Part 3 ~ turtle club

VballLeash

Hey guys and gals.
Wore a.pair of sneakers without my insoles today and.thought I was going to die... and I only wore them to the grocery store! :blushing: So, I guess the insoles are helping if it feels so bad.without them.

Anyhow, I'm exhausted and going to bed. Will chat more tomorrow.

Oh, and Becky since.its my birthday and all, can I come to the beach? :bigsmile:

(Sorry for all the random periods... I'm typing on my phone and tend to hit the period instead of the space lol)

I didn't know it was your birthday, I need to do a better job of reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :drinker:

~Leash

jabdye

Happy Friday!
Got in weight lifting last night and a 1500 yd swim.

Will post more later -- off to get ready for work.

enjoy your day!
Julie

beckym71

Hi Erika! :flowerforyou:

5 miles last night...left knee and ankle are still a bit achy from last weekend so I think today will be a rest day. Tomorrow is only 12.
Who knew 12 would ever sound easy?!?! :huh:

Kelynn~ I really didn't like my SuperFeet at first but I stuck with them and them now!!! In fact, just realized my youngest daughter has a pair and was thinking about *borrowing* them! :laugh: Mine are due for replacement.

Julie~ nice workout! I hope you have a great day at work!

Ok, off to run a few errands! I'll check back later!

Happy Friday! :flowerforyou:

erikazj

Hi All,

Took some time and got caught up with you all.

Kelynn- firstly, Happy Birthday :flowerforyou: How're you finding the superfeet today? I'm still in the process of trying them in my running shoes (could only afford one pair and of course my running shoes are sized differently to all my other shoes). I'm not getting too much pain from them, but then I've deliberately gone for the blue ones as I know my feet won't take the more extreme ones. I wore inserts in my shoes when I was a kid, and it took a while to get used to them. Eventually you won't even know they are there. Don't run far to start with, take it easy on yourself.

Leash - I'm so sorry you are still injured, but I am very glad that you have found a doctor who will at least listen to you. I hope the pain killers are alleviating your suffering a little, and that long term the doc can finally help you to get better.

Nitz - I'm sorry your marathon wasn't as positive as you would have liked. I'm afraid I don't have enough experience on the long miles to offer you advice on nutrition and hydration etc. I will pick up a little on what Ray said about the mental aspect. The subconcious mind is a powerful thing, and an artful sabatouer. When you have months of training and preparation for one event, and everything is focussed on that, it is all too easy to be disappointed on the outcome of the event. I still think you are amazing for even running a marathon, with mile times that I can only dream of.

I won't name check everyone right now as I would probably go over the alloted post count , and I am after all playing catch up!

As for me, I have a family day tomorrow. We need to travel to get to my mum's so it will be an early start. We're having fireworks tomorrow evening and mum will be cooking chilli and making mulled wine. I shall try and get a few quality miles in on Sunday.

Take care everyone and have a great Friday and good weekends - Kechie good luck on your half.

Erika x

kechiemc

Thanks Erika :flowerforyou:

Happy Friday Friends :flowerforyou:

I feel like I am ready. Just hydrating, resting, and eating well. This morning I reviewed my splits from the last 2 times I ran this race and came up with what I hope is a solid game plan.<fingers crossed>

chat soon,
-Kechie.

jabdye

SARAH -- UMMMM SARAH -- WHERE ARE YOU????? May need to send out a search party if she doesn't arrive soon!!!!

Kechie -- great job tapering -- can't wait to hear about your race -- good luck!!!

Kelynn -- on your way to Becky's you can stop and see me too :bigsmile:

RunRideRay

Great Luck Kechie, and can't wait to hear about it. Last tri we heard about the pirate adventures of the one-eyed swimmer, and of course the devish run the other week, we'll have to see what surprise is in store for us!

Kelynn has a BIRTHMONTH... haha! Super cool people get a whole month to celebrate. I think I get a birthminute or something...haha!

