Official 2012 Princess 1/2 marathon thread part 2

[DisneyParrothead]

Last long run till the half was finished yesterday I'm so ready for this. I'm excited for the race, but I'm also ready to get my weekends back until I decide what to train for next.

I did have sore ankles in the afternoon, but seemed to solved the problem with ice water in my biggest stock pot, a few swear words, and 10 minutes of my ankles in the ice water. Plus an Aleve. I used to have to do that all the time in high school and college but I'm no longer immune to the ice water. It took my ankles a while to warm up after those 10 minutes.

 

[kathleendsm]

I'm feeling kind of bummed about my costume. I got a yellow sparkle skirt and was planning to be Belle, but I can't for the life of me find a yellow shirt that goes decently with it, much less a technical shirt! All the technical yellow ones are like neon, and the non-technical ones I've found just look weird. So I think I might be some kind of modified Snow White instead and just wear a blue shirt I have with the yellow skirt, probably with black capris under it. I won't have the best costume, oh well!

I got a 10.3 mile run in on Saturday, and that feels good enough for me. The first 5 were awesome, and I realized why when I turned around, because the wind was at my back! Let's say I did not have negative splits considering that it was barely in the teens. I ended the last few miles with my face mask on, and hoping my pink jacket, hat trimmed with pink, and water bottle holder made people confident that I wasn't running because I had just robbed a bank. Time was a cumulative 13:04 pace, which wasn't great, but I'm ok with it. I went out shockingly fast, my legs felt great and it's a slight downhill slope going out, and although I kept telling myself to slow down I didn't. Oh well.

The next day my sore left ankle was sore enough for me to wrap it, so I'm a bit nervous about that. Should I get an ankle brace or just grin and bear it? Today it feels ok, but for the next 2 weeks I am going to take my runs really easy. This weekend I hope to do around 6 or 7 easy miles, and then just 10 days until I leave to come down! I am soooooo excited.

I'm staying at BWV, so I think I'm relegated to the bus. Anyone else going to be on there with me? I'm hoping to make friends! I figure my husband will meet me at the finish line and walk back with me, but I don't know if I'm going to bother having him go to the MK or TTC for a quick glimpse. The park should be open by then, so I assume I can just walk back to BWV through the international gateway!

 

[stitchfan18]

Be on the lookout for information about the meet up run with Jeff Galloway before the race next weekend. Recently they have been posting information about it on the Disney parks blog on friday the week before race weekend. I'm guessing the run will be on friday morning, so I won't be able to do it unless I pay to change my flight and add an extra night at AKL. Hopefully someone else can get in and tell us all about it!

Here's the link to the meet up before marathon weekend to give you an idea about what the event is!
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/12/meet-up-and-warm-up-for-the-walt-disney-world-marathon-with-running-guru-jeff-galloway-and-celebs/

 

[rocio]

Final race instructions are up: http://as1.wdpromedia.com/media/ewwos/pdf/rundisney/princess/HalfFRI.pdf

 

[stitchfan18]

I'm feeling kind of bummed about my costume. I got a yellow sparkle skirt and was planning to be Belle, but I can't for the life of me find a yellow shirt that goes decently with it, much less a technical shirt! All the technical yellow ones are like neon, and the non-technical ones I've found just look weird. So I think I might be some kind of modified Snow White instead and just wear a blue shirt I have with the yellow skirt, probably with black capris under it. I won't have the best costume, oh well!

The next day my sore left ankle was sore enough for me to wrap it, so I'm a bit nervous about that. Should I get an ankle brace or just grin and bear it? Today it feels ok, but for the next 2 weeks I am going to take my runs really easy. This weekend I hope to do around 6 or 7 easy miles, and then just 10 days until I leave to come down! I am soooooo excited.

Runningskirts.com has some cute gold colored tech tops. I have a long sleeve gold top from them and it's one of my favorites!

If you do want to wrap your ankle during the race, make sure you run with the wrap on the way you'll wear it during the race. You don't want to find out that the wrap comes undone, or bunches up weird during the race!

 

[Dreamer2012]

Hey flowersCroon - my friend and I are very seriously thinking of joining the walk to the corrals with you - what time do you plan on leaving the lobby, and from what exact location? You have done this before - correct? Thanks!

 

[NitroStitch]

I've got a costume question and I'm hoping one of you can help...

I'm planning on wearing one of those headband-style Minnie ears with my costume, but I'm worried about it moving around as I run. Any ideas on how to secure it to my head? DH suggested duct tape, but I'm not listening to him on that one.

 

[joan4mickey]

I'm feeling kind of bummed about my costume. I got a yellow sparkle skirt and was planning to be Belle, but I can't for the life of me find a yellow shirt that goes decently with it, much less a technical shirt! All the technical yellow ones are like neon, and the non-technical ones I've found just look weird. So I think I might be some kind of modified Snow White instead and just wear a blue shirt I have with the yellow skirt, probably with black capris under it. I won't have the best costume, oh well!

