GKTW Online Fundraiser: Warrior Dash for GKTW - Deadline: September 21! - The DIS Discussion Forums

BobbinWeez · 01-12-2013, 01:42 PM

So I've signed up to run a Warrior Dash event this September. I'm pretty sure I've lost my mind! Anyway I thought I would use it as a way to raise money for GKTW. The link to my First Giving page is below. I'll keep everyone updated on my training which will be comical since I'm pretty much a couch potato!
https://www.firstgiving.com/fundrais...rdashpowerof10

*NikkiBell* · 01-12-2013, 03:09 PM

Alright! Way to go!!! This will be a great experience! I'm rooting for ya!

BobbinWeez · 01-16-2013, 10:32 AM

So I just finished my first week of Couch to 5k training. For those of you who may not be familiar Couch to 5k is a training that uses intervals of walking and jogging 3 times per week to get you to the point you can run a 5k.
Now I've always been a person who when asked "Do you run?" answered "only if I'm being chased!" Couch to 5k is doable. I really like it because I use the Couch to 5k app and it tells me when to walk and when to jog. Since I live in Massachusetts and it's winter I am not running outside. I'm using a treadmill in the fitness room at my apartment complex. I plug in my headphones start the app and add some music and off I start. I'm really liking it and hoping I can keep motivated to continue.

BobbinWeez · 01-17-2013, 03:32 PM

I've also got to start doing some cross training to strengthen my arms and shoulders. I guess I should be able to haul myself up and over some of the barriers.

BobbinWeez · 01-22-2013, 11:11 AM

Part way through week 2. Still feeling good. I did have a gap in my training due to crazy work schedule, going to visit my family and watching football this weekend. but I started back up today. Cross training for the day: moving frozen snow boulders out from behind my car so I can drive!
And now my best friend and I have decided to train for and run the Tower of Terror 10 Miler!

tigger813 · 01-22-2013, 08:50 PM

Hey! Great idea! When is the Warrior Dash you are doing? I live in Littleton MA! I think we met on the WISH boards! I'm doing the Littleton Road Race in mid September and then doing the Jingle Jungle 5K at Animal Kingdom Veterans Day weekend! I kind of started my training today. I did a 5K on my elliptical this morning alternating between running and walking. I watch a show and run during the commercials and then get back to a fast walk during the show. After a while I will switch. It took my 54 minutes but it's a start!

Best wishes!
TTFN

01-12-2013, 01:42 PM	#1
BobbinWeez Talks to the little man between her toes. Who put sesame seeds on my plain bagel?! Imagines being an Imagineer would be great Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 429	GKTW Online Fundraiser: Warrior Dash for GKTW - Deadline: September 21! So I've signed up to run a Warrior Dash event this September. I'm pretty sure I've lost my mind! Anyway I thought I would use it as a way to raise money for GKTW. The link to my First Giving page is below. I'll keep everyone updated on my training which will be comical since I'm pretty much a couch potato! https://www.firstgiving.com/fundrais...rdashpowerof10 __________________ "A best friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway." Last edited by BobbinWeez; 01-16-2013 at 10:24 AM.

01-12-2013, 03:09 PM	#2
NikkiBell Careful with the Cool Whip! LOX IS MY NEMESIS!!! I'm coming off of the plane decked out with a Snooki poof Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 11,021	Alright! Way to go!!! This will be a great experience! I'm rooting for ya! __________________ Nikki DIS Unplugged Forum Moderator & Blogger disboards.com blog.wdwinfo.com 2011 - GC, Swan 2010 - AKLV 2009 - AKLV, DxDP/OKW, DDP 2008 - SSR, PFTS, MNSSHP/AKLV, 1st DVC Trip, DxDP 2007 - PC, MNSSHP 2006-7 - POFQ, Premium DP 2006 - PC 2005 - POFQ, Premium DP 2004 - PC, Silver Plan 1998 - ASMu 1997-94 - Off-Site

01-16-2013, 10:32 AM	#3
BobbinWeez Talks to the little man between her toes. Who put sesame seeds on my plain bagel?! Imagines being an Imagineer would be great Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 429	So I just finished my first week of Couch to 5k training. For those of you who may not be familiar Couch to 5k is a training that uses intervals of walking and jogging 3 times per week to get you to the point you can run a 5k. Now I've always been a person who when asked "Do you run?" answered "only if I'm being chased!" Couch to 5k is doable. I really like it because I use the Couch to 5k app and it tells me when to walk and when to jog. Since I live in Massachusetts and it's winter I am not running outside. I'm using a treadmill in the fitness room at my apartment complex. I plug in my headphones start the app and add some music and off I start. I'm really liking it and hoping I can keep motivated to continue. __________________ "A best friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway."

01-17-2013, 03:32 PM	#4
BobbinWeez Talks to the little man between her toes. Who put sesame seeds on my plain bagel?! Imagines being an Imagineer would be great Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 429	I've also got to start doing some cross training to strengthen my arms and shoulders. I guess I should be able to haul myself up and over some of the barriers. __________________ "A best friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway."

01-22-2013, 11:11 AM	#5
BobbinWeez Talks to the little man between her toes. Who put sesame seeds on my plain bagel?! Imagines being an Imagineer would be great Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 429	Part way through week 2. Still feeling good. I did have a gap in my training due to crazy work schedule, going to visit my family and watching football this weekend. but I started back up today. Cross training for the day: moving frozen snow boulders out from behind my car so I can drive! And now my best friend and I have decided to train for and run the Tower of Terror 10 Miler! __________________ "A best friend is someone who knows all about you but likes you anyway." Last edited by BobbinWeez; 01-22-2013 at 11:24 AM.

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01-22-2013, 08:50 PM	#6
tigger813 DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MA- Red Sox Nation; DVC When Possible:) Posts: 4,108	Hey! Great idea! When is the Warrior Dash you are doing? I live in Littleton MA! I think we met on the WISH boards! I'm doing the Littleton Road Race in mid September and then doing the Jingle Jungle 5K at Animal Kingdom Veterans Day weekend! I kind of started my training today. I did a 5K on my elliptical this morning alternating between running and walking. I watch a show and run during the commercials and then get back to a fast walk during the show. After a while I will switch. It took my 54 minutes but it's a start! Best wishes! TTFN __________________ Tracey ,DH-Brian (aka doconeill) ,: DD13 Ashleigh-, DD8 Elizabeth- Next trip: Star Wars Weekend May 31st-June 2nd

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