Marathon Weekend 2023

[RuntheMouse]

Awesome! Good luck!

Thanks you too!

 

[princesspirateandrunner]

SAFD: Right now, we’re registered for a half in West Virginia in August (before the pandemic, DH and I were collecting states where we’d done a race of at least ten miles; WV is a glaring white space in the map we were coloring for completed states). In November, I’m doing the Space Coast Half, while DH does the full. There‘s nothing else officially on the calendar after that until MW and PW.
If we‘re home that weekend, there’s a great local half in October that I’d like to do. DS24 recently moved to Boston, and we want to go visit in either September or October. If there’s something good there when we visit, perhaps we can collect Massachusetts on our map. We currently have 17 states and two Canadian provinces in our collection, but it’s been quite a while since we added anything new.
ETA: Also we have DC. We didn’t think MCM counted, since it doesn’t start and end in DC, so we did a half that was in the District just to count it as completed.

 

[kirstie101]

SAFD: the only race I’m registered for this fall is the Urban Cow Half in Sacramento in early October. I’m going to use it as a supported training run.

 

[mjcorral]

The only current fall race I have planned is the Army 10 Miler in October. I'm sure i will do at least one or two halves, but still trying to figure out which ones.

Me too! Maybe it will actually be in-person this year.
I'm also doing the Extraterrestrial Full Moon Midnight half marathon in Rachael Nevada in August.

 

[Neon Cactus]

SAFD: I did a 5k yesterday, then I’m doing the Tour de Fleurs in Dallas in September, New York City marathon in November and the Dallas 10k/Half Marathon challenge in December.

 

[nekonekoneko]

SAFD: DC Race the District half marathon in September and Philadelphia Marathon in November. I'm targeting sub-4 for Philadelphia, my first marathon, and the HM will be a tune-up race to see if I'm on the right track - so I'll be targeting somewhere in the neighborhood of 1:49:00 or so depending on heat (which would be a big PR for me).



Wait, are we running the same race? September 18?

SAFD: my DW is also running The Philly Marathon in November. She said The Liberty Bell Challenge (a half and a full, akin to a Goofy run) was enough for her. She looked at the Freedom Challenge (half + 8k on day 1, a full on day 2), but though that was just a bit too much for two days.

It's also one week off from a very long weekend on the Galloway plan, so we just rearranged the training a bit during that time.

 

[marty3d]

SAFD: Nothing but Dopey training at the moment. I am seriously considering the Detroit International Half in October but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

 

[FFigawi]

Good Morning runDisney All-Stars! It is time for a new SAFD question. Today’s question: With fall races around the corner, what races are you running? Any major goals?

I have three races this fall. I think that’s plenty.
Sep 24 - Salalah 70.3
Oct 29 - Oceanman world championships
Dec 4 - Ironman Western Australia

 

[flav]

SAFD: I will run with DH on his first official HM at des Vignobles August 20th and run the Marathon du P’tit train du nord on October 2nd. DD will surely want to add a 5k, a 10k, a trail race and/or a triathlon along the way and I might follow. Some of it will depend of whether I succeed to register us for WnD two course challenge or myself for the MW marathon.

 

[BigEeyore]

SAFD: I'm doing the Chicago marathon in October - this will be my 2nd world major (1st was NYC).

 

[luv2cheer92]

SAFD: Right now, we’re registered for a half in West Virginia in August (before the pandemic, DH and I were collecting states where we’d done a race of at least ten miles; WV is a glaring white space in the map we were coloring for completed states). In November, I’m doing the Space Coast Half, while DH does the full. There‘s nothing else officially on the calendar after that until MW and PW.
If we‘re home that weekend, there’s a great local half in October that I’d like to do. DS24 recently moved to Boston, and we want to go visit in either September or October. If there’s something good there when we visit, perhaps we can collect Massachusetts on our map. We currently have 17 states and two Canadian provinces in our collection, but it’s been quite a while since we added anything new.
ETA: Also we have DC. We didn’t think MCM counted, since it doesn’t start and end in DC, so we did a half that was in the District just to count it as completed.

Which race are you doing in WV?

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

If I do not do that race, I will be searching for a different half in November or December as MW prep. Any Midwest recommendations? I live in Central Ohio.

The Monumental Marathon weekend in Indianapolis is in early November. I've never done it because it conflicts with W&D, but its a big race and I've heard good things.

 

[cburnett11]

I am running the New York Marathon in November as part of the Celiac Awareness Foundation. Very excited, this will be my first Marathon Major and first time in New York.

The New York Marathon is awesome. I was fortunate enough to run it in 2018 and would love to get to experience it again. Hopefully you are able to get there a couple days early and/or not jumping on a plane immediately afterwards. My wife and I had a blast Friday night at the opening ceremonies and then again at the finish line late Sunday watching and celebrating the "Final Finishers'. We also both did light shake-out runs in Central Park around the reservoir and the energy there was fantastic.