Erika, great to have ya hear.

Have a wickedly great Friday everyone, and the weekend here will be 60's and maybe 70 on Sunday, perfect for all the house projects, which is a loooooong list.

Ray

VballLeash

Kelynn- I have a birthday week at LEAST but sadly enough since I've gotten older I don't like to celebrate it as much.. I'm only 23 can you imagine how I'll be when I hit 30. AHHH Actually my biggest fear in life is getting old (I know pathetic) haha

Becky- Sounds like a great way to celebrate thanksgiving! 2 beachhouses WOW!!!!! Thats like my uncle that works for nike, they have 3 houses! Your taking a rest day? WHAT!!?? :bigsmile: Don't steel your daughters superfeet! My sister and mom do that to me! My sister gets pissed cause I always get free stuff for vball so she thinks I won't miss it, but I do! haha

Erica- Have fun with your family! Fireworks? That reminds me of my friend who used to have them on her bday every year when we were little, they'd save them from 4th of July. Have fun!!!!

Kechie- Good luck, you'll kill it I'm sure! I know you've been logging the miles thats for sure!

Ray- 80 degrees here yesterday in cali, its ok you can be jealous! Its supposed to rain sunday though, I swear when I was living in southern california I forgot what rain was.

Bg- You'll get those pounds off in no time don't worry!

Have a great Friday everyone! As for me, I have an MRI next tuesday and I neeeed that day to be here, I can't take the pain much longer. I'm on pain pills plus I've been taking at least 4 aleve a day but they just aren't working, I'm in pain everyday all day. Something is obviously pinching on my nerves. I've been walking but thats about it and hitting volleyballs which is probably the problem but I'm a coach so I can't really stop. Keep me in your thoughts please, I can't take this much longer. I was really excited though cause I finally got some sleep last night. Lata!

~Leash

erikazj

Erica- Have fun with your family! Fireworks? That reminds me of my friend who used to have them on her bday every year when we were little, they'd save them from 4th of July. Have fun!!!!

Remember, remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

We should be having them today, but have to wait till the weekend!

Erika

beckym71

Ah yes, good old Guy Fawkes and King James...
don't know all the details, but my Scottish ancestors found themselves not welcome in Scotland after deciding to back James :ohwell:

Enjoy the festivities! :drinker:

jabdye

Wow Erika -- that's so interesting -- thanks for sharing. As a good Catholic girl, I better stay home from that celebration. Otherwise I might end up being the one thrown on the bonfire!

bgood14

Just a brisk 5K today. Woke up this morning to 36* :noway: Didn't see that one coming! Running just now, temp is up to 45*, but 15mph winds make the "feels like" temp a balmy 38*. I know i should be used to it by now, but not looking forward to hanging out w/ Old Man you-know-who...

iRun4wine

Hey all-

Yes... Ray is right... I have a brithMONTH :blushing: I've never made a huge deal out of my birthday, but my boyfriend does (and he's not the type to make a big deal out of ANYTHING :laugh: ) and he's kind of persuaded me to make a bigger deal out of my birthday- he says it's the most important day of the year because you're celebrating yourself! :bigsmile: So, I've kind of adopted that thought process.... and I just like when my birthday is on a holiday... and apparently I like talkin' about it because now I have everyone talkin' about it :indifferent:

Anyhow, feet felt a little achey in the insoles today. This weekend I think I'm going to go out for a mile run. Hate starting at the beginning again, but it's better than not running at all. Overall, I do think my feet are improving because they don't hurt just sitting still on the couch like they did a few weeks ago.

Bgood- I'm not looking forward to that old man either :laugh: It's almost time to put the "s" tires on the car (don't want to say the actual s-word)... totally stinks.

Becky- I'm Scottish, too! :drinker:

Leash- I'm going to be 26 and I still celebrate (and don't count calories on my birthday) :bigsmile: Speaking of that, I am getting a glute-free carrot cake for my birthday from an amazing local GF bakery... people even come from out of state to go to this bakery- it's THAT good! I can't wait!

