Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 13K -- Oct. 27, 2007

[MouseWife]

You guys are all awesome!! The best for you!

katiesue~ you are doing the race at Disneyland? I have looked at that but don't think I could do it. Walk/run, maybe. I would like to see if I could do it {how far is that exactly?} but not be too put out if I don't make it.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

You guys are all awesome!! The best for you!

katiesue~ you are doing the race at Disneyland? I have looked at that but don't think I could do it. Walk/run, maybe. I would like to see if I could do it {how far is that exactly?} but not be too put out if I don't make it.

We're doing the 5K (3.1 miles) on Sunday. There is also a half marathon on Monday. I'll barely survive the 5K no way I'm doing a half marathon. Maddy and I are more along the walk/run pray we don't get swept plan. Swanie and her little swanie have been training and plan to run and make us look bad

The course looks fun but the map is so vague we can't exactly figure out parts of it. Map on Page 21 You start in Timon go through Disneyland then through DCA and end up back in Timon. We were a little annoyed since last years course started at Mickey & Friends so we booked the Disneyland Hotel for the weekend thinking we'd be close to the start. Oh well the walk to Timon will be a good warm up.

[MouseWife]

That is all sold out, isn't it?

I did a 5K once. It was gruelling, I ran the whole way {a lot for me}. What would get me is running past all of those things.

I haven't been running much. Only a mile {in two halves} a day. How are you training in this heat????

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

That is all sold out, isn't it?

I did a 5K once. It was gruelling, I ran the whole way {a lot for me}. What would get me is running past all of those things.

I haven't been running much. Only a mile {in two halves} a day. How are you training in this heat????

Training? hahahaha

Maddy and I ran one day last week. I have been doing some pool laps otherwise not much. Swanie's been running on the treadmill but I can't run on them. I feel like I'm falling off. Walking's fine but running not so much.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Swanie's been running on the treadmill but I can't run on them. I feel like I'm falling off. Walking's fine but running not so much.

I feel that way, too. But, it is if I try to look to the side or something like that. I keep myself looking straight forward and run like I would with my arms to my side {or whatever}. If I feel out of balance I grab ahold quickly. Sucks when in the garage I have just a bunch of junk to look at. I try to envision myself somewhere else and really get into the music I am blasting.

Steph, what type of training are you doing for the 13K? How much is enough and not too much?

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Steph, what type of training are you doing for the 13K? How much is enough and not too much?

I'm not really doing anything special for the 13K since it falls in the middle of my marathon training.

I recently used a Runner's World training plan for a 15K race I did, and it worked out really well. Here are some articles for short races like 5Ks.

Generally you want to build up to be able to run the whole length of the race you're doing, or be able to complete it with a run/walk plan. Are you training for something in particular?

We should start a new thread for the DL 5K folks!

[MouseWife]

Thanks for the links! {I actually may have that magazine...hubby subscribes}

I am not in training for any event in particular. I just want to be able to do it. Confidently. The closest thing I've run recently was what I think to be a 3 mile loop, run walking it. {run 3 minutes, walk 2} completing it in about 35 minutes. I felt good after and really want to do it more. The Disney run sounds perfect. {well, the Disney part }

[swanie]

Originally Posted by katiesue

Swanie's been running on the treadmill but I can't run on them. I feel like I'm falling off. Walking's fine but running not so much

If you were training in Arizona, you'd find a way to get on the treadmill. It was 95 at 8:30 this morning.

Frankly, I'm just hoping my DD doesn't smoke me during the race. She's been running races through her running club at school since Kindergarten, but this is her first 5K - and it is on her 10th birthday! She's pretty pumped up for it.

My goal is to be able to run the 5K under 40:00 mins - which would be a big deal for me. My training has been going so well that I'm thinking of signing up for my first 10K in October. The Race for the Taste 10K at WDW is the weekend we'll be there. Has anyone run it before?

swanie