You're right, I guess we would be legacy if we did it every year! That's something I hadn't thought about...Perfect Lumieres? Surely they will come up with something more clever than that!
Really good run today! I felt little if any pain in my upper ankle/lower calf area (man, how many times have I written "upper ankle/lower calf" or some version of that over the last almost 3 months??), and I felt pretty strong for most of the run (the last 0.5 miles or so got a little tough).
1:45/1:00 was the plan again today - all run intervals done at 5.7MPH (10:30/mile pace). Total time was 30:44, 12:17/mile pace. It's possible I'm jinxing myself by saying so, but I feel like I'm really turning a corner this week. Woohoo!!
I'm impatiently waiting.AND NOW...A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WITH BATED BREATH*...
...I have selected my Tink 10K outfit (I think). But it's confidential right now (it's been ordered but has not been publicly released yet - currently is being produced, I guess), so I'll post it soon...but I will say that it is NOT in any way Tink-related. It IS cute though (in my opinion).
The club gear combo is also really cute together and would be good PR for your newly-minted Ambassador status. But, of course, we need to see your other consideration to know for sure. HA!
Those puppies do make it hard to leave them, don't they? I hope you guys have a wonderful cruise!!!AND LASTLY...today was online check-in day for my and Mr. A's summer cruise!We originally had a 7-night Eastern Caribbean booked on the Fantasy, but after our long California trip, we decided we didn’t want to be away from the dog again for that long, so we downgraded to a 4-night Dream cruise. That's right, the dog dictates our vacation plans (there were other factors too, but I'm not gonna lie...the monster was the biggest thing!).
VENT: runDisney released the Dark Side waivers and corrals today, but still no information on deferrals for that race weekend. This is making me even more concerned that deferrals are just going away entirely, which means I’m out $300+ for my Pixie Dust Challenge bib.UGH!
Looking at races for a new POT is definitely a good sign. I hate running races in the dog days of summer, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Yay on being able to think about speedwork now.Something I've been thinking about a lot lately...my "good" proof of time races are officially "too old" to use.I have a less-good one that I'm just going to have to live with for Wine & Dine, but beyond that, I want a new, better time to use, so I was researching local races today and found a 10-miler in August that could work. Provided that race is still happening (information isn't updated for 2016 yet). This is definitely a sign that I'm feeling better, because getting a good time means I need to get faster, and that means I'll need to start up some speedwork after Tink. And speedwork seemed completely undoable to me a few weeks ago, but now, I think I'll be ready once Tink weekend is over.
I just want you all to know that it's possible that I will be famous very soon.
That overall pace just keeps getting better and better. Way to go! Interval talk.
It really took me an entire year of running at :30 walk breaks to adjust. I like it now, but it was not an easy switch. Now one of our running buddies is talking about running some at a :60/:20 interval. I don't think I'm up for that one.Good news on the deferral, but still concerning if other deferrals are going away. That does make me curious about Star Wars though. While I like Star Wars, the runs don't necessarily have huge theme appeal to me. Pixar would be very fun!!After I did that, I called runDisney again to ask about Tink deferrals. The woman I talked to said that Tink WILL have deferrals, but that they didn't do them for Star Wars.
Happy Easter!
Yes it is! I am definitely feeling way better than I was a few weeks ago.
Hey, I can't say I blame you. Clothes are fun!!
I'm soooooorry!! As soon as it goes live on the website I will post here!!Ah!! Only a month?! Woohoo!!So many options! Thankfully, you still have a month or so to decide
It's sort of like ADR day for Disney World. It's exciting and you sort of prepare for it...then you do it and realize you still have a ways to go until vacation time. But still exciting!I get it - that's how I was on my first cruise. And for as much as I complain about it, I still do it (this will be my 4th time running it). And I mean - it IS free, and you do get a medallion at the end. I will have training runs scheduled on the cruise anyway so I may as well get a medallion at the end of one of them.
I hope you get some Disney in your life soon!!I hope so too! I have one that I can use, but it is less than awesome.
I hope you DON'T see me in said video! I have a feeling I do not look beautiful and graceful when I run!!
