Wk of Mar 25--WISH Walking/Running Club

[Honeibee]

Ok, no training today. Which is OK with the knee, since it's kinda swollen. I've been icing it, and talking nice to it. Begging it to please let's just get thru the Minnie. Then we'll let Dr HHBL carve you up again.

Mel - Wow, thanks so much for setting us up with Running Warehouse! I need all the help I can get with this "free" sport.

Cam - "studmuffinliness"...Ohhh a new word which I like very much! You KNOW that will come in handy.

Terri - Oh Terri, I hate crutches. You poor thing. I know this will be worth it though.

Mike Optimator - HA HA HA, I forgot about the Salmonella!

Krista - Your posts are always so entertaining! So, I hear you're a whiz in the kitchen...wanna come over and whip up a few things for us? I'll dust off the stove.Or, maybe I'll have Vic dust it for me. I know how good he is at this kind of thing. Studmuffinliness dusting. There ya go!

Jenn - Ohhhh poor DD6. I hope she's better today. We have Chicken Pox going around up here, which is scary since I've never had it!

Speaking of studmuffinliness...where's Zebra Butt?

 

[cdn_gal_eeyore]

A hair raising AI. OK kids, don't try this at home...

 

[Cindylou]

Hi Everyone,

I was able to get outside at lunchtime today for a run. It was so gorgeous outside.

Carrie: Thanks so much for the discount. Yea!!

Craig: Nice pace on the track. It is nice to dream about running that pace for 26.2.

GoofyGuy: Wow, I'm impressed with teens and preteens running sub 6 miles. How great for the future of our sport.

Kristi: They repeat the Sesame Street episodes all the time. I'm sure I've seen that one 3 or 4 times already. I'll try to get it on Tivo for you.

Terri: Great news about your Dr. visit.

Dave: I was pre-med when I was at U of R as was 1/2 the Fr. class. Then I took chemistry and had to re-think it.

Bill: Nice job on getting the nursery done before the baby comes. My twins are 2 and their room still isn't finished.

Have a great day everyone.

 

[aladdinsgirl]

Okay, so do you guys want to hear something ? One of the ladies I work with has a son who runs HS track. She told me that he was all bummed out because he ran a half mile in 2:something and was extremely disappointed because he ran so slow. Also, his entire track team ran around the same time and got reemed by the coach because those times are too slow to make state. Are you kidding me????? He's running a 4:something mile and he's too slow. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kristi1357]

Kristi: They repeat the Sesame Street episodes all the time. I'm sure I've seen that one 3 or 4 times already. I'll try to get it on Tivo for you.

See, another reason why the WISHers are the best!
We help support each others other habits!

I just got back from 3 miles at the track - 35:29.

I'll try to catch up later - time to go for that doc. appt.!

 

[andromedaslove]

Okay, so do you guys want to hear something ? One of the ladies I work with has a son who runs HS track. She told me that he was all bummed out because he ran a half mile in 2:something and was extremely disappointed because he ran so slow. Also, his entire track team ran around the same time and got reemed by the coach because those times are too slow to make state. Are you kidding me????? He's running a 4:something mile and he's too slow. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can tell you now that is 100% believable. In High School I ran Cross Country. I got my behind chewed for a 6:30 something mile time. I now WISH I could find my way back into a 7-8 something mile.

I know I have been gone for a VERY long time. I kept hoping this thread would slow down a little and I might be able to keep up. However, it seems busier than ever which isn't a bad thing. I just need to suck it up and make the time to pop in. Which is what I am doing today. I have been training, nothing really worth noting. 2-3 miles 3-4 times a week. I have been working with DH to get him ready for the upcoming marathon training schedule. I guess that officially starts in July?! Doesn't seem like a year is enough to train, but I know for a fact it is. He has been working very hard. I can't wait to start the "REAL" training though. I really miss those LONG runs.

Dana

 

[Big Vic]

Vic - First the plumber, now the AC. This is not a good week for your house. Although that does remind me that I have to go put some bleach in the drain pipe before I have to turn ours on. Good job on the run last night.

Nah, the AC deal was scheduled. They come out once a year and do preventative maintenance. I also had them install a programmable thermostat.

I also had the tree guy come out and give me an estimate to trim a few of our oak trees. It's to make our insurance company happy. Don't get me started on Florida homeowners insurance.

Glad to hear the room passed inspection. All is well.

Terri - Glad to hear you're healing.

