Tinker Bell ½ Marathon Weekend ~ 2014 Check-in!

[kindakrazy2]

I did it. Not happy with my time though.

Came in at 1:00:18

18 seconds over my goal. Gah! I just want to scream. So close and yet so far. I used to run a 10km in about 52 mins and I knew I wasn't going to be anywhere near that but wanted to come in under an hour. Didn't happen.

Oh well....sending it in anyways for my proof of time. Hope is gets me a decent corral. Any one who did it last year have any idea where that may land me?

 

[kim3339]

Oh well....sending it in anyways for my proof of time. Hope is gets me a decent corral. Any one who did it last year have any idea where that may land me?

I think I put 2:45 last year and was in Corral C out of I believe F. My guess is 2:12 or so for the 1/2 w/ your time so B. But there's still tons of time if you want to try and get a lower time. Congrats on your race though! How did the weather and nighttime of it all end up playing out?


Kristie~ how'd it go for you? Weather was awesome, part of the reason I love running up in the city. Can I put in a request for that for all my races? Love the necklace w/ the bridge in the corner. Little sore today, calves are definitely feeling it from the steepness of the downhill, so hopefully hopping on the bike tomorrow. The merch tent afterwards was CRAZY!!! The line looked like a 30 min wait. I really liked some of the finishers stuff. Going up tonight for the Giants game, so if it gets over early enough, maybe I'll see if I can hop over to Nike to see if they have some stuff. If not, I'll check the outlets in a few weeks.

 

[BabieDuckie]

Congrats to those who had a race this weekend! I forgot about the Nike Women's Marathon until I heard about it on the radio this morning. We had such beautiful weather here. If I have the courage to put my name in for next year, I hope the weather is just as beautiful!

I ran 7 miles on Sunday as outlined in the training plan. I was supposed to do it on Saturday but had some things come up so I shifted to Sunday. It took me an hour and 53 minutes to complete it, with an average pace of 16:15/mile. I'm still running 2:2 intervals which is working out okay. I've been thinking about changing to 1:1 to see if it will improve my time at all. I had a bad run on Thursday, and the only reason I say it was a bad run was because on Tuesday I was able to complete 2.56 miles in 30 minutes, and on Thursday only completed 1.75 miles in 30 minutes due to calves cramping and shooting pain going down to my ankles. It made me a little worried for the 7 miles but luckily I was alright once I got past 2.5/3 miles or so.

I ran with my Nathan belt this weekend too. I didn't seem to have any problems with the bottles popping out and the belt didn't shift at all during running. It felt a little weird when I first put it on, but I soon got used to it. It worked well with having liquids to drink on my walk breaks. I even had some Gu CHOMPS in one of the pockets and had a couple of those on my walk breaks too. Does anybody know how far apart the hydration stations are at the race? I'm trying to decide if I should run with water or Cytomax or one of each?

Hope everyone is doing well with training!

 

[kindakrazy2]

I think I put 2:45 last year and was in Corral C out of I believe F. My guess is 2:12 or so for the 1/2 w/ your time so B. But there's still tons of time if you want to try and get a lower time. Congrats on your race though! How did the weather and nighttime of it all end up playing out?

Thanks! The nighttime race was so fun but the weather sucked which was too bad. The start of the race was really slow starting out because there were so many people on a very narrow path but after about 3kms it got faster. It was so neat to look ahead down the seawall and see a ribbon of light from the headlamps as far as you could see. Really, really cool experience.

 

[indygirl99]

It's raining.

I know that sound crazy to most of you but with all the smoke from the wildfires my asthma has really been giving me grief. Now that we have gotten some rain it has washed all the junk out of the air and I can breathe again.

Went out today to run/walk with my new shoes and compression socks. Made it 3.1 miles in 52 min. And I did not have any problems breathing.

My old shoes must have had more miles on them than I thought or the change to the Brooks must have been what I needed. The Brooks have the extra support for pronators and the Sacounys did not so that might have been the difference also. No IT band soreness at all and the feet are not achy either.

