Official 2015 Disney Marathon Thread

[bumbershoot]

Can we talk about nutrition and what we eat to fuel our body during our training (I don't mean while we run) and the day before/right after we run? What works best for everybody? I want to keep my weight under control while still getting enough, but not too much carbs and calories. Is there a formula, like if you run x amount of miles than you need y carbs? Thanks for all the advise so far. You guys are the best!!

I was doing weightwatchers before I got back into running. I am on the "eat every food 'point' coming to me" version of the plan, and don't eat much low fat stuff especially once my workouts became true workouts.

I did wonderfully and made goal, just as I started training for longer than the TOT 10 miler, and since then staying at my goal weight has been torture! Like the PP said, it's common to gain while training for the longer distances. And I'm proof of that, even while knowing what I'll eat and planning sometimes I just get so hungry.

And it's super easy to eat back all of what you just burned plus more. Heck, the energy chews and electrolyte drink during a half (for me) can easily have as many "food points" as the "activity points" I'm earning while running. If I then have a big 2% chocolate milk after, I'm over the calories I burned! I feel great, but still. No celebration meal for me. (yeah right)

The training time isn't just about muscles. It's about finding out what works for your system. We can get ideas from others but our systems have the final say.

When I reached goal it was set because of the running. I'd done TOT and was moving into training for wdw half. I was starving. I had also started weight training a few months before and was having all the benefits of that. I went to my meeting needing to eat more. I knew I was in WW goal range and before I got on the scale I said "Whatever my weight is today that's it. I need to eat more!"

 

[IamTrike]

One thing I do not like eating the night before a long run is beef. Especially something like a greasy burger. Beef just seems to sit like a lead brick in my stomach. Anything else the night before really does not bother me.

After a long run I drink a big glass of whole chocolate milk. That seems to work pretty well for me as far as recovery.

MMM Chocolate Milk. I can spend the last mile or two of a long run just discussing how good some chocolate milk is going to taste.

 

[Outonarun]

Can we talk about nutrition and what we eat to fuel our body during our training (I don't mean while we run) and the day before/right after we run? What works best for everybody? I want to keep my weight under control while still getting enough, but not too much carbs and calories. Is there a formula, like if you run x amount of miles than you need y carbs?

Thanks for all the advise so far. You guys are the best!!

Long distance runner and vegan (also gluten-free and soy-free) for 35 years -- what has proven to work for me (year-round, whether light or heavy training, night before race, post race...):

whole grains, fruits, vegetables, rice and hemp protein powder

I don't use a formula -- my appetite lets me know when it's time to eat (boy, does it!). If you don't get those cues, or want to change the cues you're getting, a formula sounds like a great way to get an idea/make a plan of your body's needs.

 

[Outonarun]

MMM Chocolate Milk. I can spend the last mile or two of a long run just discussing how good some chocolate milk is going to taste.

Chocolate Almond Milk -- My indulgence of choice!!

 

[IamTrike]

Can we talk about nutrition and what we eat to fuel our body during our training (I don't mean while we run) and the day before/right after we run? What works best for everybody? I want to keep my weight under control while still getting enough, but not too much carbs and calories. Is there a formula, like if you run x amount of miles than you need y carbs?

Thanks for all the advise so far. You guys are the best!!

I tend to be ravenous several hours after a long run. I have to be disciplined or I'll overeat and gain weight. I tend to watch what I eat when I'm training and I tend to go light on carbs. (During runs I am taking gu's to get glucose) I've found that limiting refined sugars from breads, pasta, candy and sweet tea tends to be my best way of loosing weight, and I'm lazy so the less I weigh the better.

 

[WDWarchitectureguy]

He also fit me for new shoes and said that I probably just don't need as much support as the Adrenalines offer since I've lost so much weight since being put in them. He brought out a couple of different shoes from a variety of brands, and I ended up going with the Mizuno Wave Inspire 10s.

Sweet, Glad they could help. The Inspire 10's are sort of a Ravenna equivalent from Mizuno. I tried them as well before I switched.

 

[jerivera]

Can we talk about nutrition and what we eat to fuel our body during our training (I don't mean while we run) and the day before/right after we run? What works best for everybody? I want to keep my weight under control while still getting enough, but not too much carbs and calories. Is there a formula, like if you run x amount of miles than you need y carbs?

Thanks for all the advise so far. You guys are the best!!

To keep weight under control:

Try the MyFitnessPal. I highly recommend it.

I originally did Jenny Craig (started in Nov last year), which worked very well. But it's way too expensive. I stopped in March when I realized I could do it myself for free. Then I found MyFitnessPal does the same thing as Jenny Craig (tracking & tells you how many calories you should eat) for free and I've been using it ever since. It's all about tracking the intake. That combined with walking which gradually converted to jogging/running (I was lifetime couch potato as of January) has helped me lose 75 pounds lost at this point.

