HockeyMomNH
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- Aug 7, 2008
Those Tink medals just made my day much better! I hope we get to see them in person next week.
Lungs continue to clear up. DS's cold is clearing up, too, just in time for his dance convention. Tried the bigger size Altras around the house and then to/from yoga, and they feel 99% great. WOW.
Got a notice from the Water utility today that they noticed increased usage, did some checking around our property, and apparently we have a leak. When I talked with them about how much we have been using, it's like 12 times what the house was billed for the month before we moved in. There are only 3 of us.
But the house was EMPTY for the reading she compared recent readings to (and had been empty for 6 months by then), so there shouldn't have been any water usage. So there's been a long standing leak. Did we get a home warranty? Of course not! I don't know if that's even possible for an older house. Because we're newbies and stupidly trusted our realtor. Our home inspection caught nothing about this. Gosh I'm so happy at the $$$$ we're about to get to spend!
You guys have been my therapy session recently. Danka.
Feeling good and getting excited despite this pesky metatarsalagia that's cropped up! Anyone else have experience with this? I guess I'll be wearing flat comfortable shoes and avoid exercises that aggravate that 1st MTP joint. Why is it that feeling your best and being well trained can chance in an instant!!!! Goodness gracious!
Take the insoles out of your shows and stuff the shoes with newspaper - the newspaper will absorb the water and help your shoes dry faster. Change it after an hour, put in new paper and then take that out after 2-3 hours. Put in round 3 of newspaper and leave it in overnight.I left my running shoes outside last night and when the sprinklers came on, they soaked them! So no run for me today.
My 4-year old has been 'training' for his Mickey Mile and his Pre-K3 teacher (a runner herself) was talking to him about eating the right foods to give him energy. This morning he asked for pasta and a steak for breakfast and used the phrase "carb loading" when asking for dinner.
I've started thinking about my strategy for the weekend. I want a good HM time for Dopey and this flat course may give me the PR I need until my next race
5k - walking. Taking all the photos.
10k - run/walk. Taking all the photos.
Hm - 2:49:59 or die trying. I'm in corral H on a flat course. Feeling good. My current PR from two weeks ago was 2:52 on a hilly course - so I think this is very realistic.
You can PR at a Disney race! My fastest 10k is 1:13 from Disneyland Avengers.
I've started thinking about my strategy for the weekend. I want a good HM time for Dopey and this flat course may give me the PR I need until my next race
5k - walking. Taking all the photos.
10k - run/walk. Taking all the photos.
Hm - 2:49:59 or die trying. I'm in corral H on a flat course. Feeling good. My current PR from two weeks ago was 2:52 on a hilly course - so I think this is very realistic.
You can PR at a Disney race! My fastest 10k is 1:13 from Disneyland Avengers.
I've started thinking about my strategy for the weekend. I want a good HM time for Dopey and this flat course may give me the PR I need until my next race
5k - walking. Taking all the photos.
10k - run/walk. Taking all the photos.
Hm - 2:49:59 or die trying. I'm in corral H on a flat course. Feeling good. My current PR from two weeks ago was 2:52 on a hilly course - so I think this is very realistic.
You can PR at a Disney race! My fastest 10k is 1:13 from Disneyland Avengers.
I turn 40yo tomorrow and never imagined myself running a half marathon at this age. I'm just celebrating being happy and healthy the entire race weekend!
@courtneybeth is this your first WDW race weekend? I can't remember.
I totally think one could PR on these courses. 4ish - 7ish will be a little crowded but otherwise you you should have some room to go at your pace.
Very possible. I would stay off your legs after the 5 and 10K. It looks to be a bit warm and I don't know what conditions you are used to. If hotter and more humid then normal for you, then drink the "watered down PowerAid" even if you aren't used to it. Get in the front of your corral. And check at the expo to see what corral and who is leading the 2:45 pace group, if there is one. The pacer really helped me last year. And don't discount walking the "hills"; the underpass before the Contemporary and just after mile 10...this swooping onramp. Take all you can from the crowds on Main Street, they are very energetic. Good luck!
I have PR'd a couple of rD races ... one was W&D last year ... which I hated the course and couldn't get off of fast enough ... which I did
But it's really not that bad. Just give yourself room. Try to stay straight. (Quit laughing everyone) and just enjoy the sights and sounds.
Folks will be cheering you. You'll be able to see the end.
It's completely doable! Survive the corral/start .... if you want a PR, just smile and wave at the photo ops, middle/end of the water/Powerade 'slows', get accustomed to saying 'excuse me' as you pinch through the group of 7 walking 7 wide ... enjoy it!
Brian
Good point, @joan4mickey
What is everyone else's race plan?? I feel like I maybe need something more detailed than my current plan of run my intervals and have fun