Marathon Weekend 2019

[SarahDisney]

I'm sorry if I got any of you sick.

As for me ... I'm headed back to Cabana Bay to grab my stuff so that I can head to the airport. More thoughts when I get home (assuming I have time to both think and type), but for now ... this was a good trip, but it's my last one for a while. I can't do another solo trip, and Beth still has another 2.5 years of school. So no more Disney for me for a little bit .

 

[wdvak]

So sorry to hear/read this! My wife caught something similar Saturday and I caught it after that. We had to take her to the hospital for an IV Sunday night and Monday, I couldn't take two steps with feeling fatigued and light-headed. We had to call an in-room doctor because I didn't even have the strength to walk to catch an uber to go to a urgent care clinic. If that would have happened a day earlier, there is no way I could have ran a single step.

I hope you are recovering quickly.

Doing fairly well race recovery-wise. You are right about the fatigue with this. Between feeling tired and the cough I’ve only been up for partial days at the park. At least I’m still down here having fun, guess I reall can’t complain.

I hope both of you are doing better.

 

[wdvak]

My new applewatch asked me 4 different times if I was "done running" during our long wait for the chipmunks at mile 7. I had to be real careful to touch dismiss instead of end. It'd be cool if there could be a program for having the stopwatch time continue but you can choose "peeing", "character stop", "waiting for light" (on training runs), "stopped to say hi to a cute dog", etc., etc.

I always lock mine so I don’t accidentally turn it off. And I agree about needing to have those extra programmable spots

 

[PCFriar80]

Add me to the list of one with a post race weekend cold, but this is the right place to be! Looking forward to getting home tomorrow. For those of you with post race illnesses, I will not “like” your posts but hope all get better quick!

 

[Kyle83]

So has anyone else had issues getting their PhotoPass pictures or is it just taking forever for them to load? I’ve had the 5k and 10k for several days, the marathon pictures came in this morning but I am completely missing all of the photos from the half marathon. I even went and entered my bib number again just to make sure it was put in correctly and nothing came up. Is anyone else experiencing the same?

 

[wdvak]

So has anyone else had issues getting their PhotoPass pictures or is it just taking forever for them to load? I’ve had the 5k and 10k for several days, the marathon pictures came in this morning but I am completely missing all of the photos from the half marathon. I even went and entered my bib number again just to make sure it was put in correctly and nothing came up. Is anyone else experiencing the same?

I got all of mine by last night.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I never get photopass and now I'm regretting it... I have a few pictures from the marathon that I may need to buy! Does anyone know how much each picture is? (I am sure I can look it up too...)

 

[Chaitali]

At the airport ready to head home to frigid temps . I did get a marathon I did it shirt at the airport shop. They had plenty of shirts, both men’s and women’s cuts, as well as magnets, pins and water bottles. But the women working there said today is probably the last day they would have marathon stuff available.

 

[rteetz]

I never get photopass and now I'm regretting it... I have a few pictures from the marathon that I may need to buy! Does anyone know how much each picture is? (I am sure I can look it up too...)

If I am looking at it correctly its like $16.95 but I could be wrong. With my AP I get the photos so I am not sure how it works otherwise.

 

[Novatrix]

So has anyone else had issues getting their PhotoPass pictures or is it just taking forever for them to load? I’ve had the 5k and 10k for several days, the marathon pictures came in this morning but I am completely missing all of the photos from the half marathon. I even went and entered my bib number again just to make sure it was put in correctly and nothing came up. Is anyone else experiencing the same?

Me. It looks like most of my 5k pictures turned up, but I only have 1 from the 10k and none from the half or the full. I know I was talking with one of the photopass photographers at one point during the marathon, and she said their system had been acting really buggy lately and kept crashing. That may be leading to delays.

 

[PCFriar80]

I never get photopass and now I'm regretting it... I have a few pictures from the marathon that I may need to buy! Does anyone know how much each picture is? (I am sure I can look it up too...)

I bought two 5x7 pictures last year and it cost me $14 including tax and shipping. It’s relatively cheap compared to the other service that runDisney used prior to that.

 

[pluto377]

I'm still missing a few pictures. Ones I know I took with characters. Hope they turn up!

Also I forgot to add in my wrap up post- but what was with the buses not having a/c?! My bus back from the marathon had no a/c and I tell you that driver is lucky no one got sick on the bus. It was miserable and I was feeling like I might barf. Not cool!

 

[lhermiston]

I never get photopass and now I'm regretting it... I have a few pictures from the marathon that I may need to buy! Does anyone know how much each picture is? (I am sure I can look it up too...)

You can buy a single day photo pass and get all of your marathon photos (plus any park/ride photos from later that day). I don’t remember the exact cost, but I did it in 2017 and it makes sense if you want more than 2-3 photos.

 

[mankle30]

At the airport ready to head home to frigid temps . I did get a marathon I did it shirt at the airport shop. They had plenty of shirts, both men’s and women’s cuts, as well as magnets, pins and water bottles. But the women working there said today is probably the last day they would have marathon stuff available.

I'm back in the frozen land of Canadia. Also got an "I Did It!" shirt at the World of Disney store in Disney Springs. I suffered a lot in the marathon and felt like I needed some swag!

 

[lhermiston]

Back in Iowa. I’ll reminisce and reflect more later (and there might be one last SAFD), but for now I just want to thank everyone who contributed to making this an awesome race weekend. The camaraderie before, during and after the races added another layer of fun to the whole experience. It was great to put faces and names to screen names.

You are all truly runDisney All-Stars.

 

[LdyStormy76]

I'm still missing a few pictures. Ones I know I took with characters. Hope they turn up!

Also I forgot to add in my wrap up post- but what was with the buses not having a/c?! My bus back from the marathon had no a/c and I tell you that driver is lucky no one got sick on the bus. It was miserable and I was feeling like I might barf. Not cool!

Wonder if we were on the same bus back on Sunday. I was sitting there resting my head against the seat in front of me with my eyes closed waiting for the bus to finish loading so we could get moving. All I wanted was to cool off.

 

[Rory CB]

I never get photopass and now I'm regretting it... I have a few pictures from the marathon that I may need to buy! Does anyone know how much each picture is? (I am sure I can look it up too...)

I still have room for 3 bibs on my photopass - happy to add your bib and send them to you...

 

[Rory CB]

I'm sorry if I got any of you sick.

As for me ... I'm headed back to Cabana Bay to grab my stuff so that I can head to the airport. More thoughts when I get home (assuming I have time to both think and type), but for now ... this was a good trip, but it's my last one for a while. I can't do another solo trip, and Beth still has another 2.5 years of school. So no more Disney for me for a little bit .

Random - I was reading your past race reports, I am 99% certain I saw you on the bus to AK on Friday...

 

[huskies90]

I got all my marathon pics and all but my castle pic for the half. I will give it another day or so and then email them. It should be pretty easy to find. I know exactly the time I was there and had on a easily identifiable outfit.

 

[willrunfordisney117]

I just don't enjoy the marathon distance at all. It's just too tough on my body and training takes a lot of time away from my family. I also don't like feeling like I HAVE to go running. When I train for a 10K I feel like it's still fun because I can miss a run and not stress over it. Training for a marathon feels like a job and I don't need another one of those!

This! I'm so happy to say I have run a marathon, but I really don't know if I'll ever run another. I have a 20 mile race in 6 weeks and I'm regretting it! I'm hoping by next week or so I'll be feeling better about it.