Wine and Dine 2015

[ZellyB]

Thanks to everyone for experiences on clothing for the after party. I can see how the weather/temp could be a big deciding factor on that. I'm still uncertain about whether to do a costume or just a custom t-shirt again.

I've run with a fuel belt before and do fine with them, but this past year I switched to a handheld bottle and like it much better. I use the Nathan insulated speed draw. I like it a lot. Easy to drink out of and the bottle is decently ergonomic so it fits pretty comfortably in my hand. I can fit some fuel or a key in the pocket or my phone will fit as well. On really long runs, it's not enough fluid, but most of our long runs are with our running group and they set out water for us at designated spots, so I generally just refill at that point.
http://www.nathansports.com/hydration/handhelds/speeddraw-plus-insulated

On long runs I almost always am in a Sparkle skirt which has huge pocket capacity, so I can carry my phone and as much fuel as I need easily in my pockets. On races I don't usually carry any fluids and just rely on the race to provide water and electrolyte drinks. My stomach is pretty hardy, so I don't have a big issue with drinking whatever on my races.

I started using the Camelbak Elixer tabs this past year and really like it. I dilute it more than called for and it's not as sweet as some other drinks, so I've had good luck with it.

 

[french lady]

Well, what a beautifull morning for a run. 30F, no wind, the sun and my furry partner with me. I think we are headed for warmer weather at last. The snow should start to melt in the next couple of days. We did a 5k this morning with only one pit stop at the beginning of the run . I am in training for 10k races right now.
have a nice day .
Diane

 

[PrincessV]

I've wanted to try Nuun too for a while. What kind of belts does everyone use to carry water/fuel? Does anyone use a handheld water bottle?

I use an Amphipod handheld bottle - this one: http://www.amphipod.com/products/hydration/bottles-handhelds/handhelds/hydraform-handheld-lite It's small enough that it's not a heavy burden but holds enough to get me between refills at water tables at races or fountains/sinks on training runs. The pouch wasn't a need for me, but has turned out to be great for holding a gel, lip balm, and a couple Nuun tablets.

A word about using Nuun... it has a bit of fizz to it and that fizz makes many hydration bottles leak. I used to use a Nathan Quickdraw handheld, but the Nuun built up so much pressure it would randomly squirt while I ran! After I accidentally squirted a fellow pedestrian on a run, I retired the Nathan to only water and Gatorade use, lol! The Amphipod has been much better about the leaking Nuun situation.

I've never done a night race before. I have a meal and rest plan based on morning races that works really well for me - but I'd love to hear about how others approach a night time race. I'll be doing two back to back in November!

My night race plan is pretty basic: I stay off my feet and rest as much as possible all day. Last year I woke up late and lounged around my hotel room most of the day - reading, watching TV, napping. I ventured out to get lunch and also picked up my dinner to eat later. It was a lovely, relaxing, mellow day and I was totally rested and ready to run that night!

 

[lmschneider00]

I have a question for those who have run Disney races before. Is the water they give you at the water stops the same stinky Orlando tap water that you get in the parks? On our trip there last month my daughter was fine with it, but the only way I could stomach it was to add a flavor packet and I can't see myself doing that during a race.

To follow on the person who replied about mixing with the Powerade... I noticed a lot of runners complaining during Princess that the Powerade was too watered down. I actually didn't mind because Powerade straight up leaves a syrupy residue in my mouth that I hate. However, I heard more than a few complaints along the course. Just thought I'd mention.

 

[Dis5150]

To follow on the person who replied about mixing with the Powerade... I noticed a lot of runners complaining during Princess that the Powerade was too watered down. I actually didn't mind because Powerade straight up leaves a syrupy residue in my mouth that I hate. However, I heard more than a few complaints along the course. Just thought I'd mention.

I think I would like that too, as I don't like Powerade at all.

 

[Dis5150]

DD25 wants me to ask if anyone on here lives at high altitude (she is in Colorado Springs) and how you train to get ready to run at sea level? Do you do anything differently? I should add she is not a new runner and currently runs a 13:00 minute mile.

 

[lovingeire]

The second issue was that carrying around the weight of the water made my trapezius muscle really sore, that one that goes from the side of your neck to your shoulder. I probably should have swapped hands, but I didn't think of it until I was finishing the last of the water, and I swapped them then, but it just felt really weird in my right hand, and I ended up moving it back. I'm used to having my phone strapped to my left hand all the time.

