eandesmom
I'm with Beast
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- Jan 5, 2009
And don't forget you have a very BIG race in August! That is totally not a slug!!
When I put it on paper that list seems more impressive than I think it really is. My list from last year was long too. Course, last year did not have as many halfs on it. [/QUOTE]
You will be fine, and yes a big race. I probably should be far more freaked out about it than I am. Right now I am focused on the 15K and pretty sure it will not be at the pace I want but we will see.
I agree! And yes... the car would be needed at least for the last 4 days. Renting a car for 4 days though might as well be a week because the cost isn't much more for a full week. SO in my comparisons (as twisted as they may be) I compared a week rental in orlando to the 11 day rental out of tpa. The cost jump was a bit less than $100. So I figured I saved about $200 for the airfare even with getting the car for longer.
FDM. Fuzzy Disney Math
Thanks! Josh (Kira's dh) had his camera on the trip last month and took a lot of really good pictures. I wish I could take photos like he did.
those are framers!
I know my list is pretty long and I do realize I may not get to do everything on that list if for no other reason that time and expense. But goals are important, yes? Also, this is my form of entertainment (outside of disney)
So how does my dashboard look on athlinks?
I had my first race in 8/2012 and I have had few months since that I didn't have some event I have done. Curious to see a list? Maybe not, but I will share anyway.
8/12 - 10k
9/12 - 10miler
10/12 - 10k
11/12 - 5k
NOTHING IN DECEMBER 2012
NOTHING IN JANUARY 2013
2/13 - Half
3/13 - 10k (unofficial on athlinks)
4/13 - 10k
5/13 - 8k
6/13 - 5k
7/13 - COLOR RUN (fun run no time)
8/13 - 10k
NOTHING IN SEPTEMBER 2013 (planned two in October)
10/13 - 10miler
10/13 - 10k
11/13 - 5k
NOTHING IN DECEMBER 2013
1/14 - Half
NOTHING IN FEBRUARY 2014 (two are planned for March)
And how do I measure up? My early ones are all "red" My more recent ones "green".
So I may seem like I have a long list ahead of me, but other than the fact that I have way more half on it that I perhaps should... it probably is doable.
that is a lot
A lot of you probably already know that once Steve and I returned from the half in January, we fell ill. I think we truly had influenza. It really took both of us down. Steve had double pneumonia in the summer so his lungs are still super sensitive. So this new plague really hit him hard. He has ran very little since coming back. Me - I have probably pushed harder than I should have. I think Steve and I need to find a happy medium between the "I am feeling ill and absolutely no running" and "I am feeling ill but by God I will not miss a run"
Yes, somewhere in between would be prudent
We each had put a goal of 1000 miles ran in 2014. Seemed like a good one on January 1. I hit over 900 for 2013, so why not? Well, January left me with only having ran 32 miles. February has slowly improved, but I am still behind in my goal. (I have about 50 miles for February with one week left to go) I think this "being behind" is what has caused me to take my miles up maybe more than I need them to be at this point. Afterall, I am not training for a half just yet. I am only training for a 10k and a 5k.
Holy cats that is a LOT of miles. I will come nowhere close to that. I'll definitely easily break 500 but 1K? No.
In a normal week I try to run 4 times. Maybe that seems high, but I don't do anything else. My job is fairly physically demanding so I count that as my cross training.
So my plan for the March races is this (and I will post to let you know how I am doing)
2/22 - 6 miles. This will finish off this week a bit less than I like but I am trying to keep in mind my miles WILL get up high when training for the halfs and I really don't need them to be up that high just yet. Right?
2/24 - 2 miles. This should be for speed, but since getting back I have not been as speedy as I like. My best 2 mile run I sub'd and 8 min mile pace. I ultimately have a goal to get back down to that for my 2 mile runs. For now though I will take a sub 9.
2/25 - 4 miles. This should be a good pace, but not for speed.
2/27 - 5 miles. This can be at a slower pace, but should not be "too" slow.
3/1 - 6 miles. This can be as slow as I need it to be. It will count as my "long" run for the week.
3/3 - 2 miles, again for speed.
3/4 - 4 miles, again a good speed. I need to push a bit but not too much.
3/6 - 4 miles. I will take this easy since I hope to get a good time on 3/8 for the race.