Honestly I can't see myself ever getting legacy status at any runDisney race. I mean...there are so many factors that have to line up: the money and time off being there every year, no injuries (which obviously is not a guarantee for me!). I think it's amazing that people do it - especially the people that have done the marathon for all 20+ years!
It was low-key - we went to lunch together.
We normally don't get gifts for one another, but we do go to a nice dinner (scheduled for this weekend - partway between his birthday and mine).EXACTLY. And that stinks that it's not available for Android! But they do have a website that you should be able to access on your computer: http://stuffnstyle.com/It's like Clueless, but in real life.
I've been trying to do this pretty much since I got my first computer. It never goes beyond saying that I should do it, but I'm glad someone out there has.
Now if only the app was available for Android ...
You're one step ahead of me - I was definitely thinking about it being an inaugural race, but not about potential legacy status!
I really don't think I could stand all day! Right now I'm standing for maybe 30 minutes at a time a few times a day. Planning on working up from there.
YES. The beginning of 2016 was not great for the Ariel484 family, health-wise!! And thank you!!
You know when it goes live on the website it'll be all over the Facebook group! When I went to headquarters over Christmas I met Tani (she's mostly in charge of shipping I think) and we were talking about the Facebook group and she said they think it's so funny that they post new stuff onto the website and it's scooped up in, like, minutes...before they even send an email out or post to their Facebook page.I'm impatiently waiting.
The Facebook group is on top of things!True!! I'm hoping it'll be out in the next week or two.
YES!! Just look at those big, sad eyes. He's saying, "momma, don't leave me!!" And it works!
I hope not, too. I mean...it's SO far in advance, like you said, and it's SO much money...and they don't have transfers or refunds or anything. It doesn't seem like it's hard on their end to do deferrals.
And from a monetary standpoint, you'd think they'd want to make sure the spots are filled so that as many people are there to spend money as possible. Like - I deferred my GSC spot and canceled my trip altogether, but since I deferred I assume someone else took my spot (from a TA bib or whatever) so instead of my being on property spending money, it was someone else (I could be wrong about that). And they got the transfer fee from me, and the good vibes from me because I didn't lose my entire GSC fee that I paid. Good vibes count, right?UGH, me too. I also found a 10K that could work for Wine & Dine (if I get miraculously faster over the next few weeks) - July 4. Both that and the August 10K are not really attractive options but that's what I get for not training last year and getting better times.
I will seriously be mortified if I'm in that video. And then I'll get over it.We can all say we knew you when.
Ha! I know you love your interval talk!That overall pace just keeps getting better and better. Way to go! Interval talk.
Yeah, it's like I said above - they don't leave people many options if they can't participate. I hope that the person I talked to was right.
Okay, here's my thing with the INKnBURN pants (and this is not me talking as an Ambassador, just why I like them): I HATE shopping for "real" jeans, because the last few pairs I have bought have been almost the same price, and then they either stretch out and are too big, or they rip, or it's impossible for me to find a pair that fit correctly (being somewhat short with a butt), or I can't find a pair without weird embellishments (they come with rips already in them, or they have weird buttons or whatever). Example: the last pair of jeans I bought was a pair from Lucky brand, which I had heard was a really good brand of jeans. I got them on sale, but they were still pricey - if I remember correctly they were a little more than INKnBURN's pants, but I was hoping they would be worth it (one of my BFFs told me she still had a pair she bought in high school from this brand). And when I was in the store the person working there told me that the jeans stretch out a lot, so she suggested buying a pair that was a size smaller than what I usually get, so that was weird - spending that money on a pair that didn't actually fit me in the store, if that makes sense? They did stretch out like she said...but then they didn't last me a year before I noticed they were ripping in the inner thigh (which made me feel not only angry that I'd wasted the money, but also super fat). So with the INKnBURN pair I currently have (I bought the 210s last summer) I'm coming up on just about a year owning them and they haven't stretched out or ripped, so that's a win in my book. And I wear them out to dinner and stuff and no one notices that they aren't real jeans (or if they do, they don't say so
). It's enough to make me not want to buy "real" jeans again any time soon, if ever. Happy Easter to you too!!Happy Easter!
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But, overall, I'm glad we did it and there is no doubt we have sped up doing the 30 second break.
