Marathon Weekend 2020

[jeremy1002]

First and last Dopey. I hit my goal of running the first three days easy & then beating my only other marathon time, which I did with a finishing time of 4:54:ish today. Thank you for all the advice from this group, especially @DopeyBadger, but also everyone.

 

[JulieODC]

Has anyone’s pictures popped up yet?

I still don’t have a single picture. I’m worried my bib was wrinkled - I tried smoothing it before photos, but not sure it was enough. I was really hoping for a finish line pic.

 

[MissLiss279]

I still don’t have a single picture. I’m worried my bib was wrinkled - I tried smoothing it before photos, but not sure it was enough. I was really hoping for a finish line pic.

I still don’t have all my half pictures, and no full pictures yet either.

 

[momandmousefan]

Congrats to everyone who competed this weekend. I completed my first Dopey and had a blast despite the weather. For the marathon, my goal was to break 4 hours. I trained for a 3:40 marathon so I would be able to still stop for pics and to have some cushion just in case I needed to slow down due to tough conditions. Today’s heat was bad but I trusted my training and maintained a consistent 9:00 pace which included many picture stops, lonnnng water stops and a few extra bathroom breaks due to the long water stops. I finished hitting my goal @ 3:56:17 so I am very happy.
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congratulations on making your goal! We probably got to cheer for you based on your time since we were on the path between HS & Boardwalk just after the water stop for about the 3:40-4:15 runners

 

[momandmousefan]

I still don’t have all my half pictures, and no full pictures yet either.

I only have a few. I’m jealous of hubby who has a cool overhead finish line photo from the half. I only have one from below which is quite hideous. (Like it made me cry hideous) He has zero full (and now that I read there was Adventurer club people I’ve totally got to call him out for not stopping for them. Though he actually stopped for the graveyard diggers, so that’s saying something!!) we have none from the kids mile yet for my daughter either. Hope you get some great ones today!!

 

[dtrain]

Stiff and sore this morning, but reflecting on the marathon and feeling grateful for my health, love and support from friends & family and being able to accomplish a huge goal for 2020.

I wish everyone a speedy recovery and want to say congratulations for your achievements. What we do to prepare for theses events is draining, it’s easy to give up and doubt ourselves. But we push through, and help one another, becoming better people because of it.

Thanks for all the positivity I find here when things are tough, thanks for keeping things light and fun, thanks for the encouragement, thanks for the information, thanks for the enthusiasm and camaraderie, thanks for being here. Stay well friends!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Reminder for DATW!

 

[Neon Cactus]

sorry, i didnt come to the morning meetup. my mom had acid reflux abdominal pain saturday, and we ended up in the ER. while there they did a catscan and found a blockage in her appendix. initially it wasnt painful so we were gonna wait till we returned home to address it, but overnight they changed the plan on us and she ended up having surgery today. i was feeling like crap, and didnt eat Saturday, so today marathon was horrible. i gave up on actually trying to run this race very early on - had no interest. also last couple of hours i was basically dumping 3 cups of water at each stop...i was pleasantly surprised at how many actual stop there were.

the stretch from mile 11 to 21 is pretty awful to me... even with animal kingdom. i prefer ESPN... they had running water at blizzard beach, i wanted to do a quick dunk in the lazy river - there was actually an opening to do it but i skipped it... next time I'm doing it. i still dislike the boardwalk part too... the crowd is good but maybe I'm tired at that point so i have bad memories of it.

I hope your mom is doing ok. Sorry to hear that. I was talking with another runner about how good that lazy river looked. They had just started to cut the course when I got there and the staff said we could skip Blizzard Beach. I asked if we had to and she said no, so I wanted to complete the whole 48.6 and went into BB. When we came out, they weren’t letting anyone else in.

 

[SheHulk]

It was nice meeting you today. I realized after our conversation was over that I don’t know that I ever congratulated you on your Goofy achievement. I apologize for my social awkwardness; I get so uncomfortable that I often forget my manners and talk in circles.

Sounds like it was a great weekend. Congrats on your Goofy!

Haha no awkwardness, you're an absolute pleasure! I kind of knew from your posts that you're shy but I engaged you anyway Hope you had a good dinner. And thanks.

 

[CanadianPaco]

There were a few mini waves after they got to E. I think E went in two waves and I was in front of F, where they strung a ribbon and separated us into minis. Of course, F was like 2500 people!

There were at least 2 waves in D - we were at the ribbon for that!

 

[SheHulk]

One of the character instagrams I follow posted max goof out meeting during the full

Yeah he was just as you were entering Epcot maybe? Somewhere toward the end.

