Marathon Weekend 2019

[Chaitali]

May see you there. We are at SSR and slept in. Heading to the expo now.

I’ll be the tall large guy in a blue Aulani shirt.

@lhermiston , see you guys at bag check A-C tomorrow!

Oops, didn’t see this until now. Hope the expo went smoothly for you .

 

[jmasgat]

Anyone planning on taking buses to MK should anticipate a long commute. We’ve been on the POR bus for 45 minutes.

Last year we got stuck in that same awful traffic trying to get to MK on Saturday in a car. That, plus all the monorails went down, so they had to bus people from TTC. Missed our FP at BTMR, but a nice CM let us use it later.

Hope it wasn’t too painful a wait.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Congrats HM'ers!!!

Here is the last weather forecast:



M (5am to 1:30pm) - T+D of 119 to 125 to 138 (pace adjustment of +2% to +3%)

Time for the finale race of Marathon Weekend. The weather has held for the final day. It looks to be quite a bit warmer than ideal. Unfortunately, it's also predicted to have minimal cloud cover. So my advice is to conserve, conserve, conserve. For those of you coming from the north and having trained in better weather conditions be wary of how you might feel at the outset of this race. The T+D is going to rise and with the lack of cloud cover the solar radiation effect is going to be tough. I'd suggest everyone looking at a time/pace goal to be truly conservative to start. That rise in temps is going to coincide with the most difficult portions of the race. So I would consider starting off at a pace at least about 2-3% slower than ideal.

If you forget all advice for tomorrow, then remember just one thing: Smile. Have fun! No matter your goals, stay positive. This is the victory lap of training. So go celebrate! Can't wait to hear about all of the triumphs of people crushing their goals.

 

[rteetz]

Weather alert for tomorrow

https://guide.rundisney.events/weather-advisory-for-january-13-2019/

 

[Steveg2112]

Weather warning for heat and humidity posted on rundisney site

 

[kleph]

Weather alert for tomorrow

https://guide.rundisney.events/weather-advisory-for-january-13-2019/

Welp. It looks like the ramen sweatshirt will be a throwaway for this race.

 

[pluto377]

Weather warning for heat and humidity posted on rundisney site

Ugh trying to figure out the math to see how much I can walk and stay ahead of the balloons. The heat is really not my friend.

 

[pluto377]

Also can I just say that it’s not good when the liquid cheese and chips are the only edible things in the snack box!

 

[StarGirl11]

Sometimes I wish my friend had done a full because I told her about the alert and she’s like you survived the Disneyland Half. And I’m like yeah but the full is a whole other ball game because of how long your out there

 

[LdyStormy76]

Anyone know what the on course power aid flavor was today?

 

[lhermiston]

Anyone know what the on course power aid flavor was today?

Yellow, I think. Is that lemon? I had one cup, thought it was gross and got water after that.

 

[FFigawi]

Congrats half runners! Heard there was a lot of corral jumping out there today. It's a shame people resort to that instead of doing the right thing & toughing it out from where they deserve to be.

 

[pluto377]

Yellow, I think. Is that lemon? I had one cup, thought it was gross and got water after that.

Yup yellow and it was disgusting. As were the sport beans.

Congrats half runners! Heard there was a lot of corral jumping out there today. It's a shame people resort to that instead of doing the right thing & toughing it out from where they deserve to be.

I was in the front row of F and the ladies manning the E corral were fabulous. They kept turning people away even when people were trying to rush the corral a few minutes after the start. I give them a lot of credit for continuing to check everyone and send them where they belonged!

 

[huskies90]

Weather alert for tomorrow

https://guide.rundisney.events/weather-advisory-for-january-13-2019/

Will they add water stops for tomorrow due to the heat? I doubt it but was just curious what others thought.

 

[rteetz]

Yup yellow and it was disgusting. As were the sport beans

I disagree. The yellow was way better than the white cherry stuff from last year. I also love sports beans and train with them all the time.

 

[rteetz]

Will they add water stops for tomorrow due to the heat? I doubt it but was just curious what others thought.

Possible but doubtful since they would need more volunteers or has to take volunteers away from other areas.

 

[FFigawi]

I disagree. The yellow was way better than the white cherry stuff from last year. I also love sports beans and train with them all the time.

The white cherry was terrible. I'm glad to hear they went back to a decent flavor.

 

[rteetz]

The white cherry was terrible. I'm glad to hear they went back to a decent flavor.

Yep.

 

[steph0808]

Had a great half - didn't see any DISers though! Stopped for about 10 or 12 pictures. Lines were super short from the front of corral B. Longest I waited was one minute for Incredibles.

Had a big breakfast at Boma and have been at Animal Kingdom since. I could use a nap.

 

[Barca33Runner]

Legs are feeling like they got backed over by several resort buses. Not sure I’ve got another 26.2 miles in me this year. Just going to get out there and give it my best tomorrow.