The bulk of the hills are the bridges themselves. Your first mile will be uphill on the Verrazano bridge (leaving Staten Island). The view from the bridge is awesome. But then mile 2 is downhill and fast and takes you into Brooklyn. The crowd support/fun in Brooklyn is great. Just do your best in Brooklyn to keep your pace easier as it was very easy (for me) to go faster than I should have. I ran out of gas by the time I got to Manhattan and that was about 10 miles too early.

You may want to consider starting a couple long runs a bit later in the morning. New York starts later than most marathons and way later than Disney. It felt a little different starting a race that late. Like Disney there is a process to get you to the corrals and then plenty of time sitting around waiting. It is all a great experience though, just know it might feel a bit off schedule if you are an early morning running.

I'm very excited that you get to do this race and experience the city for the first time.

 

[cburnett11]

The Monumental Marathon weekend in Indianapolis is in early November. I've never done it because it conflicts with W&D, but its a big race and I've heard good things.

I was going to recommend this same thing. I've run the Monumental Marathon 2017, 2019, and 2021. If you like running knowing you will likely have a cool/cold start, it has been very good. It always gets some strong runners in both the full and half. It is well-organized and most people I know consider it to be a nice PR type course.

 

[cburnett11]

SAFD: I'm running the Chicago Marathon in October. I ran it 2016-18, but have not been back since. I'm looking forward to it. The crowd support doesn't ever end and the on course hydration/nutrition/support is amazing. I would love to PR here, but early training doesn't have me feeling that. The course is fast, but the weather is pretty unpredictable so you never really know.

I'm running the Indy Monumental Half Marathon in November. If Chicago doesn't go as planned I may upgrade to the full. If I do the half, I'll certainly go for a PR because it's been a while since I really raced a half and it seems to be my most out of line race time.

I'd love it if I could BQ this fall and would love it even more if I could "auto-qualify" to run NY in either of these 2 races. That 2nd part is more of a stretch goal.

 

[Baloo in MI]

SAFD: I did a 5k yesterday, then I’m doing the Tour de Fleurs in Dallas in September, New York City marathon in November and the Dallas 10k/Half Marathon challenge in December.

New York City Marathon! Me too, I’m sure I will see you there!! LOL

 

[Baloo in MI]

SAFD: Nothing but Dopey training at the moment. I am seriously considering the Detroit International Half in October but haven’t pulled the trigger yet.

It is a great race!

 

[Bree]

SAFD: Too many races crammed into a small window.

October 9 - Chicago Marathon
November 5 & 6 - W&D
November 27 - Space Coast Half

Hope to break 4:10 in Chicago and run my first sub 2 at Space Coast.

 

[Baloo in MI]

The New York Marathon is awesome. I was fortunate enough to run it in 2018 and would love to get to experience it again. Hopefully you are able to get there a couple days early and/or not jumping on a plane immediately afterwards. My wife and I had a blast Friday night at the opening ceremonies and then again at the finish line late Sunday watching and celebrating the "Final Finishers'. We also both did light shake-out runs in Central Park around the reservoir and the energy there was fantastic.

The bulk of the hills are the bridges themselves. Your first mile will be uphill on the Verrazano bridge (leaving Staten Island). The view from the bridge is awesome. But then mile 2 is downhill and fast and takes you into Brooklyn. The crowd support/fun in Brooklyn is great. Just do your best in Brooklyn to keep your pace easier as it was very easy (for me) to go faster than I should have. I ran out of gas by the time I got to Manhattan and that was about 10 miles too early.

You may want to consider starting a couple long runs a bit later in the morning. New York starts later than most marathons and way later than Disney. It felt a little different starting a race that late. Like Disney there is a process to get you to the corrals and then plenty of time sitting around waiting. It is all a great experience though, just know it might feel a bit off schedule if you are an early morning running.

I'm very excited that you get to do this race and experience the city for the first time.

Thanks. I really appreciate the advice. We only get 5 days there so not as much time as I would like. But I will certainly do a shake down in Central Park that Is a great idea and (as long as I am not one of them) going and seeing the final runners sounds like fun and inspiring!

 

[cburnett11]

seeing the final runners sounds like fun and inspiring!

The race director changed since 2018, so not entirely sure they do it the same way. But I'm assuming they've kept this as a big tradition. There were parts of the course that had opened back up to traffic, but the finish line was certainly intact and rocking for the final finishers. There were plenty of spectators there and the DJ, lights, and music were all adding to the celebration. Many of the elite athletes returned for this, so it was cool seeing people like Meb, Shalane, etc. there at the finish line cheering on these athletes. Many of these athletes finishing had very inspiring stories. There were a lot of tears of joy from the finishers, families, and everyone there watching. Seeing people finish 26.2 miles by either "crutching" the whole course, pushing their wheelchairs backwards with their feet (because they had no use of their upper body), etc. was simply amazing. It was really a highlight of the weekend for me and demonstrated how strong people can be.