steph0808
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2012
Same! It wasn't actually as bad as I thought, but doing it not 100% healthy sucked.I did it. I ran Dopey. I will never run dopey again.
But it is too many early wakeups and time away from parks.
Same! It wasn't actually as bad as I thought, but doing it not 100% healthy sucked.I did it. I ran Dopey. I will never run dopey again.
This was also the case for me.First dopey, first marathon in the bag. Shocked I made it after the lack of sleep (not for lack of trying; was in bed by 7 every night and riddled with anxiety).
Yes. All of this.Deliriously happy and very much in pain everywhere but wow. We did that!!
I was in corral B. I’m pretty sure they had already walked us towards the starting line by 4:45 which may be why they wouldn’t let you through.Had a good race, and weather was pretty good. Was a little concerned with humidity, since that is my Achille's Heel, but it didn't really bother me too bad.
Anyone else get caught in the starting coral confusion? I was coral B, and started heading back about 4:15AM, and at one junction they started sending people a different way saying all corals this way now. Then when we got up to the start area (roughly 4:45AM) they were telling people arriving we were late and were only allowed in coral F. They tried to enforce that but there were hundreds of runners still coming up and eventually people just started opening gates and hoping fences to get to the more forward corals, and they were letting people through. They were trying to say the corals were closed because with the loopback they had to clear the course, but the entrances to the corals were on the grass median which was clear, so no clue why they were trying to hold people. Anyway, was a little stressful but eventually got out towards the end of C, which was fine.
Yes! I take notes for trip reports and we moved up at 4:41. But we had friends who left to do one last port a potty break and they were let back in up with us.I was in corral B. I’m pretty sure they had already walked us towards the starting line by 4:45 which may be why they wouldn’t let you through.
That stretch after the MK and on the way back toward Epcot does get pretty cold. I guess it’s the cold air coming off the golf courses in the water through there. I remember taking off a sweatshirt off before magic kingdom because the temperature had gotten comfortable, and then wishing I still had it on that back stretch.We must have been pretty close to each other. He passed me around mile 11 too.
You could definitely feel the temp drop just before sunrise. It was pretty comfortable for me in leggings and the race shirt at the start but about mile 8-9 it got cold. I noticed that suddenly I could see everyone's breath. By the end I had lost feeling in my fingers so getting my bib unclipped to see the gear check number took a minute. So glad I dropped a sweater into my gear bag!
Tomorrow doesn't look as chilly and it will warm up quickly. I'm just going to layer up in the morning and may even run in my throwaway sweater for a bit.
Congrats! ItHoly crap I did it! Finished my first marathon and my first dopey!
Even decided to ride Everest because the CM were beckoning to runners to join the single rider line.
That was you! I was startled because a) my calorie starved brain was hyper focused on getting some caramel popcorn and b) I wasn't 100% certain it was someone addressing me. I'm so sorry to have missed you and Kim!Totally weirded out @Novatrix screaming hi at her as we ran through Epcot.
Happy to be an enabler here! I had done several HMs and I was in good shape heading into 2022. I decided towards the end of 2021 that I wanted to shoot for Dopey this year so I planned out the year to set me up for success. I did base training through the summer and committed to my marathon training. It meant skipping some camping and family trips in the fall to make sure I had time to get everything in. I had some Achilles tendonitis around Thanksgiving and had to take a week off then another week to ramp back up. I altered my race day strategy to make sure I finished healthy, and so far I feel good.I see a lot of first time marathoners and Dopeys…. How was that? What was your fitness level a year ago? Asking for a friend…. Okay…. Me.
Apparently they don't do age group awards anymore. Great job and thanks for saying "Hi" during the half marathon.What an epic day (except for AK to BB)!
Goof Troop was a party of two on the course today. Stopped for lots of pics, rode Everest and had a beer in AK. I contemplated TOT, but passed. We had friends waiting for us in Mexico with beer and margaritas. I finally checked off crossing the finish with a drink this year.
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Got sunburned in the parking lot drinking beers Inhaled a margherita flatbread in less than 5 minutes then crashed hard for 3.5 hours.
Only downside to this weekend was losing the third place age group award for the 10K by 30 damn seconds. Story of my life
That’s what I thought until I found out yesterday they sent them out for W&D.Apparently they don't do age group awards anymore. Great job and thanks for saying "Hi" during the half marathon.
Really?That’s what I thought until I found out yesterday they sent them out for W&D.
they were AMAZING!Can we talk about the spectators? I have never seen so many during the Disney marathons I have run. I may have gotten a little choked up on the boardwalk….