Marathon Weekend 2019

[rteetz]

Enough to pay for your panda face!

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[bevcgg]

Pop 7-10th
Beach Club 11-14th

 

[CDKG]

Since we are now a month out I figured now would be a good time to put together the resort list where everyone is staying like last year. If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet. This usually helps with Dis meets ups and such.

Saratoga Springs - January 8-17

 

[CDKG]

SAFD: Original Goal: "Really I just have 1 goal in the January marathon. To do whatever I can to help my wife complete the race this year".

Nothing has changed here. Wife got mysteriously injured Tuesday of marathon week last year and had to scratch. Fingers crossed that she stays injury free for another month and a day. Training has been going pretty well for her. We plan to do run/walk for the marathon in this fashion... Run to mile 1 marker and then walk for 2:30. Run to mile 2 marker and then walk for 2:30. Etc/etc. Maybe not a traditional Galloway strategy, but changing pace more frequently has caused her problems in the past. This will be her first marathon and first race longer than 10 miles.

My usual run/walk race strategy is very similar. I take a 1 min walk break at every mile marker. It has worked very well for me for a few years now!

Since this is also my first marathon, I wanted to set myself up for success. Instead of lengthening my walk breaks, I decided to increase the frequency. I've been training at 5 min/30 sec intervals. I ran my first 20 miler yesterday and it seems to be working.

Good luck to your wife!

 

[huskies90]

Since we are now a month out I figured now would be a good time to put together the resort list where everyone is staying like last year. If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet. This usually helps with Dis meets ups and such.

Our original reservation is at BLT. But we recently added a couple days at Pop as well as multiple flight reservations on Southwest points that can be canceled to mitigate the risk of bad weather after what we experienced last year - having our flights get canceled due to a snow storm and having to drive from Hartford to DC to catch a flight to Orlando the next day.

So assuming no weather issues getting to FL this year:

1/7-1/8 Pop Century
1/9-1/15 Bay Lake Tower

 

[Smilelea]

AKV - Kidani 10th - 13th
Poly 14th - come home on 16th

 

[SunshineSummer]

Our original reservation is at BLT. But we recently added a couple days at Pop as well as multiple flight reservations on Southwest points that can be canceled to mitigate the risk of bad weather after what we experienced last year - having our flights get canceled due to a snow storm and having to drive from Hartford to DC to catch a flight to Orlando the next day.

So assuming no weather issues getting to FL this year:

1/7-1/8 Pop Century
1/9-1/15 Bay Lake Tower

We had the same thing happen and my flight was cancelled. My mother and I drove from NJ all the way down to Disney. I was worried about missing my first marathon and she decided she wasn’t going to let it happen. We wound up having to drive west into PA and then down to avoid the storm. We drove straight through but made it! I don’t want to repeat that situation though.

 

[hotblooded]

Our original reservation is at BLT. But we recently added a couple days at Pop as well as multiple flight reservations on Southwest points that can be canceled to mitigate the risk of bad weather after what we experienced last year - having our flights get canceled due to a snow storm and having to drive from Hartford to DC to catch a flight to Orlando the next day.

So assuming no weather issues getting to FL this year:

1/7-1/8 Pop Century
1/9-1/15 Bay Lake Tower

I'm a flight attendant, and I approve this message. The only reason I made it out of NYC on time is that I took an employee-only unstaffed ferry flight. Kudos on having backup options for your backup options.

 

[PrincessV]

so, my question here is what are some strategies to prevent getting sick when you suddenly drop the miles?

I'm not allowed to get the flu shot and I'm considered high-risk, so my taper plan is the same as the rest of the season: eat properly, get plenty of rest, wash my hands thoroughly and often, try not to touch things lots of other people touch, never touch my face/mouth/eyes with my hands unless I've just washed them, and avoid confined areas with lots of people (no buses, airplanes, etc.) <knock on wood> I haven't been ill during a taper yet.

 

[UNCBear24]

Since we are now a month out I figured now would be a good time to put together the resort list where everyone is staying like last year. If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet. This usually helps with Dis meets ups and such.

All Star Sports Jan 12-15

 

[DustyWA]

SAFD: Original Goal: "Really I just have 1 goal in the January marathon. To do whatever I can to help my wife complete the race this year".

Nothing has changed here. Wife got mysteriously injured Tuesday of marathon week last year and had to scratch. Fingers crossed that she stays injury free for another month and a day. Training has been going pretty well for her. We plan to do run/walk for the marathon in this fashion... Run to mile 1 marker and then walk for 2:30. Run to mile 2 marker and then walk for 2:30. Etc/etc. Maybe not a traditional Galloway strategy, but changing pace more frequently has caused her problems in the past. This will be her first marathon and first race longer than 10 miles.