Hey, I mean...it made you stick with it and you ended up liking it. That's better than me, who tried it once and was like "IT'S TOO HARD!!" and gave up.Mostly we stuck with it because we committed ourselves to leading our Galloway pace group and that was the interval we set. How's that for forcing yourself into accountability? We felt like we had no option but to stick with it.
If the Levis work and they don't cost a lot, I don't blame you for sticking with them. If I had found jeans that worked for me I possibly wouldn't have tried the InB pants. I'm sure as heck never buying Lucky jeans again, that's for sure!!I have similar issues with jeans. I still mostly wear good old Levis (even though I'm sure that shows my age), and I can get them inexpensively. I also tried some Lucky jeans and they told me the same thing about buying down a size but unlike you I never felt like they stretched out enough to get comfortable and I was mad at myself for spending that much money. Maybe I should give them a try. That's the other problem with belonging to that group, I tell myself that if I buy something and don't love it, I can always sell it on there. That's not good for my pocketbook either.
And OMG I cannot for the life of me unload my TwilightSky SparkleSkirt!! ARRRG!I'm assuming 60 is the run, 20 is the walk for Gisele since I know she's normally doing 90 seconds running/30 seconds walking. But for others sometimes it's the reverse.
I'm assuming 60 is the run, 20 is the walk for Gisele since I know she's normally doing 90 seconds running/30 seconds walking. But for others sometimes it's the reverse.
Yeah I think a popular one for newer runners is run 15 seconds/walk 45 seconds, for example. If you look at Galloway's website or even some of the runDisney training plans he has them listed out. So I know what you mean!
Not to hijack Shannon's thread but I run 30 / walk 60 and maintain a 13:00mm. I will probably start doing run 30 / walk 45 to increase my time (just discovered my garmin doesn't do :15 increases, grrr). I think it will be easier to reduce my walking time than it would be to increase my run time. And I was a solid 15:00mm runner before I started doing intervals.
Yeah, when I did my first interval run back in 2012 I did run 5 seconds, walk 55 seconds for a mile. It was all I could do at the time but I didn't hate the experience so next time I did 10:50 and then 15:45 then 30:30, 1:1, 2:1 ... my sweet spot seems to be 4 minutes running 1 minute walking, if for no other reason than when I glance at my watch I know how much longer I have to go before I get a break!
I mean, I've done half marathons with no walk breaks, but both my 10k and half PRs are with the 4:1 intervals. I just like intervals. I usually have negative splits and don't feel as exhausted after a run with them than when I do one without.
[/QUOTE]Okay, here's my thing with the INKnBURN pants (and this is not me talking as an Ambassador, just why I like them): I HATE shopping for "real" jeans, because the last few pairs I have bought have been almost the same price, and then they either stretch out and are too big, or they rip, or it's impossible for me to find a pair that fit correctly (being somewhat short with a butt), or I can't find a pair without weird embellishments (they come with rips already in them, or they have weird buttons or whatever). Example: the last pair of jeans I bought was a pair from Lucky brand, which I had heard was a really good brand of jeans. I got them on sale, but they were still pricey - if I remember correctly they were a little more than INKnBURN's pants, but I was hoping they would be worth it (one of my BFFs told me she still had a pair she bought in high school from this brand). And when I was in the store the person working there told me that the jeans stretch out a lot, so she suggested buying a pair that was a size smaller than what I usually get, so that was weird - spending that money on a pair that didn't actually fit me in the store, if that makes sense? They did stretch out like she said...but then they didn't last me a year before I noticed they were ripping in the inner thigh (which made me feel not only angry that I'd wasted the money, but also super fat). So with the INKnBURN pair I currently have (I bought the 210s last summer) I'm coming up on just about a year owning them and they haven't stretched out or ripped, so that's a win in my book. And I wear them out to dinner and stuff and no one notices that they aren't real jeans (or if they do, they don't say so
EDIT: Dang, sorry...didn't mean to turn that into a novel!!
Yeah, I think I do walk fast! Last Saturday DH decided to run my 3 miles with me and it was only his 2nd time running, ever. He is 6'2" and was leaving me behind in the running interval, but when we switched to walking I had to really slow down to stay with him. We averaged 14:20 mm's. I need to upgrade my garmin since I am training for my first marathon and I know this one's battery won't last for a full marathon but I am cheap and don't want to shell out the money until I have to lol!
