2319!! 2319!!!

No wait.....there was no 2319....Although, coming into the 5k up in Providence I was dreaming a bit about running a PR of 23:19, how cool would that be, I thought, I could pull of the whole Monsters Inc. joke and be thrilled at a fast PR and some Disney humor.

Well, no 2319.... that's cause it was a 23:11!!!! I didn't have my watch, so I wasn't sure what I actually ran, though it was in the 23:20's, but wasn't sure.

Overall place : 614 (of 5977 finishers)
362/1471 (in the age group M30/39)
Clock Time : 23:28
Chip Time : 23:11
Average Mile : 7:28

Course was flat overall with one decent size downhill in the beginning and then of course the same hill, but up, for the finish. Did this sans headphones as I felt I could regulate the breathing and not throw myself into an asthma attack, yeah, I'm one of them loud breathers I think... Legs were definitley feeling it after mile two, but I kept pushing it and obviously happy with the result.

Yeah, I know it's only a 5k, but I'm darn proud of this 5k. Having said that, I think I could do a sub 23 minute run... If didn't have to deal with some cramping in the back toward the end, I think I might have been able to squeeze a little more out.

Okay, so, no more races planned, just some quality Goofy training to get ready for January.

Big Race Comin'....

Well, sort of. Funny how a 5k now isn't really a big race anymore...However, this one has a little more flavor to it being the national 5k championships. Sounds like there will be 4-5 thousand people there? Crazy stuff for a 5k.... I'm looking to PR and think I've done the work to do it, but we'll see. Different PR'ing on a training run (yes, did this the other day, 23:56) and doing it in that much traffic!

Not sure how the 2hr drive up there is going to affect me either, but planning on a comprehensive warm up run for the lungs and a good stretch before the start. Since it's a Team Pfizer run, they want us to wear the singlet, but I might just do it for the team picture and then throw on the Team Voice colors. :-)

My foot is back to 100% after a few days of being sidelined (those from the skype call will remember), so that's good. Plenty of icing and stretching really helped. That, and I haven't put on the evil shoes since...I might wear them for the 5k though...they are just so freakin' light and quick!

Trilicious....

Lorraine finished her Tri this morning 1:46:xx'ish (unofficially). Here she is after the finish with the kids, notice the lovely yellow shirt. ;-) Very proud of her, she worked extremely hard for this event.

Official Results:

Place Overall - 285
Total time - 1:46:42
Swim (half mile) - 23:29 1st transition 3:14
Bike (12 miles) - 45:43 2nd transition 1:51
Run (5k) - 32:27

More DVC?

Not sure if y'all saw this one or not...

Screamscape.com is reporting that the site of the former River Country waterpark may eventually be home to a new Disney Vacation Club resort.* According to their sources, the project would leverage some aspects from Disney's old Buffalo Junction project, and thematically mesh with both Fort Wilderness and the Wilderness Lodge.Click HERE to read the full story.Screamscape has also recently published reports indicating that the Grand Floridian and a site adjacent to the Blizzard Beach waterpark are being considered for DVC villas.

I guess they have mucho faith in the economic recovery.... Although, I suppose their numbers support such investments otherwise they probably wouldn't be taking that kind of capital risk.

Disney Advertising

Anyone notice how much more Disney has been advertising in running magazines for marathon weekend as well as the other races? Just goes to show you how bad the economy had taken a hit on the registration for these things.... I recall two years ago when the 1/2 for Jan. sold out in a month! Just amazing.

How are all the W&D folks feeling about their run/wog/walk coming up? Just don't go out there and try to cram for it folks, steady is the name of the game. If you didn't train for a PR the past couple of months this is definitely NOT the time to do it! We don't want any Team Voicers hurting themselves. Just do what you can in the time you have left and have a blast as you know you'll all finish, so just focus on the little stuff now whether it be losing an extra pound or two, or just staying consistent with your workouts to ensure a good finish. :-)