Official 2014 Disneyland Dumbo Double Dare, Half Marathon, 10k, and 5k Thread!

[croach]

Good chance I'll be solo for this trip. That's the way it's planned right now anyways. I did WDW marathon weekend solo a couple years ago and it was good. Make your own schedule, don't have to worry about waking people up because of the early starts. Plus this is my first trip to DL and I hope to see as much as I can. Dining is the only thing I kind of hate about solo trips. Always feel kind of weird at sit down restaurants.

 

[Vistaway]

Agreed about the restaurant part, but bars like Trader Sam's seem more conducive to solo dining/drinking, especially with the number of meet-ups that will likely happen there that weekend.

 

[FFigawi]

Dining is the only thing I kind of hate about solo trips. Always feel kind of weird at sit down restaurants.

Try eating at the bar. There's usually the same menu, a bartender to talk to, and can feel less awkward than sitting at a table by yourself. Or, just bring a book, sit back, and enjoy your time at a table.

 

[SgtTibbs]

I'll be going solo on this trip as well. Disney is probably the most relaxed place to go it alone. In the parks, I'm of an age where I think people just assume the kids are off on their own for a bit and never give me a second look. I've never felt the least bit odd at any of the restaurants. So go, live it up and make good use of all the single rider lines.

 

[sdchickie]

So have you guys heard about the newest run Disney event? It's like the coast to coast but it's a run in next years WDW marathon weekend and then you hop on the Dream and run the Castaway Cay 5k. They're having an actual race with medals, tshirts and all. I was thinking about it until I realized that I didn't have an extra $3,000 laying around

 

[zanzibar138]

So have you guys heard about the newest run Disney event? It's like the coast to coast but it's a run in next years WDW marathon weekend and then you hop on the Dream and run the Castaway Cay 5k. They're having an actual race with medals, tshirts and all. I was thinking about it until I realized that I didn't have an extra $3,000 laying around

I briefly skimmed over it, but the only time I'll ever do a WDW run is part of a back to back C2C (the joys of having to shell out $1500 for airfares for every trip to the US ), so I'll never the extra time or funds required to add a cruise into the mix!

 

[Vistaway]

So have you guys heard about the newest run Disney event? It's like the coast to coast but it's a run in next years WDW marathon weekend and then you hop on the Dream and run the Castaway Cay 5k. They're having an actual race with medals, tshirts and all. I was thinking about it until I realized that I didn't have an extra $3,000 laying around

I did this exact combo in January - ran the marathon Sunday morning, and drove right from Epcot to the port, boarded the Dream, and ran the Castaway Cay 5k with my wife on Tuesday. It worked out great. I did see a handful of other marathon weekend participants on the ship doing the same thing (the ones going down the stairs ever so slowly). I loved doing it, but I think they are just trying to charge a premium for the exact thing we did this year (plus an extra medal). It wasn't a busy or particularly expensive time to cruise, but remember that marathon weekend used to be dead quiet in the parks and hotels...

 

[pxefig]

Ahhh! Can't believe I haven't posted here yet! I will be doing the DDD this year! I had signed up last year but had to defer. My first Disney race weekend was Tinker Bell this year. My sister ran the 5k and the 10k with me because she wasn't sure she could do a half. But when I was leaving to do the half I heard her say in a tiny little voice, "I wish I was going." Apparently while I was running the half she was on the phone with her husband getting permission to do the DL half, so she is also in for DDD! So excited to be passing the runDisney addiction along!

 

[StarGirl11]

So officially finding out that Disney uses McMillian Pace Calculator today was not fun. I know we kind of knew but still.

This just threw my entire strategy out the freaking window for a race on Sunday. Because I was planning on 12:30 pace. Now I have to do a freaking 11:55 pace to try for the same damn corral. I think with the elevation change and everything I can pull it off. But I just hate that I am having this confirmed last minute. And I really, really hate this stupid calculator.

