Marathon Weekend 2019

[Neon Cactus]

When I did my first marathon, I made later reservations for Ohana because I had no idea when I’d be hungry and it worked well for me. This time I decided to register too late to get Ohana so I have 1900 Park Fare.

 

[UNCBear24]

My husband doesn’t want to eat for a few hours after running.

Me too, but then I want everything!

 

[rteetz]

FYI you can see the Marathon Weekend jackets and magnets are on the commemorative items page.

 

[lhermiston]

FYI you can see the Marathon Weekend jackets and magnets are on the commemorative items page.

Link?

 

[rteetz]

Link?

Go to the runDisney website and go to register for a race. Its under buy products.

 

[JulieODC]

Um WHOA. Was working on booking airport transfers just now....and realized that our airline changed our departure day. They’ve tweaked departure TIME slightly a few times, but the latest was apparently a whole DAY. Without any major note in the email...seems like that would warrant a bigger mention in the email title. Freakin’ Frontier.

Crap! I hope they will let us cancel...we can’t go a day early.

Glad I noticed before we got to the airport!

 

[JulieODC]

Um WHOA. Was working on booking airport transfers just now....and realized that our airline changed our departure day. They’ve tweaked departure TIME slightly a few times, but the latest was apparently a whole DAY. Without any major note in the email...seems like that would warrant a bigger mention in the email title. Freakin’ Frontier.

Crap! I hope they will let us cancel...we can’t go a day early.

Glad I noticed before we got to the airport!

Phew! Disaster averted! Flights were refunded, and rebooked on jetblue for a pretty comparable price.

Now we arrive 4 hours earlier on the 9th, and I could swing by WWoS in our way to the hotel and grab my bib.

Thoughts on how crazy the expo might be at 4pm on Wed?

 

[lhermiston]

Good morning, runDisney all-stars! Marathon festivities kick off in ONE MONTH!

For this week's Sundays are for Disney, let's talk about goals ... again. A few months back (I think right after registration opened), I asked what your goals were for marathon weekend. Attached (I hope) are those responses. How do your goals look several months later? Have they changed? Copy and paste your original goals (be sure to tell us which race(s) you're doing) and then give us an update.

I tried to get everyone who responded originally, but if I somehow missed you or you've joined us since then, just post your current goals.

Here are mine:

Finish my first Dopey.
Achieve some sort of balance between competing in the races and spending time with my family.
Meet some fellow runDisney all-stars.
Try some new restaurants without compromising any races.
At least bounce in and out of DATW
Check out Toy Story Land and Pandora
Take a ton of photos.

My goals are pretty much unchanged. At this point, I have no concerns about my ability to finish Dopey. Emphasis on "finish;" I'm not looking to set any PRs, though I would like to improve upon my previous WDW marathon time, even slightly. I'm still planning on spending a majority of the vacation with my family and meeting a bunch of you. We have ADRs to several restaurants I've never tried before (Boma, Boatrights, 50s Prime Time Cafe, Yak and Yeti). I plan to partake in some of DATW and check out TSL and Pandora (not sure if Slinky Dog is in the cards). Taking a bunch of photos is a foregone conclusion.

So, there you have it. I feel pretty good about my goals and marathon weekend.

Have a good week, everyone.

 

[rteetz]

For this week's Sundays are for Disney, let's talk about goals ... again. A few months back (I think right after registration opened), I asked what your goals were for marathon weekend. Attached (I hope) are those responses. How do your goals look several months later? Have they changed? Copy and paste your original goals (be sure to tell us which race(s) you're doing) and then give us an update.

My goals haven’t changed.

I plan to finish Dopey, have fun, hang with Disers, and go to the parks.

 

[AFwifelife]

My goals:
-finish first full, first Dopey not feeling terrible (so well trained and healthy)
-take a few character photos during the races and take pictures with each of the characters at the start/finish with my husband
-gather the courage to meet up with internet friends (you guys!)
-enjoy my kid free vacation. I usually don’t have a problem with this one but I will need to remind myself that I need to relax with getting ready for the races. Straying from plans a little isn’t the end of the world.


My goals are the same. My daughter passed some congestion my way so I’m sick right now but I feel really confident with the training I’ve put in so far and know that I’ll be able to finish Dopey (but probably not as fast as I was first thinking). It doesn’t bother me though. I really want to enjoy the experience and that’s why I do rD races in the first place!

 

[cavepig]

My goals it looks are basically the same, the only change is I'm planning on the taking the half easier with more stopping & somewhat running the full for time. Still will be day of decisions though on how I feel & who is out on the course to stop for.
"Number one is always don't get sick
Finish (obviously)
some Character photos
Disney Time goals are game day always in motion decisions. I honestly don't know yet how I'll run Goofy."

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Um, the injury free may not happen for my husband anymore as he's already injured thanks to a jerk who hit and run him yesterday evening while he was trying to get 5 more miles in so his total for the day was 19. I hope the police finds him. I've totally shamed the guy on Next-door and Facebook Neighborhood groups.

