DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
I will take that into consideration. I might do the smaller races with others but I most likely will be doing the full alone. I could also look into a full locally. I at least have some time before I get there.
I concur with @Keels. If you could manage to do a full prior to Dopey it would be ideal. There are a lot of differences between a half and full. Some I can explain and others are an experience for your own. But the Goofy/Dopey adds an extra notch into the difficulty of the full. Having that confidence and experience from already doing another full will help make the Disney experience more enjoyable.
I highly recommend Lakefront Marathon on 10/2/16. It is a point to point, a slight downhill, decent crowd support, 3500 runners (nice mid size), likely cool temps (40-55) and has a decent number of aid stations. Also, since it is in early October it gives you 15 weeks between Lakefront and Dopey. This allows for 2 weeks off running after Lakefront (for making a full recovery for the next training cycle), then it takes about 8-12 weeks to build your endurance back to ideal for another marathon. This puts this race about the latest I would consider doing a marathon before Dopey (or Chicago on 10/9/16). But my opinion is the Madison Marathon, Haunted Hustle (Middleton), and Milwaukee Marathon would all probably not give you enough time to make a full recovery and maximize your abilities for Disney.