The Running Thread - 2018

[DIS-OH]

Was running this evening on a local path that I’ve run often enough to know where the miles fall, so I knew my GPS was off when I hit one mile in the wrong spot.

When I finished, I looked at the map...geez, I think Runkeeper thought I was doing one of your beer runs! This is actually a pretty straight path!!!

 

[roxymama]

If, by marathon, you mean: Has already all but committed to Dopey 2019 to celebrate and build on the accomplishment of the Chicago Marathon 2018...

I really gotta watch what I write here

 

[CDKG]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

Wine & Dine Half Marathon x3: 2013 (my first half marathon), 2014 (Splash & Dash), 2015 (7-miler)
Tinker Bell x4: 2014 (10k and half marathon), 2015 (5k and Pixie Dust), 2016 (Pixie Dust), 2017 (Pixie Dust)
Disneyland Half Marathon x1: 2014 (10k only)
Star Wars LS x3: 2015 (5k and Rebel), 2016 (Rebel), 2017 (Rebel)
Disneyland Paris Half Marathon x1: 2016

5 runDisney themed weekends, 12 race weekends, 21 individual races.

 

[CDKG]

We could have an IPA division where you have to drink four Florida IPAs:
Jai Alai (Cigar City)
I-4 (Orlando)
Category 3 (Due South)
Bring It! (Playalinda)

The Flavored Water division:
Miller Lite
Bud Light
Michelob Ultra
Coors Light

The I Don't Drink division:
Cherry Coke
A&W Root Beer
Orange Crush
Diet Dr. Pepper

What about the "I Don't Drink Beer, I Prefer Wine" division? Even better, the "Sparkling Wine" division. That is something I could get behind!

 

[LdyStormy76]

Anyone use/try to use Hydrapouch? If so, looking for feedback. Thanks.

 

[Miranda]

I would like to join the hard cider division.

 

[McNs]

ATTQOTD I’ve run at Disney but never runDisney. As much as I would love to, it’s hard enough getting to the parks from the other side of the world with school kids and a teacher let alone coordinating with a rD event... I have sown the seed though as the Jan marathon is on while summer holidays are on in NZ, but I don’t know if it will be the same disneying in winter..

 

[TheHamm]

Milk would be too easy. Sure, it's thicker, but there's no carbonation. It's the bubbles bouncing around and trying to escape your stomach that cause the vomiting. We had kids and non-drinkers use soda at our beer miles, and it wasn't as easy as they thought it would be. More than a couple learned grape soda coming out your nose isn't so pleasant.

In the category of 'most carbonated not-alcohol drink options' I would be happy to leave a 12 pack of Vernors with a local or @Keels if my husband gets his way and we drive over Christmas break. This was our church camp version of a beer mile growing up, and the vomit rate was well over 50%.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

In the category of 'most carbonated not-alcohol drink options' I would be happy to leave a 12 pack of Vernors with a local or @Keels if my husband gets his way and we drive over Christmas break. This was our church camp version of a beer mile growing up, and the vomit rate was well over 50%.

You’re evil

 

[SunDial]

The plan is to start DATW at 11 in Mexico on Monday.

Starting in Mexico???

I wasn't planning to run on marathon weekend in 2019 but might have to change my mind. Watching the beer mile before the DATW could be interesting. Quick suggestion is all participants should have face painting done before said event

Sorry I got the left and right mixed up 2 weeks ago.

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: While out for a run, have you ever made a wrong turn and then later realize you are lost? How did that end up for you? Extra mileage to your run?

ATTQOTD: I've been lost more than once. Most of the time it resulted in little to no extra distance and the rest of the route was known and I was able to skip a section to get to the distance I wanted. One of the times I got lost was with a group run and we missed a turn. We ended up in a not so great part of town. That mile or so in that area had everyone running more towards race pace until we got back to our normal areas. We did end up with a extra mile on that one. I also made a wrong turn running around the campgrounds at WDW. By chance my aunt was staying there and was driving around on a golf cart. She pointed me in the right direction and as was well.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: Nope, I run the roads on my work property or the road coming into it for my weekday runs and run in our local state park for my long runs. Unfortunately I know our work roads too well and the state park isn't that big.

ETA: Our local state park is completely underwater! I can't even get to the roads I usually run on. It is insane! It's obviously on a lake and we had about 12+ inches of rain in just over a week. They couldn't let the water out as it would have flooded out homes downstream so the water coming in way exceeded the water going out.

 

[ZellyB]

ATTQOTD: Well, I haven't necessarily been lost, but I've zoned out and made wrong turns before and then suddenly be like, "Wait. Where am I?" I can usually easily get back on track, but it has sometimes added on a little distance.

 

[Princess KP]

Quick suggestion is all participants should have face painting done before said event

@croach A tiger!!

 

[TheHamm]

QOTD: While out for a run, have you ever made a wrong turn and then later realize you are lost? How did that end up for you? Extra mileage to your run?

ATTQOTD: I cannot wait to hear the answers to this! I have taken a wrong turn more than once, and it discourages me from exploring new, unknown routes. My first adventure looking for an outdoor path near work sent me to the botanical gardens, which was in the process of replacing trail signs. I ended up blazing my own trail, and found myself in a field of red poison ivy having been too busy looking up instead of the ground. After making it back onto the trail, I noticed the signs for massasauga rattlers. I almost had a heart attack trying to return to my car. I only had a total time to run target, not distance or speed. I did meet the time target mostly due to being lost, and had lots of fast for me segments interspersed with standing still trying to look for myself on google maps.

I have mostly given up on running outside on business trips. On one trip, hotel staff sent me to a local state park, and the trail was significantly longer than I had found on the park's website, and completely overgrown in sections. I ripped up my pants with the brush, and the sun set pretty quickly and I found myself in the woods by myself, and terrified. I told this story to the people I was visiting for work and they were horrified that the staff would have sent me there, apparently there were several problems in the park. They suggested another place in town to run but I am a bit apprehensive. I'll see next time I visit how brave/stupid I am or if the hotel treadmill is broken again.

 

[HomeiswhereMickeyis]

ATTQOTD:
Ever since we moved I will plot a route and promptly forget once I get a mile in. So there's been a lot of just running down interesting looking roads and then pulling out my phone to get directions home. I've learned to just set an alert on my watch at the halfway point so I know to start finding my way home.
As far as extra mileage I usually just end up with a longer cool down.

 

[surfde22]

QOTD: While out for a run, have you ever made a wrong turn and then later realize you are lost? How did that end up for you? Extra mileage to your run?

I have certainly been lost before. The worst incident turned a 7 mile run into a 14 mile run. It was rough, because at the time I wasn't anywhere near fit enough for that. I have since found an app called RunGo that I can use to build routes and give me turn by turn directions when I'm running. It's underlying map isn't always the best so I've still managed to get lost a time or two, especially when out of town, but it happens far less frequently now.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

ATTQOTD:

Have not been lost! Our roads around our house are all dead end offshoots off a main road. If you go down a road - there is only way to get out!

 

[camaker]

ATTQOTD: I try to run only in areas that I'm familiar with unless I'm running a race. As a result, I've never been lost during a run.

 

[SarahDisney]

ATTQOTD: I actually stopped getting lost in life because of running. My neighborhood is all winding streets and I never knew what went where, but I decided to start running around the neighborhood sometimes (previously I had been sticking to major streets and the local park) and I now know my way around.
I did get lost a few times on the way, though. It mostly just meant adding another 0.25-0.5 miles to the run, depending on how lost I got.