@Tall Todd Cant find the original post for the life of me. But I’ll voice what others have said. If it’s a model you’ve run in before you should be fine. I’m not going to say brand because well I always run in New Balance and well this is what happened to me last year due to my shoes I was wearing in the 5k: (long story short I can’t run or walk in true neutral shoes for more then 3-4 miles before my medical stuff starts flaring, I didn’t know this was a problem until 5k day where I logged close to 6 miles in a pair, and didn’t figure out what caused it until this past October)
There was a plan and of course nothing happened in accordance with said plan. For the first time at Disney I DLFed.
First off I should say the issue started Thursday evening. I have issues standing for periods. If you ever see me wandering around a park post race I usually have a walker with me. Not because I can’t do the distance but because the afore mentioned standing issue can cause fun bottom of the feet pain and nausea.
I threw everything I had at it. Pain Killers, extra rock tape, rolled it with the stick nothing solved it. And after my feet started bothering me around Mile 11 ofthe half it became obvious today was going to be interesting. So I went into today weary.
Despite my worries and being tired the first half went surprisingly well. Only stopped 4 times. Hades, Cinderella’s step family, Adventurer club, and ride Everest. Feet were hurting a bit but I was doing okay. I was even able to pace briefly withthe 6 hour group going into Animal Kingdom to put some more space between me and the balloons. Then after a short stop for the grave diggers at Mile15ish everything went down hill. Fast.
Last year I was able to keep with the 7hour pace group through WWOS and to the boardwalk after hooking up at mile19ish. This year? Hooked up between mile 16 and 17 and only kept with them until right before 19. They were almost a full mile ahead of the balloons so I was okay for a while. But the balloons did pass at DHS. Making me sprinting for the boardwalk cutoff.
For all the issues I’ve heard about Team in Training on race courses I can’t thank them enough today. Two of the coaches seeing me in pain and crying from that and the fear of being swept this close to the finish walked with me (this was right before Mile 24) for the better part of a mile.
I had to skip everything at Epcot due to prox to golf cart. Once you get that close you must be moving forward at a decent pace or they will pull you. This includes stopping for the Mile 25 sign.
To say the least I cancelled my dinner at Be Our Guest and made reservations atShulas. Not going to try and go into the park.
Aren’t you glad I chimed in. I really do like the polka dot.