Great big hello & Happy Friday to Kechie, Julie, Erika, Mr. Nitz and anyone else I missed :flowerforyou:

jabdye

Happy Friday night!
Got in 5 miles tonight!
Enjoying Chinese food now -- seems a little counter-productive.:ohwell:

Kelynn -- I like your bfs philosophy. Embrace the birth month! Enjoy and go for presents every day...hehehehehehehehe
Carrot cake is one of my favorites -- yummmmm -- make sure you bring me a piece on your way to Beckyy's beach house:bigsmile:
hope you all have a great evening!

VballLeash

Twidling my thumbs at 3:42 in the morning, go away pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sad:

You guys better have some kick *kitten* workouts for me today, and that's an order!!!!!!! :bigsmile:

-Leash

jabdye

Oh Leash -- I'm so sorry you are in pain -- Tuesday will be here soon -- I know it's not soon enough. Hope things ease up for you!

runnerdad

Leash, sorry you're still hurting:flowerforyou:
Ran 7 miles for you this morning. Great morning for a run - only 50 degrees and not humid. My shirt was still dry at the end. Such a nice change from flop sweat!

VballLeash

Thanks you guys, seriously my favorite people online are in this group!

Thanks for the run Tom, can I use the calorie burn from that? haha Sounds too cold to me but glad you enjoyed it.

Have a great Saturday everyone! I'm going shopping with my mom, tomorrow we have vball tryouts, its not the age that I'm coaching but its the girls that I coached last year, going to be some tears... most of them should make the team but usually more girls tryout for 14s so we'll have to choose 12 from about 50 eeek!

:drinker: :drinker:


~Leash

iRun4wine

Twidling my thumbs at 3:42 in the morning, go away pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sad:

You guys better have some kick *kitten* workouts for me today, and that's an order!!!!!!! :bigsmile:

-Leash

I was twiddling my thumbs at 3:42 in the morning, too... but that's because my boyfriend was snoring like a freight train :grumble: On a serious note, Leash, hope you feel better soon- even if you aren't able to run in the immediate future, I hope you can at least sleep at night! Hang in there :flowerforyou:

beckym71

Oh Leash! (((hugs!))) I'm so sorry you are still in so much pain! Hang in there! Have fun shopping:happy: and good luck tomorrow :drinker: with the tryouts! Making cuts must be the worst part, but I truly believe in them..none of this *everyone wins!* :noway: foolishness. The girls will learn great life lessons from their tryouts!
Oh and I'll share some of my calorie burn from 12 miles this morning!

Tom~ there is a fine line between not being drenched in sweat and freezing. Sounds like you had a few degrees on me! Way to get out there and get it done! :bigsmile:

Ok, I realize all you Northeners will mock me,but it was a cold run this morning!
it's only 49 right now with a predicted low of 25 :sad: tonite....granted 70 again by Monday but BRRRR! today!
They are predicting a mild winter for us and today was more typical of a mid December day so I'm hoping for warmer temps on race day. Even though I get body temp warm in my Breath Thermo (best material EVER!) my muscles stay tight through the whole run and I never quite reach that relaxed easy stride.
I was very grateful today was only 12 miles! Next week we are going for 22 and then TAPER time! :bigsmile:

Oh, scary moment...we head way out in the country for our longer runs, came around a curve to see a truck had completely missed the curve and gone head on into a group of trees. Fortunately two cars were already stopped and aiding the driver. We think he had to have been there for quite a while though, there was no smoke or any fluids coming from the truck and the front end was destroyed. Have a bad feeling because they didn't seem to be speaking with the drvier and had pretty horrified expressions on their faces.We asked if we could do anything and they said they had called it in so we kept going. It was right on the town/county border and it took FOREVER before we saw any 1st responders heading to the wreck and they were in no hurry, not running lights or sirens. Definitely rather sobering. Never know what we will see or experience on our runs.