Last time I did a half I used a handheld bottle. It was okay, but I really prefer to have my hands free. I had to switch hands fairly often because it got a little tiring to be carrying something in one hand the whole time. Plus the water tends to warm up from your body temperature and that makes it a little icky by then end of a long run.

I've run with a fuel belt before and do fine with them, but this past year I switched to a handheld bottle and like it much better. I use the Nathan insulated speed draw. I like it a lot. Easy to drink out of and the bottle is decently ergonomic so it fits pretty comfortably in my hand. I can fit some fuel or a key in the pocket or my phone will fit as well. On really long runs, it's not enough fluid, but most of our long runs are with our running group and they set out water for us at designated spots, so I generally just refill at that point.
http://www.nathansports.com/hydration/handhelds/speeddraw-plus-insulated

On long runs I almost always am in a Sparkle skirt which has huge pocket capacity, so I can carry my phone and as much fuel as I need easily in my pockets. On races I don't usually carry any fluids and just rely on the race to provide water and electrolyte drinks. My stomach is pretty hardy, so I don't have a big issue with drinking whatever on my races.

I started using the Camelbak Elixer tabs this past year and really like it. I dilute it more than called for and it's not as sweet as some other drinks, so I've had good luck with it.

I use an Amphipod handheld bottle - this one: http://www.amphipod.com/products/hydration/bottles-handhelds/handhelds/hydraform-handheld-lite It's small enough that it's not a heavy burden but holds enough to get me between refills at water tables at races or fountains/sinks on training runs. The pouch wasn't a need for me, but has turned out to be great for holding a gel, lip balm, and a couple Nuun tablets.

A word about using Nuun... it has a bit of fizz to it and that fizz makes many hydration bottles leak. I used to use a Nathan Quickdraw handheld, but the Nuun built up so much pressure it would randomly squirt while I ran! After I accidentally squirted a fellow pedestrian on a run, I retired the Nathan to only water and Gatorade use, lol! The Amphipod has been much better about the leaking Nuun situation.

Thanks everyone, who I thought I quoted to respond, but don't see my posts about the belts! I prefer hands free too, but I'm also not named Grace for a reason so was thinking it might be easier to drink out of? But I do worry about the weight. When I ended up having to carry my running buddy for the Enchanted 10K I had to switch hands a lot. I will have to keep the bottle type in mind when/if using Nuun. Decisions, decisions. I like to buy from Amazon because of price, but I may need to go to the local running store or Dicks and try some things out. Lots of good things to consider and research/try out!

 

[RogueKnits]

DD25 wants me to ask if anyone on here lives at high altitude (she is in Colorado Springs) and how you train to get ready to run at sea level? Do you do anything differently? I should add she is not a new runner and currently runs a 13:00 minute mile.

Hmmm...I don't know for sure, but I would think you wouldn't have to train any differently. If you were going in the opposite direction (training at sea level and racing at altitude) you'd have to expect some sluggishness, possible altitude sickness and a slower time. But if she's training at altitude her lungs should be in great shape for sea level running. That's why elite athletes go to places like Colorado to train in the thinner atmosphere. I would think the biggest concern would be going out too fast at the start because she might feel a little too good from the extra oxygen.

 

[Miranda]

DD25 wants me to ask if anyone on here lives at high altitude (she is in Colorado Springs) and how you train to get ready to run at sea level? Do you do anything differently? I should add she is not a new runner and currently runs a 13:00 minute mile.

She will probably find it easier to run at sea level.

 

[flatlandcycle]

DD25 wants me to ask if anyone on here lives at high altitude (she is in Colorado Springs) and how you train to get ready to run at sea level? Do you do anything differently? I should add she is not a new runner and currently runs a 13:00 minute mile.

Feel lucky, for a half marathon she should be fine, probably at an advantage, if the humidity doesn't get her. At altitude I tend to loose top-end-power, because my heart rate for intervals at altitude is higher compared to heart rate for intervals at sea level. To stave off this trend, I shorten the length of my Lactate Threshold(LT) intervals, i.e. instead of running 800's, I may run 400's instead. When it comes to Altitude training, there's an old adage of "train low, sleep high." edit: this should be "live high, train low. If you have the luxury, train at like 5000-6000 ft. (or lower) and sleep at 9000 ft., that would be ideal. Maybe try to get a few 5k's - 10k's in Kansas. Also there isn't much variation in terrain in Florida, so training the long runs on flat terrain might be of benefit. People coming from places with hills find running pancake-flat-routes tiring. They aren't used to running in the same position mile after mile."