 

[Baloo in MI]

Reminder for DATW!

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Hope all have fun! Sorry to miss it.

 

[KevM]

Thanks all for the Max info. Guessing he was on break when I when by.

 

[princessbride6205]

Has anyone’s pictures popped up yet?

Not a single picture from my sister’s half or my full yet.

I got a photo with Max in the Epcot backstage area as well.

Conditions were tough today, so if you finished, you should be proud!

Now I'm taking a break! Two marathons in two months is just too much training.

Also - did anyone think photo lines were super short today? The longest I waited was like 1.5 minutes. And i stopped for about 75% of characters.

I was in E and found the photo lines okay but not super short in the first half. I skipped the early ones that weren’t “must do’s” for me. I waited 3-4 min each for Stitch and Sebastian. I was surprised to see Jessie with a line of only a handful of people, and certainly later photo stops had short lines. Olaf looked like another 4 minute line when I passed so I just wanted to keep going.

I do wish there had been a few more characters and/or rare characters.

 

[FawnJD]

Congrats to everyone out there working like champs in those conditions yesterday—it was brutal!

As others have mentioned, they are going to have to have some serious meetings about the logistical failure that was yesterday morning. We were in traffic well before 3 and didn’t end up arriving until nearly 4. And we were luckier than many!

Not that I don’t like DJs, but I was disappointed about the lack of characters on the course. It may be nostalgia taking over, but I feel like the last RunDisney race I did in 2014 had WAY more.

I actually didn’t mind the roadway portions too much, but the amount of time backstage, especially at AK, seemed endless. I get that it’s kind of “neat” to be able to see “behind the scenes” a bit, but...loading docks look the same at Disney as they do in the rest of the world!

I’m extremely pleased with my personal race, given several individual set-backs and self-imposed constraints. The stomach flu ripped through my house Friday and Saturday. Thankfully, I was spared, but I was the opposite of well-rested after being up two nights in a row with sick kids.

Because I’m running another marathon in a month, I’d already planned not to give a full-out effort yesterday. Although I kept my pace more conservative, I must say it FELT like a full-out effort! I started in Corral D, and by Mile 2, I was absolutely drenched with sweat. I live here, and I STILL feel as though this humidity was intense.

Then, around Mile 4, I realized that my Nike Run Club App has somehow paused after half a mile?! I tried to do the math as I passed the mile markers, but the delay and rushed start times threw me off. I decided to run without it and go by feel.
I ended up missing a PR by 10 lousy seconds. Lol. It doesn’t bother me—I know what that run took yesterday, and it feels like a win—but if I’d known my splits better, I would have easily made up that time. Ah, well.
What I’m most pleased with was my mental state during the race. I managed to run the entire thing feeling positive, excited, and grateful. I’ve always hit a mental wall before, so this is a MAJOR accomplishment, and one I’ve really worked on this training session.
The volunteers were really great out there yesterday.

AND my rapunzel hair stayed in the entire race!


Congrats everyone—amazing effort out there this weekend. You earned every step.

 

[JulieODC]

So sad I missed Olaf!! Where was he?

And the BB wave pool was SO tempting when I ran by!

sorry to miss DATW and the meet up yesterday - today is AK for us. Cheers!!

 

[princesspirateandrunner]

@Bree, sorry our exchange didn’t work yesterday. Can we still make it work? We are checking out of Coronado this morning and moving to Pop. Most of today, we’ll be at Disney Springs. Tomorrow will probably be a park, but I’m not sure which one.

 

[gtitan21]

For everyone who doesn’t have any photos yet from the half, i didn’t have any either after linking my bib through the mobile app. Then yesterday i decided to try and link again through the website and that worked. The finish photos popped instantly with a couple from MK. Missing about 2-3 types from MK and all from Epcot still.

 

[MissLiss279]

So sad I missed Olaf!! Where was he?

And the BB wave pool was SO tempting when I ran by!

sorry to miss DATW and the meet up yesterday - today is AK for us. Cheers!!

BB, right before the lodge. There was ‘snow’.

 

[FFigawi]

And speaking of Goofy Troop, am I the only one disappointed that their where no Goof Troop characters out (besides Goofy of course). While out on the course I heard the Goof Troop theme song, On the Open Road, & Stand Out. My other disappointments were no Robin Hood characters and no Darkwing Duck characters.

Believe me, the Goof Troop had plenty of characters in it yesterday

So sad I missed Olaf!! Where was he?

Olaf was just past the wave pool on the right