Springtime Surprise 2026 (Apr 16-20)

[fatmanatee]

This would be a good spot to post medals… will they?

 

[1lilspark]

I would think this week medals next week wine & dine themes or vice versa

 

[fatmanatee]

I would think this week medals next week wine & dine themes or vice versa

Wine and Dine will be two weeks out from club registration tomorrow and next week is DL week so I’d like to think that’s more of a lock.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

Well since they posted 12 days of Christmas today guess it won’t be this week

 

[Baloo in MI]

For any of you running Springtime Surprise for the 5th time this year wouldn't be nice if the surprise this year is that runDisney will recognize any perfect runners! I have to be honest I ran it the first two years simply because I thought there would be an opportunity to be perfect for a race/challenge. When it came out that runDisney was not recognizing STS I decided to pretend I had not heard that and have stubbornly help out hope and kept coming back. But if it is only a dream then it is time to initiate the Official Unofficial Springtime Surprise Perfect Club!

 

[Naomeri]

For any of you running Springtime Surprise for the 5th time this year wouldn't be nice if the surprise this year is that runDisney will recognize any perfect runners! I have to be honest I ran it the first two years simply because I thought there would be an opportunity to be perfect for a race/challenge. When it came out that runDisney was not recognizing STS I decided to pretend I had not heard that and have stubbornly help out hope and kept coming back. But if it is only a dream then it is time to initiate the Official Unofficial Springtime Surprise Perfect Club!

Agreed!

 

[Naomeri]

Garden Rocks act for Springtime Surprise is The Commodores. Such a bummer they couldn't get A Flock of Seagulls until 3 weeks later--what better crowd to play "I Ran" for??

 

[nancipants]

Garden Rocks act for Springtime Surprise is The Commodores. Such a bummer they couldn't get A Flock of Seagulls until 3 weeks later--what better crowd to play "I Ran" for??

If the Social Media team doesn't get a video of them riding Cosmic Rewind to that song, they've failed.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

For any of you running Springtime Surprise for the 5th time this year wouldn't be nice if the surprise this year is that runDisney will recognize any perfect runners! I have to be honest I ran it the first two years simply because I thought there would be an opportunity to be perfect for a race/challenge. When it came out that runDisney was not recognizing STS I decided to pretend I had not heard that and have stubbornly help out hope and kept coming back. But if it is only a dream then it is time to initiate the Official Unofficial Springtime Surprise Perfect Club!

I’m holding out hope too!

 

[5xdisneyfans]

Anyone else living in this deep freeze? I have never trained through a winter this cold before. It’s going to get to -28c/-14f today. Hopefully this isn’t like this too much for this training plan. I prefer to do my long runs outside for more adaptation and not as boring as the treadmill. What is everyone’s treadmill tips for doing long runs on there? I usually listen to podcasts on my shorter treadmill runs. I am doing the challenge and it’s my first challenge so making sure I stick with the training plan. Any tips for making treadmill running go faster and enjoyable is appreciated.

 

[The Expert]

Anyone else living in this deep freeze? I have never trained through a winter this cold before. It’s going to get to -28c/-14f today. Hopefully this isn’t like this too much for this training plan. I prefer to do my long runs outside for more adaptation and not as boring as the treadmill. What is everyone’s treadmill tips for doing long runs on there? I usually listen to podcasts on my shorter treadmill runs. I am doing the challenge and it’s my first challenge so making sure I stick with the training plan. Any tips for making treadmill running go faster and enjoyable is appreciated.

I train on a treadmill most of the time. I often watch football, or I may pull up a YouTube video of a race I'm training for. But mostly I save guilty pleasure content that I only allow myself to watch on the treadmill. For me that's a random Housewives franchise or Outlander, mostly.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Anyone else living in this deep freeze? I have never trained through a winter this cold before. It’s going to get to -28c/-14f today. Hopefully this isn’t like this too much for this training plan. I prefer to do my long runs outside for more adaptation and not as boring as the treadmill. What is everyone’s treadmill tips for doing long runs on there? I usually listen to podcasts on my shorter treadmill runs. I am doing the challenge and it’s my first challenge so making sure I stick with the training plan. Any tips for making treadmill running go faster and enjoyable is appreciated.

Having something to watch definitely helps a lot. I've been doing more treadhill/indoor bike recently due to a lingering ankle issue, it it got much better when I started putting on shows. When I have to go to the gym, I'll download a few episodes on my iPad and watch that way.

 

[amazingact21]

But mostly I save guilty pleasure content that I only allow myself to watch on the treadmill. For me that's a random Housewives franchise or Outlander, mostly.

This is exactly what I do, as well. When training for SS weekend 2 years ago, I watched all of Vanderpump Rules. I'm happy the last season of Outlander will drop in March when I'm doing all my long runs before this year's SS.

 

[radiodome21]

Anyone else living in this deep freeze? I have never trained through a winter this cold before. It’s going to get to -28c/-14f today. Hopefully this isn’t like this too much for this training plan. I prefer to do my long runs outside for more adaptation and not as boring as the treadmill. What is everyone’s treadmill tips for doing long runs on there? I usually listen to podcasts on my shorter treadmill runs. I am doing the challenge and it’s my first challenge so making sure I stick with the training plan. Any tips for making treadmill running go faster and enjoyable is appreciated.

Yup. 1 mile away from the Chicago city limit. I'm actually trying the 12 week Nike Run Club HF training program. I used Galloway's for the last Wine&Dine HF in October. Want to change things up a little this time. I have a HF coming up in April in Chicago and then the official Chicago Bank of America HF in June. After the Wine & Dine I took a month off to deal with a calf/ achilles injury but am now back in the full swing. It was -10 this morning. I did invest in some winter gear this year but when it's too cold out it's treadmill time. I was supposed to do a 10k this morning but I had some technical issues and hard stop at 7 so I could only get in 5 miles.

Our gym has great treadmills with large touchscreens. You can log into various streaming services, which my wife likes. Personally I can't watch anything on a screen that close to my face. I'll end up tripping and making someone's instagram reel as a running fail. I watch what's on the overhead TVs, which is usually ESPN and the local morning news shows but don't really follow along.

I opened an account with Audible last fall and listen to audiobooks. I paid full price but they do have specials. I love this. I was listening to podcasts but grew tired of them. I like true crime and while I certainly listened to some great ones I also found that I lot of them could've been condensed. I also wasn't a fan of having to take my phone out and fast forward through the commercials. I love hands free running and this has been one of my best purchases. During the Wine & Dine I actually was able to download and start a new book during the race too.