I will give these shoes a 2 week trial. I have my short runs, a long run on saturday then next weekend I'm doing a 10K for Halloween. If still no problems then I will go get a second pair of these shoes so I have them for the Tinkerbell.

 

[specialks]

I did it. Not happy with my time though.

Came in at 1:00:18

18 seconds over my goal. Gah! I just want to scream. So close and yet so far. I used to run a 10km in about 52 mins and I knew I wasn't going to be anywhere near that but wanted to come in under an hour. Didn't happen.

Oh well....sending it in anyways for my proof of time. Hope is gets me a decent corral. Any one who did it last year have any idea where that may land me?

There were 5 corrals last Jan. I was in E (the last). I'd bet your timing would put you around B, but I think it all depends on how the registrations come in. If there are bunches of fast runners, it pushes others back and fills the front spots. I submitted a 2:35 for the W&D and based on my bib # I'm thinking I'll be in C. I have a faster pace now and am hoping for a sub 1 hr 10k, but I doubt I'll change for the W&D. I'm hoping I'll be in B at Tink.

 

[kindakrazy2]

There were 5 corrals last Jan. I was in E (the last). I'd bet your timing would put you around B, but I think it all depends on how the registrations come in. If there are bunches of fast runners, it pushes others back and fills the front spots. I submitted a 2:35 for the W&D and based on my bib # I'm thinking I'll be in C. I have a faster pace now and am hoping for a sub 1 hr 10k, but I doubt I'll change for the W&D. I'm hoping I'll be in B at Tink.

Thanks so much for chiming in. I hope its good enough to keep me in B. I am halfway considering another 10km race in November but I don't want to be disappointed all over again. Slowly trying to come to grips with my time which is dumb because I know its a perfectly acceptable time. Just hard knowing what I was able to do a few years ago compared to what I'm able to do now. Time to put my big girl panties on and get over it!

 

[kim3339]

Congrats to those who had a race this weekend! I forgot about the Nike Women's Marathon until I heard about it on the radio this morning. We had such beautiful weather here. If I have the courage to put my name in for next year, I hope the weather is just as beautiful!

I ran with my Nathan belt this weekend too. I didn't seem to have any problems with the bottles popping out and the belt didn't shift at all during running. It felt a little weird when I first put it on, but I soon got used to it. It worked well with having liquids to drink on my walk breaks. I even had some Gu CHOMPS in one of the pockets and had a couple of those on my walk breaks too. Does anybody know how far apart the hydration stations are at the race? I'm trying to decide if I should run with water or Cytomax or one of each?

You should put your name in next year! I'm pretty sure next year is the 10th, so if it is, there'll probably be tons of special stuff. And the weather should be good. This year the fog was really heavy and dense, felt bad for the the out-of-towners, b/c you couldn't even see the bridge, but it was gorgeous. Last year there was fog also, but not as dense. The year before... there were clouds and rain for the marathon part. Don't usually mind running in the rain, but it started around 21 or so and I started chaffing and you get back on the Great Highway around 24 and the wind picked up off the ocean so the last 2 miles were brutal, but the 1st 1/2 was great.

I use Nathan too and love it. I've been using it for almost 5 years and have only had a bottle pop out twice. Both times it was empty and shifted out, I've seen bottles pop out on races from all belts. And most of the time the people behind you will pick it up for you if you don't notice.

The water stops are usually about mile or just over a mile apart. They have water and powerade at all the stops w/ water in front and powerade at the end. They'll tell you what they have in their cups when you run by. I always bring my belt and have both in my belt, b/c you never know when you'll need liquid. I've never had problems w/ water stops, but personally I like being able to go through them w/o having to stop/slow down for water, just go down the middle and avoid everything. I do use them once in a while towards the end of the race if it's warmer like DL in Sept, but Sun, didn't use them once.

