princess_jamie
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- Mar 16, 2015
I'm leaning towards POP too so it's nice to hear a few people who are pro-POP
I own at BCV and the Studios are already sold out for Friday, 1/5 and Saturday, 1/6. 1BR and 2BR villas are still available but the general inventory of rooms for BCV is small in comparison to the other DVC resorts so this might not be a good barometer. I think this year will be even tougher with the closeness and overlap of the New Years holiday weekend with the arrival of marathon weekend guests.
FANTASTIC! I will keep my eye open for more posts - this is exactly what we were hoping to do after the marathon! THXHey @CanadianPaco, DATW is Drinking Around the World at Epcot on the Monday after the marathon. Each of the 11 countries in World Showcase serves alcohol in one form or another, so we start at one end and have a drink in each country until we get to the other end. We stop along the way to explore the exhibits, eat lunch and snacks, and have fun poking around parts of the pavilions most people walk right past. It's great way to stretch your legs after the races, have lots of laughs with friends new and old, and make sure you're fully rehydrated.
I was already thinking of a marathon outfit...is it too early???
We rented a deluxe studio at BC this past marathon weekend. We loved it there and it was very convenient to the race. We had 5 in the studio. Me, DH, and our 3 teenage kids. It was very snug. Manageable, but snug. Biggest problem was the storage space was very limited, so we just didn't have places to put our clothes and suitcases. I'm usually an unpacker on vacation and there was no way to do it with 5 of us in the studio. It sort of drove me crazy, but that might just be me.
Marathon Weekend Goals
I did this last year and thought it was a good experience. Full disclosure this time (last year I was sneaky), I am saving your responses to be revealed at a later time closer to race day.
Now that registration is out of the way for most of us, I'd love to hear your goals for Marathon Weekend. Here's how I see goals. They're personal. You chose it because that goal means something to you. It's important to you. Which means your goal is important to me. No goal is too big or too small. The person's goal to finish their first 5K and another's to take down Michael Wardian's Dopey World Record are equally important to me. So, I'd love to hear yours. And yes, even the super secret I don't want to admit it goals.
Here are some ideas if you haven't thought about it:
Finish my first: 5K, 10K, Half, Full, Goofy, Dopey
Finish with a time goal
Run a race with a family member
Overcome an adversity in your life
Drink a beer or margarita at a certain mile marker
Participate in DATW (Drinking Around the World) *Happens on Monday in EPCOT (ask @FFigawi about it)
Beat a family member
Get as many character photos as possible
Get a character photo with a certain character
Do lots of park time and enjoy the races
Have fun
So, let's hear them! What's your goal? Remember yesterday (or a few weeks ago) you signed up for a race during marathon weekend for a reason, so what is it?
And since we are making goals I hope to figure out:
3. How to love the person I am inside and out
... I've been insanely lucky these past two marathon weekends and I hope my luck continues...
2018 will be my third marathon weekend in the books, my first Dopey, and technically my first Goofy because of the cancellation of the HM this year (even though I ended up running it on my own). I feel like I've been insanely lucky these past two marathon weekends and I hope my luck continues. In 2016, I trained really hard leading up to the race, was in the best shape, and ended up completing my first HM in 2:00 exactly. In 2017, I didn't train nearly as hard as I had hoped, my longest run being 11 miles, but somehow I managed to run a 1:58 HM on my own and the full marathon in 5:11. If you asked me before I ran my first runDisney race if I would ever run a marathon my answer would have been "no" and that HM were enough for me. Needless to say, I ran the full completely, finished, and it didn't feel anything like I'd imagine it would. I felt strong and happy and like I could conquer the world. I think when I say I've been "lucky" I mean I've never had an injury, I've never had to run a "hotter than hades" race (which would be very challenging for me, personally), and there was never a time where my mind gave up. So from this little anecdote I wanted to draft my goals and remind myself of the best times I've ever had, the things I've accomplished, and how at one point I never thought I'd do it, yet here I am. I'm at a point in my life where everything is uncertain (I'm 23, with a bachelors degree that I'm not quite sure I know what I want to do with yet, and living on my own far from where my roots were planted) and I guess the certainty in having a goal and knowing that a year from now more of my life will be figured out is sort of comforting. If you're still reading this, I commend you, but I know @DopeyBadger will tuck this away somewhere that I'll enjoy looking back on in the future, so without further ado my 2018 weekend goals:
1. Really stick to my training plan (thanks dopeybadger)
2. PR the half and the full
3. Finish at least one race in the top 50 of my age category
4. Continue the same race morning routine
5. Convince my mom to come to race weekend to watch me finish
6. Don't doubt yourself or lose sight of why you love to run
And since we are making goals I hope to figure out:
1. What I want to do with my life
2. Where I want to live this figured out life
3. How to love the person I am inside and out
thanks for listening, you guys are the greatest! I wish you all luck on achieving your goals by race weekend
On a different topic: we are going to rent DVC points for a 2 bedroom at Saratoga Springs. We'll probably use David's. Never rented DVC points before. Any idea on how soon I need to do it for a SS 2 bedroom Dopey stay? Any pointers or tips or gotchas I should know about ahead of time?
