The Running Thread - 2018

[PaDisneyCouple]

ATTQOTD: We were heading to the JCC to work out, and the moon was just above the horizon ahead of us. Got to see the start of the eclipse, but didn't feel like waiting outside in the cold for the full effect.

 

[KSellers88]

I know we recently had a question about running at Disney and tons of people chimed in so I wanted to see if anyone had any advice for me. I'll be at Disney for Princess at the end of the month staying at Bay Lake. Other than the 10k and half I have two five mile runs scheduled while I am there. I know BLT/Contemporary have a running trail around the resort that is around 1 mile, but does anyone know of a way I could get to Ft. Wilderness to run there one day? Is my only option to drive/ride a bus/take a boat? Thanks in advance!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

And now I'm trying to convince my husband who loves Legos that this would be totally doable the week before the star wars 5k! He's not as into running as I am and I think he's a little overwhelmed with me dragging him along to all these races.

If I really wanted to run a 5K the week before Dark Side, I would take it nice and easy and use it as the maintenance run. My plan (Galloway First Order Challenge) calls for 4 miles the week before the race so a relaxed 5K would be no problem for me.

 

[PCFriar80]

I know we recently had a question about running at Disney and tons of people chimed in so I wanted to see if anyone had any advice for me. I'll be at Disney for Princess at the end of the month staying at Bay Lake. Other than the 10k and half I have two five mile runs scheduled while I am there. I know BLT/Contemporary have a running trail around the resort that is around 1 mile, but does anyone know of a way I could get to Ft. Wilderness to run there one day? Is my only option to drive/ride a bus/take a boat? Thanks in advance!

Walk to MK and take the boat to Ft. Wilderness.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: I didn’t see it, I was running late to work (again) and never looked up. Didn’t really need to though as every one of my students acted like they’ve lost their minds the last two days so I knew it was happening news was all over it this morning, though.

 

[Bree]

I know we recently had a question about running at Disney and tons of people chimed in so I wanted to see if anyone had any advice for me. I'll be at Disney for Princess at the end of the month staying at Bay Lake. Other than the 10k and half I have two five mile runs scheduled while I am there. I know BLT/Contemporary have a running trail around the resort that is around 1 mile, but does anyone know of a way I could get to Ft. Wilderness to run there one day? Is my only option to drive/ride a bus/take a boat? Thanks in advance!

Walk to MK and take the boat to Ft. Wilderness.

The blue flag boat makes a resort only loop between Contemporary, Ft. Wilderness and Wilderness Lodge. It starts at 6:45 in the morning. No need to go to MK.

 

[Disney at Heart]

ATTQOTD: I didn’t see it, I was running late to work (again) and never looked up. Didn’t really need to though as every one of my students acted like they’ve lost their minds the last two days so I knew it was happening news was all over it this morning, though.

As a retired h.s. teacher, I SOOOO understand this!

 

[KSellers88]

@Bree and @PCFriar80 thank you both! Boat it is!

 

[DIS-OH]

So...after 10 years of running, the injury bug has finally caught me.


My hip has been bothering me off and on since Thanksgiving. It was only after running, and not while running until last weekend. I was 2 miles into a run when the pain hit. Rested a few days, tried again with the same result.

Went to the free running injury clinic at my shoe store today. The possibilities are stress fracture or ITB syndrome.

Have an appointment with a sports med doctor on Monday. He’s the medical director of all the “Big” local races and specializes in treating runners.

Hoping for the best...and that I can at least walk the Princess Half.

 

[avondale]

QOTD: This morning we got to experience a rare event in the skies. A super blue blood moon! As NASA states, a trifecta of events. Todays question is did you see it this morning? Did you see it while out on a run? Any other cool type of space related events have you seen while out on a run? Seeing the space station, a comet, ect?

ATTQOTD: I did not go for a run this morning, but I did get to see the eclipse this morning as DD and I left the house. She was excited about it, and then wanted to know why the moon was missing. These type of events get the little wheels turning in her head and she ask 1,000 questions lol. Good times! I've run a few times late at night and have seen a few shooting stars but nothing overly exciting.

ATTQOTD: I'm an astronomer IRL. I'm always looking for things happening in the sky. I tend to get distracted by the Moon pretty much any time when it's above the horizon. In my location, the lunar eclipse was just visible at sunrise/moonset, and I didn't get up since I was up very late for a tennis match last night. This summer getting up at 5:00am for early runs before the heat, I watched a nice apparition of Venus in the east before sunrise. I've seen solar halos and sundogs while on runs, although those aren't really "in space". The ISS would be bright enough to see pretty easily while running at night, but I haven't had the opportunity to see it while running. Honestly, I don't usually run outside when it's dark for various reasons.

If you're running in the morning this time of year while it's still dark enough to see stars, you can see Jupiter and Mars low in the south (assuming you're around latitude 40 deg N). Jupiter is very bright and distinct; Mars not so much right now. Just after sunset, Venus is low in the west.

 

[HomeiswhereMickeyis]

If I really wanted to run a 5K the week before Dark Side, I would take it nice and easy and use it as the maintenance run. My plan (Galloway First Order Challenge) calls for 4 miles the week before the race so a relaxed 5K would be no problem for me.

It would totally be an easy fun run if we did it, but the problem is more that my husband isn't really into running. He does it because I enjoy it and he will run up to a 5k to hang out with me, but 2 races that close would definitely be pushing it. He may love Star Wars and Legos but I'm not sure it's enough to get him to run 2 5ks that close to each other. He keeps saying we should do the Lego race next year lol!

