The Running Thread - 2018

[kleph]

OK @LSUlakes could you add these to the list...

OCTOBER
13- kleph - Hartford Marathon (4:00:00/ N/A)

JANUARY
11- kleph - Walt Disney World Half Marathon (NG/ N/A)
12- kleph - Walt Disney World Marathon (NG/ N/A)

 

[baxter24]

ATTQOTD: By far its signing up for Dopey! But it’s also the proudest I have ever been of myself crossing that finish line on the last day.

In other news, holy issues with registration Batman! I am sadly not surprised so many people had issues but man was that frustrating! Only took me an hour and a half to register for Goofy‍.

 

[kbenson13]

ATTQOTD: I feel that every morning I get up and decide to run in this brutally hot and humid Houston summer weather is a pretty crazy decision....

 

[kbenson13]

Apologies for not knowing this but if I want to add races to @LSUlakes master list, what do I have to provide? I see people putting times in the parentheses but I'm not sure what these are. Is the first a goal time? I figured it's about time I join in this part of the fun around here. Thanks!

 

[SarahDisney]

Apologies for not knowing this but if I want to add races to @LSUlakes master list, what do I have to provide? I see people putting times in the parentheses but I'm not sure what these are. Is the first a goal time? I figured it's about time I join in this part of the fun around here. Thanks!

Yep, it's goal time (you can put in 'NG' if you have no goal)! When you report your results, @LSUlakes will update the list on the front page.

 

[sylkai]

ATTQOTD: I'm going with today's craziness. I've signed up for my first marathon.

It's Dopey.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: Deciding to join a relay team full of complete strangers and participate in Run Across Georgia after only running for a little over a year. It was an amazing experience and I'd do it over again in a heartbeat.

Sidenote...with all the Marathon Weekend craziness and work craziness I got here to posted my answer and said out loud "what was today's QOTD?" lol. My brain is officially done with today.

 

[mtnmjd]

ATTQOTD: Thinking that those were only gas pains and they will pass during my 8 mile training run.

 

[Bree]

ATTQOTD: Definitely signing up for Dopey. I had planned on signing up for just the marathon, but FOMO won and I registered for Dopey.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: What is one of the craziest decisions you have made regarding running?

ATTQOTD: Goofy in 2019. I know most folks on this board may not realize this, but doing a half marathon and a marathon on back to back days is pretty crazy.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

ATTQOTD: Goofy in 2019. I know most folks on this board may not realize this, but doing a half marathon and a marathon on back to back days is pretty crazy.

I maintain this is precisely why runDisney named the two challenges of marathon weekend perfectly.

 

[TCB in FLA]

ATTQUOD: About five years ago, I got notice of my 20 year high school reunion. Looking at my three oh-my-life-is-so-wonderful goals of:
1. writing a best selling novel
2. Running a marathon
3. Losing 15 pounds
I figured that signing up for #2 would also accomplish #3, and I signed up for the Disney full that very day. (Spoiler alert, it did not. #1 has yet to happen as well.) So in addition to not signing up for plastic surgery, buying a new car, and getting hair plugs, add signing up for a marathon to “things not to do when you realize you graduated from high school a long time ago and you are officially old.”

 

[sylkai]

ATTQOTD: Goofy in 2019. I know most folks on this board may not realize this, but doing a half marathon and a marathon on back to back days is pretty crazy.

What? Pssh.

...I might be plotting a 6 hour loop in June. Just to see how far I could run.

 

[YawningDodo]

I maintain this is precisely why runDisney named the two challenges of marathon weekend perfectly.

When I explained the Dopey Challenge to my housemate she was like "Yes, that is the correct name for that."

I'm totally going to do it someday (I mean, assuming I don't decide after my first marathon that I hate marathons and want to switch to shorter races). Not in 2020 even if I were crazy enough to make my first marathon Dopey, because I want to show my housemate around WDW in the week following the marathon, and Dopey would demand the entire trip to itself. But someday.

 

[tigger536]

QOTD: What is one of the craziest decisions you have made regarding running?

I do these a lot. Let's see...three marathons in a row (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018 (sort of)), running a marathon and trail half one weekend and then the flying pig 4 way the next, running an ultra in August, signing up for another ultra, adding the NYC virtual onto wine and dine weekend, running Dopey, Castaway Cay challenge and then Lightside (that was more crazy for the $ than anything), The Carolina Reaper 26.2, being willing to sign up for Carolina Reaper 2019 (possibly the new ultra division)...I can keep going.

Possibly the easier question would have been what is something sane you have done regarding running. Much shorter answer.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

For many years, I said if I ever run a marathon, it will be at Walt Disney World. I figure there will be enough there to distract me from the distance even as I see the mile marker number increase.

Once Star Wars races started at Disneyland, I figured that I would never run a marathon because I will always choose a Star Wars race at Disneyland over marathon weekend. Every time I thought I'd love to run a marathon someday that thought always perished during the long runs leading up to the half I was training for.

And then the runDisney west coast hiatus happened. With the announcement that they wanted to bring the races back to the west coast, I saw a very limited window in which to run a marathon. Except this time in my training for half, I found the thought of running a marathon no longer intimidating. And then I got to thinking. What if I finish the full? Will I want to come back for Goofy? And what about coming back a different year for Dopey? Except that's a whole lot easier said than done for me on the west coast. Will I regret not attempting Goofy or Dopey if I only run one marathon? I talked with other runners about this idea. And received a lot of feedback saying that Goofy or Dopey as part of a first marathon isn't as insane as it seems. It would just require training. I spoke with a lady in line for character photos after the Dark Side Half this year who provided more encouragement and her experience about the marathon as part of a weekend runDisney challenge.

I will never say that my path to deciding to run a marathon as part of a challenge is right for everyone. Because each one of us has to make that decision for ourselves. I will say that when I made the decision, I had been at least thinking about a marathon for a few years and more seriously considering it for a few months. And as much as I jokingly say we enable each other around here, I can also truthfully say that so many people in this community offered great feedback as I went back and forth on the decision. Not just feedback in terms of you can do it, but also feedback in terms of make the decision that is best for you. We'll still be here to support you in whatever that decision is.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

@jennamfeo

I just remembered: I ran in WA back in 2012, if you could please add it.

 

[apdebord]

ATTQOTD: I’m not much of a risk taker and over analyze everything before I make a decision so I don’t know if I have too many. Probably going out for a run on a fractured leg or thinking that triple-digit temperatures is the perfect time to run. Not really crazy. Just dumb.

Also a race to add @LSUlakes:

13 - apdebord - Walt Disney World Marathon (Finish/N/A)

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

@LSUlakes

July 21 PaDisneyCouple (Mr.) EBACC 5k 27:00/xxxx

Returning to the race for the first time in 5 years. Will see how this goes for my @DopeyBadger planning

 

[JulieODC]

@LSUlakes you are busy today!!

11 - JulieODC - Walt Disney World 10k (NG/NA)