Official 2012 Wine and Dine ½ Marathon Thread

[momhmmx2]

I'm going down with 9 friends, but will be running alone as I am SLOW. They will probably finish just over 2hours and I will be more in the 3-3.5hr mark. This is my first 1/2 and I'll just be happy to finish in the upright position .

 

[nursegirl]

I'm going with a friend who is fast, and since I'm newish to running and this is my first 1/2, I am also hoping to finish in the upright position! Will wave to everyone from the back!!

 

[What would Walt do]

I'm going down with my mother and one friend but running alone.
Leaving the kids home is guilt inducing but finishing my first half, in my favourite place in the world, will be a dream come true!

Online pace calculators tell me I should finish in 2:33.
Anyone know what time I would need to complete a 10k in order to get into Corral C?

 

[mking624]

I have not posted on here in awhile...sorry!! It has been hard keeping up with everything lately, but it appears things are calming a bit down making it easier for me.

I am not traveling alone, but I will be running alone. I have a question about spectators. My best friend will not be purchasing a finish line party ticket, and quite honestly, I'm not interested in taking full advantage of the party...I just want to go in, walk around a bit to say I was there, and then head out so I can go to bed. From a "map" I saw a few pages earlier, it appears there is a spectator viewing area out in the parking lot...is that correct? Now obviously the location could change, but I'm trying to figure it out. So if it is in the parking lot...how easy would it be for my friend to be in that area...and then meet me after I exit the park from the party? Is it just a matter of my friend walking over to the front gate or is there something else? I hope this makes sense and would appreciate the help!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Started to get excited even though I'm a little behind in my training - will be my 4th half and want to set a PR but still enjoy it. Note, that's anything faster than 2:44 . However, really looked at the map tonight and if I can make it 3 miles then I have the parks to motivate me. Plus, my usual running route at Disney is the BWV, Studios, Yacht Club loop, so by the time I'm ready to quit I have the Osbourne lights plus my regular route that I know I can handle. Any other single runners shout out - I'll be the one trying to hold back tears from either running or joy

Having run only the Disneyland 1/2, I love to hear that the parks are at mile 3 of the Wine & Dine 1/2. For Disneyland, you enter DCA shortly after 1.5 miles and exit Disneyland shortly before mile 3. Then you're just running through Anaheim until you get to Angels Stadium, which is awesome and means you're on the home stretch now.

Now, as I hard as the post park/pre stadium portion is, I appreciated the many groups providing motivation and cheers along the way.

 

[twalton]

So I was looking at the new RunDisney site and noticed a couple of things:

1. The Finish Line Party hours had been listed as closing at 4am - now its 3am.
2. It looks like the course has changed a bit, with the finish going BEHIND Imagination, The Land, etc., and finishing outside Epcot - looks like where the buses/taxis usually are. This would be a big bummer for me, as Epcot is my favorite park and I was really looking forward to running at least a few minutes through it. HOWEVER, I also noticed that the course map they have listed also looks to have LAST YEARS logo on it - so maybe this is an old map? I know I saw one that had the finish where the other Marathons traditionally ended, and included running through Epcot...

Any thoughts?

 

[kmchisholm]

Also the map has the relay exchange point on it, so think they just haven't updated.

 

[nervous1sttimer]

Hi all! My plane arrives on November 9th at MCO at 2:45pm (assuming all goes smoothly) and we will be taking DME to the AKL, where we are staying 7 nights. I figure we should be at the resort by 4pm, right? Figure 30 minutes or so for check-in, drop my husband and kids at the pool, then take the event transportation over to the expo.

Could I be at the expo, get my bib and packet, and back to the hotel by 6:15pm? We have dinner ADR at Boma and I'd like to have a nice dinner to celebrate our WDW arrival.

Going to the expo on Saturday morning instead would be even harder, because we have a 9:35am ADR for Chef Mickey, so I'd be coming from the Contemporary (which doesn't have event transportation, so I'd have to transfer at Beach Club or something) and then we wanted to hit AK that day and see a few of the shows before I have to go back to the room to get ready.

Any insight or suggestions? Thanks!

 

[kmchisholm]

If you want to enjoy the expo then I might wait till the am so you're not rushed. Could you take a bus from MK after your breakfast to the expo then from there to AK? Don't know if one goes directly there, but think you can go to one of the All-Stars and transfer from there.

 

[AquaDame]

Do we by chance go down the streets of america and are the Osbourne lights on...? That would be so nice..!

 

[pmama]

So I was looking at the new RunDisney site and noticed a couple of things:

1. The Finish Line Party hours had been listed as closing at 4am - now its 3am.
2. It looks like the course has changed a bit, with the finish going BEHIND Imagination, The Land, etc., and finishing outside Epcot - looks like where the buses/taxis usually are. This would be a big bummer for me, as Epcot is my favorite park and I was really looking forward to running at least a few minutes through it. HOWEVER, I also noticed that the course map they have listed also looks to have LAST YEARS logo on it - so maybe this is an old map? I know I saw one that had the finish where the other Marathons traditionally ended, and included running through Epcot...

Any thoughts?

