Donald's Defiant Dashers 2013

[airman]

Happy Sunday everyone!
Debbie and I (& lil Donald) ran the Cincinnati Flying Pig half marathon this morning. It was a fantastic event, from organization to the spectators. The spectators all over the course rivaled the people on Main Street during the WDW races. I don't know if it always like that or if what happened in Boston brought more people out this year. I will be doing this event again. I finished in 2:16. I was very happy with that time considering that at mile 6-9 is all up hill. I tried to keep my pace under 11 minutes on the up hills and the end of the race was mostly down hill and I managed to keep my pace at 8 minutes. I felt really good during the run, but after we cleaned up at my sisters house we drove 5 hours home and my legs got sore. I am going to take a break for a couple days, then start some kind of program to increase my speed. Time to grow up to Augie speed.
Augie: that's pretty cool being in Switzerland.
Everyone with ailments, hope you start to feel better! Once this crazy weather settles down things should get better.
Have a good week, Mighty Ducks!! (but not the real mighty ducks, Go Red Wings!)
Joe

[airman]

It's the weekend everyone! Who's got a race coming up? My next race is the Ann Arbor Half in 3 weeks. I have been working on my speed and shooting for a PR during that race.
How is every ones health Hopefully everyone is good or on the mend?

Have a great week, Ducks!

Joe

[PhillyPhil]

Hey Ducks!

Hoe everyone is doing well and having a nice, relaxing weekend! Life is good here for me...hitting WDW with all three little guys in just 27 days so that is very exciting! It will be our 2 1/2 year old's fifth trip and the first for our 7 1/2 month old twins! They both love the stroller and sleep through almost anything while in it, so I'm hoping that trend keeps up in Central Florida! On a great running note for me, I just ran my longest run ever, 18 miles, yesterday morning. I was pretty proud of myself because during the run I didn't really get tired at all. My feet were really the only thing that bothered me and they never have before. I was thinking maybe it was just the distance? They are still pretty sore today even after an ice bath and all yesterday.

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend and enjoying life! Off to take the kids for a short, relaxing walk.

[airman]

Happy Sunday everyone.
Phil: Nice job on the 18 mile run. Whenever I do a run longer than 15 miles my feet hurt also. I think it is from the pounding on the ground. Have a great trip, it's always exciting going back to Disney. I wish I had a trip coming up sooner before November, but plane tickets have been out of hand lately. The trip in November is for 9 days and I have started making plans with the trip ending with the Wine & Dine half. Other than going down for the January full we won't be back until 2015 WDW race, so I have to make those 9 days count. We already have a reservation for Be Our Guest and Hollywood Brown Derby. We rarely do sit down meals, so it should be fun.

Did everyone that was planning on doing the January WDW races get in before they filled up? The races other than Goofy and Full filled up pretty fast.
Have a great week everyone!

Joe

[ahoff]

Originally Posted by airman

It's the weekend everyone! Who's got a race coming up?

Joe

Hello Ducks! I had two races this past weekend, both 5K's, and both off road, one in a park, the other around the perimeter of a vineyard. Sunday's was in a light rain, but I ran it almost a minute faster than Saturday. Probably due to less sand.

Have a great DW trip, Phil!

I am signed up for the full, wanted the 10K but that sold out. I am thinking of being a volunteer for the 10K. But they fill up quick also.

Have a good week! Stay active and un-injured!

[operationremie]

I had a 5K this past saturday for LLS. My girlfriend's two friends and I walked it (they are not runners and I didn't want to go alone) and we had a lot of fun. It was an obstacle course race in Greenwich, CT. Had a slip-and-slide too! Afterwards there was a luau. It was a lot of fun. And we had pineapple that was cooked on the grill. So good.

[PhillyPhil]

Hi Everyone!

Joe - Thank you for getting back to me! I definitely think you were right about the pounding my feet took. I'm not a big person by any means (5'8" 140), and I thought it might be because I was taking a ton of strides to go that far and my feet were taking a beating. I am going Goofy in January though so they are just going to have to get used to it! Flights have been ridiculous this year and we are only heading down in June because we have DVC points to burn and because my parents and brother and sister are coming with us to help with the kids...if not we would just be taking the January/Marathon weekend trip.

So I'm in the tapering down stage now and I have a half marathon on June 9th. I'm hoping for under two hours since I haven't done that before...my best up until now has been 2:07. Honestly if I don't get it it's not that big of a deal but it's motivating for me to have a goal.

Okay well I hope everyone is doing very well and enjoying your Monday! Take care!