The no-cancellation policy has me spooked, as we'll be taking my elderly mom and plans could change.
Thanks in advance.
My long winded answer is that it depends on a myriad of factors such as runner's history, current fitness, continuous runner vs run/walker, balance amongst the week (both from an easy/hard split and from a duration of training throughout the week), race equivalency profile, amount of time available to train on a daily basis, amount of time available to train prior to the event (in weeks/months), number of days per week willing to train, etc. My go to limit is 2.5 hours for the long run for a continuous runner. I've had pretty good success limiting runners of all levels to this maximum and yet still matching their goals and desires. I truly believe duration and pace are the real considerations when making a plan, moreso then the end result of pace X duration which is mileage. For some, that means I limit them to 12 miles maximum for training for a marathon (seems crazy, I know). For others, I limit them at 18 miles. For others, I limit them at 22 miles.
I successfully trained an athlete to their first marathon doing the Dopey while limiting their long run to 12 miles (3 hrs, only time I've done that) at 6 days per week for 15 weeks (but essentially only 8 weeks of the real stuff). This person nailed the predicted times on all 4 events within minutes of my projections.
Another athlete maxed at 14 miles (2.5 hrs) for their long run on 4 days per week training for 19 weeks. This person saw an improvement from their first marathon of over 80 minutes (can't remember the exact number).
So, I'd say the optimal long run is really dependent on a myriad of factors and how well it fits with that person. But in a general statement, I schedule no more than 2.5 hours for a long run regardless of the person's fitness (with only one exception). I am however willing to go less dependent on the circumstances.
So - question for those knowledgable (@DopeyBadger) perhaps:
I am currently half way through training for Dark Side (16 week program). While I've run races before, it has been a few years. So I eased into it and am just following the rD Galloway beginner's plan. I definitely think it's working better for me than any other plans I tried in the past (primarily I really like the timed runs during the week as opposed to the distance runs), and that's evident in the fact that this is the most consistent I have ever been with training. I haven't missed a training run yet.
Now that I've established a good base (and routine!), I was thinking about maybe adding another day of running. The hardest thing to get used to at first with this plan is that it was 3 run days instead of 4. I was thinking about adding a 45 minute run in between to the two 30s (maybe like a Tuesday30/Wednesday45, Friday30). However, then I was just wondering if I'd be better suited doing it as I am but adding a day or two of cross training at the gym that I have a membership but never go to. Eventually those 30 minute runs will turn into 45 minute runs as I start to really train for the marathon in the summer, but until then.. I don't know.
So, thoughts?
Now that I've established a good base (and routine!), I was thinking about maybe adding another day of running. The hardest thing to get used to at first with this plan is that it was 3 run days instead of 4. I was thinking about adding a 45 minute run in between to the two 30s (maybe like a Tuesday30/Wednesday45, Friday30). However, then I was just wondering if I'd be better suited doing it as I am but adding a day or two of cross training at the gym that I have a membership but never go to. Eventually those 30 minute runs will turn into 45 minute runs as I start to really train for the marathon in the summer, but until then.. I don't know.
So, thoughts?