Marathon Weekend 2019

[cavepig]

Please be careful how much you wish for warmer temperatures. Let’s practice just the right of wishing.

Exactly! No extremes either way, I'm sure will get that perfect weather... once upon a dream ...someday my perfect marathon weather will be ...

The flights I have been eyeing went up with this "sale"..... sigh....

Same! I have mine luckily at ok prices since they shot up today in price.

 

[YawningDodo]

I think you can return the runDisney merchandise to any Disney store on property. I know I returned a shirt to the store at All-Star Sports.

Butting in to confirm, when I went through Traditions it was made very clear to us that we should advise guests that they can return WDW merch to literally any WDW shop. As long as it's on property and a store that's owned/run by Disney you should be able to return things there, doesn't matter in the slightest if it's the kind of thing that shop stocks.

 

[Simba's Girl]

FYI southwest is running a sale...

Thanks Ryan...just saved $32 on DH's ticket. For us ladies the price was the same but having $32 in flight cash will help because we just bought APs for most of us.

 

[rteetz]

Thanks Ryan...just saved $32 on DH's ticket. For us ladies the price was the same but having $32 in flight cash will help because we just bought APs for most of us.

I saved $10 which is better than nothing but $32 is pretty good!

 

[kleph]

FYI southwest is running a sale...

Boom. When they offer these, flying Southwest out of Love Field is the way to go. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Sakigt]

Floridians worrying about the cold is probably just as ridiculous when I see people worrying about the heat/humidity or rain like bruh that’s my Tuesday long run NBD

 

[Philo2020]

So funny to hear the different feelings on weather. Last year was my first RunDisney event and being from Southern California, I thought the weather was completely miserable (yes I am a complete wimp when it comes to cold). I am definitely hoping for about 10 degrees warmer but realize that might be too hot for some . Hope the weather is in that perfect sweet spot for most people!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

I love hearing people from Florida talk about cold, it's all relative. I ran 14 miles on New Years in 5 degrees (below zero when the wind was going). It was so cold the water in my water bottle froze such that I could get anything out about half way through the run. Needless to say I had no problems running the marathon in shorts. I was glad I had gloves (which I held on to and did use again) and a sweatshirt that got ditched at the start line. It's the standing still that is hard.

It is relative as the same goes for Dark Side Weekend and Wine & Dine which can be super hot and humid for those not from Florida. We don't judge you for complaining about those temps (in fact, we usually offer suggestions) - let's do the same for those that don't deal with cold well.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Take the last bus!

Yep...Id rather start in a later corral than stand at the start line freezing my butt off

 

[Keels]

All this weather talk got me to look into the weather trends for the marathon. Here is the last decade of weather. For those interested, the code and data I used to create it is located here: https://gist.github.com/jbryer/245518e632514d71951a6fe13824221b

Too early for this weather nonsense.

Fetch me a beer, newbie.

 

[SarahDisney]

RE: weather
I assume there will be weather, I will probably be either overdressed or underdressed, and I will be cranky about it.
Knowing that stops me from having to worry about the weather until it's time to start packing.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

RE: weather
I assume there will be weather, I will probably be either overdressed or underdressed, and I will be cranky about it.
Knowing that stops me from having to worry about the weather until it's time to start packing.

And even then, it will end up wrong

 

[rteetz]

And even then, it will end up wrong

Couldn't be more true.

 

[Jim_Cantore]

And even then, it will end up wrong

Couldn't be more true.

Lets leave the weather forecasts up to me, OK guys?

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Lets leave the weather forecasts up to me, OK guys?

As long as you don’t visit my city again I’m good - last year was enough

 

[SarahDisney]

And even then, it will end up wrong

True.

 

[Disneyslowrunner]

My safe tips are probably the same as most:be prepared for any weather so your not having to use up your time and money buying stuff at the parks. I trained in the cold and the cold during the race was not even noticeable, but the two hours of sitting in the wind and cold waiting for the start zapped me of tons of energy. It was miserable. If you have the option, get the race retreat.

Also, I like to take time to really relax before the marathon, like enjoying the resort. For me, when I was a kid, we could never afford to stay on property, so I love using the time to mull around, swim, eat, etc...

Also, I probably wouldn’t sweat worrying about merchandise disappearing at the expo on the first day. It can happen, but most of the time you will find it there the next day.

 

[PrincessV]

If @Jim_Cantore shows up at Marathon Week, I'm out.

 

[LSUfan4444]

I probably wouldn’t sweat worrying about merchandise disappearing at the expo on the first day. It can happen, but most of the time you will find it there the next day.

From personal experience...if you want a Men's small, get there early on the first day. If not, you're only going to get what nobody else wanted.

 

[AFwifelife]

My husband is in Alaska right now and trying to train for Dopey at the same time. Poor Floridian is freezing up there that he started preferring the treadmill. So if we could get weather between Alaska’s current 24° and Florida’s current 86°, that would be fab.