Studmuffins? (Sorry, to laugh, but I think we need a bit of an ego reduction here. )

Whatever do you mean? I think spring fever has hit.

Dave - Have fun at the open house. Glad to hear you're feeling a little better.

Jen, Kristi, and Cindylou - Great job on the runs.

Judy - Take care of that knee. That's an order.

Krista - Good job with getting the bike and weight training in.

Mike (Optimator) - If you run on that street again, we want video.

Take care.

 

[wtpclc]

Okay, so do you guys want to hear something ? One of the ladies I work with has a son who runs HS track. She told me that he was all bummed out because he ran a half mile in 2:something and was extremely disappointed because he ran so slow. Also, his entire track team ran around the same time and got reemed by the coach because those times are too slow to make state. Are you kidding me????? He's running a 4:something mile and he's too slow. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you know why I still have a phobia about telling anyone I knew from HS what my pace is now. My PR in the mile was 5:41 and no way would that have made State.

The year I did run State in cross, we were ranked 3rd going in. We had several injuries adn I think one girl had pneumonia. He locked us out of the van after the race , as we ended up 5th. Did I mention that this man was inducted into the MI HS Coaches Hall of Fame in the last year or so. WTH?????

 

[RedDragon]

Stacey: excellent on the 4 miles. Sometimes ya just gotta push through and it will get easier.

Judy: eating small children!! Brats (pronounced as a short a as in ah) are amazingly tasty but only small doses and only a couple times a year. I swear I can hear my arteries backing up just thinking about them. Yuuuummmm.

Cindy: that is a small world. It's just so hard to understand. Congrats on the 6.2 mile LR. Was it outside?

Laurie: great job on the run. Stay hydrated!

Kristin: hope the 5 miler goes/went well

Cam: studmuffinliness? HAHAHA

disnutt: do NOT give Calcio any ideas!!!

Vic: are you saying that if you and Calcio were standing side-by-side I couldn't tell you apart? Hmmmmmmm.......

Terri: woohoo on starting PT!! You go...

Mike: ouch on the blister!! I hope you find another pair of running shoes that you like as much. DH has a similar problem but the problem is a point on his heel and not the shoe. No matter what shoe he gets he always wears a spot in the same place. Wears it out fast too.

Steve: what time is dinner?

Krista: hope you survived the trip to the dentist. That's about all I can say about a dental visit... I also think you should slap that entire high school track team around!!

Carrie: so NOW you tell me you ran a 5:41 mile in high school (which you are probably closer to than I am) and I'm supposed to keep up with you in the Minnie?

You all read the post from DH regarding our speed work last night. It felt really good. 34:44 2 min fast 2 min slow. Today was a rest day and tomorrow I'm with my trainer. She's got all kinds of torture, er, exercise stuff for me.

Happy workouts everyone!

 

[wfloyd]

I also had the tree guy come out and give me an estimate to trim a few of our oak trees. It's to make our insurance company happy. Don't get me started on Florida homeowners insurance.

What, you don't enjoy dealing with Florida homeowners insurance. I guess having rates double just isn't everyone's idea of fun. I am just hoping ours goes down a little this year after all the legislature posturing.

Bill

 

[rosy1020]

Hello everyone!

For those of you wondering about the time zones, I'm 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time which means bacially when it's night time where you are it is the following morning for me. It's great because if I forget a birthday until the last minute, I can still call on that date for me and I'm a day early

Got my 5 miler in last night. DH ran with me and the weather was beautiful. We went out around 8:30 and he has been so good about sticking with my pace even though it's slower than his. He's a good running buddy I had been doing most of my running alone up until the last week or so and DH decided he'll do most of my runs with me and even the long runs up to 10 miles (beyond that he won't). It will help me get in marathon shape and should help him for his PFT requirements for his job.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to respond to everyone's posts individually. I have read them all but I've only been able to get on the board at work so I can't spend too much time replying. Maybe I'll be better on the weekend.

Kristin

 

[thndrmatt]

Wow am I pooped. Second day of a new training plan for me that involves 6 days a week instead of 3-4 adding in 2 and eventually 3 days of swimming to 3 days of biking and 3 days of running... Basically Mondays off, Tue-Fri alternate bike and then swim/run together, and weekends long bike and long run on the two days, or a race of some kind on one of the days.

