How many pairs of shoes does everyone bring? I tend to bring 3, one pair for the 5k and half, another for the 10k and full, and a third for walking (which are typically of a different type, I like Brooks adrenaline for running but the ghosts for walking). If you count Birkenstocks then I have a fourth for getting to the pool/hot tub.
3. 2 pairs for the races and 1 pair for the theme parks. I like the idea of having a "backup" pair of race shoes in case rain during one of the first 3 races leaves a pair not sufficiently dried out when the marathon comes.
With less than 7 weeks to go, this week’s Sundays are for Disney is about planning. Specifically, how do you plan to spend the time you’re not running?
In the parks. I vaguely remember what my plans were, but only vaguely. I think they involve as much Galaxy's Edge as I feel like and more Epcot since I only had 1 day in Epcot during my November 2020 trip. I know I scheduled Epcot for DATW where I will once again be one of the few people who does not drink.
Anyone ever purchase photopass for the marathon weekend? Reviews or thoughts? TIA
I've used it and I love it. I do not know if Disney has resumed allowing CMs to use guest cameras yet either which is another strong argument for Memory Maker. As others have mentioned you can use multiple bibs on the same one which is another advantage.
Disney pays us to do it so they can have lots of photos of extremely attractive runners to use in promotional materials.
And/or scare Mary Poppins? Right?
So, for this week's Sundays are for Disney, I want to know what you're all thankful for. It can certainly be Disney/runDisney-related, but feel to tell us non-Disney things you're grateful for. We've all been dealing with *gestures broadly* ... all of this for a while now and I think it's important to stop and remember what we keep grinding for.
I'm grateful that I've managed to get through "all this" by and large in decent shape. It's certainly been difficult in many different ways for me, but I know that for me it could have been much, much worse. I'm also very much looking forward to getting a temporary respite from work stress to spend time in WDW and enjoy marathon weekend and the parks for a few days after that. Running has helped me cope with everything and I've been grateful to have purpose to this running.
I will end with saying that I am so thankful for this community that I have had the opportunity to be a part of since 2015. I have one daughter who is a runner and a couple friends who run, but for the most part that is my running support here at home. The conversations in the DIS runDisney threads have been a source of connection, motivation, laughter and inspiration. So for that I thank all of you!
I used to be quite happy in the never running a marathon camp. But this community helped me work through my fears as I began to seriously consider the marathon. With most of my family not being runners, this group has also been a place where I have learned so much that has improved both my race day experience and perhaps more importantly, my training experience.
It was a significant safety issue. Runners were dropping left and right from the high heat and humidity. The medical support was being overwhelmed with the number of runners needing aid.
I remember seeing an ambulance race down the road opposite where the runners were going after the course cut off. My sister was undertrained and told me about the frequent cries of medic almost immediately after she crossed the finish line near the balloon ladies.
Thank you
@Herding_Cats and
@jmasgat ! I'm excited and nervous, and the nerves are all coming out in my food stress. Looking forward to running my first 26.2 with everyone here! ☺
Best of luck!
I generally agree. Disney had the Hobson's Choice whether they should "save" many of the runners from the runners themselves, or just let nature take its course. There were so many runners sitting or laying on the curbs that Disney felt they had to take action. I was able to complete the entire course, but like @TheExpert, had no choice but to walk several miles right after the merge because of the density and narrow sidewalks.
Disney has always been a place for inexperienced runners to gain experience, and this even includes marathon distances. Poor choices are made in the later miles of any marathon (ask me how I know), especially, but not exclusively by inexperienced runners.
I certainly wrestled with what it meant that my second marathon was run on a shortened course for a few minutes after I heard other runners saying they had cut the course short. For a time I felt that my accomplishment was somehow diminished. In reality, it wasn't. I finished that race despite the intense heat.
I will not fault runDisney for making the call to cut that race short. The temps were brutal.
In the heat (literally) of competition, we're not always the best judges of our own health outcomes.
In the past I made mistakes in training because I was convinced that I must follow the plan to near perfection or else disaster would happen on race day when I really should have either rested or just cut the long run a few miles short. And this was before my 5th half marathon. Only gaining more experience taught me that consistency helps overcome a "lost" run or two.
Between the walk from the buses to the village and then the walk to the corrals, I think
everyone got 26.2 that day!
I choose to believe that they cut the course when and where they did because that meant that anyone who finished still did 26.2 even if some did it in a more unusual way.
Anyone want to go to Disney next month? Maybe run a race or two?
Why would we want to do that? That's crazy talk. Or at least that's the look I get when I am brave enough to tell the clerk that I'm buying running shoes because I'm running Dopey.
If anyone feels inclined to bring name badges for that and DATW, that’d be rad. We can make due without, though.
We should also put our board names on those so we can identify each other more easily.
16 minutes per mile limit doesn’t start until the last person crosses the start line, so if you start an hour ahead of the last person, you can go much slower than 16 minutes per mile.
While I don't know her average per smile split, my undertrained sister finished 2020 because her corral placement earned in 2019 gave her the cushion to absorb a much slower pace.
I also want to remind newer runners that your photo stops at runDisney count towards your overall time. So if you ran mile 3 in 10 minutes and waited 20 minutes for a photo during mile 3, your mile time was 30 minutes.
