Wine and Dine 2015

[margitmouse]

Sure! Just send me a pm and we can arrange a meet up.

Great!!

 

[PrincessV]

Thanks. My big deal is that I'm doing a carry on only trip so I really can't pack the kitchen sink of my running gear. I'm packing 2 options but can make some decisions based on super duper crazy hot or moderate. Like last year with the rain I needed my running jacket. This year I definitely shouldn't but can't decide if I should pack it just in case yah know.

How 'bout a cheapo poncho instead? Takes up less room, and is good enough to keep you dry(ish) until the race starts. I wore a rain jacket last year and dumped it by the side of the road by mile 2. My running buddy wore a cheap poncho for almost the entire race and was happy with it! With the warm weather this time I'm going with a tank top and poncho, if needed.

 

[Miranda]

Don't you get hot under the poncho?

 

[jeanigor]

Don't you get hot under the poncho?

That was a dilemma last year. Stay dry and keep the poncho on, but get steamy. Or ditch the poncho and get wet, and eventually chilly. I kept mine on until around mile 7 and finally had enough. May need to run to the store and look at a visor though...

 

[Ariel484]

Don't you get hot under the poncho?

I had a poncho while waiting for the start...once the corral in front of mine started and we began to move up, I ditched the poncho. Running in the rain isn't bad at all, but sitting around waiting for the race to start and getting rained on didn't seem fun.

 

[huggybuff]

May need to run to the store and look at a visor though...

I'm definitely wearing my visor that I just bought. Although I've never worn one before, I don't care, it seems the most sensible thing that will cover most eventualities.

 

[wilkeliza]

How 'bout a cheapo poncho instead? Takes up less room, and is good enough to keep you dry(ish) until the race starts. I wore a rain jacket last year and dumped it by the side of the road by mile 2. My running buddy wore a cheap poncho for almost the entire race and was happy with it! With the warm weather this time I'm going with a tank top and poncho, if needed.

OH a cheap plastic poncho will be going in for sure. The jacket was actually because last year I was freezing in the wet. It is just a very light weight running hoodie. I think I'll scrap that and bring 2 cheap ponchos. One will be for pre race and one will be for after.

 

[ZellyB]

It's.not.going.to.rain.
It's.not.going.to.rain.
It's.not.going.to.rain.

Power of positive thinking, right?

 

[sperkins921]

They hand out sponges during the full in the WWoS section, and if it's warm, they have the cool towels at the finish. Keep an eye out for them in Jan.

So, based on the proposed weather report- do you think there is a good chance we will have sponges handed out pre/post race for this??

Who knows who you were talking to. The people that know anything about the race details are most likely "in the field, deployed" at this point. People "left in the rear" are most likely the least qualified to be answering questions, or worse, an answering phone bank with merely a script.

I wouldn't worry too much about nicknames, not matching ID. Do you have a passport; doesn't that include aliases? Professional license applications usually have a space for aliases. I'm with keels on this. It's very unlikely that it will be a problem.

How about magic band matches nickname, Credit card on file matches photo ID???

You're a freaking genius! By chance, my magic band DOES match my nickname (I didn't even think of that. I have like 70 of the darn things.)

My professional license (nor passport) does not list my nickname, but my degree from med school does. As a matter of fact it is titled: Full First name "Nickname" Hyphenated (post marriage- wasn't sure at the time if I would practice under it or maiden) Last Name. My residency diploma, is the same- just no hyphenated last name (by then, I knew I wasn't going to practice under my married name) If a copy of one of those with the proper ID (passport and DL are maiden, Mil ID is hyphenated) doesn't do it? Nothing will.

*evil laugh* great minds from the disboards strikes again! <----mentally said in voice of Dr. Evil

Ugh on my run groups Facebook page so some of us who are more active posted a possible wet and hot warning for those already getting ready to handle and a few jerk FL members decided to tell us how stupid we are for worrying now. I said some of us have to decide what to pack and know if we should bring a hot option or a hot and wet option or both and they said just get over it. Today is not the day to mess with me and I'm ready to tell these people off. They had the nerve to say you could just go to DTD if you don't have the right gear even though they are the same people that will preach nothing new on race day.

UGH.

Ugh is right! What jerks!
What do they mean, you're stupid for worrying now? If you're still able to pack and prepare for contingency, then why the heck not? Isn't that like the first rule of boy/girl scouts- to be prepared?
Hypocrites really p$%^ me off

I already planned to pack two sets of socks etc it was just more the tone of their posts. They are the people that need to always be right and tell people how wrong they are. Just bothering me that our once happy go lucky running group has become a bunch of gripes who do nothing but tell other runners how terrible they are and how awful runDisney is.

