Bree
Runs on Coffee
- Joined
- Jan 5, 2009
I love my pandora bracelet and try to get a new charm on every trip (not just Disney). I hope you love it!
I am loving it! I'm going on a Disney cruise in 13 days and plan on adding the DCL charm!
I love my pandora bracelet and try to get a new charm on every trip (not just Disney). I hope you love it!
I am really really trying to ignore the app! I did plenty at the expo.
Race certificates and post-race guide are available.
https://www.rundisney.com/results/
(I didn't see this posted, so forgive me if someone already did)
Completely agree with this. People are so lame!!I personally feel that unless someone's racing style is a hindrance to you (such as sudden stoppers, speed demons weaving in and out without warning, etc), there's no reason to care what others are doing.
I personally feel that unless someone's racing style is a hindrance to you (such as sudden stoppers, speed demons weaving in and out without warning, etc), there's no reason to care what others are doing.
Seriously, like - how much can you really be enjoying the event if all you are focusing on is what you perceive as bad stuff? Get a life!I honestly do not understand peoples negativity towards others during races and events like this.
My hat is off to you! Can't say as I would have remained quiet like yourself.I keep meaning to share this experience if just to talk it out because it was both baffling and, if I'm being honest, offensive.
There was this couple walking behind me when we'd finally gotten past that narrow section after MK (I think it was right around that gas station?) that I unfortunately couldn't help hearing their conversation. Now, I'll be the first to tell someone don't judge a person's fitness level by their body type. But this couple? They were loudly discussing the more slender people who were walking and were not finished with the half yet.
It would have been fine if they stopped there. I mean cool, they've gotten a firsthand look that you really can't judge someone by how they physically appear what they're capable of. But they didn't.
They went on to say how all the slender participants at that section and time must be untrained. That they went into this relying on their lower body fat percentage. Saying how they'd rather finish faster. Although they didn't say it, I found it insulting to also larger runners who were going at a slower pace too. It came across (to me at least) as if they saw the larger runners as trained, but unable to do any better because of their size which is just total and utter hogwash. I've seen incredible runners with speed and endurance of all sizes. What a person can do depends on that individual.
It took everything in me to not point out how rude they were being assuming what every individual was going through. This couple didn't account for character stops. Didn't account for injuries. Didn't account for bodies unused to the weather. Didn't account for people who care about finishing, not about time. People who were doing challenges and were taking it easy. Or any other number of reasons that didn't include insisting that no training had gone in.
It bothered me because to me, the training is the hard part. My training is why I finished with no injury despite everything working against me. It bothered me because looking around, I didn't know everyone's story, but I knew no one deserved to be told they had slacked or be insulted for how they chose to race.
In hindsight, I may now have turned around to tell them to focus on themselves and not loudly discuss other runners. But I feel better sharing that experience and I'm glad I didn't ruin my day by possibly getting in an argument. It's been bothering more and more as I reflect on race weekend, though. I personally feel that unless someone's racing style is a hindrance to you (such as sudden stoppers, speed demons weaving in and out without warning, etc), there's no reason to care what others are doing.
My hat is off to you! Can't say as I would have remained quiet like yourself.
Seriously, like - how much can you really be enjoying the event if all you are focusing on is what you perceive as bad stuff? Get a life!
I was talking to two other women last month about running and one was talking about running about an 8:30 pace and I was talking about a 9:30 pace. All of a sudden, this other girl looks dumbfounded at us and says WOW, you guys are slow! I lost 50 lbs last year and ran 1.5 miles in 13 minutes yesterday! I really wanted to let her know that she was being rude, but I didn't feel like starting an argument and making my husband look bad at work
There are rude people everywhere and I have learned that no matter who it is, I will always encourage others to believe in themselves and do what they want to do.
Stay strong! Save the money for next year! Put on everything you bought this year when you get the urge.
So did you already pre-register or are you waiting?
I would have talked to them, respectively.
But I like talking to all the folks around me .... especially if they're happy!
But sometimes the negative folks just need that 'the sky isn't falling' pep talk!
Brian
I keep meaning to share this experience if just to talk it out because it was both baffling and, if I'm being honest, offensive.
There was this couple walking behind me when we'd finally gotten past that narrow section after MK (I think it was right around that gas station?) that I unfortunately couldn't help hearing their conversation. Now, I'll be the first to tell someone don't judge a person's fitness level by their body type. But this couple? They were loudly discussing the more slender people who were walking and were not finished with the half yet.
It would have been fine if they stopped there. I mean cool, they've gotten a firsthand look that you really can't judge someone by how they physically appear what they're capable of. But they didn't.
They went on to say how all the slender participants at that section and time must be untrained. That they went into this relying on their lower body fat percentage. Saying how they'd rather finish faster. Although they didn't say it, I found it insulting to also larger runners who were going at a slower pace too. It came across (to me at least) as if they saw the larger runners as trained, but unable to do any better because of their size which is just total and utter hogwash. I've seen incredible runners with speed and endurance of all sizes. What a person can do depends on that individual.
It took everything in me to not point out how rude they were being assuming what every individual was going through. This couple didn't account for character stops. Didn't account for injuries. Didn't account for bodies unused to the weather. Didn't account for people who care about finishing, not about time. People who were doing challenges and were taking it easy. Or any other number of reasons that didn't include insisting that no training had gone in.
It bothered me because to me, the training is the hard part. My training is why I finished with no injury despite everything working against me. It bothered me because looking around, I didn't know everyone's story, but I knew no one deserved to be told they had slacked or be insulted for how they chose to race.
In hindsight, I may now have turned around to tell them to focus on themselves and not loudly discuss other runners. But I feel better sharing that experience and I'm glad I didn't ruin my day by possibly getting in an argument. It's been bothering more and more as I reflect on race weekend, though. I personally feel that unless someone's racing style is a hindrance to you (such as sudden stoppers, speed demons weaving in and out without warning, etc), there's no reason to care what others are doing.