Marathon Weekend 2019

[jhoannam]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

 

[Sleepless Knight]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

No naps for me. I've only done half marathons to this point. I like to have something real to eat in my room even if that's only a Snickers bar, soak in cold water for 20 minutes, take a shower and head to the parks. I've learned from training and races that I recover so much faster if I keep moving after the long run. So while I do head to the parks after a race, it's a very easy day. Lots of sit down attractions and frequent breaks.

I use CEP compression socks. My local running store recommended them to me and after I tested my first pair, I understood why they cost so much. And bought 2 more pairs.

 

[rteetz]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

I don't usually. I did nap after the half this year though. Lack of sleep really caught up to me this January.

I also don't wear compression socks.

 

[SarahDisney]

Does anyone have a link to the full January 2019 hours? I know there used to be a PDF that had the full hours for the month, but I can't seem to find one for January 2019 (I found January 2018, but that probably won't help much).

 

[BuckeyeBama]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

I nap after the full. Heck, I nap after every WDW race because of the early start time. 2 hour nap and then back at it.

I sometimes wear Nike compression pants after a half or full if my legs are really tired, but they come off before I head out to the parks. When I am recovering from a calf injury, I wear CEP calf sleeves.

 

[camaker]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

I will usually eat the snack box they hand out after the race and take a quick nap (2 hours or so) in the room before heading out to the parks. I don't use compression socks, but I will use calf compression sleeves from Zensah after runs of half marathon length or more to aid in recovery.

 

[cavepig]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

I do not nap. I'll snack on stuff I gear checked or maybe something out of the snack box (which I don't really care for), go back to the room & shower, then eat at the resort, then go to a park. I don't make an ADR for right after after 2 failed attempts of having one right after.

I wear Zensah calf sleeves after, so not socks but just the calf. I've only ever had Zensah and like them so haven't tried others.

 

[mankle30]

Just 6 more days until registration opens! Today was the day our ADR window opened and I've booked Ohana for dinner on the Wednesday, Jan 9 (run expo day). The wife and I are planning to hang out at the resort and/or Disney Springs that day. We booked Be Our Guest for Breakfast on the 11th, our Magic Kingdom Day so we'll be able to get into the park early for breakfast. And we booked Chef Mickey's for brunch on Marathon Day (Jan 13).

It's gettin' real!

 

[lhermiston]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Also, what compression socks do you all use? Are they all the same?

I don’t nap. After a marathon, I’m doing one of three things: showering, eating or drinking. It helps to move around a bit, too.

I have some different compression socks/sleeves that I found on Amazon. Nothing special.

 

[lahobbs4]

ADR's made! Only two that we even kinda cared about this year, so that's nice. SUPER early dinner at O'hana before the full and celebration meal at Le Cellier.

Now if only I could find the motivation to run this week....this heat has got to GO, y'all.

 

[pluto377]

ADR day today for me too. Didn't work out quite as I had hoped, but that's ok. I was hoping to do Cinderella's castle on the 14th as our farewell dinner, but I couldn't get it, so I booked it for Sunday instead. Hoping I'll feel well enough after the marathon to make it, especially since it's already paid for! We're doing Boma dinner on our arrival night (the 9th) since we're staying at AKL. Then we have Primetime for dinner on the 11th, Tutto Italia on the 12th and BoG on the 14th. I'll wait and see what the new prix fixe menu there is before I decide if I'm keeping that. Hope everyone else had success!

As for naps, I do usually like to nap after a race. Not sure what I'll do after the marathon though since half the day will already be over by the time I get back to the room. Might skip the nap that day.

Can't wait to finally register next week, especially since I've been struggling a bit on runs lately. I gained weight this winter and I don't do well in heat, so I'm afraid if I don't register soon I'll chicken out!

 

[jhoannam]

ADR's made! Only two that we even kinda cared about this year, so that's nice. SUPER early dinner at O'hana before the full and celebration meal at Le Cellier.

