Parking: Marathon Staying Offsite

[WedWay72]

What do you suggest for parking/shuttles as I am staying offsite for this weekend's marathon.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Opps. Event is over. Never mind.

 

[plutolovr]

There was no Marathon this weekend!!! There was a 10-miler though.

 

[joelkfla]

Picky, picky.

 

[WDWFan06]

What do you suggest for parking/shuttles as I am staying offsite for this weekend's marathon.

Some offsite hotels may offer a shuttle but I don't know that for sure. If you are driving yourself arrive early. Like 3 am early.

 

[bumbershoot]

There was no Marathon this weekend!!! There was a 10-miler though.

My brother, a long time runner (vs my newbie runner status), tells me that people use the word marathon to mean any running event. Even a 5k. Only those who run the distances care about how long the event is.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

My brother, a long time runner (vs my newbie runner status), tells me that people use the word marathon to mean any running event. Even a 5k. Only those who run the distances care about how long the event is.

My boyfriend the runner would completely disagree with this statement. As do I. Calling a 5k a marathon is just wrong.

 

[bumbershoot]

My boyfriend the runner would completely disagree with this statement. As do I. Calling a 5k a marathon is just wrong.

Well, I didn't give my brother's *feelings* about it, so there's nothing to disagree with unless your boyfriend thinks that people do not ever use the wrong distance.



My brother gets annoyed about it, which isn't something I touched on in the other post. He also gets annoyed that when he wears his Marine Corps Marathon shirt people ask him if he was in the Marines.

People just don't think (marathon has a certain distance that isn't anything but 26.2 miles) or have reading comprehension (running in the MCM = being a Marine?) skills sometimes.

 

[joelkfla]

He also gets annoyed that when he wears his Marine Corps Marathon shirt people ask him if he was in the Marines.

People just don't think (marathon has a certain distance that isn't anything but 26.2 miles) or have reading comprehension (running in the MCM = being a Marine?) skills sometimes.

That seems a bit silly.

First of all, people may just be using it as a conversation opener, perhaps to thank him for his service.

Secondly, as a non-running civilian with no military background, how would I know that the Marine Corps Marathon is only for Marines, and not a public fund-raiser for a Marines-sponsored project, such as Toys 4 Tots?

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

That seems a bit silly. First of all, people may just be using it as a conversation opener, perhaps to thank him for his service. Secondly, as a non-running civilian with no military background, how would I know that the Marine Corps Marathon is only for Marines, and not a public fund-raiser for a Marines-sponsored project, such as Toys 4 Tots?

The Marine Corp Marathon is open to the public. I expect there are more civilians then Marines actually running