on your tri's!

Kudos to those who got to work out today.

Sending to those (or family members) who are nursing injuries.


Today I completed my 1st duathlon. It was the Philadelphia Women's Triathlon/Duathlon. I did ok. It was hot and humid. My goal time was 2:30. Didn't quite make it. But I think it was due to my stupidity than physically not be able to make that time. I think I lost about 10-15 minutes due to my mechanical difficulties on the bike. Got lots of comments about my WISH shirt and got a nice little piece of bling.

Here are my splits:

2 mile run 27:07 (13:34 pace)
T1 3:34
17 mile bike 1:21:52
T2 3:08
5K run 49:20 (15:55 pace)
Overall time: 2:44:58


Here's a good reason why you should train with the equipment you're going to race with:

I have not ridden my bike outdoors since I injured my achilles last year. All of my training has been on my spinner. So today, I'm on the bike and try to shift gears and it won't shift. Nothing. I ride the whole first lap (of 2) in a single gear. I felt like I was pedaling and not going anywhere fast. Finally, near the end of the lap I get to the bike support vehichle and ask him to check it out. Had to wait while he changed someone's flat. Well,turns out I have 2 shift levers. The one I was tring that wouldn't shift and the other is on my brake lever. Instead of squeezing it to brake, I have to push it to the side to shift. As soon as he said it, I remembered. I was so embarrassed See what happens when you don't do things often enough?

Terri

 

[mkymsehi]

Craig, take care of that calf. You'll be back at it in due time.

Steve and Krista (oh yeah, Hines too). Good luck with the new baby and all the life changes. Yeah, it's going to be way different. One piece of advice, when the baby sleeps, you sleep. Forget the dishes, laundry, vacuuming. Just get your rest when you can.

It was 87 degrees out during my run, very light trade winds. 14 miles total at 10:02 average pace. Miles 12 & 13 were not good. A bit of cramping in the calf and quads. Opted to walk part of the way, just so not to overheat and bonk on the way in.

At lunch right after the run and hydrated with a Coke and water, so I immediately felt better. Came home to ice bath, and will do some tennis ball work to loosen up the sore spots. I think a nap was earned today!

Have a great Sunday afternoon/evening Team WISH.

 

[KeenHo]

Craig: Please take whatever steps are necessary to let your muscle heal and don't worry about being on the IR list. You have to give the injury the respect it deserves and wait it out patiently. I know that isn't one of your stronger points... you've told me that. I hope you are back in shape for Goofy 2009 or before. Keep me and us all posted.

Krista: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I am a Cancer too! June 23 here! Good luck as your clock ticks down to the big day. In my mind I have begun to train for MCM already. I am using a slightly elongated training schedule for a marathon, so it has begun! I think there were 5 or 6 weeks I copied from the front of the schedule and pasted it to the front of the schedule. Then I bumped up some of the miles a bit on the back end and down a bit on the begining since I was just getting back into it after almost 2 years off from "training". Yes, I know how quaint ---- Howard is actually training!

Terri: Great job on your Dualathon... I am impressed with your desire to excel and the high standards you hold yourself to. I just know you'll improve on that time in the future.

Matt: You are I will enjoy hearing about the competition in China. It is a lofty goal, one I will never take on. I am trying to fend off a plea from Charlie (Yes, Charlie!) to run an Ultra (50 Miler) in Fall 2009 up in the Finger Lakes area of New York.

Vic: Hi and Thanks! The Boy Scout Camp I too Andrew to was a bit over 108 miles from here in Maryland (Henson Scout Reserve). After the ride down and back, my plans to get in a few miles today magically floated away. (Too tired!)

Jeff: I gave my future Eagle, Andrew, your message. He is looking forward to finishing up two merit badges this week and two next week. It will be a relief when the Eagle Project is determined and successfully pulled off .