Plus if you use a running app (or other tool) that tells you calories spent during your exercise you can probably link it to MyFitnessPal so that it updates your calories for the day (I do runkeeper + myfitnesspal). Or just keep track of it separately to add to your daily intake. For example, I'm currently on 1410 calories per day. For me that's supposed to equate to 1.5 pounds per week weight loss according to myfitnesspal. This morning I did a run that used 622 calories. So my total calorie intake for today is supposed to be 2032. That's still a 750 daily calorie deficit for the 1.5 pound / week weight loss.​

Pre-run:

Nothing heavy. At least in my experience you'll absolutely regret it during any run. Ugh. Stick with light stuff the night before. The carb loading thing will likely also haunt you during races, so try not to eat anything heavy the night before a race. Unless you have guts of steel.​

Post-run:

Immediately after a run I eat a QuestBar (Coconut Cashew is my fave) with coconut water (more potassium). The right food helps your muscles heal faster (http://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-runners/post-run-recovery-starts-protein). Some folk go with chocolate milk, but I'm just not a big fan.

And since you usually have a LOT of extra calories to make up for, try to make up for it in the most satisfying way you can think of. For example, after long runs I'll usually try to go to Hopdoddy (awesome local burger place) or Kome (awesome Japanese food) or another not-necessarily-healthy restaurant. It's my reward for being good (food-wise) and running 8-15 miles (or more). And during weekday runs I eat an extra snack or two at home (if I can't convince DW to go out!). You've earned it and you need the calories/protein/carbs/fat/other, especially if you're already eating less for weight loss. Plus for me it keeps me sane, is good for my soul, it keeps my taste buds & stomach happy, and in the end lets me stick to my weight loss plan. As the Jenny person once told me, if you try to stick to a too strict diet it very likely won't stick long term because you'll grow to hate it. NOTE: I don't track these days for weight loss purpose if we go to a restaurant. In my experience it's pretty hard once you start eating healthy all week to eat 1000-2000 calories in one sitting. Your body just won't let you. Plus it's reeeally hard to find nutritional info for restaurants dishes!​

 

[Strawberry's mom&dad]

Chocolate Almond Milk -- My indulgence of choice!!

Never thought of that. Will have to give it a try
I too follow a whole food plant based diet.

 

[longhorns2]

Medals people medals!!! http://noguiltlife.com/2014/10/walt-disney-world-marathon-medals-2015.html

 

[DOOM1001]

Medals people medals!!! http://noguiltlife.com/2014/10/walt-disney-world-marathon-medals-2015.html

Aside from the ribbons the 10K,half and full are the same medals from this year,Disney doesn't redo medals year after year do they?I'm getting up to go to the ToT expo,I'm going to ask as I certainly hope the new ones aren't out yet.I like the yellow ribbon for the full though,you get tired of the red.

 

[Ariel484]

Aside from the ribbons the 10K,half and full are the same medals from this year,Disney doesn't redo medals year after year do they?I'm getting up to go to the ToT expo,I'm going to ask as I certainly hope the new ones aren't out yet.I like the yellow ribbon for the full though,you get tired of the red.

Not sure what you mean? These ARE the medals for 2015, And I assume this picture is from the ToT expo.

 

[RnbwSktles]

Not sure what you mean? These ARE the medals for 2015, And I assume this picture is from the ToT expo.

I came here to post the picture, but I was beat!

The medals are a little different. The mickey heads are holes, so not a solid medal like last year.

 

[ell13]

Medals people medals!!! http://noguiltlife.com/2014/10/walt-disney-world-marathon-medals-2015.html

Nice!

 

[RnbwSktles]

Some close-ups via Team #runDisney on facebook,

 

[Barca33Runner]

A little disappointed that the changes on the medals for the 10K, Half, Full and Dopey are so subtle. Expected the Dopey to be a bit more eye-catching last year since it was an inaugural year and am disappointed that the changes on that medal specifically are almost non-existent.

I realize they all can't be the 20th anniversary Marathon medal, but I would think medal design would be something enjoyable enough that coming back with essentially the same medals wouldn't seem like the best option.

Oh well, the medals are just a bonus to the fun and excitement of the races and vacation. I'm sure I won't be disappointed when I receive them.

 

[RnbwSktles]

Ok, I apologize for the spam of photos, but I thought this might be interesting. I dug around and tried to find the marathon medal for each year to see how it progressed. They don't all have years on them so I can't be 100% sure I'm correct on these. I couldn't' find them all.

It looks like they stay the same for a few years at a time.

1994

1995

1998

2001

2003

2005
Could only find the half, but my guess is it looks like 2006's

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I didn't expect much if any change esp since last years all were new designs.. They typically swap designs every 5 years with a bigger adjustment for an anniv year..

 

[DOOM1001]

Not sure what you mean? These ARE the medals for 2015, And I assume this picture is from the ToT expo.

Just got back from a long day at the expo and then Horror Nights at Universal.The half and full medals are almost identical to last year except for a mickey cutout in the medal,from the pic they looked the same,which they are except for that small change.Now to go to sleep to rest for another long day running ToT.

