More from Team Nemo

OK, Bloggers. Time to give high-fives and 3 cheers to those Bloggers out there who are training hard for Team Nemo and the Jan. 9th 5 K at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

First, special shout-out to a Gimpy Blogger who just keeps swimming to rehab a foot boo-boo so she can run the Marathon at Disney that weekend. Another big pat on the back goes out to two Bloggers who are training together every morning by walking for an hour, up and down a big hill!! They are braving all kinds of wild life to do so, including deer and wild turkeys. (Easy there, Tiny Mittens. I meant the fowl, not the adult beverage!) Another Blogger had been doing major strength training until the temperature soared, walking through the sand, taking some of her men-folk along, too! Cheers to you! By the way, she carries a big stick to help climb the dunes! Just amazing! Two other Bloggers are also training together, doing a version of The Biggest Loser boot camp at the gym at least two or three times a week. AND, glad to report, my heart rate walking on the treadmill is down from 164 bpm to a lovely 112 @ 3.0 mph!! Yay! So, I haven't heard lately from some of the other Nemo enthusiasts. How are you doing? We can do this together.

As you can guess, like Gimpy Blogger, I just keep swimming, with a bunch of treadmill-ing as well. I am going after C.R.P.S. symptoms with all my might, faithfully following my home physical rehab prescriptions. The knees and shoulder/neck are improving. The right hand is still a problem. But, at least I "don't have hooks," as a guidance counselor once told one of my handicapped students. (No kidding.) Talk about ultimate downward comparison!

If you are planning on joining those going down for the Marathon Weekend, (please do!), here's a web site you may want to check out. Those registering can also get room rates and a Parks ticket package as well. I understand some people plan to bring down playing cards for apres race gatherings. This could work.
http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/marathon/listing?name=MarathonEventListingPage

Jeannie has designed a really neat Team Nemo shirt, as you probably already know. Maybe she could send you the link.
We can do this!