3/8 - 6.2 miles. Foothills Dash RACE DAY!!! I doubt that I will PR this distance. I can hope, but I doubt I will. I would have to finish in less than 55:59 This is the first time running THIS race though, so I can count it as a PR for that. This race will take place on a trail that Steve and I like to run. It is in the town that our daughter, Kira lives. It is also the same course as a race from last year that I ran and finished as the first female finisher and 2nd over all. So I am familiar with how I perform on this course. It shouldn't be too challenging. It will have more participants than race from last year. Last year's race (the double half) really was more about the fact that it included back to back half marathons. Most registrants ran one or both of the halfs so there really was not as many runners doing the 10k or 5k. It was a good race but it does not look as though that promoter is doing it again. Since I had finished the way I did, I had hoped to use it for a POT to RD (cause all my races ultimately are a way for me to run disney). RD has made new rules in 2014 requiring USATF certification on races. This double half race was sanctioned but not certified. When I contacted the promoter to discuss it he told me that it was just too costly for him to have it certified. I suspect that maybe that has something to do with why it does not appear to be scheduled again for 2014.
3/10 - 2 miles for speed.
3/11 - 4 miles at a good pace
3/13 - 6 miles easy pace.
3/15 - 3.1 miles St. Paddy's Day Run RACE DAY!!! I still need to register for this. Aside from the RunDisney events I also like to try and do all of the RunSnoqualmie events. Last year I had wanted to run a 10k for St. Paddy's day and so we stayed closer to home. Problem is closer to home can be VERY hilly. The race was advertised as flat, but it had a pretty huge hill. Another thing I look for is what comes with registration. Do I get a tech tee a regular tee..nothing? I liked that last year's race offered taco trucks and doughnut booths. The course though was tricky and the shirt was one the promoter was last minute frantically using iron ons to apply the logo to...so despite the goodies in the end I decided to go with a shorter race from a promoter who knows how to put on a great race. (plus his courses are always TRULY flat) First time for this race will mean a PR for it, but again I doubt I will PR the distance. I would have to do better than 27:36. I suppose it is possible if I really push.
I think it's a solid plan. I definitely don't plan out as much as maybe I should, it's more about I have 3 days that I run and I have an amount of time to work with. Running in the dark has definitely impacted my total miles as there are spots I won't go, I am looking forward to the light coming back, it is getting better. What I don't do, and should, is the short fast run. With only 3 nights to run I can't justify the shorter workout. Which may well be why my speed isn't increasing but oh well, I'd rather get the longer cardio and overall workout and miles in. I figure if I really need to add it, I can do that in June/July/Aug. Because you do run 4x I think the short fast one is very good as it probably helps balance it out to prevent injury.
So it is official. I booked our flights into Tampa on 10/1 returning on 10/11. We are about 7 months out now and I am relieved to have this taken care of. This flight will leave late enough in the morning that we don't need to do Steve's usual required "night before" stay at a hotel near the airport. It is a direct flight there. My only worry is that it arrives pretty close to rush hour. Maybe by the time we get the car commuters headed north won't be on the road as much? The return leg will allow us to sleep in and still spend a good day with the in laws. We won't have to leave until late afternoon since our flight is not until 6:30pm. I just hope we are not twiddling our thumbs all day. I love love LOVE my in laws, but they do tend to have their own plans and schedules and no matter how much we share with them our plans or confirm with them their availability somehow they find a way to become unavailable. When the kids were young we would travel from out of town for a weekend trip to see them only to arrive and have them go grocery shopping. In december my daughter Kira, her husband and I went for a quick trip over to see them (about a 5 hour drive). We let them know the approximate time we would be there, confirmed we were not staying long and confirmed they would be around. About an hour or so into the visit they got weird and started hemming and hawing around how they had to have dinner. It seemed as though they were looking for a way to ask us to leave...so we took the hint. I can't fault them any really. I get having a schedule. I just hope that their schedule doesn't leave us sitting inside a room for three days while we wait for our flight to depart.
Oh man I am
That is SO Jeff's dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When they were here for thanksgiving he'd just take off. To the store. And not come back.
For hours.
And then show up with apples or t shirts or totally random things that we already have. I will say they don't do that when we visit but when they are here boy, it can be a challenge.