 

[Donald Applecore]

DW & I will be running our first half marathon during WDW weekend. Obviously as newer runners, we didn't have a time to submit from a long enough race, but we hoped to get a 10K under our belt as part of our half training before the submission cut-off date. We're pretty slow, so no grand expectations - we were just hoping to avoid the last corral (or 2 if we could swing it).

Because DW had to be out of town this weekend, we found a local 10K to run last weekend. DW did great! Her Disney projected finish time was right at 3:00. I, on the other hand, had a stomach bug all week leading up to the race & had a terrible run. It was seriously a victory just to finish - LOL! Normally I would take the moral victory and move on, but the main reason we ran the race was trying to get a satisfactory proof of time to submit. (my projected time would have been around 3:27 - almost the max pace - yikes!!)

To try to salvage things, I signed up to run the biggest loser 6 flags 10K this morning. At first things looked good - pretty flat race, stomach was feeling much better all week, AND a COLD FRONT moved in around Friday. (BIG difference for me running with temps in the 60s vs the 80s) I felt great this morning, and ran a pretty strong race by my standards. Runkeeper tracked my pace around 13min/mile, & I even finished top three in my age group. (OK - so there weren't that many in my age group, but I'll take it - LOL)

So the first sign that things were off: Despite my solid pace, as I got near the end of the race, I noticed the overall time wasn't adding up to my pace. I pushed hard through the finish line, and almost immediately pulled out my phone to check what was up. Everything seemed fine, except the total distance was .41mile further than 10K?!!! It was pretty open course, and its not like I had to zig-zag around people all morning - I pretty much was able to run my race without any other runners in my way. Sure enough, I heard from a handful of other runners that their GPS tracked the course as longer than 10K. My just over 13min/mile pace turned into a 14min/mile pace once I saw my final numbers. I just submitted my proof of time & Disney has me at 3:11.

In the grand scheme of things, this is about where I thought I might be, but I also knew if a had a good run I could pull a slightly better time. The frustrating thing is that I had that good run, but because their course was off (they apparently had made a last minute change to it), I'm stuck submitting a time worse than what I actually did.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very happy with my run today - just FRUSTRATED that it didn't translate into a better proof of time all because their course was apparently off.

OH Well - nothing I can do now, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Thanks for putting up with my little vent -

 

[WDWarchitectureguy]

DW & I will be running our first half marathon during WDW weekend. Obviously as newer runners, we didn't have a time to submit from a long enough race, but we hoped to get a 10K under our belt as part of our half training before the submission cut-off date. We're pretty slow, so no grand expectations - we were just hoping to avoid the last corral (or 2 if we could swing it).

Because DW had to be out of town this weekend, we found a local 10K to run last weekend. DW did great! Her Disney projected finish time was right at 3:00. I, on the other hand, had a stomach bug all week leading up to the race & had a terrible run. It was seriously a victory just to finish - LOL! Normally I would take the moral victory and move on, but the main reason we ran the race was trying to get a satisfactory proof of time to submit. (my projected time would have been around 3:27 - almost the max pace - yikes!!)

To try to salvage things, I signed up to run the biggest loser 6 flags 10K this morning. At first things looked good - pretty flat race, stomach was feeling much better all week, AND a COLD FRONT moved in around Friday. (BIG difference for me running with temps in the 60s vs the 80s) I felt great this morning, and ran a pretty strong race by my standards. Runkeeper tracked my pace around 13min/mile, & I even finished top three in my age group. (OK - so there weren't that many in my age group, but I'll take it - LOL)

So the first sign that things were off: Despite my solid pace, as I got near the end of the race, I noticed the overall time wasn't adding up to my pace. I pushed hard through the finish line, and almost immediately pulled out my phone to check what was up. Everything seemed fine, except the total distance was .41mile further than 10K?!!! It was pretty open course, and its not like I had to zig-zag around people all morning - I pretty much was able to run my race without any other runners in my way. Sure enough, I heard from a handful of other runners that their GPS tracked the course as longer than 10K. My just over 13min/mile pace turned into a 14min/mile pace once I saw my final numbers. I just submitted my proof of time & Disney has me at 3:11.

In the grand scheme of things, this is about where I thought I might be, but I also knew if a had a good run I could pull a slightly better time. The frustrating thing is that I had that good run, but because their course was off (they apparently had made a last minute change to it), I'm stuck submitting a time worse than what I actually did.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still very happy with my run today - just FRUSTRATED that it didn't translate into a better proof of time all because their course was apparently off.

OH Well - nothing I can do now, I just wanted to get that off my chest. Thanks for putting up with my little vent -

Welcome to the board from another DFW area runner. My DW and I are on the other side of Lake Grapevine in Lewisville. If it helps, I ran the Plano Balloon Festival 1/2 a few weeks ago and my GPS said I ran 13.6 miles on a certified 13.1 course. Just remember even with last minute course changes, a certified race is measured in the most ideal conditions with all the inside corners and everything. Even if you're running 2-3 feet to the side of where a course was measured from, you'll be running a longer race. Sounds like you are taking it in stride. Good luck.