2014 Running Thread

Brilliant!  I don't know what you just did, but I am back in the thread and it has the right year!

For anyone interested, if you are a Disney passholder (or possibly for holders of Disney credit cards, not sure) the registration for the Disneyland race weekend (Anaheim CA) opens at noon EST tomorrow. The 10K is on the Saturday Aug 30 and the Half is Sunday the 31st. Doing both is the "Dumbo Double Dare" and is eligible for bonus medal.

Open registration is Jan 28, I believe and last year the 10K sold out in about an hour, while the half sold out in a day or so once the open registration started.

I'm grabbing my registrations tomorrow! (Or hope to, anyway!)

Thanks lovestorun for setting up this thread!

Goldlining - do you happen to know or remember when the registration for the Dopey opens or any other of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events? I'm going to have to search on what I need to do for early registration! I so don't want to miss registering for 2015. 

I'm going to hit the stationary bike in thbasement instead of going for a run outside. It's -friggin' cold out this morning! I need to step up my training, I'm running Around The Bay at the end of March as part of a three person relay team, we each run 10k. I ran the 30k last year and just had to participate in the 120th anniversary of this race. 

I love this thread - one of my goals after treatment (which just finished chemo last Thursday) is to run in the Cherry Blossom 10 miler, in Washington, DC this April. Training starts next week for me and this will be a great way to keep me motivated for my first long run since my diagnosis!

I had a right mastectomy 12/10/13.  Was Struggling with profound fatigue ( new for me) and would get lightheaded.  Lots of snow and cold here - was missing my daily hikes with my dog.  Two weeks ago started walking the indoor track at YMCA.  Now up to 1.5 miles and not lightheaded!  Also doing 2-3 miles on recumbent bike! My surgeon okayed 5 pound free weights for my right arm and that feels wonderful .

Hope to start running again in future ....

Oncearunner... "Unfortunately we are not passholders, we live too far away to make it worth it"

My goodness, I must be loony! I live in YYZ 1057 miles from MCO and twice that from LAX and I have annual pass to both! It's worth it for the park admissions while I'm going to 2-3 runs per year, plus I can use in spare time on business trips and enjoy the discounts. I think there is a small discount on the run registration also, except the January weekend.

So, for the calendar, I registered today for the "Dumbo Double Dare". That is the Disneyland 10K on Aug 30 and the Disneyland Half on Aug 31. (-:3

OK, I did it! I started a new thread, Running through chemotherapy --
for those looking for support, camaraderie, advice and encouragement to
keep active through some brutal treatments.

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/58/topic/8...

Share your experiences so people don't have to feel alone in their efforts!

(Thanks, Runfree, for cluing me in that the party had moved to a new page!)

Thanks for the encouragement ladies!  I got in 4.25 miles walking/running on the treadmill this morning.

Runfree - Thanks for the link but I can't get it to work .

If we're not talking as elite competitors, but as people who walk for physical and mental health and recovery, the thing I equate to "running" is not the gait, but rather my state of consciousness of how far it was, how fast I went, how long I kept it up, whether I did the distance or pace I hoped, how I felt, whether I defeated the whiny voice that wanted to stop, how quick I recovered. It's also setting some targets for next time, getting better, feeling better, and missing it when you can't get out. I have those feelings when I walk on the treadmill, or I'm walking part of a race, not just when I am able to run. Being a runner is when I identify with what other people who run or walk say about an experience, and I try something they said helped them (I downsized my shoe weight based on what I read here, and it's been great!) or browsing at running expos or reading Runner's World magazine and wondering if product X or technique Y would help me. Run or walk, there is always someone faster. If I watch a marathon on TV or at the finish line as a spectator, I'm in awe of how fast those people move and wish that I could feel what that feels like, even just for one block. But even though 10,000 people beat me at the WDWHalf, I beat another 10,000 people. We are all on a continuum. Everyone has to go their own pace. The medals I earned from mostly walking are just as big and shiny as the ones I got from running more and, in every event longer than 5K, I walked some of it. Only by the finish time engraved on the back of the medal do you know which were more walking and which were more running. 

Goldlining - that is a truly wonderful perspective.  Thanks for sharing!  I've only been consistent with this 'interval' stuff on the treadmill since the first of the year so can't expect major changes yet.  I've lost about 5 pounds, which isn't much, but I AM noticing the slightest bit of toning in my upper thighs (the old 'saddlebag' area) so I know it's working!

Lillaura and VMC!  Good for you! You can do it!  We each just do the best we can, running or walking, or a little of both, depending on what part of treatment we are dealing with or recovering from! 

Runfree: Thanks for the article. I was one of those who snickered at the walk-run concept but at this point it seems like my best hope. 

Stephie: I wish I had some advice to share. Knock wood, I have not experienced edema. I was also quite fit before my diagnosis and feel like a shadow of my former self, but I'm still in treatment (three more weeks of radiation). I think we have to be forgiving and patient and recalibrate our expectations. Many of these treatments have lingering effects, not to mention the hormone therapies we're on. I think we have to base our goals and expectations on where we are now, not where we used to be. That said, I really hope you find someone who can help with the swelling and discomfort. Best of luck.

I didn't have radiation or chemo but the DIEP is a very long procedure, and it took no less than 18 months to get my heart rate-to-pace ratio under control. It added like a minute per km to my pace. No one could explain why anaesthesia would do that, but there isn't a doubt in my mind that something was still getting worked out. It was not conditioning - I started running from a standing stop about 18 months before diagnosis and was in much better condition faster than the same amount of running post DIEP.

Every day is a new discovery - My thinking is that there will be times for faster runs and this is a time when just running is a win.

Welcome NYC

:-) Running bras are my fixation!

I went from 2xDD, to 1xDD + 1xflat, to 2xsort-of-C. I may yet change size as I have a DIEP revision coming in a couple of months.

I like, no love, the Shock Absorber Ultimate Run Bra B5044 or S5044. Comes in various colourways including some limited edition. Photos on their site http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/en/products/ultima...

The upper clasp at the back looks complicated but I never need to undo that. I just put my head through and wiggle in, and fasten the back hooks.

I discovered it in UK as it was allegedly the most popular running bra there, and I grabbed one at the London Marathon Expo (I wasn't running, just there at the same time). It is just fantastic. I had one really good Brooks bra that was discontinued, then I used to be a fan of a Lululemon bra that was discontinued and the others just didn't do anything about jiggle.

The Shock Absorber has come to Canada now, so I can just walk into a running store and buy it at home. The design effectively contains the jiggle by strategic use of nonstretch, not by crushing and making a uniboob. Also it comes in such a wide range of sizes that just about everyone can find a fit. Some perceive it as pricey but I know I buy one and I won't have to throw it out and spend more trying to find something better.

Edited to add, I find the fit pretty true to size also, for those who have to take a stab at mail order.

In case this sounds suspiciously enthusiastic, I have no relationship of any kind with the company other than periodically saying to them "shut up and take my money".

Looking forward to your run reports!