Marathon Weekend 2019

[run.minnie.miles]

SAFD:
I am not a fan of huge breakfast, so I prefer picking up a pastry and coffee. (Specifically a chocolate croissant )

In other news, my 10 miler went well and despite the wind, I clocked a 1:57:02. (I think that should be good enough for a <5:29:59 POT)

 

[TCB in FLA]

SAFD: Not exactly just a breakfast food, but the beignets at POFQ are near the top of my list.

 

[Bree]

Yep we stayed there for marathon weekend. It’s a great location for it. As mentioned buses work just like the Disney resorts and yes a shared bus for the return. SoG does a great job for marathon weekend and there are lots of runners who stay there.

Awesome!

 

[Bree]

SAFD: I’m not a big eater in the morning. Just give me some coffee and a banana and a breakfast bar of some sort a couple hours later. If I had to choose something it would be the puffy French toast at crystal palace or the blintzes at Tusker house.

 

[lhermiston]

We love Crystal Palace for breakfast. I don’t need anything fancy for breakfast as far as food goes and they have a good variety of standard breakfast foods. I love the location, decor and the Pooh characters.

Another fringe benefit of Crystal Palace is getting an ADR before park opening. It's not as effective as it was under the old rope drop ceremony, but I loved being in MK for the relative quiet and family photos on Main Street.

SAFD:
I am not a fan of huge breakfast, so I prefer picking up a pastry and coffee. (Specifically a chocolate croissant )

In other news, my 10 miler went well and despite the wind, I clocked a 1:57:02. (I think that should be good enough for a <5:29:59 POT)

Congrats!

 

[Dis5150]

SAFD: We don’t eat breakfast at Disney a lot but the banana bread French toast at Wilderness Lodge is yummy. But usually I’ll order the breakfast skillet there because bacon! All I want, lol.

 

[wdvak]

Cinnamon roll at Gaston’s.

 

[tidefan]

SAFD: What is breakfast???

 

[cavepig]

I love Mickey Waffles, sadly didn't get a single one last January We used to do Crystal Palace or Tusker breakfast every trip, enjoy both, but really have just not be into buffets as of late. Usually breakfast is just something simple in our room we brought or a quick grab at the foodcourt.

 

[IamTrike]

My favorite breakfast on property is probably the breakfast at Kona. Most everything on their breakfast menu is good. While the tonga Toast gets most of the attention the Macadamia Nut Pancakes are really good and I am big fan of the french press of Kona

 

[TeeterTots]

I love breakfast, but at Disney my Starbucks and chocolate croissant taste so much better!!!

 

[PrincessV]

Still need to do some catch-up reading, but wanted to share this:

Thank you @DopeyBadger for motivating me to email rD re: PoT! I heard back from Track Shack and they report that my 10K time puts me right under the threshold using their calculation - a 2:44:00 half. This aligns almost perfectly with Runner's World's race time prediction calculator (RW comes out at 2:44:16), so I'd say that's the one to use going forward, not McMillan (which had me at 2:45:58).

 

[PrincessV]

SAFD: I can't even leave my room as a functional human without eating breakfast, so I never eat anywhere other than my room/villa. Kashi cereal, oatmeal, or a bagel FTW!

 

[BriarRabbit]

Sorry. There are two steps to putting in the proof of time when you register.

1. Enter an estimated finish time for the race based on the 10k that they ran. You must adjust the finish time using something like the McMillan calculator

2. Enter the time and url link to the results of the race that you are using as proof of time.

The proof of time result must support the estimated finish time or they may disregard it.

Got it. Thanks.

 

[apdebord]

SAFD: We don't go out for breakfast often at WDW, but we did split a flatbread at Roaring Fork during our stay at Wilderness Lodge. It was really good!

But I do love Tonga Toast. It's not a must-do every trip, but I enjoy it.

 

[AFwifelife]

What do you all think should be my plan of action? Need to sign up my husband and I for Dopey and finally convinced my mom she can do the 10k with training. Sign up for the 10k first right? Then I can work on the two Dopey entries? I'll have two computers and maybe an iPad if I can wrestle one from the kids.

 

[FlashAM7]

This thread just made me make a reservation for Kona breakfast after the Dark Side Half... Thanks a lot.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

My post-race high came crashing down.

I had emailed rD (track shack has been responding) earlier last week to ask about POT and they said if I sent them my time, they would provide the marathon race time equivalent.

They said today my 1:57:02 10 mile time = 5:32 Marathon. McMillan estimate is 5:28:31.

This seems surprising to me? I asked several follow up questions, so we'll see how (if) they respond.

 

[PrincessV]

My post-race high came crashing down.

I had emailed rD (track shack has been responding) earlier last week to ask about POT and they said if I sent them my time, they would provide the marathon race time equivalent.

They said today my 1:57:02 10 mile time = 5:32 Marathon. McMillan estimate is 5:28:31.

This seems surprising to me? I asked several follow up questions, so we'll see how (if) they respond.

I swear, at this point I think they just make it up as they go. How does my 10K-to-half calculation by Track Shack come out faster than McMillan's, but your 10 miler-to-marathon calculation by Track Shack come out slower than McMillan??? And why on earth can't they just share the Secret Calculation on rD's website and save us all the angst?!?!

 

[run.minnie.miles]

And why on earth can't they just share the Secret Calculation on rD's website and save us all the angst?!?!

Yes! This is the most frustrating part.
Now I think I am better off putting an estimated finish time = 5:30:00 than my POT and estimated finish time <5:29:59? Or do I risk it and hope someone else from track shack calculates it differently.