Marathon Weekend 2020

[rteetz]

For this week's Sundays are for Disney, I want to know what your running/racing plans are between now and marathon weekend. Running any races before the end of the year? Shooting for a new POT? Doing any other Disney races?

Wine and Dine for sure. I also plan on doing the Brewers half. Other than that I do want to mix in at least one more local race.

 

[Sleepy425]

SAFD:
I need to run a 10k to get a POT, still deciding when I will do that. I decided yesterday that since I have so much time to do a training program to run my first 10k, I may as well run the half at marathon weekend (logical thinking for someone who currently can barely run a 5k in 38 minutes, right?). I need to buckle down and really stick with this training program, or the balloon ladies and I are going to meet far sooner than I'd like.

 

[FFigawi]

SAFD: the only event I’m signed up for is the Ride London 100 in July. I’m thinking about entering the 70.3 in Bahrain, but that’s not decided yet.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

Between now and marathon weekend I have a bigger race schedule than I have ever had. I open with the Red Bull 400 on the 1st of June, which I chose to do for novelty’s sake and it also looked like a really awful way to spend 8-10 minutes. The following week I have a trail half marathon which is in the area I have been doing most of my running since last winter and I actually spent a bit of time on the main trail for the race yesterday.

July, I have a trail 16 miler that is called a “steeplechase.” The styeplechase part is that there is 3000 feet of vert to the halfway point including scrambling, and it is apparently carnage involving people tripping and having to jump over them on the way down.

August I have the mid mountain marathon. Average elevation 8100’, all trail. It will be my first marathon since my first/only when I was 29 which was not a great experience due to race support. I turned 40 this year and wanted to go big on my race schedule.

September I have the Revel Big Cottonwood half which I am using for my POT for marathon weekend. Revel does all downhill races. I am hoping to get a PR out of it which is currently at 2:00:32(wine and dine way back in 2012, maybe{?})my outside goal is a 1:43 to get into A corrals, but I would to get down to 210 for that to be feasible, but that’s only another 40#.

To round out my year, in November I have a 50 mile race in Moab. It was supposed to be a 50k, but after talking to one of my ultrarunning farmers and reading ultrarunning memes on IG, I decided I hated myself enough to jump in the deep end.

 

[Neon Cactus]

I have the Universal 5k next Saturday and doing the 5 mile run on the 4th of July. I just signed up yesterday for the Dallas Marathon Weekend Challenge in December. I’m doing the 10k on a Saturday and the Half on Sunday. If my training times go well, I may do the Chicago Half this fall for POT.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

My husband has a Memorial Day 10k in Punta Gorda, Fl, Disneyland Paris 10k & Half, and maybe another local race in October.

 

[CDKG]

For this week's Sundays are for Disney, I want to know what your running/racing plans are between now and marathon weekend. Running any races before the end of the year? Shooting for a new POT? Doing any other Disney races?

I have a local half marathon scheduled for mid-August and will need one more (possibly late September?) to earn TCMA’s Crown of the Sound (for completing 3 of their half marathons during the calendar year). I am also running Wine & Dine to celebrate the 10th anniversary. I think my neighborhood Turkey Trot is the only other race I have planned for this year.

I have a good chance of PR-ing one of the local half marathons (Wine & Dine is for fun). But, probably not by enough for a new PoT. Currently, all of my PR’s (10k, 15k, 10 mile, half marathon) put me squarely in corral D. While I continue to improve, my gains are small. But, it still feels great to be moving in the right direction!

 

[huskies90]

My POT for Dopey is my PR from a half marathon last November at 1:43:59. It was past the POT deadline so I could not use it for 2019. I emailed Track Shack and they said it would have been good enough for corral A in 2019 but they cannot tell me where it would put me in 2020. According to @DopeyBadger ’s estimates, I make the corral A cutoff by 3 seconds which is cutting it close. So, I am planning to run a half in June to attempt to beat that time. I will also likely do another half in the Fall - probably the Hartford Half - and possible a 5K since I have not run a 5K in several years.

 

[Barca33Runner]

Sundays are for Disney:

Going to be running a Half in August or September for proof of time. Outside of that I'm going to be running for free.