Now if only I could find the motivation to run this week....this heat has got to GO, y'all.

The heat and humidity is unbelievable. I run at 5am, it’s 78 degrees with 85% humidity. So hard to breathe.

 

[cburnett11]

do you all go nap after the marathon and then go eat? Or do you eat, nap, park?

Short answer for me: eat, relax, EPCOT

Most of the time I've eaten pretty quickly after the race (at Kona) for a late breakfast. The first time I struggled in the race, so only ate half my food as my eyes were obviously bigger than my stomach was. The 2nd year I crushed my food after a much better managed race. Anyways, after that it's been back to the room and a shower for me... but a nap for the spectators (rest of family). I've usually just hung out on pool lounge chairs while the slept, getting up every now and then to move about. From my experience, staying a little active helps me recover a bit more quickly. If I lay down for an extended period of time after a long race or run it usually causes me to hurt later in the day. I find a relaxing late afternoon/evening in EPCOT to be about perfect after the marathon.

 

[TheHamm]

I now have a room and dining reservations. Next up: register! After that I will concern myself with flights, which will largely be based on parental guilt and determining if grandma is available to babysit & DH is tagging along, or I go solo and finally do the Behind the Seeds Tour (I love living with the land!)
Thursday: fly in? and BOG late dinner
Friday: fly in? Tiffins for lunch, QS dinner
Saturday:Run! Shower, Beer Garden lunch, leisurely stroll+partial DATW, Edison dinner. I picked neither of these resturants, local friend wants BG after running, we go here every trip because the kids like to polka and adults like beer. Tell me it wills till be wonderfully fun? The above discussion makes me want to eat in Morocco, which the kids would be fine but we never make it to. DH wants Edison because no kids.

 

[Bree]

This is how I felt at 6am this morning trying to make ADRs and dealing with Disney IT

The one thing I wanted the most was not available (Dine w/ an Imagineer) on Friday 1/11. I booked it for 1/9 as a possibility. The expo is that day and I haven’t figured out my plan for that yet.

 

[SarahDisney]

I ended up not making any ADRs.
Well, I made a late dinner ADR at BOG for Wednesday, but then I realized that it was during EMH and ain't nobody got time for that, so I cancelled it. EMH is for short lines, not ADRs.
So no ADRs for me. At least for now.

 

[petals]

This is how I felt at 6am this morning trying to make ADRs and dealing with Disney IT .

Same here

I’ve had to book my reservations day by day because we didn’t book hotel through Disney and every time I tried to put this mornings through I got a “we can’t load the page” message. By the time it did load the page I ended up with an earlier dinner so had to go for earlier breakfast so we’d have enough time to get to the expo, wander around Disney springs and back to parks for the early dinner

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I ended up not making any ADRs.
Well, I made a late dinner ADR at BOG for Wednesday, but then I realized that it was during EMH and ain't nobody got time for that, so I cancelled it. EMH is for short lines, not ADRs.
So no ADRs for me. At least for now.

This makes me wonder when hours will be posted for Marathon weekend. Not that it makes a huge difference, but just curious!

 

[SarahDisney]

This makes me wonder when hours will be posted for Marathon weekend. Not that it makes a huge difference, but just curious!

Same.
Wednesday's hours are already up (MK PM EMH from 8-10!!), but I hate having to wait for the rest of the weekend. Usually there's a monthly calendar floating around by now, but I haven't seen one.

 

[Dis5150]

I can't make our ADR's until Saturday or Sunday as we don't arrive until the 10th. I have it on my calendar as Sunday the 15th. Also, we are not registering until closer to the marathon. It's a $$ thing, too many other things I'm paying for right now to swing it (2 marathons to register for before WDW marathon, Family trip to Universal in November to finish paying for, new roof, etc.) I am believing that it will be open for registration for months!

ETA: We are running the marathon as a single race this year, no Dopey.