 

[PrincessMickey]

I saw the eclipse on my way home from work this morning. I don’t run in the dark so I never see anything fun while running.

 

[JulieODC]

So...after 10 years of running, the injury bug has finally caught me.


My hip has been bothering me off and on since Thanksgiving. It was only after running, and not while running until last weekend. I was 2 miles into a run when the pain hit. Rested a few days, tried again with the same result.

Went to the free running injury clinic at my shoe store today. The possibilities are stress fracture or ITB syndrome.

Have an appointment with a sports med doctor on Monday. He’s the medical director of all the “Big” local races and specializes in treating runners.

Hoping for the best...and that I can at least walk the Princess Half.

Hope your appt goes well and it’s a minor injury that heals quickly!

 

[Bree]

ATTQOTD: I'm an astronomer IRL.

OMG you have my dream job. Seriously! If only 40yo self could go back in time and tell 18yo self not to give up her dream. I ended up going to college to pursue a business degree.

 

[Waiting2goback]

QOTD: This morning we got to experience a rare event in the skies. A super blue blood moon! As NASA states, a trifecta of events. Todays question is did you see it this morning? Did you see it while out on a run? Any other cool type of space related events have you seen while out on a run? Seeing the space station, a comet, ect?

ATTQOTD: I did not go for a run this morning, but I did get to see the eclipse this morning as DD and I left the house. She was excited about it, and then wanted to know why the moon was missing. These type of events get the little wheels turning in her head and she ask 1,000 questions lol. Good times! I've run a few times late at night and have seen a few shooting stars but nothing overly exciting.

I didn't see it. I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary on a run.

To start of the month of February we have the following folks with races over the weekend:

February
03 - @michigandergirl - Groundhog Half Marathon (NG / N/A)
03 - @KSellers88 - Super Bowl 5k (NG / N/A)
03 - @Sanchez - Save the Light Half Marathon (1:38:00 / N/A)
03 - @gjramsey - Katy Half Marathon (NG / N/A)
03 - @baxter24 - Krispy Kreme Challenge (NG / N/A)
03 - @PrincessMickey - Back the Blue 5k (35:00 / N/A)
04 - @JulieODC - Super Sunday 5 Miler (NG / N/A)
04 - kathymford - Redondo Beach Super Bowl Sunday 5k (NG / N/A)

If you would like to adjust your goal or some other type of change please let me know. If someone has a race they would like to add to the weekend list, also let me know. Best of luck to each of you this weekend and we look forward to hearing how your race goes!

Good luck everyone!

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Just wanted to share this picture of little man in his Woody outfit. Disney related maybe, running related... not even close.

Awesome pic. He's beautiful.

 

[Disney at Heart]

So...after 10 years of running, the injury bug has finally caught me.


My hip has been bothering me off and on since Thanksgiving. It was only after running, and not while running until last weekend. I was 2 miles into a run when the pain hit. Rested a few days, tried again with the same result.

Went to the free running injury clinic at my shoe store today. The possibilities are stress fracture or ITB syndrome.

Have an appointment with a sports med doctor on Monday. He’s the medical director of all the “Big” local races and specializes in treating runners.

Hoping for the best...and that I can at least walk the Princess Half.

Best wishes for a good diagnosis and quick recovery.

 

[jmasgat]

So...after 10 years of running, the injury bug has finally caught me.


My hip has been bothering me off and on since Thanksgiving. It was only after running, and not while running until last weekend. I was 2 miles into a run when the pain hit. Rested a few days, tried again with the same result.

Went to the free running injury clinic at my shoe store today. The possibilities are stress fracture or ITB syndrome.

Have an appointment with a sports med doctor on Monday. He’s the medical director of all the “Big” local races and specializes in treating runners.

Hoping for the best...and that I can at least walk the Princess Half.

Glad you have an appointment with a doctor who treats runners. Hope it goes well--and is ITB. That's pretty straightforward to treat on your own with the right stretching/strengthening exercises. (Says someone who has gotten this before)

 

[FredtheDuck]

Sorry to hear about the injury, @DIS-OH! Hope it's something minor and easy to work back from.

 

[camaker]

So...after 10 years of running, the injury bug has finally caught me.


My hip has been bothering me off and on since Thanksgiving. It was only after running, and not while running until last weekend. I was 2 miles into a run when the pain hit. Rested a few days, tried again with the same result.

Went to the free running injury clinic at my shoe store today. The possibilities are stress fracture or ITB syndrome.

Have an appointment with a sports med doctor on Monday. He’s the medical director of all the “Big” local races and specializes in treating runners.

Hoping for the best...and that I can at least walk the Princess Half.

Good luck! There's a lot that can go wrong around the hip. Hopefully it will be something relatively simple and quick that PT and home exercises can fix!

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: Lets discuss running shoes today. How did you determine what shoes you currently have? Did you try new brands / type as you circumstances change?

ATTQOTD: I went to my local running store and there is a process to get you in the right shoe. I am currently in a shoe that I am probably 20lbs to big to be running in. I like the shoe, but training in them is likely increasing my odds of injury. I have a second pair similar to them that have even less support that I dont want to use at the moment. So this Friday I will likely go get some new shoes and ask for the advice of the employees on what I should do. Buy the same pair again, or get a shoe thats more supportive..