I mainly hate that stupid calculator because if you know, and train, at a consistent pace than you render that calculator inaccurate. I ran my last Tinkerbell pretty much at a solid pace so yeah I find that think stupid. I have a cousin who ran the LA Marathon this past March at a fairly solid 10:00 something odd pace before hitting the wall in the last few miles and slowing down to finish around 4:30. But if we go by the McMillian calculator he should have finished in around 5:14, an almost 45 minutes after he finished, according to the times he clocked at the 10k. So yeah I don't like that calculator because it thinks no one can run a consistent pace. I'll live with it because Disney uses it. But I find it stupid.

Sorry needed to vent.

 

[FFigawi]

I mainly hate that stupid calculator because if you know, and train, at a consistent pace than you render that calculator inaccurate. I ran my last Tinkerbell pretty much at a solid pace so yeah I find that think stupid. I have a cousin who ran the LA Marathon this past March at a fairly solid 10:00 something odd pace before hitting the wall in the last few miles and slowing down to finish around 4:30. But if we go by the McMillian calculator he should have finished in around 5:14, an almost 45 minutes after he finished, according to the times he clocked at the 10k. So yeah I don't like that calculator because it thinks no one can run a consistent pace. I'll live with it because Disney uses it. But I find it stupid.

The calculator doesn't think people can't run a consistent pace, it just assumes they don't. It assumes that people will run at a faster pace over shorter distances than they will over longer ones. In general, that's a pretty fair assumption. Most people will have a 5k pace that is faster than their 10k pace that is faster than their half pace and so on. Not everyone does this, of course. Many newer runners have only one speed. When I first started running, I ran everything at the same pace no matter what distance I was doing. Over time, though, I improved and learned to push myself faster when I was running shorter races. Not everyone does this, and for the people who just like to go the same speed for every race at every distance, the calculator will not function as intended. In cases like that, the best solution is to submit a time from as long a race as possible because the predicted drop off in pace from a 10k time to a full, for example, is much greater than that for a half to a full.

 

[StarGirl11]

The calculator doesn't think people can't run a consistent pace, it just assumes they don't. It assumes that people will run at a faster pace over shorter distances than they will over longer ones. In general, that's a pretty fair assumption. Most people will have a 5k pace that is faster than their 10k pace that is faster than their half pace and so on. Not everyone does this, of course. Many newer runners have only one speed. When I first started running, I ran everything at the same pace no matter what distance I was doing. Over time, though, I improved and learned to push myself faster when I was running shorter races. Not everyone does this, and for the people who just like to go the same speed for every race at every distance, the calculator will not function as intended. In cases like that, the best solution is to submit a time from as long a race as possible because the predicted drop off in pace from a 10k time to a full, for example, is much greater than that for a half to a full.

Yeah well I didn't exactly get an option of trying to find a longer than 10k race because of personal issues. By the time my speed started showing improvement in late February I was sidelined without running for four weeks. And then when I was finally cleared for running I had to wait two more weeks to go full blast again (weight loss surgery). Pretty much all I could do is walk, and not very fast either. So trying to slip a half in between February and the deadline was out of the question for me.

Anyways I get the newer runners thing. I am not new I guess I just a little more focused on other things is what I would describe it as. I guess I am a bit odd that I use a singular training pace for my races. But then again I am usually in training for a longer race and not thinking about maybe going faster on the shorter races. Heck the 10k PR I got in Feb was by accident, I was aiming for a 1:30 slid in with a 1:24 instead. Still annoyed to find this out last minute (if I had known earlier I would have pushed harder at my pace during training program) but I guess now that I know I will push harder during the race than I intended. Still it's nerve wrecking because I know I can maintain one pace for the distance but don't know about the other.

 

[Vistaway]

I didn't realize that was the calculator they used. I just re-submitted my POT using a recent 10k since it puts my anticipated half finish time quite a few minutes faster than my best HM.

Does anyone know if they have moved to the more-but-smaller corral system that is being used for the WDW races? It looked like last year's DL half still had the massive corrals with 1000s of people in each.

 

[FFigawi]

Still it's nerve wrecking because I know I can maintain one pace for the distance but don't know about the other.

And therein lies the challenge of racing: can we hold on to a pace that's faster than we've gone before over a given distance to claim that elusive PR? Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, but at least we're out there trying.

