Marathon Weekend 2022

[Herding_Cats]

If you are picking up a rental from MCO, just go through the toll in the pass lane. You will automatically get charged a daily fee for using the lane plus whatever the tolls are that you go through. I think the daily fee is like $4 or $5 dollars per day. So essentially it is equivalent of renting a transponder and the daily fee associated with that. It makes it super convenient when you are part of a loyalty program like Emerald Club. No having to wait around to get a transponder and do all of that sign up process. Just go to your car and go.

For me, I usually only go through tolls on the way from MCO to WDW and on the way back to the airport. So I don't mind paying the daily fee.

i'm not sure we are talking about the same thing.
This isn't the toll thing from the rental car company, and on the VTP website it says you *only* get charged the tolls you go through. You reserve one through their app and pick up a hang tag in A-Terminal. At least that's what the website says. I have no personal experience.

"With Visitor Toll Pass, there is no service fee and you will be charged the lowest toll rate (electronic rate) on toll roads throughout Florida.
When reserving your Visitor Toll Pass™ through the smartphone app, you will pay a $10 deposit which will be used towards your toll transactions.
However, if you do not return the hangtag to the Visitor Toll Pass™ drop boxes at the Orlando International Airport, the $10 deposit will then be used for the unreturned hangtag and not towards your toll transactions.
If you return your pass and owe less than $10 at the conclusion of your trip, the balance will be refunded to your card on file."

 

[GreatLakes]

When is everyone starting their taper? Was going to try one last long run with 12 miles on the 25th and 24 miles on the 26th but having second thoughts. Already completed a 8 and 16, 9 and 18, 10 and 20, and plan on a 11 and 22 this weekend. Just getting worried of blowing a gasket this close to the Dopey with all the hard work. TIA

My last true long run is this Sunday. 18 total with 12 at race pace. Next Sunday is 12 which has been the general length of my Tuesday and Thursday workouts once you add up all the intervals.

This is the last high mileage week. Next week is 48, then 42, then 27 and the last "workout" is 1/5 which is a 2 mile warmup up, then 8 x 400 at 6:30pace with a 400m recovery, followed by a 2 mile cool down.

Anyone have experience using a visitor toll pass for their rental car? You can grab one at the airport i guess? It would be *great* to not have to bring a roll of quarters with us this trip.

I bring my E-Zpass with. I used to have to get off the eastern-most exit for Disney before it switches to SunPass but I've been poking around and it looks like E-Zpass is now accepted on all Florida toll roads? Can anyone that lives down there confirm this? Here is where I saw that information.

 

[ZellyB]

There are two incompatible toll systems getting from the airport to the parks. I have brought my Illinois I-Pass once but it only works for one of the toll systems and it was just as much hassle as bringing quarters, and I almost left it in the rental when I returned the car. I do not use the one that comes with the rental car because it has a daily charge in addition to the actual toll charges.

This is variable for the different rental companies I found. Some do charge a daily rate plus the toll, but others only charge for the toll. I honestly can't remember which do which policy and I need to double-check that for my rental for this trip. Even if they do a daily rate, I might well pay it just to avoid the hassle of going through the cash tolls.

 

[Dopey 2020]

When is everyone starting their taper? Was going to try one last long run with 12 miles on the 25th and 24 miles on the 26th but having second thoughts. Already completed a 8 and 16, 9 and 18, 10 and 20, and plan on a 11 and 22 this weekend. Just getting worried of blowing a gasket this close to the Dopey with all the hard work. TIA

Looks like most are in the same camp. This weekend is my B2B2B2B practice Dopey. Tomorrow-Sunday will be 5/5/10/20 with the last 5 on Sunday being at race pace in race shoes on very tired legs. Then it's enjoy the Holidays and taper with 5 mile runs during the coming weeks and 10 on Saturdays.

Hope everyone is ready! It's almost time.

 

[jmasgat]

Anyone have experience using a visitor toll pass for their rental car? You can grab one at the airport i guess? It would be *great* to not have to bring a roll of quarters with us this trip.

