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a goofy plan

February 26, 2009Uncategorizedrunning amuck, take it and runLauren @ mostly i run

I may have mentioned that I signed up for the Goofy Challenge taking place January 2010.

For anybody that doesn’t know … this is the “Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge” event that is a part of the Disney World Marathon Weekend.

Goofy participants run not only the full marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday, they run the half marathon (13.1 miles) the day before.

That’s just goofy. But I’ve signed up for it. (And you can too — hurry, it’s 85% full!)

I don’t really have to start training until late summer, but it’s something I’ll be thinking about until then.

This week at the Runners’ Lounge, the Take It and Run Thursday theme is Backwards TIaRT. So it’s time for me to ask my fellow runners a question.

This question is for past Goofy participants and ultra-marathoners.

How do I train for this challenge?

I’ve been thinking about merging half marathon and full marathon training plans, with the shorter run on Saturday and the longer run on Sunday. I probably won’t do double runs every weekend, but since full marathon training takes a lot longer I have some room to space them out.

Though maybe I should start getting used to running twice in a row before the distance gets too high?

What do you think?

weekly winners: waterview

February 22, 2009Uncategorizedfurry babies, weekly winnersLauren @ mostly i run

February 15-21, 2009

Saturday was the last half marathon training run. The majority of the class will be running our club’s half marathon on March 1. I’ll be volunteering at that race, but I’ll be running the Disney Princess Half Marathon the following week.

Training has gone well, and I’m feeling very prepared. As usual, we started our run from Jonas Green Park and headed up to the B&A; Trail.

It was chilly but sunny, and I decided to take some pictures from the park when I was finished with my 10 mile run.

And finally, I’ll leave you with Jeter again. Cats can nap in some strange places!

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enjoying the view

February 18, 2009Uncategorizedrunning amuckLauren @ mostly i run

You really get to appreciate the scenery when out running. Some of my favorite routes take us waterfront.

For example, here:

And here:

That second shot is blurry because it was taken from a moving car. No running on that bridge, but I often run across the one you see in that shot!

We also run near those towers on the left — that is Greenbury Point.

We often see wildlife on our runs. Deer, rabbits, turtles, wading birds. We even saw a wild turkey once.

Oddly enough, I also saw a turkey recently while running on the B&A; Trail. Though this one looked like somebody’s dinner gone wrong!

However, this weekend we found something even more unusual.

A purple toilet, sitting at the end of a driveway in a residential area. With a note taped to it.

Eww! Who would pick up a used toilet off the street?

Though, it is quite unusual. There’s probably a niche market for purple potties.

Maybe they could have sold it on eBay!

multi-tasking

February 15, 2009Uncategorizedrunning amuck, virtual raceLauren @ mostly i run

A good friend and running buddy of mine is the race director of a marathon/half marathon that’s coming up in a couple weeks.

She was looking for some volunteers to distribute flyers to homes along the race route, letting the residents know about road closures and delays on race day.

Another friend decided we could help out while getting in our long run for the week. We wanted to run about 12 miles, so we took some neighborhoods farthest from our meeting point.

It wasn’t particularly a fast run as we had a few stops off the trail into neighborhoods where we walked from house to house leaving our notes, but we certainly covered a lot of distance!

Once we got to the end of our route I ran the rest of the way back. One of the ladies in our little group was having some hamstring trouble, and the other two decided to walk back with her rather than run with me. I’m a little faster than they are. I would have slowed to their pace to have company, but they still chose to walk.

Despite being alone without headphones, it was a nice day and I enjoyed my run!

Here is where I’ll add yet another task to my list. USJogger declared a virtual 5K this weekend for Non-Runner Nancy – a blogger and virtual race director who has learned some problems she’s been having may force her to stop running all together.

I’m going to dedicate 3.16 of my later miles to the Freakishly Flexible 5K.

During my last mile, I happened to pause my Garmin after already waiting a little while at a particularly long stoplight. I’ve got the ForeRunner 201. I set it to lap every mile, but it resets to a new lap any time I pause. The partial mile was a good thing, though. I would up with .16 from the light to my car, so I added that to the last three full miles to finish out my 5K.

Mile 1: 10:30
Mile 2: 10:19
Mile 3: 10:27
.16: 1:40

Total: 32:56

While it’s well below my average 5K pace, it’s not bad for the tail end of a 12-mile run!