Went out today to run/walk with my new shoes and compression socks. Made it 3.1 miles in 52 min. And I did not have any problems breathing.

Which compression socks do you have? I need to pick some up in the next month before training really picks up for Goofy, just don't know which brand to go w/.

 

[longhorns2]

I did it. Not happy with my time though.

Came in at 1:00:18

18 seconds over my goal. Gah! I just want to scream. So close and yet so far. I used to run a 10km in about 52 mins and I knew I wasn't going to be anywhere near that but wanted to come in under an hour. Didn't happen.

Oh well....sending it in anyways for my proof of time. Hope is gets me a decent corral. Any one who did it last year have any idea where that may land me?

That is a crazy good time! Nice job! I know it's not as fast as you were hoping, but pretty darn close! I swear one of my friends had a 1 hr 10K last year for Tink and was in A corral. I'll check with her and let you know. Rundisney us crazy generous with their times- I submitted a 10K of 1:18 in 2011 for the Princess and they sent back and estimated time of finish of 2:28.

I'll bet you are in A, but B for sure. The only issue would be if there's a ton of fast fast runners signing up.

Weather was awesome, part of the reason I love running up in the city. Can I put in a request for that for all my races? Love the necklace w/ the bridge in the corner. Little sore today, calves are definitely feeling it from the steepness of the downhill, so hopefully hopping on the bike tomorrow. The merch tent afterwards was CRAZY!!! The line looked like a 30 min wait. I really liked some of the finishers stuff. Going up tonight for the Giants game, so if it gets over early enough, maybe I'll see if I can hop over to Nike to see if they have some stuff. If not, I'll check the outlets in a few weeks.

I love SF, but cannot even fathom willingly running a race there. LOL Post a picture of the necklace! I wanna see- especially if you have a picture of the fireman too. LOL

I ran 7 miles on Sunday as outlined in the training plan. I was supposed to do it on Saturday but had some things come up so I shifted to Sunday. It took me an hour and 53 minutes to complete it, with an average pace of 16:15/mile. I'm still running 2:2 intervals which is working out okay. I've been thinking about changing to 1:1 to see if it will improve my time at all. I had a bad run on Thursday, and the only reason I say it was a bad run was because on Tuesday I was able to complete 2.56 miles in 30 minutes, and on Thursday only completed 1.75 miles in 30 minutes due to calves cramping and shooting pain going down to my ankles. It made me a little worried for the 7 miles but luckily I was alright once I got past 2.5/3 miles or so.

I ran with my Nathan belt this weekend too. I didn't seem to have any problems with the bottles popping out and the belt didn't shift at all during running. It felt a little weird when I first put it on, but I soon got used to it. It worked well with having liquids to drink on my walk breaks. I even had some Gu CHOMPS in one of the pockets and had a couple of those on my walk breaks too. Does anybody know how far apart the hydration stations are at the race? I'm trying to decide if I should run with water or Cytomax or one of each?

Hope everyone is doing well with training!

WTG! I did my 7 on Sunday as well, but I was in on the treadmill. I thought I was only going to pull off 2, but once I got going, I felt GREAT! So I'm right there with you on the training plan! I dont know about DL, but at the WDW races I believe hydration was every other mile. I took a belt in 2011 when I was pregnant, but I didn't run with one in 2012. I did NOT need it in 2012. I think weather will play a factor on needing it. But really- Disney races have a lot of hydration! Yay volunteers!!!

It's raining.

I know that sound crazy to most of you but with all the smoke from the wildfires my asthma has really been giving me grief. Now that we have gotten some rain it has washed all the junk out of the air and I can breathe again.

Went out today to run/walk with my new shoes and compression socks. Made it 3.1 miles in 52 min. And I did not have any problems breathing.

My old shoes must have had more miles on them than I thought or the change to the Brooks must have been what I needed. The Brooks have the extra support for pronators and the Sacounys did not so that might have been the difference also. No IT band soreness at all and the feet are not achy either.

