Marathon Weekend 2018

We survived. My DH did his first marathon. He got norovirus on Wednesday night and I got it on Friday night. It’s still ripping through me. My time was slow but we finished together and I think I hit my goal of no injuries, my knee is bothering me but not too bad. My belly on the other hand is not good at all. Am just glad I got it done.
 
I finished and got my Dopey, although my right achilles was behaving strangely. I do not have a problem with it usually (never had an issue before) but it was tender starting from the walk to the corrals. I was worried but thought it would warm up. I couldn’t feel it while I was running, but afterward it is super sore to the touch, hugely swollen, and bright purple. I iced it and want to see what it feels like when the swelling goes down. We fly out in a few hours so no time to have it checked now anyway.

Congrats to all the racers and finishers! I feel like I am one-and-done with Dopey, but other people have probably said that before too...
 


I finished strong but slower than I wanted to.
Perhaps it's that AGING thing?

It seemed to stay colder longer this morning than last year for some reason?

Has anyone ever complained to the Race Director about Port-O-Let distribution?
I mean, come on, do you need a thousand of them a half a mile BEFORE the Start Line?
They then have tiny groups of them on the course that always have long lines.
They could do a lot better, It seems in years past they did?

Oh and, do those nasty things come pre-loaded? YUK! :(
 
Grumpy_42K said:
I finished strong but slower than I wanted to.
Perhaps it's that AGING thing?

It seemed to stay colder longer this morning than last year for some reason?

Has anyone ever complained to the Race Director about Port-O-Let distribution?
I mean, come on, do you need a thousand of them a half a mile BEFORE the Start Line?
They then have tiny groups of them on the course that always have long lines.
They could do a lot better, It seems in years past they did?

Oh and, do those nasty things come pre-loaded? YUK! :(
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Agree with this. Told my wife last night that it would be smarter to put a bunch in the back of each large corral. You had to go back against the flow of traffic if you needed to go before the race and walk far to get to them.
 


I will probably get slack, but the run-walk pacers need to go. The groups take up the majority of the course, stop to walk causing back ups, or crowding and over taking when running. If you are not part of their program, your pace and plan gets screwed because of those groups. Run only pacers or not at all. If you are doing a full you should be able to maintain your pace (whether run or run-walk) on your own, didn't have pacers in training. One lane on the course and maybe, maybe room for 2 people wide to pass them.. this needs to end.
 
Finished and Dopey challenge complete! Took longer than last year but I definitely PR’d in character stops! In terms of tears, I was able to hold it in until I found my dad and we FaceTimed my mom....then the flood gates opened! My feet are killing me and looking forward to my celebration dinner at Ohana. Congrats to everyone!
 
Goofed98 said:
Did we talk about all the cones being "Acme" instead of "Bob's"? At least the barrells were still "Bob's"!

THIS! What happened to Bob? Is he okay? How can they make us think about that for days!
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The actual bob sold the company years ago for I think $1 million.
 
Dopey is done!! Woohoo!! We had personal worsts in all 4 races which was our goal. Ha!!

We had an amazing time. Several character stops that were new to us, got a beer in AK. @Chris-Mo bought it while I rode EE. FINALLY. 5 years of the marathon and I finally just waited and did it. @rteetz, Chris said I was right behind you coming off the ride so sorry I missed you.

We took our time going through Epcot running between each country and stopping for a selfie in each country and, of course, a beer and jumbo pretzel in Germany.

An amazing experience that we loved! So happy to share it with so many of you here.
 
Poutine said:
I will probably get slack, but the run-walk pacers need to go. The groups take up the majority of the course, stop to walk causing back ups, or crowding and over taking when running. If you are not part of their program, your pace and plan gets screwed because of those groups. Run only pacers or not at all. If you are doing a full you should be able to maintain your pace (whether run or run-walk) on your own, didn't have pacers in training. One lane on the course and maybe, maybe room for 2 people wide to pass them.. this needs to end.
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I’m a Galloway interval runner and actually have to agree with this. We were taking our time today and got caught up with the 6:15 pacer group for a time. It was a big group doing :30/:30 Intervals through some pretty narrow sections and it really did cause some major problems. I think run/walk pace groups are great but they need to do major work on getting people in those groups to adhere to no more than 2 abreast while walking.
 
Sorry to be late to the party. I had a fever break at midnight and debated right up until time to head to the bus whether it was a good idea or not. Good ideas not being my forte and with all the words of encouragement here, I decided to give it a shot.

I didn't think the corrals were nearly as cold as they had been the last couple of days, but once we got going, man, that north wind was biting! In an attempt to avoid the 7 mile crash and burn of the half, I cut the intervals back to 1/1 and really focused on nutrition and hydration. I was very dehydrated after the half. By comparison, I felt much better at the MK point today and after we left the park we got some shelter from the wind.

By the time AK rolled around, I felt pretty confident that I wasn't going to crash and burn like yesterday. For me, AK was the point where it started to warm up to acceptable temperatures and ditched the last of my throwaways. As the temps got warmer from there, I got faster and faster. WWoS still felt like it went on forever, but the time from the WWoS exit to the entrance of Epcot flew by and I knew nothing was stopping the train today.

Where the trip through Epcot and past the choir yesterday was demoralizing (it really sucks having someone sing We Are the Champions to you when you think your race weekend is done), today they were uplifting and affirming! I crossed the line at 5:33:33, my 2nd worst marathon result, but I don't care! It was great to have Billy see me come through and have a quick conversation from the chute.

I am also particularly happy with my splits from this race:

1st half: 2:56:08
2nd half: 2:37:25

Thanks again to everyone here whose support, encouragement and words of wisdom helped get me through my disappointment yesterday and not make a decision I would have second guessed forever!

Because:
I.AM.DOPEY
 
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