I got notifications on the thread this morning. I think it was because, in a rare occasion, I was on the DISboards site (not app) yesterday. Who knows.
Anyway, thanks for the book recommendations,
John. You have excellent taste. I've read all your suggestions - and enjoyed them. Great minds.
As for ToT 10 Miler being worth doing...it depends. Such a predictable answer, I know. I really like the course entertainment and theming. Halloween is a "thing" for me. If you're a night person, the after party can be fun, especially if you're a faster runner. (Did anyone else notice they've cut back on this year's after-party by an hour? Grrrr....)
But the course is frustrating, with the congestion in the back of the back not helping when it narrows or turns. I'm not one for that whole section at ESPN WWoS. And because I'm slower, I don't get a lot of advantage out of the party.
George mentioned the humidity, too, although I seem to be resigned to it; it's not pleasant and I would prefer the race be moved closer to, well, Halloween.
So why do it? For me (and maybe for DOOD, I'm not sure), it's the theming and timing of the race. It's when we like to visit WDW anyway for a short weekend - with
MNSSHP and Food & Wine offering a short mid-semester break. It's really less of a race than a run, especially at 10 miles. Then again, that's really the mindset for any runDisney race. Especially if you can get over the sticker shock.
And I'm not a bling person, but I guess the medals and shirts are cool. Maybe George could chime in on that.
Rose and George: I, too, was surprised by how quickly Wine & Dine sold out. Maybe it is the 5th anniversary aspect, or the temptation to do b2b races with the Avengers for a C2C. We hadn't made up our minds about a second fall trip (two shorts and one long) and I couldn't get hold of DOOD before it closed, so no race for us.
It's all good. *shrug* We've gotten in a bad habit of not planning other races, what with work and travel schedules. Maybe this will help break the pattern. Probably not. LOL. Either way, we save money.
I do wish DOOD's university schedule would stabilize. The state system is tweaking the calendar. I have fantasies that the uni is able to hold off starting its winter semester until after the Celebration Marathon. Or that the Celebration Marathon moves up by a week. If that happened, we'd sign up for that race.
Rose: I haven't heard much about the Wine & Dine legacy, except there will be a special "one time only" commemorative finishers medal. But don't get me started on that.
So, what are you going to do to celebrate your legacy status? Are you doing Food & Wine?
And thanks for the congrats on the mile-a-day. I'm getting antsy to be outside. Well, not so much today, but in general. I admire you for doing so. Right now, being indoors has the advantage of increasing my WOs considerably. As long as I'm at the gym, I add other things so that I don't feel like I've "wasted" my time for just the mile. Hah! But the TM boredom factor is high.
AFM: Not much going on. We start our cruise next weekend. First one, ever. I'm still not convinced we're cruise people, but won't know until we try. I'm not a beach or water person, so there's that. On the other hand, I do like non-stop eating and there's plenty of mixed drinks to try.
Any cruisers here, in the non-creepy sense?