 

[SheHulk]

SAFD: For the first time in maybe 5 years, I am not signed up for a single race. I skipped the two local spring races I usually run, and it was pouring on race morning for both of them so I didn't feel so bad

I haven't even signed up for Marathon Weekend yet, I am kind of holding out to see if there are discounts, kind of trying to lose a little weight before committing to another marathon, and kind of trying to decide between gunning for a goal time in the marathon vs. just goofing around through Goofy. I made the Star Wars 10k a goal race and then just noodled through the half the next day. That half was the first time I just casually ran a race in Disney and I have to say that I see the appeal. Maybe the right thing to do is to identify a non-Disney race as a goal race and just have fun in January.

All of that to say I'm plotting my next move and not signed up for a single thing.

 

[The Expert]

SAFD: It's my first full marathon, so I'm following general advice and seeing how I feel along the way. I'm doing a 10K in August and looking at possibly another in October. There's a Half in September I'm interested in, but that may be too soon. November would be better timing-wise, so I could do RnR Vegas for the third time in a row. I have a bit of a mental issue with that race as I've done it twice without properly training and it was a SLOG, so doing it when I'm on track might help me pop that bubble.

I'm not fast enough for POT to mean anything for the marathon, but I am due for a new POT for other Disney races, so hopefully one of those gives me a decent time to use for a few years.

 

[momandmousefan]

SAFD: Hit my first pre Disney half-marathon goal today. I ran my FIRST 10k and managed to get a 1:07:27 time (so I can actually submit a POT now!) Nothing crazy good, but I’ve never run one before so I’ll take it!

My husband managed to snag 4th overall

Planning on 1-2 more 10ks before then.

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

...Red Bull 400...

Man, that is stupidly cool or coolly stupid!

But either way, I salute you!

 

[camaker]

SAFD: I don’t think a new PoT is in the cards for me between now and MW. I’d have to go sub-1:53:30 in a half to get back into Corral B from where I am currently in C.

Instead, I’m going to focus on shooting for a new marathon PR in December. This summer, I’m going to go back to running 5 days/week to pre-build for a marathon training plan starting in August.

As far as races go, all I’ve got planned for the fall right now are the Tuna Run 200 Relay in October and Space Coast Marathon for the PR attempt on December 1st. The Tuna Run is one of my favorite running events and I’ve wanted to try Space Coast for a while. After that, it will be a matter of bridging to Dopey.

I turn 50 next year. To “celebrate” that milestone, I think I’d like to attempt a 100 miler in March. As a result, Dopey will probably end up being more of a training event than a racing event. I guess to summarize, I don’t have too many races on the docket for the rest of the year, but it’s still going to be busy!

 

[FFigawi]

I turn 50 next year. To “celebrate” that milestone, I think I’d like to attempt a 100 miler in March. As a result, Dopey will probably end up being more of a training event than a racing event. I guess to summarize, I don’t have too many races on the docket for the rest of the year, but it’s still going to be busy!

It’s in early Feb, but if you want a really good 100 which caters to first timers, check out Rocky Raccoon. Flat soft trail with superb aid station & volunteer support.

 

[camaker]

It’s in early Feb, but if you want a really good 100 which caters to first timers, check out Rocky Raccoon. Flat soft trail with superb aid station & volunteer support.

Thanks! I’ll keep my eye on it! I’m tentatively looking at Blackbeard’s Revenge 100 on the NC outer banks at the end of March. The first 40 miles or so are the same as the Light 2 Light 50 I ran this year. It runs from Corolla down to Hatteras. The whole course is flat and paved, which can be both a blessing and a curse. Ultimately, the biggest selling point is that it’s only a 3-4 hour drive from home.

 

[Mr. Drauer]

SAFD: summer maintenance running until prep for Wine and Dine. Then Orlando half in early December, and WDW half at marathon weekend. No races planned for summer in Orlando

 

[Bree]

The only thing I'm registered for before Marathon Weekend is all three W&D races. I can slowly introduce running TOMORROW!!!!! Depending on how the first few weeks go I may register for a July 10K. I also have my eye on either a 10 miler in Chicago or a half in New Hampshire the first weekend in October. I might run Space Coast half, but not sure yet. I don't expect to be setting any PR, but having a race on my calendar keeps me motivated!

 

[TeeterTots]

SAFD:
June 1: Wine country HM
June 16: strawberry fest 5K
July maintenance
Aug/sept maybe a HM or 2 during MCM training
Oct 27: Marine Corp Marathon

 

[disneygpa]

I have a 5k in 2 weeks, then my first half on June 22nd and then another half on September 8th. I also signed up for the runDisney virtual because I wanted those medals!

With a little luck and a little help from Billy I'll do well enough in the half marathons to have a POT to submit....