I will give these shoes a 2 week trial. I have my short runs, a long run on saturday then next weekend I'm doing a 10K for Halloween. If still no problems then I will go get a second pair of these shoes so I have them for the Tinkerbell.

Glad you like the new shoes! I LOVE new shoes. I will be buying another pair in December for the race as well. Glad your breathing is going ok!

There were 5 corrals last Jan. I was in E (the last). I'd bet your timing would put you around B, but I think it all depends on how the registrations come in. If there are bunches of fast runners, it pushes others back and fills the front spots. I submitted a 2:35 for the W&D and based on my bib # I'm thinking I'll be in C. I have a faster pace now and am hoping for a sub 1 hr 10k, but I doubt I'll change for the W&D. I'm hoping I'll be in B at Tink.

Ooohhh-- hope you come back for the race report on W&D. My fantasy is to run all the Disney races in one year. I'd love to hear more!

Not much to report here- was obsessing this weekend over the Disney Moms Panel submission. Now we wait. And I need to start obsessing over the training. Holy cow--- 3 months ladies! It's coming on fast!

 

[indygirl99]

Which compression socks do you have? I need to pick some up in the next month before training really picks up for Goofy, just don't know which brand to go w/.

http://www.cepcompression.com/2592-Neon-Night-Running-Compression-Socks.aspx

These are the ones I got. I debated between the neon and the pink ( DH says I have a big love of pink) but got the green because many of my runs will be in the semi-dark or dark and need any help I can get to be seen.

There was a runner hit by a car 30 mins after I had run through that same intersection yesterday.

I have also worn these to work and seen a big difference in my running the next day after a 12 hr shift as a nurse.

I had gone to the marathon expo and the running store was giving a 15% discount, they didn't have my size, so when I went into the store I got the discount. I REALLY like this running store.

 

[kindakrazy2]

That is a crazy good time! Nice job! I know it's not as fast as you were hoping, but pretty darn close! I swear one of my friends had a 1 hr 10K last year for Tink and was in A corral. I'll check with her and let you know. Rundisney us crazy generous with their times- I submitted a 10K of 1:18 in 2011 for the Princess and they sent back and estimated time of finish of 2:28.

I'll bet you are in A, but B for sure. The only issue would be if there's a ton of fast fast runners signing up.

Thanks Longhorns. I haven't heard anything back from the trackshack email address that I submitted my time to and over on the Princess Half thread someone else said they hadn't heard back either. Do they normally respond or do I just have to trust that they got it?

 

[longhorns2]

She actually had a 1:04 time submitted for Tinkerbell, and was in A corral. Fingers crossed for you!

I submitted mine and got a response the next day. I submitted one email for both races, and received an Active update showing new estimated finish time for Tinkerbell, but not for Princess.

The email I got back from track shack said both races were updated... but I didn't get any confirmation for Princess. So who knows?

If you don't hear back by the end of the week, I'd email again. In my experience, they were really good about getting back to me. I'd follow up before Nov 1 for sure!

 

[kindakrazy2]

She actually had a 1:04 time submitted for Tinkerbell, and was in A corral. Fingers crossed for you!

I submitted mine and got a response the next day. I submitted one email for both races, and received an Active update showing new estimated finish time for Tinkerbell, but not for Princess.

The email I got back from track shack said both races were updated... but I didn't get any confirmation for Princess. So who knows?

If you don't hear back by the end of the week, I'd email again. In my experience, they were really good about getting back to me. I'd follow up before Nov 1 for sure!

Thanks Patty. I'll give them a few more days and try again.

 

[msbell1976]

I am new here, been lurking since late last year...but I will be at Tink in 2013!

 

[kindakrazy2]

I am new here, been lurking since late last year...but I will be at Tink in 2013!

Welcome!

