The Running Thread - 2018

[Keels]

Miller High Life is one of the preferred beers that meet the beer mile thresholds for ABV. Miller Lite, while considered by some to be delicious and refreshing, does not.

FINE I WILL JUST DRINK 16 OZ. OF IT INSTEAD OF 12 ARE YOU HAPPY???

 

[CDKG]

QOTD: What is the worse running idea you have ever had?

Running 3 half marathons with plantar fasciitis. My foot didn't bother me much during the first, but after I was done I couldn't put any weight on my right heal. I had a goal of 8 half marathons that year (2015) and was afraid if I went to a podiatrist they would tell me I had to stop running.

My foot hurt through the entire second half marathon but got BAD during mile 8. It was so painful during the last few miles that I felt like I had slowed to a crawl and was almost in tears. (The bright light at the end of that nightmare was the free glass of sparkling wine waiting for me at the finish line. The best!) With two months before my next half marathon, I finally decided to see a podiatrist.

Two cortisone shots and a pair of custom orthodics later, I ran the third half marathon. The second shot flared things up for two weeks before it kicked in and I didn't have time to break in the orthodics before my race. I wasn't at my best, but at least it wasn't as painful as the second.

The irony was...this was the year of the Wine & Dine 7-miler. So, I was only able to complete 7 out of 8 half marathons anyway! And, I learned a valuable lesson. Don't wait to get things checked!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

@Dis5150 Nice job on your race! Am I the only one who thinks that dragon looks a lot like Maleficent?

ATTQOTD about biggest mistake you made in your running life:

Funny Answer 1: Signing up for my first half marathon in the first place. Little did I know what would come from that. I honestly thought it would be a one and done type of thing with the possibility that I might do the runDisney Coast to Coast challenge once. Little did I know it lead to running a 10K and a Half for Star Wars medals.

Funny Answer 2: Signing up for the 2017 Avengers Half despite having not run regularly in 6 weeks with no run of any distance greater than 13.1 since April just 3 weeks before the race. Mostly because this led to me signing up for 2018 Dark Side on the spur of the moment. Now I'm training for that during the busiest time of year. So many times last year, I looked forward to not having to train this year and yet here I am again.

Serious Answer: Slacking off on training before half number one. While I got myself in gear with enough time to go before the half, I had a severe lack of confidence. This resulted in me trying to cram too much training into not enough time and suffering pain that went away but destroyed what little confidence remained. Despite having finished all the long runs including a 14 miler 2 weeks before the 2011 Disneyland Half, I was convinced I would not finish. So I started off way too fast and nearly injured myself before coming to my senses and slowing down to run at the speed I had trained to.

Serious Answer runner up: trying to run through severe knee pain in January without slowing down or skipping a run. I would have been much better off simply taking the time off immediately. I feared losing my training and failing to meet my "dream" goal so I nearly screwed up the main goal.

 

[FFigawi]

FINE I WILL JUST DRINK 16 OZ. OF IT INSTEAD OF 12 ARE YOU HAPPY???

Yes

 

[LSUlakes]

FINE I WILL JUST DRINK 16 OZ. OF IT INSTEAD OF 12 ARE YOU HAPPY???

Just want to say I love you guys for comments like this lololol.

 

[Keels]

Just want to say I love you guys for comments like this lololol.

He knows that I try to avoid anything over a 5.5% ABV and he's just trying to subtly shame me, but whatever.

I'm built for quantity, not quality.

 

[croach]

I don't have a problem with people using my room or getting them into the gym locker room at Beach Club.
The plan is to start DATW at 11 in Mexico on Monday.

I can buy the beers no problem, since I'll be down her from Christmas onwards (wherever we end up having the race) - but I ain't taking a ton of requests. I'll give four options and people will just have to live with those - and yes, before @FFigawi and @croach dog me out one option WILL be Miller Lite, because it's delicious and refreshing.

I mean I don’t think a water stop is needed but if you want to man one with Miller Light, that’s cool.

 

[Keels]

I mean I don’t think a water stop is needed but if you want to man one with Miller Light, that’s cool.

YOU KNOW WHAT ONLY IPAs FOR YOU I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW.

 

[Baloo in MI]

ATTQOTD: Sadly I have done most of the ones shared - run on an injury, race when not prepared, run without prepping for the weather. I will add two, one kind of humorous and the other sincere.

Humor: Attempting a long trail run with everything I could need except TP... It was not my finest hour!

Sincere: Wasting energy comparing myself to others. I am competitive by nature and what I love most about running is the opportunity to challenge myself. What I have to whack myself for is when I begin worrying about everyone else in a race and not myself. It is a mistake I make much less, but one I need to continue to work on!

 

[PCFriar80]

YOU KNOW WHAT ONLY IPAs FOR YOU I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW.

I think you meant he'd be "HOPPY NOW"? Will I need a POT submission for the Beer Mile?

 

[Waiting2goback]

QOTD: What is the worse running idea you have ever had?

ATTQOTD: The worse decision I have made are the ones when I decided to skip a run. It's a downward spiral of excuses, do not do it.

Running 3 half marathons with plantar fasciitis. My foot didn't bother me much during the first, but after I was done I couldn't put any weight on my right heal. I had a goal of 8 half marathons that year (2015) and was afraid if I went to a podiatrist they would tell me I had to stop running.

My foot hurt through the entire second half marathon but got BAD during mile 8. It was so painful during the last few miles that I felt like I had slowed to a crawl and was almost in tears. (The bright light at the end of that nightmare was the free glass of sparkling wine waiting for me at the finish line. The best!) With two months before my next half marathon, I finally decided to see a podiatrist.

