Princess Weekend 2023 (Feb 23-26, 2023)

Totally right. It’s not atypical to see about 80% finishers compared to bib numbers. Most of those come from DNS instead of DNFs.
Yikes. That's a lot of bibs going unused. Sure would be nice to see dR figure out a way to do deferments and not have them go unused (and not have bibs snapped up by brokers simply reselling).
There's gotta be a decent solution.
 
Yikes. That's a lot of bibs going unused. Sure would be nice to see dR figure out a way to do deferments and not have them go unused (and not have bibs snapped up by brokers simply reselling).
There's gotta be a decent solution.

Additionally, what’s not to say that isn’t already baked into their expectations in terms of runners on the course. From my experience of looking at the numbers, the population in rD events is reasonably predictable. Maybe they want 15,000 runners, but know if they sell 15,000 bibs they’ll have 12,000 runners. So instead they sell 18,000 bibs, get the 15,000 runners they want, and then pocket the 3,000 DNS runners bibs. Not saying there aren’t better solutions, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the line of thought.
 
Additionally, what’s not to say that isn’t already baked into their expectations in terms of runners on the course. From my experience of looking at the numbers, the population in rD events is reasonably predictable. Maybe they want 15,000 runners, but know if they sell 15,000 bibs they’ll have 12,000 runners. So instead they sell 18,000 bibs, get the 15,000 runners they want, and then pocket the 3,000 DNS runners bibs. Not saying there aren’t better solutions, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the line of thought.
Similar to the airlines overbooking. I get it. But at least if you don't fly, you (usually) don't pay.
 

I need some advice, maybe @DopeyBadger ? I'm missing my run today because I'm one of those runners who needed to change flights. My last run was Saturday, and I'm doing the 5K and 10K, and the 5K will be a shakeout run for the 10K. My coach said getting today's run in tomorrow or Thursday is important to make sure I don't get flat legs between now and Friday. Am I OK to skip it? I'm not sure I want to shove that run in when I get to Disney.
 
Yikes. That's a lot of bibs going unused. Sure would be nice to see dR figure out a way to do deferments and not have them go unused (and not have bibs snapped up by brokers simply reselling).
There's gotta be a decent solution.
I wish they would. I'm one of the DNSers. I would have gladly taken a deferment, even for a small fee rather than eating the costs.
 
I need some advice, maybe @DopeyBadger ? I'm missing my run today because I'm one of those runners who needed to change flights. My last run was Saturday, and I'm doing the 5K and 10K, and the 5K will be a shakeout run for the 10K. My coach said getting today's run in tomorrow or Thursday is important to make sure I don't get flat legs between now and Friday. Am I OK to skip it? I'm not sure I want to shove that run in when I get to Disney.

Trust your coach. You trusted them to get you this far, so trust them to get you to your goal.

Generally speaking (since others will be going through similar disruptions), the body prefers a routine. So if you normally run every other day, then aim for the race to occur with a day off prior. If you run six days per week and hard days on 1, 3 and 6, then plan for the race to occur on one of those days as well. So ideally, the race day falls in the normal routine. But training/racing doesn't always go ideally.

The reason you want to keep the routine has to do with muscle tension. The body gets used to a similar tension level leading into hard days and when you alter that to be too little or too much is when "things don't feel right". So if you normally would have run on Tuesday, and go from Saturday to Friday between runs, then you'll likely have an "unusual" amount of muscle tension compared to your normal routine. This is going to make you feel "off" or "flat". So to fix that, you're encouraged to run on Wed/Thurs to try and get something in the legs to help build that tension back up to your normal levels. It won't be that your fitness has fallen, but just that the legs won't feel right. You don't need much though. Even 20-30 min is plenty to invigorate them. Through trial and error runners can find their ideal pattern such that the tension is in the right place on race day. Some find an off day before a race is best, some find strides the day prior is best, some just do an easy day. Predominately this is because of the muscles fiber concentration in the leg muscle, but we're not all the same here so that's why trial and error is best on what is best proceeding the race.