 

[kim3339]

I love SF, but cannot even fathom willingly running a race there. LOL Post a picture of the necklace! I wanna see- especially if you have a picture of the fireman too. LOL

Not much to report here- was obsessing this weekend over the Disney Moms Panel submission. Now we wait. And I need to start obsessing over the training. Holy cow--- 3 months ladies! It's coming on fast!

No pic of the fireman, sorry. Here's the necklace, tried to get a clear shot, but the camera wasn't focusing well and this one was the best.


Why won't you come out to run in SF? Most of the year, you'll have great weather. If you don't want to do the hills, the 2nd 1/2 of the SF Marathon isn't bad. You have 1 hill that's not too bad and then a lot of down hill.

http://www.cepcompression.com/2592-Neon-Night-Running-Compression-Socks.aspx

These are the ones I got. I debated between the neon and the pink ( DH says I have a big love of pink) but got the green because many of my runs will be in the semi-dark or dark and need any help I can get to be seen.

There was a runner hit by a car 30 mins after I had run through that same intersection yesterday.

I REALLY like this running store.

Thanks! Those were the ones I was looking at the Sports Basement. Good to hear they work. Scary about the intersection, people can be so blind when they drive sometimes.

From the sounds of it, I really like your running store too! Tell them they need to come downto Cali.

When are you going down to DL in Dec? I'm going in Dec too!

I am new here, been lurking since late last year...but I will be at Tink in 2013!

Hi! I'll add you to our list of runners!

 

[longhorns2]

The hills Kim! I am a big ol hill weenie. I hurt my knee going down the hills in Austin. I am just not a fan. And what I call hills people call bumps- LOL! Which is another reason why I really like WDW running--- very very very flat. The few inclines I can handle.

 

[indygirl99]

No pic of the fireman, sorry. Here's the necklace, tried to get a clear shot, but the camera wasn't focusing well and this one was the best.



Thanks! Those were the ones I was looking at the Sports Basement. Good to hear they work. Scary about the intersection, people can be so blind when they drive sometimes.

From the sounds of it, I really like your running store too! Tell them they need to come downto Cali.

When are you going down to DL in Dec? I'm going in Dec too!

I like the medal. Hills are still difficult for me. I have one route that has a few hills that I will try and run/walk when I am extremely fresh. I know I need to be able to do hills and eventually I'll get there. Maybe in a couple of years I will try for the necklace.

I did a walk in Seattle (60 miles in 3 days) and the last day was up the big hills at the waterfront and then down the stairs at the colesium for finishers pictures. Cruel is all I could say. Hills should never be at the end of a race.

I will be at DLR Nov 29- Dec 3. Just a short trip for our anniversary. DH job does not allow vacation from the week before Thanksgiving to after News Year, he works in retail. But since he has worked there for 41 years he was able to wrangle a few days.

Went out for my run today and DH decided to go "run" with me. He usually takes the bike. It slowed me down alot and we came to the conclusion that he needs to ride while I run/walk. I joined a Galloway group so I will have other run/walkers to do my long runs with and will just do my weekday runs while he is at work.

 

[Leskash75]

Hello all I have been MIA. I ran/walked my first half 4 weeks ago and promptly (really stated a bit before but did not want to admit) sidelined with massive cough etc. could barely do laundry so needless to say training is a mess now. I have a half next weekend which is flat and I was supposed to do fast for good placement but haven't trained for four weeks so not doing it. I have to start again now that I can and really work hard to decrease my time. A bit stressed about the lack of time but I'm hopeful.

 

[kindakrazy2]

Hello all I have been MIA. I ran/walked my first half 4 weeks ago and promptly (really stated a bit before but did not want to admit) sidelined with massive cough etc. could barely do laundry so needless to say training is a mess now. I have a half next weekend which is flat and I was supposed to do fast for good placement but haven't trained for four weeks so not doing it. I have to start again now that I can and really work hard to decrease my time. A bit stressed about the lack of time but I'm hopeful.

Sorry to hear you've been sick. Big, huge congrats on finishing your first half! Thats fantastic! No feeling like it!