 

[Keels]

Thanks everyone, who I thought I quoted to respond, but don't see my posts about the belts! I prefer hands free too, but I'm also not named Grace for a reason so was thinking it might be easier to drink out of? But I do worry about the weight. When I ended up having to carry my running buddy for the Enchanted 10K I had to switch hands a lot. I will have to keep the bottle type in mind when/if using Nuun. Decisions, decisions. I like to buy from Amazon because of price, but I may need to go to the local running store or Dicks and try some things out. Lots of good things to consider and research/try out!

I have a FuelBelt I bought off of Amazon - I use it for my long training runs and it really comes in handy! I HATE having things in my hands or on my arms, so this works out perfect.

http://www.amazon.com/Fuelbelt-Reve...UTF8&qid=1427306248&sr=8-26&keywords=fuelbelt

It has a little pouch that I put fuel in, as well as my keys (and a credit card). They do run a little small. I have a medium and wear it up higher. I could probably have gone with a large to wear it lower on my hips. It does stretch some, so just keep that in mind! I can measure the length on the medium, if you're curious about that - just to give you an idea.

My girlfriends ran our half marathon wearing these - and I'm totally going to get one for races where I'm not worried about hydration stops:

http://www.spibelt.com/products/spibelt/the-original-spibelt

They could keep their phones, ID, keys, fuel, etc. in them. Very handy! I wish I had one during the half - I kept my fuel in the back pocket on the waistband of my leggings, and it was kind of a PITA. I also run with my phone clipped to my pants (again, due to the 'I Hate Things on My Arms' issue), with this cute phone case:

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Belt-Cl...1427306612&sr=8-5&keywords=iphone+5+case+clip

But it would've been nice to have it clipped somewhere other than my pants for that distance because of the sweat factor. Ewwww.

 

[Hockeychic]

Wow I have some catching up to do. I am in.,,,,I have done a ton of Disney races and did TOT twice which I liked the night races. We will be staying atPOP I am assuming POP is a host hotel.

kim

 

[WDWarchitectureguy]

Last time I posted was on page 54. Now that I'm 19 pages caught up.

 

[WDWarchitectureguy]

You are sooooooo not alone.

I'm really at a loss about what I want to do specifically though. With food and wine going on, I'm not sure how much of our eating will be at the kiosks and how much in restaurants. We are also planning to do the Christmas Party for the first time, so that's throwing off my customary planning since we won't go to a park that day until 4 pm.

Seriously considering another trip to V&A. The cost is insane, I know, but man that place is amazing! Depends if I think I can save up enough money to pull that off by then. We arrive Thursday and leave the following Tuesday... And 180+10 will be here before we know it.

V&A is still on our Disney Bucket List. Our plan is to visit F&W everyday with a meal or two being from kiosks. Also planning to drink around the world kiosks at least one day. Gotta space out my Scotch flight with Tequila flight this time. Last time was no bueno.

I did get a handheld water bottle (Nathan QuickDraw Plus) for my 11.5 miler along with all the gels. I am a really heavy sweat-er and I drink a lot, plus I knew I'd need water to take with the gels. It has a hand strap on the bottle that also has a pouch holder and holds 22 oz of water, which I knew would not be enough. I went through about 64 oz on my 10 mile treadmill run! My gym bottle is a 32 oz bottle and I refilled it halfway through.

My DW and I both use a Nathan handheld. I use a 10 oz non insulated version. I think she uses the 8 oz. insulated. The little pouch carries ID, money, chapstick, and a mini body glide. I use it for all my short under 4 mile runs, and combine it with a iFitness (now Fitletic) fuel belt for a half or longer. For a 1/2 the fuel belt carries 3 or 4 gatorade energy chew packs plus (2) 6 oz. bottles that I fill with Gatorade Endurance formula. That works well for me. I tend to drink a lot of fluids as well.

 

[WDWarchitectureguy]

I ran the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 1/2 Marathon this past Sunday. New PR and first sub 3 hour half marathon. 02:55:00. I'm hoping to be down to a 02:30:00 by W&D. Of course I ended up with a stress fracture in my 4th metatarsal near the cuboid of my left foot. I got a stress fracture in my 2nd metatarsal (right foot) shortly after Christmas 2014 and still managed to complete Dopey 2015 (in pain). These stress fractures are not fun at all.