That's weird. There was a new course map put up a couple months ago that showed us finishing through Epcot. I went to the espn sight where I saw it before and now the old map pulls up. You can tell it's the old map because it does have the relay point on it. Finishing through Epcot is what convinced me to buy Finish Line Party tickets for the family.

Anybody able to pull up this years map we saw a couple months ago?

 

[pinky4disney]

That's weird. There was a new course map put up a couple months ago that showed us finishing through Epcot. I went to the espn sight where I saw it before and now the old map pulls up. You can tell it's the old map because it does have the relay point on it. Finishing through Epcot is what convinced me to buy Finish Line Party tickets for the family.

Anybody able to pull up this years map we saw a couple months ago?

Here's the USATF certified (aka non-Disneyized) course map for this year's run: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL12005TY

 

[jeanigor]

Hi all! My plane arrives on November 9th at MCO at 2:45pm (assuming all goes smoothly) and we will be taking DME to the AKL, where we are staying 7 nights. I figure we should be at the resort by 4pm, right? Figure 30 minutes or so for check-in, drop my husband and kids at the pool, then take the event transportation over to the expo.

Could I be at the expo, get my bib and packet, and back to the hotel by 6:15pm? We have dinner ADR at Boma and I'd like to have a nice dinner to celebrate our WDW arrival.

Going to the expo on Saturday morning instead would be even harder, because we have a 9:35am ADR for Chef Mickey, so I'd be coming from the Contemporary (which doesn't have event transportation, so I'd have to transfer at Beach Club or something) and then we wanted to hit AK that day and see a few of the shows before I have to go back to the room to get ready.

Any insight or suggestions? Thanks!

Expo buses can be hit and miss with timing. If you are super worried about scheduling (and I would be for a meal at Boma--YUM) taking a taxi might be a better bet. The chances of an Expo bus being there waiting for you when you are ready to go to the Expo are slim. Same goes for when you are ready to go back to AKL. True, it is an added cost, but it will ease the nerves and be sure to get you where you want to be, when you want to be there.

Do we by chance go down the streets of america and are the Osbourne lights on...? That would be so nice..!

We have the last two years.

 

[RunnerMomO]

Do we by chance go down the streets of america and are the Osbourne lights on...? That would be so nice..!

It went through some of it last year on the Street of America. Very cool pictures.

 

[bigtony777]

Do we by chance go down the streets of america and are the Osbourne lights on...? That would be so nice..!

Yes we have for both of the first 2 years. They have had the lights on, but not dancing. They are all on and it is very impressive. They have also had a camera on when running through lights camera action and it will show you on the big screen as you run through there.

 

[Qltrgrl2]

So excited to see the Osbourne Family lights......that will be the highlight of the race for me!

 

[Figment1990]

So how's everyone's training going? It's 8 miles for me this weekend and I'm nervous and excited. Nervous because it will be my longest run to date (previously was 7.25 a few months ago before I started training for this race). But excited because a) it is a new challenge and I think I can do it as long as nothing starts hurting (like an injury) or it is 95 degrees (better not be!). I've been having fairly good training runs lately because my injuries that plagued me in July seem to have healed. Plus, we went to Disneyland earlier in the month and not only did we walk endlessly all day (my sisters pedometer put us somewhere between 5-6 miles a day) but I did 2 training runs there too. Talk about boot camp! I was so tired and really thought I'd be hurting for my 6.5 mile run last week when we returned but I feel stronger! I highly recommend to all in training to go take a Disney vacation to kick start your mileage build up. Lol!!!!

 

[Figment1990]

Sorry for the second post, I don't know how to edit a previous post while in the app.

Does anyone have an opinion about waiting the full 2 weeks between long runs? (galloways schedule) I did my 6.5 last Tuesday and was going to do my 8 on Saturday or Sunday. However, I'd really rather run it outside and the humidity is supposed to be fairly high this weekend but rather pleasant tomorrow night (Thursday). Would it be bad to do it tomorrow instead? (of course I did hills on my run last night and my legs are feeling it today so I don't know for certain that I'll be recovered in time anyway). I run 3x a week and usually about 3.5-4 miles per short run.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Due to getting behind, I chose to make sure I fit in all the long training sessions from Galloway's Disneyland 1/2 training plan, so I wound up doing quite a few long runs consecutively on Saturdays. Granted I'm training at a 15 minute per mile pace, but that I did okay.

It will soon be time to head to Disneyland for the Disneyland 1/2 and part 1 of my Coast to Coast challenge. Hope everyone's training goes well.

 

[BlazerFan]

Due to getting behind, I chose to make sure I fit in all the long training sessions from Galloway's Disneyland 1/2 training plan, so I wound up doing quite a few long runs consecutively on Saturdays. Granted I'm training at a 15 minute per mile pace, but that I did okay.

It will soon be time to head to Disneyland for the Disneyland 1/2 and part 1 of my Coast to Coast challenge. Hope everyone's training goes well.

I will be joining you on Sunday. I also walked Tinkerbell in January so the DL 1/2 is just for fun and not part of my Coast to Coast this year. I'm looking forward to Wine & Dine for my first Coast to Coast.