Now its just figuring out how much of an injury he has. I'll probably make him go to urgent care tonight or tomorrow if it doesn't look like his swelling goes down.

I'm still going to still meet my goal of hanging out with fun people and drinking though.

 

[FFigawi]

My goals haven’t changed.

I plan to finish Dopey, have fun, hang with Disers, and go to the parks.

You forgot "get my face painted." #Pandamonium2019

 

[lhermiston]

Um, the injury free may not happen for my husband anymore as he's already injured thanks to a jerk who hit and run him yesterday evening while he was trying to get 5 more miles in so his total for the day was 19. I hope the police finds him. I've totally shamed the guy on Next-door and Facebook Neighborhood groups.

Now its just figuring out how much of an injury he has. I'll probably make him go to urgent care tonight or tomorrow if it doesn't look like his swelling goes down.

I'm still going to still meet my goal of hanging out with fun people and drinking though.

Ugh. I'm so sorry to hear this. How bad is it?

I have more or less resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to get bumped by a car one of these days, no matter how careful I am. Too many people looking at their phones, not paying attention for runners, etc. It's sad that, even on sidewalks, I feel like I have to be such a defensive runner.

 

[lahobbs4]

Um, the injury free may not happen for my husband anymore as he's already injured thanks to a jerk who hit and run him yesterday evening while he was trying to get 5 more miles in so his total for the day was 19. I hope the police finds him. I've totally shamed the guy on Next-door and Facebook Neighborhood groups.

Now its just figuring out how much of an injury he has. I'll probably make him go to urgent care tonight or tomorrow if it doesn't look like his swelling goes down.

I'm still going to still meet my goal of hanging out with fun people and drinking though.

Oh my gosh!! That is so scary. I hope he recovers quickly and you find the jerk that did that to him.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

Ugh. I'm so sorry to hear this. How bad is it?

I have more or less resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to get bumped by a car one of these days, no matter how careful I am. Too many people looking at their phones, not paying attention for runners, etc. It's sad that, even on sidewalks, I feel like I have to be such a defensive runner.

Picture behind the spoiler as no one needs to see my husband's hairy legs unless you want to. There is a nasty knot above his right ankle. Not sure if sprain or something else. His hands are cut up some as well but his arms are ok since he was wearing longer sleeves.

He's super careful as well with reflectors, lights and light colored clothing as well.

Spoiler

 

[camaker]

Um, the injury free may not happen for my husband anymore as he's already injured thanks to a jerk who hit and run him yesterday evening while he was trying to get 5 more miles in so his total for the day was 19. I hope the police finds him. I've totally shamed the guy on Next-door and Facebook Neighborhood groups.

Now its just figuring out how much of an injury he has. I'll probably make him go to urgent care tonight or tomorrow if it doesn't look like his swelling goes down.

I'm still going to still meet my goal of hanging out with fun people and drinking though.

Very sorry to hear this! I hope everything turns out to be minor. I’d suggest going to the urgent care and getting x-rays regardless of what happens with the swelling, though. My wife got hit by a car a couple of years ago while crossing the street, thought she was just bruised and turned down x-rays at the ER. A week or so later the doctor didn’t like the way something looked, ordered x-rays and found out she had a small fracture in her leg. Better safe than sorry with these things as adrenaline can often cover up symptoms, too.

SAFD: My goals for MW haven’t changed. Still hoping for a healthy Goofy, successful shepherding of DD20 through her first marathon and meeting folks at DATW and meet=ups. One more race next weekend then I can turn my attention fully to Goofy.

 

[jhoannam]

We are doing Dopey. Have Via Napoli around noon after the 10k, Teppan Edo around 3 after the half, and Storybook Dining at Artist’s Point around 6 after the full.

Thanks for the times! I really have no idea what time we will all be done.

 

[cavepig]

Um, the injury free may not happen for my husband anymore as he's already injured thanks to a jerk who hit and run him yesterday evening while he was trying to get 5 more miles in so his total for the day was 19. I hope the police finds him. I've totally shamed the guy on Next-door and Facebook Neighborhood groups.

Now its just figuring out how much of an injury he has. I'll probably make him go to urgent care tonight or tomorrow if it doesn't look like his swelling goes down.

I'm still going to still meet my goal of hanging out with fun people and drinking though.

Oh no that's so awful & scary. I hope it's all minor and he recovers soon. What's sad is it doesn't surprise me the driver didn't stop. Hopefully his mental isn't too shaken by it, I know after I was almost hit a month ago (driver didn't stop to make sure I was okay), for a few days I was scared of every car and ran so far in the ditch.

I have more or less resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to get bumped by a car one of these days, no matter how careful I am. Too many people looking at their phones, not paying attention for runners, etc. It's sad that, even on sidewalks, I feel like I have to be such a defensive runner.

Exactly. I've had too many close calls lately and every time the person is starting at their phone & clueless to their surroundings.

 

[jhoannam]

Good morning runDisney friends! Ran 18 miles yesterday and felt great! I felt like I could have kept running. Ready for the 20 in 2 weeks, the training works! Glad I added some cross training, my knees and IT band are feeling much better.