jeanigor
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2008
Agree! Like wine and dine relay in the first few years!
Which certainly had its share of hitches and glitches...
Agree! Like wine and dine relay in the first few years!
Is WWoS really the worst part of the Marathon? I'm planning on running my first marathon at Disney in 2015, so I'm interested in a lot of people's opinion of the course.
My brother and I discussed doing the Chip and Dale that time. Then we decided to do the Donald. Since the distance was the same...but how cool were those C/D medals!
I think it would have been okay for the first runner. You would be there along with everyone else doing the full...early and waiting and then marching forward to your corals. However I think the second runner got the jip. I am reading about sitting in parking lots for hours on end. Just waiting. It sounds like the moral of waiting around for the second half runners was a downer. Unless your first runner was really really fast.
Its one thing to get up early and wait to start the race...because there is so much going on then...but to sit in a lot and wait for hours? Nothing going on but waiting? Nah.
A lot highway on the full...but I knew that going in. I enjoyed it. The toughest part was the end...both physically and mentally.
In 2013 I did the Goofy. By mile 21 I had hit a mental wall and the rest of the race was dreadful for me. I had my head down and those last 5 miles seemed like an eternity. I didn't enjoy them at all. In fact, no photog took my pic because I must have looked like I felt...awful.
I swore when I signed up for the Dopey for 2014 I wouldn't let that happen again. I would be mentally prep'd for the race as well..and I would enjoy it to the end...no matter what! So that is what happened. I was enjoying the race so much better this year because I was just as mentally prepared for it as I was physically. Tho I will admit it got hard that last mile in Epcot but I did wave and smile to the crowd! I told myself I was going to LOVE IT to the end no matter what!
I stopped and got a frozen drink to cross the finish line with in Epcot.
I joined a pace group too which helped me a lot.
Overall I enjoyed it. This time around tho I am doing the Donald, no full.
My friend had ran the full a few years ago and she DREADED the higher-teen miles (17-19 if I recall right) because she said they were nothing but highway. Plus she was afraid of hitting the wall, which she did at mile 18.
The 2nd runner definitely seems to have the harder part. I mean if both members have to be at their respective areas at 4:30/4:45 and if the first runner isn't released until later in the corral line-up and has a slower pace, the 2nd runner could very well be waiting 4-5 hours to start!
Good to know. My goal for my first marathon is just to finish and experience it without the pressure of time. I plan on trying out a few different pacing strategies (running all but slow, run-walk combo, etc) during my long training runs so I know what I want to do for the actual race.
My friend had ran the full a few years ago and she DREADED the higher-teen miles (17-19 if I recall right) because she said they were nothing but highway. Plus she was afraid of hitting the wall, which she did at mile 18.
The relay was during the marathon...so that was Sunday. The half was on Saturday.I was disappointed this race didn't come back. I was running the half the same day as relay and I didn't see any problems with that race from my perspective. I was hoping to do the relay the following year but that obviously didn't happen. Well I just hope runDisney will somehow bring that race back.