I went and looked at images of Belle...not the easist outfit. So if you can find a yellow that you like and it doesn't match to your skirt use a black or red ribbon at the waist to break up the color of skirt and shirt and maybe find a small rose..something at the fabric store to sew on the front. You can wear a tiara or make a yellow bow for your hair or match a yellow ribbon from waist to tie in your hair. If you can't find a shirt you could go with white and get iron-on paper and print out a cute pix of Belle and a rose for your shirt. Google Disney's Belle or disney belle running outfit for ideas. Do you have yellow running shoes? If your shoes are old you could paint them.

 

[SummerIrmoma2_3]

So from POR, it's at least as long of a hike, and you don't get bag check, you are on your own on the roads at night, and you can't avail yourself of the wider assortment of porta potties... My vote is for the bus.

I think this might be a case of to each their own. Just be thankful that for each person that decides to walk will be one less person that will take up space on the buses.

Finished my last long run on the TM...uugh...I do speed work on the TM, but not LR's. I did 11 miles and was only going for 10 so that's good. When I got to 10 I cranked up the incline to 4 as on the course you come to the swooping onramp at that point so I did a quarter mile at a 10mm pace and then decided to just finish out to 11. I have two more speed workouts this week and I'll do a couple short runs next week. Then I'm done for a while. I ran the full in January and it has been hard, for me, recovering physically and mentally and then throw in a cold the last couple of weeks.

Congrats on your full!! I ran Tink last month and it has been hard for me to refocus for the Princess I can only imagine how much harder that would be if it had been a full.

There are many reasons why someone staying at OKW, POFQ, and POR would prefer to take the bus to the staging area instead of walking straight to the corrals, and they are all good reasons. Lots of port-a-potties, bag check, seeing and meeting with friends before the race, to list a few.

But it's not correct to say the bus, staging area, walk to corral sequence is simpler and easier on the legs than walking straight from the resorts to the corrals. Walking, resort straight to corrals, gets you into your corral in about 10 minutes, allowing you to rest longer in your room. Plus you can stretch in the warmth of the resort lobby and use warm resort lobby bathrooms before leaving for the corrals. I have done this several times, and there were always fellow runners in the POFQ lobby and we went out together.

The walk from the staging area to the corrals is far longer than the walk from the resorts to the corrals. I've also done this several times when I've been staying at other resorts. It's along way. You wouldn't think there is that much road from the staging area to the corrals, but there is.

I know everyone will make their own choice, based on their personal preferences. Both work fine.

I have not tried walking from the resort yet, didn't know it was possible, but I will say the walk from the staging area sucked. It took a long time. It was very crowded and we pretty much came to a stand still when we got to a set of porta-potties because the lines for them blocked the road to get by. We had to funnel down through the woods around them to keep moving. So I figure it might be worth giving it a try. If I don't like it I will just not do it again.

So do you think having a meet time in the lobby of the hotel would be a good idea for those that want to walk over and if so, what time would you leave the resort (I'm staying at POFQ) to walk over to corrals? I will only do this if we have a leader that has walked in the past.

Me too!! I am at POR but if there is a group meeting up and someone who knows what they are doing I'll definitely join.

 

[HockeyKat]

Hockeykat Are you flying this year? DD is flying out of RDU Friday morning on Delta. She lives in Burlington and will be doing her final LR after work today.

Yup, I'm flying! SW direct out of RDU on Thurs early morning, and then back on Wed AM. I'm planning on Thurs at Universal, though.

 

[StarGirl11]

Unaltered or unmodified (do not fold or wrinkle)
Not covered with shirts jacket, winter wear, t-shirt, etc.

I saw this in the Final Race Instructions and about fell over laughing. Because sure when you pin it to you its nice and flat and smooth. But after a mile or two? Forget about it being unwrinkled. I should send them a pic of my bib from the San Francisco Full Marathon last year that thing was so crinkled and worn by the time I finally finished it looked ridiculous. As for the second one, while not so much of a problem in Florida, good lord there are tons of people who wear clothes before they warm up. Hell I have a cheap sweatshirt I take to every semi cool weather race in case I need it and toss it.

 

[Calcio]

Hello Joan and Summer

I'm one who would prefer to step into the corrals about 10 seconds before the start. I'm naturally anxious, so more time waiting and standing means I get wound up more and more.

For the 5:45 start on February 26, I'd probably leave the POFQ lobby at 5:15, which would put me in Corral C by 5:30. I know this is late for most people, as when I've done this with friends they always wanted to push me out the door earlier.

I cannot imagine it would take more than 20 minutes from the POGQ lobby to the corrals, so you can work back from when you'd like to be in your corral. I am staying in a different resort this year, so I will be driving to the EPCOT parking lot and then sitting in the race retreat until they force us out the back for the walk to the corrals.

Good luck to everyone, and hope for cool and dry weather (in Orlando?)

Craig

 

[StarGirl11]

Hello Joan and Summer

I'm one who would prefer to step into the corrals about 10 seconds before the start. I'm naturally anxious, so more time waiting and standing means I get wound up more and more.