I posted a few weeks ago about shoe suggestions since I thought Mizuno wasn't working for me any more (turned out it was my socks not the shoes) and some people went on and on about how shoes were so personal that you couldn't possibly give a suggestion. I said I wasn't just going to blindly go buy something because someone else said to get it but dwindling the hundreds of options down to 4 or 5 was what I was trying to do. In past similar questions would get this is what I run in and love or this is what I have tried and they broke down super fast, etc. Also I posted about ankle supports since my doctor basically said sorry nothing can be done to "fix" your ankle so just tape it or use a support. The answers I got were go ask your doctor. It was frustrating. A few older members are still nice and responded with what supports they use or ones to go try.

There was a thread where we chimed in on running shoes (I think the thread itself is actually titled something about running shoes) and if I'm not mistaken, on this thread or Princess or even Tink; myself @Miranda and maybe @huggybuff (anyone else?) all talked about shoes we were trying or had bought or what not. It's just dumb to think that as runners we're going to talk about our nutrition, our hydration, our lucky socks, (you get the idea) but we're NOT going to tell each other about our shoes and why?

I'm guilty of being the Princess with too many pairs of (running) shoes. I must own about 20 pair. Disclosure, I alternate between Dansko and Asics when in the office/OR so some of my 'running' shoes I don't actually run in. But if I take out those? I still own a good 10 pair. I have one for trails. Two or three for short speed runs. Two for short pace runs. And two or three (or four? lol) for actual racing in. And I'm more than happy to say 'this worked for me' or ask 'hey, what worked for you'? I thought that was the whole point of the running community, to share?

 

[thgirws]

Is the International Gateway open during the race for non-runners to come and go from the after party? I was thinking of telling my family to spectate from the Boardwalk instead of trying to catch me at the finish line.

 

[Miranda]

I think it was this thread we talked shoes a couple months back. I run in Altras, and between running shoes, and 3 pairs of backups because they were on sale, and running shoes that didn't work out, and other non-running workout shoes and spin shoes, I must have 20 pairs, too. Non-athletic shoes? Umm... I have one pair of hiking boots to wear in winter, that is it.

 

[jeanigor]

Is the International Gateway open during the race for non-runners to come and go from the after party? I was thinking of telling my family to spectate from the Boardwalk instead of trying to catch me at the finish line.

It has been in years past. I don't see a reason for them to switch it up now. I'm suggesting to friends that are going to the party to step out IG, give me a sweaty hug, and go back to the party. It will take a bit to get myself together post finish line.

 

[Keels]

Local news has rain at a 30-percent chance for Saturday, mostly in the morning. I'm choosing to believe them instead of Weather.com because they're local.

Plus, I'd rather run the 5k in rainish conditions rather than the half ...

 

[wilkeliza]

There was a thread where we chimed in on running shoes (I think the thread itself is actually titled something about running shoes) and if I'm not mistaken, on this thread or Princess or even Tink; myself @Miranda and maybe @huggybuff (anyone else?) all talked about shoes we were trying or had bought or what not. It's just dumb to think that as runners we're going to talk about our nutrition, our hydration, our lucky socks, (you get the idea) but we're NOT going to tell each other about our shoes and why?

I'm guilty of being the Princess with too many pairs of (running) shoes. I must own about 20 pair. Disclosure, I alternate between Dansko and Asics when in the office/OR so some of my 'running' shoes I don't actually run in. But if I take out those? I still own a good 10 pair. I have one for trails. Two or three for short speed runs. Two for short pace runs. And two or three (or four? lol) for actual racing in. And I'm more than happy to say 'this worked for me' or ask 'hey, what worked for you'? I thought that was the whole point of the running community, to share?

I have 6 pairs right now. 3 retired that I still walk around in and wear as regular shoes. 2 that aren't used for running but I just loved and so wear them during the summer and 1 actually running pair. I just went to buy Nike's and thought they felt so cheap so I thought asking other runners would save me from spending literately hours going to different stores. It is so silly but our big athletics store doesn't fit shoes so they have hundreds of shoes on a wall but you have to go to other shoes to get them fit. So I would have had to go to 5 different running stores in NYC to try every brand if I really wanted to try every brand right for my foot before I made a decision. I spent an hour alone at Nike just to walk away and say there was no way the Nike shoes were going to survive long distances.

 

[wilkeliza]

Local news has rain at a 30-percent chance for Saturday, mostly in the morning. I'm choosing to believe them instead of Weather.com because they're local.

Plus, I'd rather run the 5k in rainish conditions rather than the half ...

I tend to use weather underground. They source their information from weather readers (private and public) from the area you are searching. It will even show you exactly what weather gauge they are using and where it is located. They sadly don't do Disney World specifically as they don't have access to those readings but they have a station at Mulberry Park Drive which is as close to Epcot as their system gets.