Now some things to consider leading into Disney races. Disney races aren't usual because they are generally a vacation destination and involve a lot of walking outside of normal walking loads. So while walking is not running, it does add some stress to the legs. So could you get away with just normal Disney vacation activities and not run? Probably to an extent. Which leads to the second part, what is the goal? If your goal is PR level fitness, then you'll want to do that mid-week run to get your legs in a good place. If the goal is just to be in good shape and you're ok with the legs being a touch off peak/sharpness, then you'll be fine with the Disney vacation legs.

Hope that helps!
 
Trust your coach. You trusted them to get you this far, so trust them to get you to your goal.

Generally speaking (since others will be going through similar disruptions), the body prefers a routine. So if you normally run every other day, then aim for the race to occur with a day off prior. If you run six days per week and hard days on 1, 3 and 6, then plan for the race to occur on one of those days as well. So ideally, the race day falls in the normal routine. But training/racing doesn't always go ideally.

The reason you want to keep the routine has to do with muscle tension. The body gets used to a similar tension level leading into hard days and when you alter that to be too little or too much is when "things don't feel right". So if you normally would have run on Tuesday, and go from Saturday to Friday between runs, then you'll likely have an "unusual" amount of muscle tension compared to your normal routine. This is going to make you feel "off" or "flat". So to fix that, you're encouraged to run on Wed/Thurs to try and get something in the legs to help build that tension back up to your normal levels. It won't be that your fitness has fallen, but just that the legs won't feel right. You don't need much though. Even 20-30 min is plenty to invigorate them. Through trial and error runners can find their ideal pattern such that the tension is in the right place on race day. Some find an off day before a race is best, some find strides the day prior is best, some just do an easy day. Predominately this is because of the muscles fiber concentration in the leg muscle, but we're not all the same here so that's why trial and error is best on what is best proceeding the race.

Now some things to consider leading into Disney races. Disney races aren't usual because they are generally a vacation destination and involve a lot of walking outside of normal walking loads. So while walking is not running, it does add some stress to the legs. So could you get away with just normal Disney vacation activities and not run? Probably to an extent. Which leads to the second part, what is the goal? If your goal is PR level fitness, then you'll want to do that mid-week run to get your legs in a good place. If the goal is just to be in good shape and you're ok with the legs being a touch off peak/sharpness, then you'll be fine with the Disney vacation legs.

Hope that helps!
This is a great explanation, thanks! I think I'll be in a better mood once I get to Disney tomorrow. I had to add an extra leg into my travel just to get out of Denver before the storm tomorrow. I'm flying into Houston and landing around 11 tonight, and of course I woke up early this morning. It'll be a long day. I hopped on my spin bike to do something, but it wasn't the 30-minute run on my schedule. I didn't have enough time to use my inhaler, wait for it to kick in, and then run.

I'm staying at POFQ and I hear they have a really good running path. It could be a good way to get all the travel energy out just to do my run when I get to the hotel tomorrow. Thankfully my flight tomorrow from Houston to Orlando isn't super early so I can focus on sleep tonight.
 
Would someone please remind me how to use phone numbers for runner tracking rather than email and twitter so that my family can get texts as I go? I remember seeing it on here last year but cannot remember. Thanks.
 
Would someone please remind me how to use phone numbers for runner tracking rather than email and twitter so that my family can get texts as I go? I remember seeing it on here last year but cannot remember. Thanks.
it depends on your carrier. If you google email to text and your carrier that will tell you typically. For example for ATT it's: 5555555555@txt.att.net
 
I'm staying at POFQ and I hear they have a really good running path. It could be a good way to get all the travel energy out just to do my run when I get to the hotel tomorrow. Thankfully my flight tomorrow from Houston to Orlando isn't super early so I can focus on sleep tonight.
POR/POFQ is a beautiful place to run. It’ll be just what you need. Safe travels!
 
I was wondering why it was so smoky when I picked my son up from daycare! I go on the 429 past Disney and was like *** is happening??
 
I was wondering why it was so smoky when I picked my son up from daycare! I go on the 429 past Disney and was like *** is happening??
It’s so freaking dry I’m surprised they don’t have bans right now. I live in Seminole County and my neighbor is a tree farm. He was burning debris today!!!
 














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