For the 5:45 start on February 26, I'd probably leave the POFQ lobby at 5:15, which would put me in Corral C by 5:30. I know this is late for most people, as when I've done this with friends they always wanted to push me out the door earlier.

I cannot imagine it would take more than 20 minutes from the POGQ lobby to the corrals, so you can work back from when you'd like to be in your corral. I am staying in a different resort this year, so I will be driving to the EPCOT parking lot and then sitting in the race retreat until they force us out the back for the walk to the corrals.

Good luck to everyone, and hope for cool and dry weather (in Orlando?)

Craig

I can't pull it up right now but isn't everyone supposed to be in their corrals like between 5:00 and 5:20 (or at least they had some thing like that for the Marathon).

 

[HockeyKat]

I can't pull it up right now but isn't everyone supposed to be in their corrals like between 5:00 and 5:20 (or at least they had some thing like that for the Marathon).

I can tell you from first-hand experience, that those are guidelines and not rules. As long as you cross the start line with the last corral, you'd be fine, and that isn't until about 6:20 or so.

We got in our corral at about 5:45-5:50 last year, just after the national anthem. Again, not recommended as you have no breathing room for unexpected circumstances, but they won't stop you.

 

[joan4mickey]

I can't pull it up right now but isn't everyone supposed to be in their corrals like between 5:00 and 5:20 (or at least they had some thing like that for the Marathon).

Well they were singing the national anthem at the full and I was trying to get to my corral. I rode the bus and started the "corral march" when they opened the way. I got to the corral area and got in line for a portapotty and waited (a very long time) for my turn and then ran part way once I got past crowds of people to get to my corral, "c".
That said, I don't know how they enforce the time. I do like to be in my corral at 15 min. before the race start and this January made me nervous, but I needed to go to the portapotty before the race as I had been sitting around for about half an hour and then the half mile march.

If I walk, it will have to be with some one who has done it before and I think I would have to leave no later than 4:45 which would give me an extra hour of sleep. I could get up at 4 instead of 3.

 

[TMcDwyer]

I RAN MY FIRST 1/2 MARATHON YESTERDAY!!!! It was FREEZING here. Below 20 for the whole race, but I loved it. I finished in 2:41:15 and there was one mile that was completely up hill...gotta admit I walked a lot on that one! I am so proud of myself and now I am even more excited for the Princess!!!

I'm picturing my feeling at the finish line!

LOVE IT!!!!

OK my costume is done too 3rd time is the charm, this is the outfit I like the best so I'm going with it! I had already made a Tink and a Jessie (toy story), but this one is my fave

Cinderella Sorry I know the pic will be huge but I have no idea how to resize...

FABULOUS!!!

I've got a costume question and I'm hoping one of you can help...

I'm planning on wearing one of those headband-style Minnie ears with my costume, but I'm worried about it moving around as I run. Any ideas on how to secure it to my head? DH suggested duct tape, but I'm not listening to him on that one.

I am wearing them too. A friend wore them for the Donald last year and had no problems with them staying on so I am hoping the same is true for me!

 

[kathleendsm]

I RAN MY FIRST 1/2 MARATHON YESTERDAY!!!! It was FREEZING here. Below 20 for the whole race, but I loved it. I finished in 2:41:15 and there was one mile that was completely up hill...gotta admit I walked a lot on that one! I am so proud of myself and now I am even more excited for the Princess!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!! Awesome job, and you are now SOOOO ready for the Princess!

 

[FlowersCroon]

Be on the lookout for information about the meet up run with Jeff Galloway before the race next weekend. Recently they have been posting information about it on the Disney parks blog on friday the week before race weekend. I'm guessing the run will be on friday morning, so I won't be able to do it unless I pay to change my flight and add an extra night at AKL. Hopefully someone else can get in and tell us all about it!

Here's the link to the meet up before marathon weekend to give you an idea about what the event is!
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...n-with-running-guru-jeff-galloway-and-celebs/

I noticed that the "randomly" selected people are mostly media invitees. What is the deal with that?

 

[alliesue]

My Mom and I (Team Momma & Me) are totally game to walk to the corrals - if there's somebody who's done it before that can show us the way! It sounds like there are at least 4 or 5 of us on here that have mentioned it. Can we pick a time to meet in the lobby of POR or POFQ to walk over together? Maye 4:45? is that too late - too early?

Any seasoned Disney runners staying at POR or PORFQ that have walked from there before and plan on doing it again?

Can't believe it's less than 2 weeks away

 

[stitchfan18]

I noticed that the "randomly" selected people for this during the Tinker Bell Half were ALL bloggers who pretty much blog about Disney & running and always review products they receive for free on Twitter/their blogs. Really disappointing. There were only a few, non-media invitees. What is the deal with that?

That's a bummer, I didn't look at the list of people selected, but I know there were a couple of people that posted on the WISH board that they got in. I hope some disers get into this one!