Deferring Princess

[kathleendsm]

I'm totally crushed, I worked hard to do a half this fall to get a decent corral placement time for the Princess in February. I basically ignored nagging quad pain for over a month (it got better and worse depending on how much I did), but it slowed me down in my half in October. The next few days I could barely walk, and trying to run once after the race was painful, so I saw a sports medicine specialist. One X-ray and one MRI later, the diagnosis was a femoral stress fracture. Lesson learned: when you have pain like that, see a specialist. My primary care doc had no idea what to do.

Anyway, between that and a surgical procedure I am going to have later this year, I am out for the Princess in February (though I'll still do the 5K with my family). Does anyone know the rules of deferral? Does it have to be for the same race, or could I defer to another runDisney race? I'm hoping to make lemonade out of these lemons, spend some time resting and in PT, then come back slowly and get stronger than before.

 

[jmasgat]

Sorry to hear this. I understand what this is like since last year I had to defer NYC marathon due to SF in foot.

There isn't a deferral policy posted for Princess, so I would email RunDisney and ask them about it. They allow this for other races (e.g. Marathon weekend), so I would think that one would be offered for Princess. If available, they will charge a fee. For Marathon weekend, you can defer to the same race the following year.

Hope you find something that works for you. And speedy recovery.

 

[cewait]

Sorry you have the injury. This is one to follow the doc's orders with little deviation. It is not uncommon for the SF to become a full fracture if ignored.

I am hopeful the mouse is contemplating a more liberal deferral policy. They usually do not post the link to the form until about 8-10 weeks out. For marathon weekend the fee is $45.

 

[steph0808]

I thought about deferring the Glass Slipper Challenge so I emailed runDisney last month. I could defer to the 2015 Glass Slipper Challenge, but that was it. Deferring to a different runDisney race wasn't allowed. I hope they change that.