and how exactly are they organizing heats so people can know that sort of thing. 
My DD is 9 (almost 10!) but this will be a late night for her. Oh, who am I kidding. It's waaay past my bedtime!! 
Anyway, with the 9:30 start, 11:15ish sounds like a pretty good time to meet up! I looked over the results of years past, and overall finishing times were about in the 1 hour - 1 1/2 hour time frame, including the scavenger hunt. If they're doing the scavenger hunt differently this year, those overall finishing times may be much less. Who knows?!! But with an 11:15ish time to meet up, hopefully that should allow slower walkers to finish and not rush, and those who are faster can play a bit before meeting? Thoughts? I think even I could probably last until 11:15. 
That would be a good spot! I can't see it being roped off because it's on that main artery between Discovery Island, Dinoland and Asia.
Me too, with my DS who'll be ten the week after EEC. Maybe. It's tough to guess with him... he made it to midnight at our last MNSSHP, but was seriously a vegetable by the time we left, lol! I'm not sure whether a run will invigorate and waken him, or shut him down and I'll be trying to carry someone only slightly smaller than I am to the bus.I'm one of those who said I'd be leaving fairly early.
It'll go nicely with our lime green tops. 
Me too, with my DS who'll be ten the week after EEC. Maybe. It's tough to guess with him... he made it to midnight at our last MNSSHP, but was seriously a vegetable by the time we left, lol! I'm not sure whether a run will invigorate and waken him, or shut him down and I'll be trying to carry someone only slightly smaller than I am to the bus.
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Speaking of kids, sleepiness and planning... I'm completely torn about how to best equip mine for staying up long past his bedtime. He's an early riser by nature and it's very rare that he sleeps past 8am; the few times it's happened were after multiple early mornings and late nights combined with daily swims at WDW. Read; he was toast and in dire need of catch-up sleep. I could try wearing him out in the days prior in hopes of him sleeping in on race day... but if it fails, we're in deep doo-doo! I'm leaning toward the marathon rule of getting adequate sleep the night before the night before, planning nothing the morning of the race, and playing it by ear. If he sleeps in, great. If not, I'll enforce an attempted nap (yeah, that doesn't happen much, either), the afternoon of race day.
I still can't decide where to eat lunch that day. I want that to be our big meal of the day, but nothing too heavy, y'know? Frankly, I'm leaning toward going off-site to Subway. Dinner will be tummy-friendly, carb-y fare from Mara.
Beyond that, I think we're ready! Got us some crazy BondiBands to wear as Team Base Camp Yeti Bait:
For the record, I had nothing to do with picking that awful pattern; that's all my child.
We have a local 5K tomorrow morning. Wish us luck!
I normally run around 9:00/10:00 pm.
Bondiband I don't need them for keeping my hair back, but I need something to deal with sweat and these ROCK!
Thanks!
I have no experience with night racing, but I have lots of nighttime ballet performances under my belt - that's rather like running a half-marathon at bedtime so I'm using the same approach for running! I kept cardio to a minimum that day; stretching and the equivalent of some walking was fine, but not too much time on my feet. At WDW, we may see a movie and take in some pool time. For eating, I always ate a sensible breakfast and decent lunch, nothing too high in fiber, some carbs and some lean protein. Dinner was lighter and mostly carbs - noodle soup was always a standard. After the performance came my biggest meal with carbs and a good amount of protein. For EEC, we'll do dinner around 6 and bring a handful of Clif Shot Bloks for a little pre-race energy boost.
Caveat: I'm not a medical professional.Has anyone else had this issue before? I don't know what to tell her to do, because I have never encountered something like this before.
I mostly live in flips, too, and though I haven't had that exact issue, I've had some issues, so I'll take a stab at it. Living in flips means much stronger and more flexible feet and ankles than the average bear. This is good, but not typically what running shoes are designed for. For me, an overly stabilized shoe forces my feet/ankles out of their natural movements, causing issues in my arches, ankles, instep and calves. I do better in a less structured shoe that lets my already strong feet do what they're used to doing. It could be that there's a "bubble" of cushioning/support in the forefront or mid-foot of her shoes that's meant to provide stability and shock absorption, but for her causes her foot to move out of its natural motion. FYI, I had to try 5 different shoes before finding the ones I love now... my experience has been that gait analysis, etc. can be helpful, but for some of us, we just need to try a variety of options until the "right" one shows up.
LOL
Jeff Galloway's goals for first race: 1) Finish 2) Finish in the upright position 3) Want to do it again.
These are our goals!
I have not commented on the meet up because I don't know what my sister will want to do or how the timing will work out. We will be on the slow end. If we are near at the right time, we may pop in.
I am a night hawk - so the late time won't bother me.
We are having a later breakfast at Tusker House that morning, but I don't know what we will do before the race.
