YawningDodo
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2014
So for those of you who choose to spend your lovely Disney vacation time torturing yourselves with long distance running: do you tend to travel alone, or do you bring friends or family with you? Or do you have entire families of runners who all go together? If you travel alone for the races, do you feel like you're able to live your best running life without someone there to support and celebrate with you? If you travel with non-runners, do you feel like you're able to focus on yourself and your race as much as you want?
Personal background and why I ask: I've just registered for the 2023 marathon (yey). As of right now I'm tentatively planning it as a short solo trip because my friends are unlikely to be able to make it, and because I'm afraid I might feel like I need to play tour guide depending on who I bring since my friends are generally WDW newbies (most of them have been only once, on a trip where I did play tour guide all week--that was super fun for me, but not really compatible with Marathon Weekend). Even those friends that I think could navigate WDW on their own in general probably aren't going to be prepared to navigate spectatorship beyond waiting at the finish line (which would still be nice), plus I feel almost like I'd be cheating them out of a "real" WDW trip by only doing one post-race park day and the rest of the trip being all expo and marathon.
So if I do go alone - how do you keep riding that high when you're alone? Or if I invite my friends to see who can come -- how do you balance everyone's needs to make sure it's fun for all?
Personal background and why I ask: I've just registered for the 2023 marathon (yey). As of right now I'm tentatively planning it as a short solo trip because my friends are unlikely to be able to make it, and because I'm afraid I might feel like I need to play tour guide depending on who I bring since my friends are generally WDW newbies (most of them have been only once, on a trip where I did play tour guide all week--that was super fun for me, but not really compatible with Marathon Weekend). Even those friends that I think could navigate WDW on their own in general probably aren't going to be prepared to navigate spectatorship beyond waiting at the finish line (which would still be nice), plus I feel almost like I'd be cheating them out of a "real" WDW trip by only doing one post-race park day and the rest of the trip being all expo and marathon.
So if I do go alone - how do you keep riding that high when you're alone? Or if I invite my friends to see who can come -- how do you balance everyone's needs to make sure it's fun for all?