To Infinity and Beyond - Becoming a Better DopeyBadger (Comments Welcome)

[mrsg00fy]

I’m in.

1:31:24

 

[Chaitali]

Just caught up on the thread I'm guessing 1:33:38.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Not sure what you mean by "I'm not eligible", but just to be clear to anyone else looking to jump in:



Do you want the 88.8 to be 1:28:48 (88.8 min)?

I thought I had to enter a guess in prior races to be eligible.

And yes, I'll go with 1:28:48. I just use guesses that involve famous fast speeds from movies that require minimal brain power on my end.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I thought I had to enter a guess in prior races to be eligible.

And yes, I'll go with 1:28:48. I just use guesses that involve famous fast speeds from movies that require minimal brain power on my end.

You can play without having done the other races. I designed it so that the minimum was a single HM and the Disney M. Then to incentivize players I offer a bonus if you play in more races. That way late players, life gets interrupted so less DIS time, new reader joins in October can all still play.

Sounds good!

 

[DerTobi75]

With your recent training and without a 5K & 10K the other days before, like in 2018, I am in for a new PR and say:

1:29:39

 

[KSellers88]

I am going to go with 1:37:13...

PSA. No brains were harmed in the process of doing #math to get this number.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I am going to go with 1:37:13...

PSA. No brains were harmed in the process of doing #math to get this number.

 

[canglim52]

Keeping my theam of Miami Hurricane references, my guess is 1:30:55 (the 2nd 5 is for championships)

 

[Jules76126]

1:36:15

 

[surfde22]

After much thought, I'd probably far too much unnecessary math that makes little to no sense I am entering a guess of 1:33:07, don't let me down.

 

[disneygpa]

Just because I want to be in with the hip crowd, I'm gonna throw 1:32:10 in the mix! Good luck!!

 

[JAMIESMITH]

1:35:55 Pure guesswork

 

[DopeyBadger]

DoLittle HM Weather Report: 10 Days to go!

Time to start getting a feeling as to where the weather will be. Historically for DoLittle we're looking at this:



And the current forecast is:



Start at 7am and end at 9am
9/13/19 - T+D of 112-119 (adj of 1%), 53% cloudy, 19% chance of rain, 8mph SW wind

I'll take it for sure. Right in the middle in terms of what the last 5 years have been. Not the best and not the worst. Considering most every other day in the forecast during 7-9am is worse, things seem pretty good at the moment.

 

[TheHamm]

My Guess: 1:37:31
The numbers I see suggest you are faster, but I am a pessimist at heart and always assume the weather will be terrible. So, I am adding 3.5% and assuming you are not using the magic shoes because of the rain.
Unaccounted for variable: Will G be out there cheering you on? Because that may be as much of a boost as any fancy shoes.

 

[DopeyBadger]

So, I am adding 3.5% and assuming you are not using the magic shoes because of the rain.

Pessimist away!

That would be a T+D of 141-143 (3.5%) which I haven't seen in quite some time I believe. With that being said, I do believe my runs on Wed/Thurs afternoon of next week will be in that vicinity as we're looking at a Temp swing coming.

To be honest, it's going to take a deluge for me not to wear the "magic shoes".

Unaccounted for variable: Will G be out there cheering you on? Because that may be as much of a boost as any fancy shoes.

She will be at the race. Although very likely only at the start/finish. I believe they have a free kids race that she will participate in.

 

[DopeyBadger]

The numbers I see suggest you are faster, but I am a pessimist at heart

Oh and BTW, Gigi's original guess was 5 hours. I said that's way too long, so she decided on 6 hours instead for her second guess. So you've got a pessimist twin. We did finally settle on 1:42:00.

 

[FFigawi]

1:37:23. You could probably go faster but I’m not sure how you'll handle watching your pace.

 

[DopeyBadger]

1:37:23. You could probably go faster but I’m not sure how you'll handle watching your pace.

More often than not, it doesn't go well. But we both know I need to get better at it in a race environment.

 

[KSellers88]

That would be a T+D of 141-143 (3.5%) which I haven't seen in quite some time I believe.

This made me laugh. I don't think I've seen many runs below that since...April. You can keep your snow and I'll keep my heat and humidity though!

 

[DopeyBadger]

This made me laugh. I don't think I've seen many runs below that since...April. You can keep your snow and I'll keep my heat and humidity though!

You'd also probably think temps in the 30-40s are cold, but to me that's prime racing/training weather. That's when I really start feeling good and may start considering something other than a tank and shorts. Funny how we adapt to our climate since I grew up most of my life in GA. I don't miss double summer training days for football in the GA summers.