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  1. Sleepless Knight

    To Infinity and Beyond - Becoming a Better DopeyBadger (Comments Welcome)

    Well said. Running goals can be modified and adjusted when it's appropriate to give them their season. But when pursued at the cost of family, achieving your running goals will never replace what you lost with your family.
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    Just Twiddling My Thumbs Waiting for Star Wars Nite Tix

    Doubling the number of parties helps immensely. Especially for a popular theme such as, but not limited to, Star Wars. Having tickets sell out immediately sounds fun in theory for Disney, but it also means that the guest who discovers next Wednesday that Disneyland is having a Star Wars Nite...
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    Just Twiddling My Thumbs Waiting for Star Wars Nite Tix

    No worries. I could have been more clear. After I entered my email, I chose to keep my browser window open showing the wait time. In my specific case, I had 3 consecutive meetings beginning at 10:00am so I would check the wait time periodically while working just in case something changed...
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    Just Twiddling My Thumbs Waiting for Star Wars Nite Tix

    I got on at 9:00am or shortly thereafter this morning on one device. Initial window said over an hour, but then it started to drop. Had a few minutes where it fluctuated back and forth between over and under 30 minutes. Then as happens with runDisney race registration, the wait time started to...
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    2025 Run Disney

    Depending on how many are in your party total and the nature of how race weekends come to dominate and/or impact your entire trip, it may be best to not incorporate a runDisney event into a last hurrah trip at all. Especially given that race registration may well wind up with one person getting...
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    Princess Weekend 2024!

    Sorry to hear about your cold. I came down with a cold 1 1/2 weeks before my first marathon and Dopey. It wound up being a particularly nasty cold to boot. I wound up skipping all planned taper runs and just focused on rest. I still didn't feel great when I left for Disney World the Tuesday...
  7. Sleepless Knight

    Never Tell Me The Odds!: From the Hospital Bed to Club 71

    Week ended February 3, 2024: 8.63 miles. All of them before February began. Week ended February 10, 2024: 2.63 miles. It's a very busy time of year at work so my hours are mounting along with my stress. My desire to run goes up against my desire to relax when I get home. It's just hard to fit...
  8. Sleepless Knight

    Princess Weekend 2024!

    And then there's me. I opened my box to make sure they sent me the 10K medal and shirt and then closed it up again since I have to run the distance first before I consider the medal earned. So I don't even remember the color. If all goes to plan, I'll run it tonight because the next 2 weeks are...
  9. Sleepless Knight

    The Running Thread--2024

    Thank you. If memory serves, the podcast episode in question was from December of 2018. I know I listened to it on the eve of the 2019 Marathon as a prepare myself mentally for tomorrow kind of thing. I don't remember the name of the podcast since it was so long ago. I think my health is...
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    Princess Weekend 2024!

    For any virtual runners, my virtual 10K package arrived today. I've had the virtual summer series medals arrive before the challenge series was complete, but never had the virtual medals arrive before the race had even taken place.
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    The Running Thread--2024

    You're welcome. One of the very last things I did before going to bed the night before my first marathon back in 2019 was to listen to a podcast interview with Jared Ward where he shared that. I've found it very helpful over the years to help cope with fatigue and work through it. The simple...
  12. Sleepless Knight

    Princess Weekend 2024!

    I might be able to sort of answer your question. One key here is that I was going into Epcot well ater the park was open. After finishing the marathon last month around 12:30pm, I had a couple of things I wanted to do in Epcot before going back to my room and showering before heading back to...
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    The Running Thread--2024

    Only once did I feel like I was flying. And that was around mile 25 of my first marathon so the price to get that feeling is intense. And I have not experienced that feeling since that first marathon. What are my tricks to having a better experience? 1. Start slow, even at races. Know...
  14. Sleepless Knight

    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    The biggest tweak I noticed was security. It was a slow moving mess on Saturday before the 10K and a much smoother process on Sunday before the Half. To a large degree, runners last month were guinea pigs. New starting areas for the 10K and Half and over 6 years since a race was run in a very...
  15. Sleepless Knight

    Hotel recommendations for DL races

    This is a key part of the equation for me. For a non race weekend, I will often stay further away to save money and deal with a sometimes 15-20 minute walk to the parks in the morning and at the end of the day. However, for race weekends, I really value being close to the parks. The very quick...
  16. Sleepless Knight

    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    What's interesting is that these sell out times still fall short of the record. The inaugural Star Wars Half at Disneyland saw the challenge sell out in less than 30 minutes. I also wonder if to some degree, the date played a role. The Disneyland Half this year was on MLK weekend and all...
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    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    I tend to feel that if you want to guarantee you get something, pre order it. While I agree that not getting the discount is tough, I like how they have a lot more available to preorder now. I will not be getting in until Thursday afternoon. I know I will have the 5K pins even if the Expo gets...
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    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    eb429852-608e-4ee1-895b-df6d956e08bd 20 minutes In for 5K and Challenge.
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    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    I've always had better luck on computer browsers.
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    Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend 2024

    Last year, I had more than an hour waits for the Disneyland Half and after a few minutes, all of the wait times dropped and I got in. One of mine is now down to 46 minutes.
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