My strategy in previous runDisney events has been very similar. In the parks, I just run between characters/photo stops and use waiting in line as my break. When I get out of the parks, I'll run to each mile marker and then walk for a quarter mile. It's worked out for me in the past avoiding injury and having the energy to visit the parks. This will be my first time trying it on anything longer than a half marathon.

 

[huskies90]

We had the same thing happen and my flight was cancelled. My mother and I drove from NJ all the way down to Disney. I was worried about missing my first marathon and she decided she wasn’t going to let it happen. We wound up having to drive west into PA and then down to avoid the storm. We drove straight through but made it! I don’t want to repeat that situation though.

I'm a flight attendant, and I approve this message. The only reason I made it out of NYC on time is that I took an employee-only unstaffed ferry flight. Kudos on having backup options for your backup options.

Yeah, if you go back to the Marathon 2018 thread you will see others who never made it down due to flight cancellations. It was crazy. We had to act fast or not go at all. Our flight was originally suppose to be on Thursday AM and we hoped we could get out before it got bad. By early Wednesday, all the flights out of Hartford (including ours) got canceled and as we started to try to re-book other flights at other airports as far south Baltimore and as far north as Albany were either canceling or selling out. The best I could do was a flight on Sunday which would not work. My daughter actually found the DC flight which was out of my search range. My wife and I were both working on Wednesday and we were not even fully packed yet. We got out of work and rented a one way minivan (which actually was not that expensive). We packed quickly, threw everything in the car and started driving with the idea of getting as close to DC before the storm hit and stay over wherever that was, get up the next morning and decide if we wait for the afternoon flight or keep driving. The snow started around 1AM as we crossed the Delaware/MD border and we actually made it to a hotel in Arlington at about 2AM. They only got about 3-5 inches in the DC area and our flight was delayed but not canceled. We ended up getting to Disney about 3 or 4 hours after our original planned arrival time.

Really hoping to avoid weather hassles getting down there this year. Now, having issues getting back to CT and getting "stuck" in FL for a few extra days? That I can deal with

 

[SarahDisney]

If my flight gets cancelled before noon the day before, then I may be able to take Amtrak down (23 hr train ride ... yay)(or I can try to get a flight from philly or baltimore and take a train there for a shorter train trip). Less than that, I'm screwed. And I'm flying American, so they certainly won't help me rebook.
So let's all do our anti-snow dances, k? Thanks.

 

[mrsg00fy]

Since we are now a month out I figured now would be a good time to put together the resort list where everyone is staying like last year. If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet. This usually helps with Dis meets ups and such.

BWV 1/10- 1/15

 

[cburnett11]

If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet.

Pop Century: Jan 11 - 20

 

[DustyWA]

Caribbean Beach: Jan 8-16

 

[Bree]

Beach Club 9-15

Those are my dates for now. DH sprung some corporate fiscal kickoff in Miami on me over Thanksgiving. Dates? Jan 7-11th. For now they are saying he can conference call in, but I’m hedging my bets. Then he informed me this morning he’ll need to travel “somewhere” the week of Jan 14th. I’ve had Dopey planned since March so let’s just say I’m a tad bit stressed right now. I have two kids who can’t miss school and all our family lives in Maine & Massachusetts. FIL just had major surgery so I can’t fly them down to babysit. My mom forgets that you have to actually feed children and make sure they aren’t burning the house down.

 

[TheHamm]

If my flight gets cancelled before noon the day before, then I may be able to take Amtrak down (23 hr train ride ... yay)(or I can try to get a flight from philly or baltimore and take a train there for a shorter train trip). Less than that, I'm screwed. And I'm flying American, so they certainly won't help me rebook.
So let's all do our anti-snow dances, k? Thanks.

I've been working on that voodoo dance since I bought flights!
Get it together, weather! I outran hurricane Sandy to not be trapped on the east coast, I will race a snow storm if I need to get there! No time to be late, I've got a race to run. No time to stay, I've got kids to pick up.
It is also why I did not book American, they were awful for my Avengers weekend. First plane was delayed for maintenance. Second plane delayed for weather. The irony of a card at check in thanking my husband for 20 years as and American Advantage flier was not lost on us.

 

[ReindeerMom]

POFQ Jan 8-14.

I haven’t been here in a while. Lots of catching up to do!

 

[a-mad]

Since we are now a month out I figured now would be a good time to put together the resort list where everyone is staying like last year. If you want to be included just post where you are staying and I will add it to the spreadsheet. This usually helps with Dis meets ups and such.

Beach Club Villas: Wednesday, Jan 9 - Wednesday, Jan 16
Cabana Bay (USF): Wednesday, Jan 16 - Friday, Jan 18