Marathon Weekend 2025

[Blue Caterpillar]

If you don't mind getting a ride share off property (or have your own car), try to get to a First Watch.

I also love First watch, but in Tucson AZ they all close at 2:30. Do they stay open later in other places???? That's unfair!!!

 

[Herding_Cats]

Grand Floridian Cafe has pancakes on their lunch menu, but lunch ends at 2:00.

Would a waffle from Sleepy Hollow do?

Did they start doing those all day again? Last I knew the fruit/nutella waffle was only on the brunch menu (couldn't get one in the afternoon, only the spicy chicken waffle.)

 

[nancipants]

I also love First watch, but in Tucson AZ they all close at 2:30. Do they stay open later in other places???? That's unfair!!!

Sadly no, I would eat breakfast all day!

 

[Naomeri]

Did they start doing those all day again? Last I knew the fruit/nutella waffle was only on the brunch menu (couldn't get one in the afternoon, only the spicy chicken waffle.)

It looks like they’ve got the fruit/nutella one listed on the lunch/dinner menu at the moment

 

[marty3d]

Does the McDonald's on property offer all day breakfast? Not the best pancakes...

 

[Zutroy]

mmmm Waffle House, like IHOP, can be very uneven. I'm afraid I've had one too many bad experiences at a Waffle House.

There’s a reason we always called it “Awful House.” You usually needed a BAC above a .25 and know how to fight to get a smothered and covered there.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

If you don't mind getting a ride share off property (or have your own car), try to get to a First Watch.

I have several First Watches near me at home. It's both a good and a bad thing, if you know what I mean...

 

[nancipants]

I have several First Watches near me at home. It's both a good and a bad thing, if you know what I mean...

The first time I took my husband there he ordered multiple pancakes. I warned him. He didn't listen.

 

[nekonekoneko]

Does the McDonald's on property offer all day breakfast? Not the best pancakes...

McDonald's as a company took out the all day breakfast during the pandemic reset.

 

[marty3d]

McDonald's as a company took out the all day breakfast during the pandemic reset.

Interesting - don't go to McD often but here in Canada (at least Ontario) some locations still have it.

 

[nekonekoneko]

don't go to McD often but here in Canada (at least Ontario) some locations still have it.

Most of the franchisees here in The States didn't want it; it's just more stuff in the kitchen to do. Being able to put the sausage, eggs, and biscuits away at the same time the hamburgers are coming out is much easier for the kitchen to keep on top of.

 

[Psymonds]

The Original Pancake House > Waffle House > IHOP

ours closed here a few years back. We have a local Diner that's been going strong for 60+ years, fortunately, otherwise we'd only have IHOP and Denny's.

 

[Tiggerette]

Lemon ricotta pancakes at First Watch is life changing.

 

[camaker]

Good afternoon RunDisney All-Stars! Welcome to this week's edition of Sundays are for Disney (SAFD). It's a rainy Sunday here in central NC and most of us are likely to be faced with rain on training run days at some point between now and Marathon Weekend. What do you do when it rains? Do you keep the runs outside? Move them to the (gasp) treadmill? What tips and techniques do you have to share with your fellows who may not yet have had the dubious pleasure of a raining training day?

SAFD:
First off, as long as there's no lightning, I'm running outside. You never know what the weather's going to be like on race day, so it pays to practice running in the rain so you're prepared. That philosophy has paid dividends for me over the years, never more such than in a 24h race last fall where we had constant rain for the first 8+ hours of the race.

As far as adjusting to it, I've learned to embrace the wet. Attempting to stay dry with a rain jacket generally just results in being hotter and just as wet from sweating inside the jacket than I would've been by just running in the rain. I'll caveat this with an exception, though. If it's a particularly chilly day with significant wind, a jacket can be beneficial. As a glasses wearer, as well, I find a hat with a decent brim to be essential to keeping as much water as possible out of my eyes. I don't tend to have issues with blisters from wet socks or shoes, but I'm sure some folks will be able to add tips for preventing them, as well.

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

SAFD: I melt in the rain so my runs move to the treadmill in much more than a light sprinkle. Or I adjust the day/time of my long run.

 

[RuntheMouse]

SAFD: Timely topic. I did a 9 mile run in the rain yesterday. It was also 48 and windy. I don’t mind rain, but a no go with lightning. You have to train in everything in my opinion, race day might have those same conditions. I was rewarded today though with 54 and a cloudless sky.

 

[Disneyhanna]

SAFD: In MN, we luckily don't get much rain. If it's a long run, I just flip it to a different day. For shorter runs, I'll do them on the treadmill, or skip them if I'm lazy. If it's just drizzling I'll maybe go out but just maybe. Full on rain, absolutely not. I don't feel the need to practice in rain at all, running is hard enough Pretty sure running in the rain for marathon weekend destroyed my shoes (both were quite low milage and the cushion in them is so flat now). I packed a little body glide stick for the marathon and reapplied on my feet about halfway through and that kept me from getting any blisters!

 

[superchime]

SAFD: If it's absolutely pouring I'll run on the treadmill or reschedule if possible. I don't mind a little rain, but it was windy during one of my recent runs and a giant tree branch fell right in front of me so I'm a little more cautious about storms now.

Pretty sure running in the rain for marathon weekend destroyed my shoes (both were quite low milage and the cushion in them is so flat now).

I was just going to ask if anyone knew if running in wet shoes decreases the life of the shoe. Feels like it can't be good for them, especially if you're running a lot of miles.

 

[Naomeri]

SAFD: pouring rain or lightning, I’ll move it to the treadmill or a different day, depending on length. Now that I don’t wear glasses, I don’t mind a nice shower during my run.

 

[JulieODC]

SAFD: unless it’s lightning or really torrential/cold rain, I put on my raincoat, hat, and head out the door!