Wine and Dine 2015

[Dis5150]

Yay, my mom just texted me that my gift card came!

 

[Miranda]

I will need my band at the party to buy food after I use up my $15 gift card and get back into my hotel afterwards. I could leave it with my parents with the rest of my clothes, but I don't see any reason to not run with it.

 

[wilkeliza]

A lot of my running group is reporting they got their cards today. Hoping mine comes in.

 

[ExportedMolson]

Even if its not 90 at 10:30 pm,you don't want it that hot,the heat just carries over,your body is warm from all day meaning you will sweat,a lot!!Tower of Terror I think 2 years ago was really miserable on a 88-90 degree day,probably more humidity than early November but I sweat more on that race than even on fulls,people not used to the heat were getting sick all over,not ideal,and thats 3.1 miles less than W&D.

That 2012 ToT was horibble. Mid to high 70s but with high humidity, I think Jeff Galloway announced at the start it was the equivalent of 85°+ at the start. The next two years still had temperatures in the 70s at the start, but the humidity was way down and the conditions so much better. At least training in Atlanta usually prepares you for some of those conditions.

ETA: As long as you know you are not going to PR in those conditions and slow your pace accordingly, you will still have a great time. I know I do on the Disney courses. Just remember a little extra Body Glide.

 

[flvy]

Even if its not 90 at 10:30 pm,you don't want it that hot,the heat just carries over,your body is warm from all day meaning you will sweat,a lot!!Tower of Terror I think 2 years ago was really miserable on a 88-90 degree day,probably more humidity than early November but I sweat more on that race than even on fulls,people not used to the heat were getting sick all over,not ideal,and thats 3.1 miles less than W&D.

Oh I know I'm just trying to be optimistic. I've done races in that heat and it is horrible.

 

[RunningPrince]

Gift card arrived in the mail (in California) this morning

 

[flvy]

They had no issues waiting till the last second to send those gift cards out. I hope mine is there when I get home from work.

 

[PrincessV]

A different kind of sweeping query... does anyone know/remember where are likely to be the hard sweep points, where one might actually find the sweep bus? Or, alternatively, thoughts on really good spots to bag it if I need to cut my losses and end my race early? High ankle sprain - gah! Might be better within 2 weeks and good enough to handle an easy run of W&D, but if I need to call it quits I'd love to ID a few spots that would make it relatively easy. Read: I really do not want to be sitting on the side of the road for an hour, waiting for someone to come get me, lol! I remember seeing a bus in the AK parking lots last year, but that's all I noticed.

 

[wilkeliza]

A different kind of sweeping query... does anyone know/remember where are likely to be the hard sweep points, where one might actually find the sweep bus? Or, alternatively, thoughts on really good spots to bag it if I need to cut my losses and end my race early? High ankle sprain - gah! Might be better within 2 weeks and good enough to handle an easy run of W&D, but if I need to call it quits I'd love to ID a few spots that would make it relatively easy. Read: I really do not want to be sitting on the side of the road for an hour, waiting for someone to come get me, lol! I remember seeing a bus in the AK parking lots last year, but that's all I noticed.

There will be a set of buses at AK, also out on Osceola next to any medical. There is usually a hard sweep at ESPN and final hard sweep is between Hollywood Studios and Beach/Yacht club. Once you go under the bridge you are safe if I remember correctly.

 

[Dug720]

My card is here today. I guess it's for the best that I loaded a different card with money since they're not activating it until the 6th. Of course I really didn't want to deal with 2 cards, but whatever. At this point I'm literally only going because JetBlue doesn't fly to Canada.

 

[PrincessV]

There will be a set of buses at AK, also out on Osceola next to any medical. There is usually a hard sweep at ESPN and final hard sweep is between Hollywood Studios and Beach/Yacht club. Once you go under the bridge you are safe if I remember correctly.

This is GREAT - thank you! I started thinking of that after I posted: in theory, stopping and staying until they come get me at a med tent would work, no? I could also get ice on it there, which would be helpful.

 

[wilkeliza]

This is GREAT - thank you! I started thinking of that after I posted: in theory, stopping and staying until they come get me at a med tent would work, no? I could also get ice on it there, which would be helpful.

Yep a med tent would work. Depending on what corral you are in there are also police officers on the overpasses. You can always pull off to one of them. Worst case if I see a runner "down" I will run over ask if they are okay and ask if they would like me to send the next CM I see back to them.

 

[PrincessV]

Yep a med tent would work. Depending on what corral you are in there are also police officers on the overpasses. You can always pull off to one of them. Worst case if I see a runner "down" I will run over ask if they are okay and ask if they would like me to send the next CM I see back to them.

You rock wilkeliza! I suspect I'm not going to know if I can manage running on it until race day, so I'm planning for all contingencies at this point. I figure if it's really hurting, I call it a night, cheer for a while, then get my party on over at EP

 

[sperkins921]

got the cards about 15 minutes ago. Here's what the envelope looks like. Hard to mistakenly throw out because of the oddball size, at least in the US. Here, I don't think we get a lot of mail that comes in that envelope size. as soon as the post man handed it to me I knew that there was something unusual in my stack of mail.

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/futuredoc/media/Mobile Uploads/image_zpsrjzubhok.jpeg.html

 

[wilkeliza]

You rock wilkeliza! I suspect I'm not going to know if I can manage running on it until race day, so I'm planning for all contingencies at this point. I figure if it's really hurting, I call it a night, cheer for a while, then get my party on over at EP

I'm way under trained so I have a similar plan. I'll see how I feel day of and worst case I pull myself and go have fun at the party. No harm no foul. I'll donate the medal to a charity and have a ball.

 

[Jackie Skellington]

Just received my gift in the mail here in California!

 

[MaMa3Princess]

My card is here today. I guess it's for the best that I loaded a different card with money since they're not activating it until the 6th. Of course I really didn't want to deal with 2 cards, but whatever. At this point I'm literally only going because JetBlue doesn't fly to Canada.

So these cards are not reloadable??? The only reason I ask is that the likelihood of me staying to the afterparty is pretty slim. I was just planning on giving it to one of my kids for a park souvenir.

 

[ChrisNY2]

Does everyone typically wear their magic band during their races? Or do you have someone meet you with it after the race?

I usually put mine in my gear check bag. (In the pocket of the shorts that are in there so it's not exposed.)

 

[Dug720]

So these cards are not reloadable??? The only reason I ask is that the likelihood of me staying to the afterparty is pretty slim. I was just planning on giving it to one of my kids for a park souvenir.

Apparently they are set to be activated on 11/6. Therefore you couldn't load money onto them before 11/6 (defeats the purpose for doing it ahead of time).

And someone on here reported that they will only remain active until 11/14. So unless you know you're going to be using every cent you load on there by the 14th, it's wasting that money.

I had hoped they were regular cards that came activated so that I could load money on there before going and only deal with one gift card - but I didn't want to have to stress if I didn't use it all up when I was there.

 

[PrincessV]

I'm way under trained so I have a similar plan. I'll see how I feel day of and worst case I pull myself and go have fun at the party. No harm no foul. I'll donate the medal to a charity and have a ball.

Yep, my plan, exactly. I could just skip the race altogether and go to the party, but I'm paying for the medal - may as well do what I can, get it and donate it, make someone else happy

BUT, here's hoping we both wind up having a great night and finish uninjured, happy and strong!