My DW and I walked the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 5K this past Saturday. The 5K and 1/2 together is called the Remix Challenge and gives you an extra medal.
I like how RnR does their corrals. The first 2 numbers of your bib is your expected pace. So I was bib 13306 putting me in corral 13. Corrals went up to 16. Wave start just like Disney. I pretty much stayed with other 13 and 14's, a few 11 and 12's that slowed down, but it was a nice change. Of course there were no character stops to mess up the placement either, but that's a different story.

I have another 1/2 in 3 weeks. Dallas Big D 1/2. I hope I'm healed up enough for that one. It's a nice mainly flat course. Then PDC in May at DL.

 

[huggybuff]

Thanks for the Amphipod HandPod suggestion - I never knew they made that product. I have one on order now!

 

[Chaitali]

I ran the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 1/2 Marathon this past Sunday. New PR and first sub 3 hour half marathon. 02:55:00. I'm hoping to be down to a 02:30:00 by W&D. Of course I ended up with a stress fracture in my 4th metatarsal near the cuboid of my left foot. I got a stress fracture in my 2nd metatarsal (right foot) shortly after Christmas 2014 and still managed to complete Dopey 2015 (in pain). These stress fractures are not fun at all.

My DW and I walked the Rock 'n' Roll Dallas 5K this past Saturday. The 5K and 1/2 together is called the Remix Challenge and gives you an extra medal.
I like how RnR does their corrals. The first 2 numbers of your bib is your expected pace. So I was bib 13306 putting me in corral 13. Corrals went up to 16. Wave start just like Disney. I pretty much stayed with other 13 and 14's, a few 11 and 12's that slowed down, but it was a nice change. Of course there were no character stops to mess up the placement either, but that's a different story.

I have another 1/2 in 3 weeks. Dallas Big D 1/2. I hope I'm healed up enough for that one. It's a nice mainly flat course. Then PDC in May at DL.

Congrats on the PR! I hope the stress fracture heals quickly. You've got a lot of races coming up!

Since we're talking about gear, I run with an amphipod handheld water bottle that I love. It has a small pouch that I usually use for my keys. I also use a flipbelt to hold my phone, inhaler, fuel, etc. It's amazing how much stuff that thing can comfortably hold.

Wine and Dine is the first time I'm going to be doing a 5k and half on the same day. I'm planning to take the 5k super easy since I'm doing it with family, rest the remainder of the day (i.e. no parks), and then of course the half that night. Do you guys train differently for that then you would train for a normal half? Should I just start adding in long walks on the weekend day I don't do my long run? I'm not quite sure how to train for adding in the extra 5k.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

DW has a SpiBelt, and is looking at something for water. I got a SpiBelt for Christmas, so I can at least carry my phone. For longer runs outside/races around 10 miles, I have an AmphiPod belt. It has 2x 10oz bottles, which I sometimes have both water, others 1 water and 1 PowerAde. I've got a phone holder for it, as well as a pouch, where I put snacks and keys. I agree 100% with testing it first. It took me a little doing to get used to unsnapping the bottles from the holders and putting them back in. DW was trying it in the house last week, and had the same issue.
I also didn't tighten it enough around my waist the start of one race. It was bouncing and jiggling. Once I got a little clear of the pack around me, I tightened it on the fly. Now I test it out during my warm-up run.

 

[huggybuff]

V&A is still on our Disney Bucket List. Our plan is to visit F&W everyday with a meal or two being from kiosks. Also planning to drink around the world kiosks at least one day. Gotta space out my Scotch flight with Tequila flight this time. Last time was no bueno.

Heck yeah! That's my plan as well. I'm 'kidnapping' the BFF and spending one day doing the crawl. France starts serving at 9.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

As promised, the info on interval runs on a treadmill:
Make: Life Fitness
Model: 95T All of them at the JCC are the same make and model. They have 2 of them though that are different, especially the screen. I don't know what sub-model or option add on they have, but they're the 2 where we know how to use run/walk (or run/run) intervals.

1. Select Workout
2. Click Advanced button
3. Click Sport Training
4. Select Speed Interval
5. Enter weight
6. Enter time
7. Enter incline
8. Enter "jog speed"
9. Enter "run speed"

And it starts! It begins at jog speed, and you can't change from jog speed to run speed during the warm-up. Today, I set the program for 5 minutes, to see what it would do. It let me change to run speed after 3 of 5 minutes.

These seem like the same make and model, though 1-2 steps down in options, from the treadmills we have seen in the fitness centers on the DCL ships.

4 miles here today for me. Capital 10 Miler in Harrisburg on Sunday.