I have used the Visitor toll pass. It was easy to do then, and they have made it easier still from I what I have read recently (eliminated the need to pick it up from a real person at a booth in the airport). It worked fine, and I just dropped it off when I returned to MCO.

There are two incompatible toll systems getting from the airport to the parks. I have brought my Illinois I-Pass once but it only works for one of the toll systems and it was just as much hassle as bringing quarters, and I almost left it in the rental when I returned the car. I do not use the one that comes with the rental car because it has a daily charge in addition to the actual toll charges.

EZ pass is accepted on 417. This has been the case for a few years (fall 2018), whereas before it was only Sunpass. And as of May this year, EZpass is good on ALL FL toll roads.

 

[GreatLakes]

EZ pass is now accepted on 417. This has been the case for a few years, whereas before it was only Sunpass,

Is it all 417 now? When I was down there in May this year they had a sign just after the International Drive exit that said "End E-Zpass acceptance" and beyond that point it was just Sunpass. Maybe they just didn't remove the sign but it would be great if I could just use my Ohio E-Zpass without having to plan to exit at International Drive.

 

[jmasgat]

Is it all 417 now? When I was down there in May this year they had a sign just after the International Drive exit that said "End E-Zpass acceptance" and beyond that point it was just Sunpass. Maybe they just didn't remove the sign but it would be great if I could just use my Ohio E-Zpass without having to plan to exit at International Drive.

It's all FL toll roads now (Yippee!). This happened at end of May (the 28th, from what I read).

 

[steph0808]

This is my peak week - I'm peaking at 14 on Sunday and then the taper begins. (this is my 7th marathon and I'm not racing it. Actually, I peaked at 14 for the 2019 marathon and ran my third fastest time).

Then I'm taking the rest of January off after the marathon (so she says, but she'll probably want to start running again in a week or two).

 

[fatmanatee]

If you start a race and do not finish, you'll receive the medal for that race. But if you registered for a challenge - Dopey or Goofy - and fail to finish any of the races included in that challenge, you will not receive the challenge medal/s.

I think he's asking specifically about the pacing requirements, i.e. the concern is if you don't maintain the 16 min pace but still finish, you won't get the challenge medals. And that isn't true, RD isn't going to check anyone's stats and be like "sorry, looks like you finished this race with a 16:01 pace, no Dopey medal for you". I'm not sure why they worded it that way in the guide, it came up earlier in this thread and I get why people would be a bit nervous.

 

[GreatLakes]

It's all FL toll roads now (Yippee!). This happened at end of May (the 28th, from what I read).

Well, it would have been the 27th that I passed that sign so just missed it. Thanks for the confirmation, it will be easier to just hold up the E-Zpass and not worry about the exact route.

 

[luv2cheer92]

I did my peak week for Dopey this past weekend. I work this weekend, so just couldn't get both long runs into my schedule, so did it a week earlier than I would have liked. But I did 2/4/10/20 and it went very, very well. I'll probably do a 6-8 mile run this weekend, then 10-12 or so next weekend.

I don't run near as much as some people seem to do. I do 2 weekday runs a week of generally 2-3 miles each. Then the long run, with occasional back to back runs, on the weekends. Its gotten me through one Goofy and one Dopey before, and feeling good this time too!

 

[Kelkee]

I noticed this in the Goofy Challenge section. I have never seen this mentioned before about having to have your picture taken for Goofy.

Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge
Saturday, January 8, 2022 –
Sunday, January 9, 2022
REMINDERS

• Participants must be registered for the Goofy Challenge in order to be eligible for the Goofy Challenge medal.
• All participants must attend the Expo on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (January 5-7) with a valid photo ID to pick up their Race Bib.
• Participants must have their photo taken at the Race Bib counters in order to verify participation in the Goofy Challenge.
• Participants must complete the Half Marathon and Marathon within the pacing requirements established by runDisney in order to receive the Goofy Challenge medal.
• Upon completion of the Marathon*, participants must visit the Challenge Medals Tent in the finish chute in order to receive the Goofy Challenge medal. Participants do not need to visit the tent after the Half Marathon.
• runDisney will be utilizing Start Groups to manage the flow of participants from the staging area to the start of the race. Your start group designation is a small “s” followed by a number (such as s1, s2, s3, s4) and is located in the upper corner of your bib.
• Participants must enter through the staging area within the Epcot parking lot in order to access the start groups and start the race. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

*Participants must have completed both the Half Marathon and Marathon races within the pacing requirements in order to be eligible for the Goofy Challenge medal.