[McDuck]

Sorry I've been scarce--my DH had to go into the field for training and DD and I spent a lot of time at my parents' so not on a typical schedule. We also went to a homeschool conference with my mom--and I DID get into the fitness center to run, but there was hardly any airflow to speak of and I only made it 22 minutes. The GOOD news, however, is that all my run intervals were at 5 mph and my walks were at 4 mph.

DH and I signed up for the Crescent Connection Bridge Run on June 8th. 4 miles, all hill. But, the idea of being able to run the bridge couldn't be passed up. At least that's what I'm telling myself. And will probably need to remind myself of halfway through. LOL

We also got good news that it now looks like DH CAN be at the Princess Half next year! AND he offered to do the Glass Slipper Challenge with me. Now just to pray I can actually get registered for it!!!

[Terapin]

Hi guys!

Hope y'all are well. Been a little absent as life stuff is pretty challenging - separating from my partner. I'm looking forward, however, and excited about what the future holds.

I have my next HM next weekend and not looking forward to it all that much. I haven't been running as much (like just 2x a week, mostly under 12k) and I feel undertrained. Have been doing other stuff like swimming and biking, just nothing over 60 minutes endurance, which worries me.

Came back on Friday from Aulani! It was AMAZING. So beautiful, such a great resort. Went snorkelling in Hanauma Bay, went surfing (and got up twice!), and dallied in the lazy river a lot. We went up to the North Shore in Haleiwa and saw sea turtles. We ate a lot of shave ice. I ran once in Aulani, just to say I did :-D

Home now, battling inexplicable vacation weight gain of approx. 1 pound per day (honestly, I didn't eat that much at all!!!). Have been eating excellently since I got home trying to salad and protein my weight down.

Had a run this morning that was AWFUL. My lungs were really bad and I coughed so much I threw up! Ugh! It was hard to boot, and I only did 5k. Ah well, better run next time. Tomorrow is a long bike ride with my tri clinic. I am glad that my last race (10k this month) I PR'd otherwise I would really feel lousy about this season!

Hope y'all are well.

[liznboys]

Hey Ducks!

I officially started running again yesterday! Only 2 miles (run/walk) but it's a start. Less than 14 weeks until DDD so I have to ramp up gradually but consistently...and I have to keep up with my physical therapy exercises. I'm also getting custom orthotics, picking them up tomorrow actually. So those should help!

Carolynn~I am so sorry. Big (((hugs))) to you.... Hang in there...

[operationremie]

liznboys - congrats on starting back up again! how did it go? hope you're doing well with it! keep it up!

Today was my 6th weigh-in of the year. I decided to only do it once a month since it feels like more of an accomplishment to me than every week. I started the year off at 238 and today I weigh 228.4. I am so proud of myself to have come this far, especially since 3 years ago I was pushing 290. I may not be at my ideal weight but I am definitely at something I feel great about. And being able to wear XL shirts AND white shirts AND not feel all "ehhh" about it makes me the happiest kid on the block.

I also hit 300 miles running this year earlier this week! I feel so aweosme.

[PhillyPhil]

Hey Ducks!

Hope everyone is having a fantabulous Monday! The fact that my iPad did not autocorrect the word "fantabulous" is astounding to me!

Anyway, had a rough weekend in the PhillyPhil household. First, our 2 1/2 year old was fake coughing on Saturday morning and she ended up throwing up for her first time ever. I felt so bad for her! So she had a temperature of 101 that day and I obviously could not run and my wife and I had to cancel our trip to Atlantic City to see Bill Burr. Of course, overnight from Saturday into Sunday both babies got sick and had fevers! It was a crazy house! My wife also had a fever all day yesterday (Sunday) but I somehow avoided the illness.

Today everyone was feeling better and I was able to get out for a run. It was my last serious run before my half marathon on Sunday and I decided to do something crazy at the end of it...I decided that I was going to try to run my first ever six minute mile. Long story short, I did it! I was pretty excited. I think the closest I had ever gotten was about 7:10 before today but I had never tried to just go all out.

Okay well I hope everyone had a great start to their weeks!

Liz - Congrats on getting back! hope you are feeling and doing well!

[airman]

Happy Birthday (1 day late) to our namesake Donald Duck!

I hope everyone is doing good. Lil Donald and I did the Ann Arbor half marathon yesterday. I finished in 2:17. The course was really hilly and at the 10 mile mark the course turned into a 1.5 mile hilly dirt & gravel trail run, that was tough.
I probably did something wrong last week leading up to the half, on Tuesday I did a 5 mile training run and really pushed myself. I averaged each mile in 9:22, about a minute faster per mile than my usual runs. I felt really good and want to do that some more, but I was feeling the effect of that run yesterday. I think that will be my last half until Septembers Air Force race.
Have a great week everyone.
Joe