 

[sperkins921]

Mosquitoes... they're not swarming or anything, but I'm allergic to their bites, so even the two I got over the weekend are problematic. I'm bringing my spray for some park evenings and for waiting for the race to start because the hives, scars and general malaise bites bring are not the souvenirs I want from the weekend lol! There are numerous confirmed cases of west nile virus being transmitted by mosquitoes where I live; not sure if that's the case in Orlando, too.

I thought I was the only one who blows up from mosquito bites. If you saw me after one bite- you'd swear I'd had a run in with a bee that had been pollenating the planter's peanut factory or something....it's that bad. And then when I tell people that it's just from a mosquito? They're like 'no really, shut the front door!' (well they use something else, but you get the idea)

I have 6 pairs right now. 3 retired that I still walk around in and wear as regular shoes. 2 that aren't used for running but I just loved and so wear them during the summer and 1 actually running pair. I just went to buy Nike's and thought they felt so cheap so I thought asking other runners would save me from spending literately hours going to different stores. It is so silly but our big athletics store doesn't fit shoes so they have hundreds of shoes on a wall but you have to go to other shoes to get them fit. So I would have had to go to 5 different running stores in NYC to try every brand if I really wanted to try every brand right for my foot before I made a decision. I spent an hour alone at Nike just to walk away and say there was no way the Nike shoes were going to survive long distances.

If it wasn't for @Miranda I wouldn't have known about my new fave running shoe source- left lane sports. At least, I think that was you, wasn't it Miranda? That's where you got your Alta's from I thought? I've since picked up two pair of Mizuno's for $30 and a pair of Scot's (I think those are going back- too flat, no support inside). So I have 2 pair NB's, 2 Mizunos, numerous Asics, a pair of Salomon's, a pair of Newtons', and a few others i'm sure I'm forgetting. I'm debating bringing the Newton's (not so good for walking/intervals though) and the 890 v4 NB's. The NB's though don't have enough padding in the forefoot for distance- after 10ish miles my forefoot kills. But the Newtons and NB's got the most rotational use during training and in the spirit of nothing new on race day......

 

[wilkeliza]

If it wasn't for @Miranda I wouldn't have known about my new fave running shoe source- left lane sports. At least, I think that was you, wasn't it Miranda? That's where you got your Alta's from I thought? I've since picked up two pair of Mizuno's for $30 and a pair of Scot's (I think those are going back- too flat, no support inside). So I have 2 pair NB's, 2 Mizunos, numerous Asics, a pair of Salomon's, a pair of Newtons', and a few others i'm sure I'm forgetting. I'm debating bringing the Newton's (not so good for walking/intervals though) and the 890 v4 NB's. The NB's though don't have enough padding in the forefoot for distance- after 10ish miles my forefoot kills. But the Newtons and NB's got the most rotational use during training and in the spirit of nothing new on race day......

OMG $30 shoes! Must check this place out. Is it a website or a brick and mortar place?

 

[Dis5150]

Traveling to DL in May was the first time I'd ever traveled carry on only since the new rules. I couldn't believe how tiny a 1 quart bag is! I had to borrow space in SO's baggie for all my crap.

I know! It's crazy. And I am traveling alone (meeting dd25 at MCO) so I can't borrow space from anyone. Cleansing conditioner/lotion/mousse/hairspray/toothpaste and it is full. Trying to figure out what to do with my cups of peanut butter since I just read on TSA that I can't have them in carry on.

 

[RogueKnits]

I thought I was the only one who blows up from mosquito bites. If you saw me after one bite- you'd swear I'd had a run in with a bee that had been pollenating the planter's peanut factory or something....it's that bad. And then when I tell people that it's just from a mosquito? They're like 'no really, shut the front door!' (well they use something else, but you get the idea)

OMG same here. I actually have scars on my legs from mosquito bites. I was telling one of my co-workers the other day about my extreme reactions and he said "You mean they don't go away after 24 hours?" I was like "Wait, what? No...mine are itchy for at least a week."

 

[PrincessV]

Don't you get hot under the poncho?

Last year was chilly, but I got too warm in a rain jacket and ditched it at mile 2. I run in the rain all the time, so I'm not worried about that - but I'd prefer to stay dry while waiting to start - and if I'm not running, I won't overheat in a poncho

But...


IT'S NOT GOING TO RAIN!!!

Is the International Gateway open during the race for non-runners to come and go from the after party? I was thinking of telling my family to spectate from the Boardwalk instead of trying to catch me at the finish line.

Yes, and that's a great plan!

Local news has rain at a 30-percent chance for Saturday, mostly in the morning. I'm choosing to believe them instead of Weather.com because they're local.

It's a running joke among my friends and I just how wrong the Weather Channel and its app often are here! No joke, it once said my local weather was "sunny and warm" while I was standing in a torrential rain storm. I find WESH and Accuweather to be pretty accurate for WDW.