Today I received my new Riptide swimming tether thingy, which is the main reason I'm so dead. We have a decent sized pool but it certainly isn't suitable for doing laps, so I snagged one of these: http://www.swimriptide.com/index.php?pg=&nav=

Although it's similar to running on a treadmill or biking on a trainer in that you don't actually go anywhere, it also means you don't get any breaks. You can't even slack off and sink a bit or it starts yankin and pulling you back onto the surface in the proper position. It's doing wonders for my form I'm sure, but it was my first day swimming for longer than 5 minutes in at least a few years, so now my arms feel like they're going to fall off after only like 20 min. Hopped out, "transitioned" and ran 3 miles with DW, and was having a hard time keeping up!

 

[Calcio]

Krista and the rest of the gang

I do appreciate your comment about high school males running half miles in the low 2's and full miles in the high 4's. Those times actually are not remotely competitive, and although they certainly are fast to folks like us, they will bring the runner in embarassingly far behind the winners in quality meets.

Without doing a Google search to verify it, (liar, I just did it) Jim Ryun from Wichita, Kansas ran a 3:55 mile in high school in the 1960's, and Marty Liquori similarly went sub-4 in high school in the 1970's. I did see a Jim Webb did the same thing in 2001, breaking Ryun's record. American middle distance running has certainly hit a wall, translation = "we stink," but although a 4:50 mile sounds fast, and it is, that will finish about 300 meters behind someone who can run 4:15.

As a nation we haven't produced a true world class middle distance runner since Steve Prefontaine, who was tragically killed in an auto crash in the mid 1970's. I must admit my favorite mile board and quote in previous years on the Disney course was his ("I don't run to see who is the fastest, I run to see who has the most guts"), and it really made me mad, nuclear mad, this year when they replaced the cool quotes with stupid ones brought to you by your official mile marker sponsor of the 2007 WDW Marathon and Half Marathon, Sharpee.


If you'd like to read something that will really rev you up for your training, the long easy ones and the fast interval or tempo workouts, get your hands on "The Perfect Mile," by Neal Bascomb. It recounts the race for the sub-4:00 mile by Roger Bannister (now Sir Roger Bannister) of England, Wes Santee of the United States and Kansas, and John Landy of Australia. In the early 1950's these 3 men were knocking on the door of sub-4, and the book does a great job telling the story of how all 3 got within a couple of seconds and then struggled to get those last 20 meters and break the barrier. Especially since many medical and athletic "authorities" had stated that the sub-4 minute mile was physically impossible, and anyone who attempted it was sure to die on the track.

Anyway, while you are reading it makes you HAVE TO put on the spikes and hit the track. The best part is each of the 3, although world class and world record holders, faced disappointment after disappointment as they tried to break the number. Although we all don't belong in that group of 3, we all face the same trials and tribulations to hit our own personal sub-4 miles. That is the coolest part of running and why we all, to paraphrase Shakespeare are a band of brothers.

And lastly, and don't spread this, but I'll spread my feathers a bit. In high school my 1/4 mile PR was 53 seconds. Of course (1) that finished 5 seconds or 55 yards behind the state champion in the quarter and (2) Richard Nixon was in the White House. I can still do a 53 second quarter, but unfortunately it takes me about 2 minutes to do it.

Do get hold of the book and read it. It really will inspire you to get out and train.

Craig

 

[chimera]

What, you don't enjoy dealing with Florida homeowners insurance. I guess having rates double just isn't everyone's idea of fun. I am just hoping ours goes down a little this year after all the legislature posturing.

Bill

Ours doubled and we haven't even taken a direct hit since TS Gabrielle in 2001. Charley, Frances and Jeanne skimmed us so there was a fair amount of damage in the area though. We added a deductible to decrease our rate. After reviewing our policy to see what coverage we could drop, I found that we are covered for damage due to weight of ice/snow AND for damage due to volcanic eruption Property taxes have been pretty fun too.

Good run tonight! 3.54 miles in 40min for 11:17 pace. I didn't catch my 5K split, but I was at 3.13 when I got to 35 min interval . My 5K split on Mon was 35:44. Tonight I saw cows, a bunny, a female cardinal...and a baby gator, probably not even 2 feet long.

Hurricanes, gators, snakes...don't y'all want to move on down

Dana...welcome back!

Kristin...thanks for explaning the time zone thing.

Leana...AI is weird this year. What if Sanjaya actually wins I agree with your bottom three. I really liked Chris Sligh in the beginning, but he seems to be losing some of his spark...and he keeps rushing the music.

Terri...glad to see that you're doing well!

