Official WDW Marathon Weekend 2013 Thread-Part 2

[PRmamiDEdos]

Originally Posted by lerxst

That is what I imagined.

They should now replace the Balloon Ladies with Star Wars stormtroopers. Have them marching in a line like riot police. I guess that would be too intimidating and very un-Disney like.

That would be so Friggin Cool!!!!!

[Goofierunner]

I've been using my old iPod on my longer runs lately and some of the songs I haven't heard in a good long while. This was one of them. I starting imagining what it's going to be like hitting the finish line of the full and I may or may not have gotten teary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pCv7k_Hzvg

[rocio]

Originally Posted by John VN

In 2 weeks, +/- 10 minutes, it will be McFlurry time, and remember, no airplane flying leaving the Castle, wait until the race track banking!

Have fun everybody, I am planning on it. Decided to start in front of the Balloon Ladies again.

You're crazy

Originally Posted by lerxst

That is what I imagined.

They should now replace the Balloon Ladies with Star Wars stormtroopers. Have them marching in a line like riot police. I guess that would be too intimidating and very un-Disney like.

That would be so funny!

Originally Posted by cewait

THanks. I just sent to my brother who is feeling down. His longest run was Dec 9 . He has a monster case of PF and will not go to the doc for help. I know he can finish the full with the training under his belt, but it will be a very long day.

Good luck to your brother. One of my training partners has a hip injury and is worried too about finishing. She got two 20 milers done though so I think she'll be okay as long as she can continue to improve on her injury. *fingers crossed*

[rocio]

I see accuweather finally got rid of the rain for marathon Sunday, but now the high is predicted to be 77.

[es45]

Bib3 46468. Bummed that I'm not in C again this year. Wonder what the cut off is to move up?

[disney_runner]

Originally Posted by rocio

I see accuweather finally got rid of the rain for marathon Sunday, but now the high is predicted to be 77.

I saw this too and I'm thrilled. Not holding my breath though as I'm sure it'll change 9 more times.

[NitroStitch]

I finally managed to wipe out on my 7 mile run today. Until then, I was enjoying the COLD wind chill (near freezing when I started - cold for Florida) and the quite chilly temperatures. At least I was wearing a long-sleeved tech shirt from the Spacecoast Marathon, so my shoulder is only bruised but not really torn up.

The worst damage was to the face of my Garmin. Anybody know anything about repairing a cracked Garmin Forerunner 610 face? It's got a triangle shaped piece out of the top of the face now, but the functions still work. I'm wondering how vulnerable the face will be to further cracking, even if I don't fall again.

Hard to believe that 2 weeks from now, We'll be done running 26.2 miles at Disney! (Or whatever distance everyone is doing.)

[John VN]

Originally Posted by lerxst

That is what I imagined.

They should now replace the Balloon Ladies with Star Wars stormtroopers. Have them marching in a line like riot police. I guess that would be too intimidating and very un-Disney like.

Stormtroopers sounds cool.

[chris84bond]

Originally Posted by NitroStitch

I finally managed to wipe out on my 7 mile run today. Until then, I was enjoying the COLD wind chill (near freezing when I started - cold for Florida) and the quite chilly temperatures. At least I was wearing a long-sleeved tech shirt from the Spacecoast Marathon, so my shoulder is only bruised but not really torn up.

The worst damage was to the face of my Garmin. Anybody know anything about repairing a cracked Garmin Forerunner 610 face? It's got a triangle shaped piece out of the top of the face now, but the functions still work. I'm wondering how vulnerable the face will be to further cracking, even if I don't fall again.

Hard to believe that 2 weeks from now, We'll be done running 26.2 miles at Disney! (Or whatever distance everyone is doing.)

Ouch! Glad to hear you're okay, but I would be mad if my Garmin was screwed up(610 as well). Have you checked with their support? They do carry a 1 year warranty, and while initial thoughts are that it might not be covered, one of my friends has only great things to say about them. As far as fixing yourself, it's a fairly sealed unit so I haven't torn one apart yet. Searched on the do it yourself repair sites and nothing turned up either.

[PRmamiDEdos]

DH bought me the white Nike + GPS watch for Christmas and I feel bad, but I hate it. I gave it a chance but have bony wrists so it fits awkwardly and annoys the hell out of me. To make things worse, he bought it on eBay so I can't return it. I wore it once and it works fine, but like I said, I have small, bony wrists so it just fits weird on me. Anyone interested in buying it? Comes with a shoe sensor. I'll even trade for a new(ish) Nike Fuelband.

[liznboys]

11 days until Marathon Weekend all!!

Charles and John-Thanks for the 5K info!

PRmamiDEdos-Thanks for the Frontierland bathroom info!

DEA-I adjusted yours and your wife's bib listings.

twoWDWfools-I assumed Patrick is your husband, correct me if I was wrong.

[liznboys]

Originally Posted by PRmamiDEdos

DH bought me the white Nike + GPS watch for Christmas and I feel bad, but I hate it. I gave it a chance but have bony wrists so it fits awkwardly and annoys the hell out of me. To make things worse, he bought it on eBay so I can't return it. I wore it once and it works fine, but like I said, I have small, bony wrists so it just fits weird on me. Anyone interested in buying it? Comes with a shoe sensor. I'll even trade for a new(ish) Nike Fuelband.

I don't have that kind of watch but I do have a bony wrist. lol Do you wear it above your wrist bone that sticks out? I have to wear any watches above that. I have a big running watch (Garmin 205) but even though it's big and my wrist is small it doesn't bother me at all.

[PRmamiDEdos]

Originally Posted by liznboys

I don't have that kind of watch but I do have a bony wrist. lol Do you wear it above your wrist bone that sticks out? I have to wear any watches above that. I have a big running watch (Garmin 205) but even though it's big and my wrist is small it doesn't bother me at all.

If I put it above my bone, it slides. When I adjusted the band to be more loose, the device banged against the bone while I ran. I feel so bad.

[liznboys]

Originally Posted by PRmamiDEdos

If I put it above my bone, it slides. When I adjusted the band to be more loose, the device banged against the bone while I ran. I feel so bad.

Oh ok, gotcha. Yeah that isn't good. My Garmin tightens enough above my bone that it doesn't budge. Do they sell different straps maybe?? Or if not, maybe just sell it on ebay yourself...I'm sure your dh will understand. Blame it on your darn bony wrists.

[PRmamiDEdos]

Originally Posted by liznboys

Oh ok, gotcha. Yeah that isn't good. My Garmin tightens enough above my bone that it doesn't budge. Do they sell different straps maybe?? Or if not, maybe just sell it on ebay yourself...I'm sure your dh will understand. Blame it on your darn bony wrists.

Tomorrow is going to be SLOW at work so I'll just list it while I'm there. Might as well have something to do. Maybe I'll wear my running clothes under my work clothes and escape for a while, LOL.