 

[ANIM8R]

I received an email from "WDW RunDisney Sales" with the subject "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items". The email stated "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

A half hour later there was an email from them that read:
WDW RunDisney Sales would like to recall the message, "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

But there was no explanation along the lines of "the previous message was sent in error" or "please disregard the last message - don't worry" or anything like that.

I pulled out my receipts and they show the quantity of pins and of course the amount charged so I think all is good.

I'm just wondering if anybody else received any similar messages???

I'm also confused as to why Disneyland Half related comminications would come from "WDW"...unless RunDisney is HQ'd at WDW?

 

[SultanPprShkr]

I received an email from "WDW RunDisney Sales" with the subject "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items". The email stated "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

A half hour later there was an email from them that read:
WDW RunDisney Sales would like to recall the message, "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

But there was no explanation along the lines of "the previous message was sent in error" or "please disregard the last message - don't worry" or anything like that.

I pulled out my receipts and they show the quantity of pins and of course the amount charged so I think all is good.

I'm just wondering if anybody else received any similar messages???

I'm also confused as to why Disneyland Half related comminications would come from "WDW"...unless RunDisney is HQ'd at WDW?

RunDisney is indeed HQed in Florida (the marathon is 20+ years old compared to Disneyland's <15 years). I did not receive a message like that and I also purchased the commemorative pins (and have my receipts!)

I'm sure it was just sent in error for no reason in particular LOL.

 

[bumbershoot]

WDW RunDisney Sales would like to recall the message, "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

That just cracks me up. Has "recalling" an email EVER been something that worked?

I remember coworkers trying back in '97 and it didn't work then, either.

 

[zanzibar138]

I received an email from "WDW RunDisney Sales" with the subject "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items". The email stated "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

A half hour later there was an email from them that read:
WDW RunDisney Sales would like to recall the message, "2014 Disneyland Half Weekend Commemorative Items".

But there was no explanation along the lines of "the previous message was sent in error" or "please disregard the last message - don't worry" or anything like that.

I pulled out my receipts and they show the quantity of pins and of course the amount charged so I think all is good.

I'm just wondering if anybody else received any similar messages???

I'm also confused as to why Disneyland Half related comminications would come from "WDW"...unless RunDisney is HQ'd at WDW?

I think the act of recalling the message in itself explains that it was sent in error.

Sounds like not everyone who purchased commemorative pins even received the emails (I didn't), so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[annmarieda]

I apologize in advance. I will post this to various threads I am sub'd to. So if you see this more than once...

Anyway, who doesn't love a deal? So while it does not work for me I thought it might for some. There is a seriously deal on a couple of the brooks pure line here

The two shoes (flow and cadence) are both from the "2" line. The pure flows are just $39.95. Shipping I think is free. The Cadence is just $10 more. I did wear the 1's and now the 3's (2's didn't work - gave me blisters) Makes me wonder though if for $40 I shouldn't try to make them work.

Hope it works for someone.

 

[Kathymford]

I apologize in advance. I will post this to various threads I am sub'd to. So if you see this more than once...

Anyway, who doesn't love a deal? So while it does not work for me I thought it might for some. There is a seriously deal on a couple of the brooks pure line here

The two shoes (flow and cadence) are both from the "2" line. The pure flows are just $39.95. Shipping I think is free. The Cadence is just $10 more. I did wear the 1's and now the 3's (2's didn't work - gave me blisters) Makes me wonder though if for $40 I shouldn't try to make them work.

Hope it works for someone.

I've tried on the PureFlow 3s and was trying to wait for them to come down at least a little bit. What was the difference for you?

 

[rachlovestv]

Does anyone know if they have moved to the more-but-smaller corral system that is being used for the WDW races? It looked like last year's DL half still had the massive corrals with 1000s of people in each.

The Tinker Bell in January had massive corrals again. I'm guessing they either don't have the space they'd want to set up tons of smaller corrals (though technically it wouldn't take up more space), or they have to get people across the start line faster than they do in FL? Makes no sense to me, but I'm not in charge.