Kechie~ can't wait to hear your race report!

B~ the candy got me yesterday...walked by it once, but couldn't resist the half off autumn color M&Ms the 2nd time

Ray~ do you think I'll be okay at this stage of training to take Thanksgiving weekend off (no long run that weekend) ? It's 2 weekends out from raceday and we will have done 3~18+ milers by then

Nitz~sooo, are you running bandit for sure?

Erika~ hope you're having a great weekend with family and fireworks!

Julie~ I think you and Kelynn should both run away Turkey weekend and come to the beach! From the sound of it, the house is so big, we would have plenty of room!

Kelynn~ I love it! A birthday MONTH! Great attitude! I will no longer be celebrating birthdays after this year so celebrate for me too!

Ttyl! :flowerforyou:

runnerdad

We get so used to sweating like crazy about 8 months of the year. The other four months, dry wick fabrics actually work. Who knew!

Need to start logging my diet again. Haven't been cross training much lately, but have been eating as much as usual. Grabbed my jeans after my run this morning, and they are tight:grumble: :noway: Maybe need to post my weight loss ticker again for accountability.

beckym71

We get so used to sweating like crazy about 8 months of the year. The other four months, dry wick fabrics actually work. Who knew!

Need to start logging my diet again. Haven't been cross training much lately, but have been eating as much as usual. Grabbed my jeans after my run this morning, and they are tight:grumble: :noway: Maybe need to post my weight loss ticker again for accountability.

:laugh: :laugh: That is awesome! Who knew indeed?!?!? It is a very strange feeling to not be soaking wet by the end of the run!

I hear you about posting the weight loss ticker again. Clothes are still fitting ok, but can definitely see the lack of weight training from the abs up :frown: Hungry ALL the TIME lately!

oh yeah...and look!:bigsmile: I am soooo excited...my miles ticker is creeping up on you!!! I can't believe it! :noway:

kechiemc

Went to the race expo to pick up my packet today... Had a "real life Kechie moment":laugh: On Thursday, the race organizers emailed me my bib number. I have never been emailed my bib number before a race. So, I read the email. Then, deleted it. Not bothering to memorize my bib number. This morning I arrived at the expo to pick up my packet. Guess what the nice race volunteer asked me? She wanted to know my bib number.:laugh: The race organizers were prepared for the Kechie's of the world and had a list posted so we could look up our bib numbers.:laugh:

I'll check in tomorrow after the race. Thanks so much for all of the well wishes. It is supposed to be 29 for the over night low tonight. I expect to race in temps much cooler than I am used to.:drinker: I am hoping the cold will make me a lot faster.:noway:

beckym71

Okay...well, no backing out now!
I just spent $100 and am officially registered for Thunder Road next month! :bigsmile:
Kicking myself for not registering earlier...would've been only $70 a few months ago. :ohwell:

Kechie~ your story made me laugh! I don't know that I would've realized I was supposed to memorize my bib number either! :laugh: I'm glad you were able to find a way around it! You're going to do great tomorrow! It will be cold to start, but I did 12 today and by the end of mile 1~ I was already warming up pretty well. Plus, if it's a large race, you'll have all that great body heat from other runners! Rest and hydrate for the rest of the day! :flowerforyou:

Watching a different type of racing....thoroughbred racing! breeder's cup day! :bigsmile: GO ZENYATTA!!!!! Beat the boys ~ AGAIN!

bgood14

Leash -- so sorry!!! i went to the Y this morning for the first time in years. dropped the boy off at the play place, and i was shooting baskets in the gym all by myself. even ran a few washboards just to get loosened up (crazy, i know) then later played 2-on-2 with some high school kids for an hour. just about wore me out!!! (but the old man can still shoot -- skunked 'em one game 7-0) anyway, will get back out and log some running miles later today -- just for you!!

runnerdad

I hear you about posting the weight loss ticker again. Clothes are still fitting ok, but can definitely see the lack of weight training from the abs up :frown: Hungry ALL the TIME lately!

oh yeah...and look!:bigsmile: I am soooo excited...my miles ticker is creeping up on you!!! I can't believe it! :noway:

The hunger thing is a real problem for me when I am training for a marathon - I can eat everything in sight. It is frustrating to be working out so much and still gaining some weight, even when you eat 'well'.