I love the idea of it too, but yeah - probably not possible every year for me though.
YAY! I hope you love them! I'm kicking myself for not buying 2 pairs...next time I put an order in I'm going to get a second pair.
We hadn't thought about that - we did briefly entertain the thought of using the onsite pet care place (Best Friends?) but Archie is so anxious that I'm not sure he'd survive the flight to Florida! And if we had him there we'd feel so guilty leaving him that we'd probably just hang out with him all day and not go to the parks!
Oh, I know what you mean. If I start strength training after a lay-off, the first few days are NOT pretty.I'm impressed that you play rugby, I am way too much of a wimp for that!!
Yeah a non-running trip to WDW would not be the worst thing in the world!
I had a lot of time on my hands when I wasn't running over the past couple of months and it occurred to me that 2017 is an anniversary year for the half, sooooo...I want that anniversary bling!
WOOHOOOOO you too! Did you do anything special?! I just went to work.
Also, this arrived today - the standing desk!
Up (standing position)
Down (while sitting)
Yet another option is the Club shorts with the March Club item - the Redline Singlet done in Keith Haring-inspired art. I've ordered this but don't have it yet.
ALSO...I've already mentioned it...Wine & Dine registration was (finally) today! I am IN for the 5K and Lumiere’s Two-Course Challenge! Random aside - I've done a decent number of runDisney races, but this will be my first-ever inaugural event with them. I hope everything goes smoothly...the only other inaugural race I've done was a local 5K where I trained specifically to set a new PR, and the course measured at, like, 2.83 miles.
Anyway...as I mentioned earlier in this thread, I freaked myself out over registering Mr. A, so I'll have to do that next week. Though, really...I was fumbling around on my phone and was so nervous that everything would fill immediately (turned out to be right about that!
AND LASTLY...today was online check-in day for my and Mr. A's summer cruise!
So we're checked in with our Port Arrival Time chosen and 2 Palo meals booked (1 brunch, 1 dinner). And I'll be sweating it out on Castaway Cay yet again during the Castaway Cay 5K (Mr. A was a 1-and-done on that one!). I HATE that race, but they did change the medallion this year…
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately...my "good" proof of time races are officially "too old" to use.
Also...Happy National Puppy Day! Behold the monster at 6 months old...I think we'd had him for a week or so. Blurry, but you get the idea.
I just want you all to know that it's possible that I will be famous very soon.
I think I have mentioned that I work in a hospital - today, the head "wellness" guy was putzing around the cardio room asking people questions about health and wellness as part of some video in collaboration with a national magazine (would rather not say the magazine because I'd rather not say where I work.
Tonight was Archie's annual check-up, and he was due to get shots. I'm not sure who was more upset about that, him or me and Mr. A.
After I did that, I called runDisney again to ask about Tink deferrals. The woman I talked to said that Tink WILL have deferrals, but that they didn't do them for Star Wars.
That's still way more than I would do - still impressive to me!
Yeah!! And, like, extra planks, extra lunges...just extra of everything. It's no joke!
YES. And it was so hopeful to see things from a normal person's perspective.
Eeeek, fingers crossed! September may be too warm though?
I'm a sucker for anniversary bling.
haha, probably smart to make it a bank holiday in Ireland.
Thanks!
I'm pleased with myself for sticking with it!My legs, no - my back, yes. My lower back gets sore after awhile and that's when I have to sit again
Haha, this may be way too much build-up!The suspense is KILLING me!!
Me too! They go with everything!
I'm tempted by every run, so I totally get it.I legit searched for flights and accommodation AGAIN today for this run… So tempting but it would probably be a solo trip and just isn’t worth it… sadness
ACK!! But at least you guys got in!
They are soooo nice. We still get some Disney, but it's way more relaxing.
Exactly!!
I don't mind speedwork but I HATE tempo runs - I think those are the worst!!!
TOOOOO CUTE!!!
I agree!!Nooooo hahaha!!
Yep, he's got a clean bill of health. No complaints here!!
Or they could do a dark side race and a light side race in the same race weekend. We'll see...I could be totally wrong about that race weekend going away!