 

[luv2cheer92]

I noticed this in the Goofy Challenge section. I have never seen this mentioned before about having to have your picture taken for Goofy.

You've had to do that for all challenges for years now (they did wrist bands until I wanna say 2015). But I believe it was not done at W&D last month.

 

[Kelkee]

Gotcha, strange its not mentioned for the Dopey?

Dopey Challenge
Thursday, January 6, 2022 –
Sunday, January 9, 2022
REMINDERS

• Participants must be registered for the Dopey Challenge in order to be eligible for the Dopey Challenge medal.
• All participants must attend the Expo on Wednesday, January 5 with a valid photo ID to pick up their Race Bib.
• Participants must complete the 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon within the pacing requirements established by runDisney in order to receive the Dopey Challenge medal.
• Upon completion of the Marathon*, participants must visit the Challenge Medals tent in the finish chute in order to receive the Dopey Challenge medal. Participants do not need to visit the tent after every race.
• runDisney will be utilizing Start Groups to manage the flow of participants from the staging area to the start of the race. Your start group designation is a small “s” followed by a number (such as s1, s2, s3, s4) and is located in the upper corner of your bib.
• Participants must enter through the staging area within the Epcot parking lot in order to access the start groups and start the race. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.

*Participants must have completed the 5K, 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon races within the pacing requirements in order to be eligible for the Dopey Challenge medal.

 

[camaker]

Gotcha, strange its not mentioned for the Dopey?

‘My guess would be that they decided to go with the same methodology that they used at Wine & Dine, updated Dopey and forgot to take the verbiage out of Goofy.

 

[Dopey 2020]

Was figuring the same, there are a few proofreading errors this time around. If I had read the welcome letter sooner, I could have saved 20 miles by signing up for Goofy.

 

[Baloo in MI]

All this talk of tapering! I am getting psyched! I am doing my last Dopey simulation this weekend: 3, 5, 10 & 20. Then I have a a couple other medium length runs the next two weekends. But essentially after Sunday my taper begins. It is becoming very real!

 

[jmasgat]

I can't taper until I actually do a long run (of any real distance)! Sadly, my training has been totally disrupted for the month of November and Dec due to trying to nurse an injury so it doesn't get worse (it keeps coming back, like a well-thrown boomerang) But I've adjusted my training and will go out Sunday for what will be the longest run of this scaled back plan.

Since this is not a "race", but a "run"--well actually run/stop, I expect I will make it through. At this point, I tell myself that if I could run Boston with a stress fracture in my hip, I should be able to get through a Disney marathon.

 

[Cabius]

I'm preeetttyyy sure I gave myself a compound stress fracture in my foot on Sunday, during my 20-mile longest run (just under 5 hours). That is just about the worst timing with 4 weeks until race day. Going in for x-rays on Monday to see whether I'll be able to run, or just cheer y'all on.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I think he's asking specifically about the pacing requirements, i.e. the concern is if you don't maintain the 16 min pace but still finish, you won't get the challenge medals. And that isn't true, RD isn't going to check anyone's stats and be like "sorry, looks like you finished this race with a 16:01 pace, no Dopey medal for you". I'm not sure why they worded it that way in the guide, it came up earlier in this thread and I get why people would be a bit nervous.

That is the way I was reading it. Not that I was worried that they would check my exact pace (image of Soup Nazi: "No bling for you! Next!"), but that I had to finish ahead of the sweepers on all 4 races. Not really a concern on the first 3, but a bit of one if too much photo-taking and ride riding on the full.
Basically I'm down to over-thinking and wondering what I've missed, not planned, or incorrectly assumed since I haven't been down there in a while.