Martha and Craig...great pace on your run!

Kristi...hope your appointment went well. Great pace on your 3 miles!

Carrie...wow... Cross country sounds pretty hardcore.

Bill...when shopping at runningwarehouse with the discount, you have to think like a girl. If you buy 5 things with the 15% discount, you'll likely get something 'free' because you saved so much on the other things.

 

[keenercam]

Hi, everyone! I finally got away from my office and got outside for a "run". Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I could only get in 2 miles. OVerall pace was 13:20 and my first 2 laps were at a 12 something pace. Not bad for my first trip outside. I'd have given ANYTHING to have had another hour on my own to push some limits.

Unfortunately, it may be the last training I see this week with my work on an expedited case that is going to hearing on Monday at 9 a.m. Once that is over, I hope to be able to carve more time out to train.

 

[Big Vic]

What, you don't enjoy dealing with Florida homeowners insurance. I guess having rates double just isn't everyone's idea of fun. I am just hoping ours goes down a little this year after all the legislature posturing.

Bill

Ours has almost tripled in the past two years. That was after being canceled by Allstate Floridian. It's nothing but a scam, IMO. Hopefully, we'll all catch a break.

Vic: are you saying that if you and Calcio were standing side-by-side I couldn't tell you apart? Hmmmmmmm.......

Yep!

Mel - Good job on the run.

Take care.

 

[thndrmatt]

http://www.disneyrunning.com/06dlhalfphotolw.html

I hadn't even noticed that Robert reposted my brother's 238497234 pictures he took of last year's inaugural DL half. A lot of it is repetitive, and some are just plain embarrassing, but you all need a laugh at work right?

Edit: I should note the chain on his bike blew out near the pond prior to mile 9, and he ended up just having to hoof it back to the finish, you basically get a play by play of the whole route up to that point though... Also featured are my mom, brother, his fiancee, sister, and father (DW couldn't make the trip out).

Edit 2: If you look at nothing else check out page 10 of 10 and the homemade sign that greeted me about mile 5 at the top of the only real "hill."

I may just have to sign up again just in case I can make it this year!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Good Morning TEAM:

Not too much to report from yesterday. I ran with my princesses, DD6 and DD9 . We did 1.5 miles in something like 28 min. They were really not into it, and it was kind of a tough run. I really want to be careful because I want them to enjoy the running, and I don't want to be forcing them to do it. I told them that I really want them to have fun and want to do the race, and not to do it for me. We'll see how it goes. Afterwards we went to the open house and had ice cream.

Dana- great to see you back posting. Hop in anytime.

Krista- When I was in HS, I ran the 800 meters, and my PR was around 2:00 min. It was 2:0 something, but not under 2:00 min. That wouldn't have had me anywhere close to qualifying for states.

Carrie- That is way too bad about your HS CC coach. How awful that your team gets locked out of the van after the state championship. This was Brighton, right? Wow, that experience really seemed to have turned you off of running for a long, long time. Our HS CC team was just bad. We were always happy to just win a meet.

Martha- Great job on your speedwork with DH.

Kristin- Hello out there in Japan! Can you go to DisneySea for me? Great job on your 5 miler with DH.

Matt- Whoa, that swimming tether thingy sounds tough. So does your new training plan also include a race every week? Good luck with your new plan. Thanks for the DL 1/2 pictures. Those were fun.

Craig- Thanks for the book suggestion. Sounds good.

Mel- Thanks so much for setting up the team discount with running warehouse. Great job on your 3.54 mile run. Oh and about AI, so Sanjaya makes it through another week. I wonder if any of the rest of the contestants are getting upset with him. Did Gina look pale before they called Chris Sligh's name or what?

Cam- I'm so glad you were able to get out and run. Your work week sounds like it's been incredible this week. Good luck on getting through your case.

Vic- Uuugh, with the homeowner's insurance.

 

[wfloyd]

Bill...when shopping at runningwarehouse with the discount, you have to think like a girl. If you buy 5 things with the 15% discount, you'll likely get something 'free' because you saved so much on the other things.

I think I finally have worked some of that thinking out of Lynnda. I just can't figure out how spending $200 to get a free shirt is worth it when I could have bought the shirt for $15 and then saved $185. When she says I saved x amount, my first thought is "exactly how much did you spend to save that much".

Bill

 

[KelNottAt]

Good morning, everyone.

Nothing remarkable to post. Just hope you all have a great day.