The Running Thread - 2018

[Mickey Momma]

ATTQOTD: I was going to go with People Mover, but I don't know about four hours of those turns. So I think I am going to have to go with Spaceship Earth. Dark, cool, and the seats are slightly more comfortable than Pirates, especially when they lean back. As for sentencing someone? Definitely Mission Space Orange.

 

[PrincessV]

QUESTION (for Galloway Runners):

Do you run different intervals in a race than you do in your long run?

I use different intervals for different purposes. For runs designed to improve endurance, not necessarily speed, I might do 2:30/:30. For an easy, recovery run, I like a :45/:30. For most races, I usually go with :30/:30 -I find that makes it easy to skip run or walk intervals as needed to go with the flow of traffic without stretching my intervals too long.

Fun Friday QOTD: What attraction would you be ok with being on non stop for 4 hours? You are allowed food, drink, and 1 bathroom break of 5-10 minutes.

ATTQOTD: Um, I'll never make it 4 hours with only 1 bathroom break, lol! #stayhydrated If I can have two bathroom breaks, AND I can go through the queue each time, I'm in for 4 hours of TOT

 

[Bree]

Back to the Garmin discussion from earlier in the week ... any thoughts on Vivoactive 3 vs. Forerunner 235?

DC Rainmaker does really good reviews.

I’d personally lean towards the vivoactive just because the 230/235 came out in 2015.

 

[ZellyB]

ATTQOTD: Tie between Haunted Mansion & People Mover - but only with some kind of exception that allowed my drinks to be alcoholic in nature

ATTBQOTD: Sorry @SarahDisney but I gotta say IASW. I actually do enjoy this ride, but 4 hours would be torture.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: Hands down Kilimanjaro Safaris! Animal Kingdom is my favorite park, I could spend all day on the safari! Especially now that the Big Red audio track is gone... that was the best part about the safari that was part of the Backstage Safari tour... safari without the story track.

 

[Mickey Momma]

Back to the Garmin discussion from earlier in the week ... any thoughts on Vivoactive 3 vs. Forerunner 235?

I remember you saying you are not looking for an all day watch, right? Looking at the specs, they seem very similar. The Vivoactive has a longer GPS battery life according to Garmin, but we are talking 11 versus 13 hours. I have a Vivoactive 3 and love it. (I upgraded from the first version.) I chose it, however, because I wanted it as my all day watch. So knowing nothing but what the Garmin page tells me about the 235, by advice would be to see if you can find a store that has both watches and actually try them on to see which is more of a "fit."

 

[Miranda]

Back to the Garmin discussion from earlier in the week ... any thoughts on Vivoactive 3 vs. Forerunner 235?

I don't know anything about the Vivoactive watch, but the 235 I think might be considered replaced at this point by the brand new 645/645M. I am planning to replace my 220 with a 645... I haven't decided yet if I want to get the M or not. The difference is that the M has storage for music/podcasts and will pair with bluetooth headphones, but I don't think that I would actually use that. I can't envision a scenario where I am out running without my phone, so I'll probably just save the $50.

 

[Dis5150]

QUESTION (for Galloway Runners):

Do you run different intervals in a race than you do in your long run?

I have been running 1 minute longer during my weekly maintenance runs (as well as running continuously several times) than I do on my long run. I decreased my long run running interval by 1 min in an effort to complete my long run at a slower pace, as suggested. Am I asking for trouble to use my weekly interval for a longer race? I think I should be able to hold it, but without practicing, I don't have the confidence that I won't crash and burn.

I do the same intervals.

 

[rteetz]

Fun Friday QOTD: What attraction would you be ok with being on non stop for 4 hours? You are allowed food, drink, and 1 bathroom break of 5-10 minutes.

This is tough. FoP gets to me after three times in a row. (I found that out this week)

I could ride big thunder all day probably. My other option would be the safari.

(Can you tell I like AK yet?)

 

[rteetz]

Spaceship Earth. I would be able to try out all the options for building my future!

Got evacuated off of that this week. Fun new experience! Being stuck on it for 20+ minutes is not though.

ATTQOTD: This one is easy. Peoplemover.

Why am I so dumb to forget the peoplemover! Obvious choice.

 

[Chaitali]

I'm on the Safari bandwagon! And as far as the torture ride, I have to go with It's a Small World.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: Peoplemover for sure! DD28 and I will ride it as long as they let us stay on it when we are not rushing to another FP.

 

[MissLiss279]

So I’m throwing this out there for watch reviews:

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/GPS_Accuracy

Not sure if I believe it all. I feel like my Garmin 220 had pretty good accuracy (not on his list), and I’ve always been high on Garmins... although I was having highly fluctuating current pace on my Fenix 5s (more than I think it should have been).

 

[michigandergirl]

ATTQOTD: Add me to the Kilimanjaro crew!

 

[SarahDisney]

This is tough. FoP gets to me after three times in a row. (I found that out this week)

I could ride big thunder all day probably. My other option would be the safari.

(Can you tell I like AK yet?)

Quick ... go test your theory . Ride big thunder for 4 hours and report back.

 

[AFwifelife]

So I’m throwing this out there for watch reviews:

http://fellrnr.com/wiki/GPS_Accuracy

Not sure if I believe it all. I feel like my Garmin 220 had pretty good accuracy (not on his list), and I’ve always been high on Garmins... although I was having highly fluctuating current pace on my Fenix 5s (more than I think it should have been).

I’m thinking of the Vivoactive 3 with the foot pod because of mostly running on a treadmill but it looks like a good overall option.

 

[AFwifelife]

Got evacuated off of that this week. Fun new experience! Being stuck on it for 20+ minutes is not though.

How high up were you??

 

[MissLiss279]

I’m thinking of the Vivoactive 3 with the foot pod because of mostly running on a treadmill but it looks like a good overall option.

I have a Footpod too now and seems to work great on the treadmill!

 

[Princess KP]

This is tough. FoP gets to me after three times in a row. (I found that out this week)

Ummm.....how did you manage to ride FoP 3 times in a row??

 

[rteetz]

Quick ... go test your theory . Ride big thunder for 4 hours and report back.

If I can stay on sure. I’m not waiting in line