Two cortisone shots and a pair of custom orthodics later, I ran the third half marathon. The second shot flared things up for two weeks before it kicked in and I didn't have time to break in the orthodics before my race. I wasn't at my best, but at least it wasn't as painful as the second.

The irony was...this was the year of the Wine & Dine 7-miler. So, I was only able to complete 7 out of 8 half marathons anyway! And, I learned a valuable lesson. Don't wait to get things checked!

QOTD: I was having trouble nailing down an answer because there could be so many. But this response helped. It would be running for 3-4 months with plantar fasciitis. Once I finally went to the doctor and found out how easy it was for me to fix I could have gone sooner and had a much more pleasant 4 months of running and not missed a marathon because of it. I did run my fall half marathon with it and that was so painful.

Honorable mentions: signing up for my first full way to early. While I finished it and it changed so many things for me, I should have waited until I knew more. Second, trying to help someone become a runner and a better person who had no desire to do either. She wasted mine, and so many other people's time.

 

[Chaitali]

Argh, I may have just made my most recent stupid decision. I planned to do a 5k/10k double this past Sunday but decided to just do the 10k because of some tendinitis in my foot. But between the warm up job to the race (1.4 mi), the 10k, and the walk back after the race (1.4 mi), it was a total of around 9 miles. I don't know why I didn't Lyft before and after the race. And my foot has been swollen and painful yesterday and today. If it's not better by tomorrow, I'm going to go ahead and make an appointment with the doctor to make sure it's not something more serious then tendinitis. And I've already decided no running until the pain is completely gone.

 

[LSUlakes]

YOU KNOW WHAT ONLY IPAs FOR YOU I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY NOW.

I will either use IPA's or Bud heavy for the run.... Sweetwater makes a good IPA thats brewed in FL I think so finding cans should be easy, just saying.

I think you meant he'd be "HOPPY NOW"? Will I need a POT submission for the Beer Mile?

POT is not required, the ability to maybe elude Disney security for open containers in what is likely considered a area that is frowned upon to do so may be necessary though. lol

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

ATTQOTD: I have only run Marathon Weekend. I would like to run F&W and I may try to get the Port Orleans run in during our September trip if things work out. If I ever take a cruise the Castaway Cay 5k will be required.

 

[SarahDisney]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans

I've done 5k at Princess Weekend and 5K/10K at Marathon Weekend.
I'd like to do all the races, but ... #adulting
I'm hoping that eventually I can do each weekend at least once. Especially the DL weekends when they come back.

 

[hauntedcity]

Worst running decision - heading out and getting caught in a terrible storm and having to hideout in a vet clinic! I trusted the weatherman & thought I had time. It came in super fast and was sooo much lightening I got freaked out big time.

ATTQOTD:

Yeah, it's bad news when the weatherman gets it wrong. Once, I found myself about 3 miles from home when I first saw lightning in the distance. (No lightning in the forecast, BTW; just rain).

But it gets better! On the way home, about 2 miles from home, the hail begins! Luckily, I was in a neighborhood, so I was able to take shelter on a porch. (Did I mention that the forecast had nothing about hail? ) It only hailed for a few minutes, and I was able to get home safely.

I can't count that as a bad decision, though, because I made an informed decision based upon the forecast. In other words, it's not like I should have known better.


My worst decision where I SHOULD have known better was coming off a marathon, and thinking I could immediately shift to training for a new half marathon PR. ow ow ow I didn't give myself enough time to heal from the marathon, and spent several weeks limping.

Runner-up: Buying 3 pairs of Brooks Ghost 6 on non-returnable clearance after having loved versions 4 & 5. Something changed in the Ghost 6 that gave me significant knee pain. It was a decision both painful and expensive.

 

[TinkerBellLiz]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

We've done Dark Side 5k, Castaway Cay 5k and Wine and Dine 10k, 2017 Virtual Summer Shorts Series, Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon and Saratoga Springs Derby Dash.
Currently registered for Dark Side 5k, Challenge and Kessel Run in April.
Plan to register for Wine and Dine 5k and 10k on Thursday.

We started running to runDisney!

 

[hauntedcity]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

ATTQOTD: I have only run Marathon Weekend. I would like to run F&W and I may try to get the Port Orleans run in during our September trip if things work out. If I ever take a cruise the Castaway Cay 5k will be required.

• Marathon Weekend: multiple times for halfs, fulls, a Goofy, and a Dopey
• Princess Glass Slipper Challenge
• Star Wars Dark Side Challenge
• Disneyland Dumbo Double Dare

I really want to do Wine & Dine (maybe in 2020 for our 20th anniversary), and when Disneyland is back up, I must do the Kessel Run.

 

[camaker]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

I've done several RunDisney weekends:

• Marathon Weekend: 2016 (10k + Goofy), 2017 (Dopey - HM), 2018 (Dopey)
• Star Wars Dark Side: 2016 (5k + Dark Side Challenge)
• Disneyland Half: 2016 (Dumbo Double Dare), 2017 (5k + Double Dare)
• Castaway Cay 5k: 2013, 2014

 

[rteetz]

QOTD: How many different runDisney events have you participated in? We will also include Castaway Cay 5k at any time and the run held at Port Orleans.

10 races participated in. Would be 11 had the half not have been cancelled. I have done the runDisney virtual shorts too but I don’t count those.

2015 WDW 10K
2016 WDW 5K
2016 WDW Half
2017 WDW 5K
2017 WDW 10K
2017 WDW Full
2018 WDW 5K
2018 WDW 10K
2018 WDW Half
2018 WDW Full

Signed up for
2018 Wine and Dine 10K
2018 Wine and Dine Half