I should have signed up for my Christmas 1/2 M for motivation to pick up my miles. But you have a taper coming up!

VballLeash

Leash -- so sorry!!! i went to the Y this morning for the first time in years. dropped the boy off at the play place, and i was shooting baskets in the gym all by myself. even ran a few washboards just to get loosened up (crazy, i know) then later played 2-on-2 with some high school kids for an hour. just about wore me out!!! (but the old man can still shoot -- skunked 'em one game 7-0) anyway, will get back out and log some running miles later today -- just for you!!

Thanks for the great workout! I'm glad you beat up on some young kids.

Ok so now I have calories burned from Tom's 7 miles and this bball game, and I think Julie or Becky offered me theres... hm better go out out to dinner! :laugh:

I did just get back from a long walk, I've been walking at least an hour a day, it doesn't increase the pain more than it hurts at rest so I figure I'm not hurting myself any more...

~Leash

jabdye

Rest day for me -- except for a tough game of fottball -- me and my son against my husband and daughter. Tons of fun!

long run tomorrow -- 10 or so....

Leash -- not sure if I had any extra calories -- enjoying a glass of wine and some chocolate -- but tomorrow I should have extras and they are ALL yours:bigsmile: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Enjoy the evening! I become a hunting widow for a whole week starting tomorrow:sad: Will probably have some record "Becky' posts to occupy my time:bigsmile: Luv u Becky!!!!

beckym71

:happy: Rest day! Or sort of rest day...will probably do a bunch of yard work.

I discovered Hal Higdon's post marathon recovery plan last nite. I love it! I am really enjoying having step by step guidance through the process!

Kechie~ I hope the race went well. Brrrry cold out there this morning! Hopefully it helped you run extra fast! :bigsmile:

Julie~ u too! Enjoy the hunting widow week. One of my favorite week's of the year! I love my DH, but I don't mind the time alone either!

Leash~ way to hang in there! :drinker: You are one tough lady! Any fun purchases yesterday?

B~ nice job on showing up the youngsters! :happy:

Tom~ I definitely will need to start watching my calories soon. Hal points that out repeatedly during taper week and the recovery plan. Oh and on an off topic~ dog is better! Thank you! Now the cat is limping though!:grumble:

Erika~ hope you had a terrific weekend with the family! :happy:

Kelynn~ how has your weekend been? Any fun birthday month celebrations? :huh:

Ray~ busy weekend with the family? Any epic rides or runs?

Oh, if anyone cares...update on Zenyatta...she lost by a nose...the jockey was in tears...it was very sad...just figured since i brought it up yesterday, i had a duty to inform you of the results
Lots of horsepower in the racing today...Nascar @ Texas
I suppose I'll also check on Jared's progress in NYC as well

Happy Sunday! :flowerforyou:

runnerdad

Tom~ I definitely will need to start watching my calories soon. Hal points that out repeatedly during taper week and the recovery plan. Oh and on an off topic~ dog is better! Thank you! Now the cat is limping though!:grumble:
Oh, if anyone cares...update on Zenyatta...she lost by a nose...the jockey was in tears...it was very sad...just figured since i brought it up yesterday, i had a duty to inform you of the results
Lots of horsepower in the racing today...Nascar @ Texas
I suppose I'll also check on Jared's progress in NYC as well

Happy Sunday! :flowerforyou:

Dusted off the food diary yesterday. It does make you pay attention to what you're eating. Especially coming into the holidays.

Too bad about Zenyatta, but what a heck of a race!