The Running Thread --2025

[The Expert]

Given that it's April Fool's Day, maybe this is a good impromptu QOTD....

QOTD: What's the silliest/stupidest/not due to running injury you've gotten that has kept you from running?

I threw out my lower back a few years ago with a really hard sneeze.

 

[huskies90]

March Miles = 122

Leaving tomorrow for FL. I'll see y'all at the Spring Time Surprise starting line(s).

February Miles = 105
January Miles = 105

2025 Total = 332

 

[Naomeri]

ATTQOTD: I was wearing flip flops on wet mulch and slipped, catching my big toenail on something and separating it from the nailbed slightly. It kept me from running for at least a week.

And of course, it happened right when I got home from running a 10 miler (which is why I was wearing the flip flops in the first place), so sitting on the couch, nursing my injured toe for the rest of the day made all the muscles in my legs tighten up and it took twice as long to recover from the race.

 

[PrincessV]

ATTQOTD: nothing’s ever prevented me from running for long, but that time I broke a pinky toe by accidentally kicking it into a bed post whilst making the bed took me out of Dopey training for a few days.

 

[KSellers88]

March: 119 miles

ATTQOTD: My cat got in my car when I was packing for vacation and when I tried to get her out she put a death grip on the carpet and I messed up my back. Only missed a few days though.

 

[nancipants]

ATTQOTD: I've only "injured" myself once since starting to run. I was coming back inside from the garage carrying soda organizers to restock the inside fridge, and I slipped on my dog's bone and slammed my knee into the tile floor. It was one of those moments where I could see disaster coming and couldn't do anything to stop it. Plus, the soda went everywhere. Thankfully nothing was seriously injured and I was back to normal after a few weeks.

My dumbest injury, period, was when I backed into a (running) pressure washer and burned my calf on the exhaust pipe.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: I've only "injured" myself once since starting to run. I was coming back inside from the garage carrying soda organizers to restock the inside fridge, and I slipped on my dog's bone and slammed my knee into the tile floor. It was one of those moments where I could see disaster coming and couldn't do anything to stop it. Plus, the soda went everywhere. Thankfully nothing was seriously injured and I was back to normal after a few weeks.

My dumbest injury, period, was when I backed into a (running) pressure washer and burned my calf on the exhaust pipe.

These dang animals!

 

[nancipants]

A fun April Fool's "joke" from MCO (and yes, call the number):

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[michigandergirl]

I threw out my lower back a few years ago with a really hard sneeze.

Same, but to add insult to injury, I peed my pants too!

 

[GollyGadget]

ATTQOTD: I dropped a dresser on my shin while carrying it upstairs. That was the last time I carried heavy furniture up or down stairs . I didn't do any real damage luckily so only missed a couple of weeks.

 

[Stitch&Co.]

Has anyone here walked the disney marathon? I've run it before and am planning on returning in 2027 and trying to rope in some family members as well. My mom has walked plenty of half marathons (and does a long walk of about 10 miles each weekend) but feels like a marathon will be too much. I am hoping getting some insight into what it's like to walk it to help her feel more confident =)

Are you talking about solely walking as opposed to run/walk?

If so, I have some experience with this. This past October, I did the Jimmy Fund Walk that follows the Boston Marathon course. I trained for it using run/walk, but on "race day," I was getting a sharp pain in my knee for a few seconds every time I transitioned from a walk to a run, so I did A LOT more walking (and significantly longer walk intervals) than I originally planned. With a 12-hour time limit, finishing wasn't an issue (I'm a relatively slow walker), but I did find out a few things:

• Walking a marathon is no easier than running one. In fact, if you are only walking, you have the same problem that constant runners do - you are using the same muscles in the same manner for 26.2 miles. When you run/walk, you are moving your body differently at different times and it helps combat muscle fatigue.
• You really, really, REALLY need to have the longer mileage walks. Because I was using run/walk, I was missing the extra time on feet. My finish time was over an hour longer than my longest training run and that last hour was really, really ROUGH. The first thing I said to my coach afterward was that this was so much different than run/walking a marathon. If I had planned on walking this, I would have wanted my training to be very different.

Are there people that walk the Disney Marathon? Absolutely yes. But the difference between training for a half marathon and training for a marathon (be it running, run/walking, or walking) is HUGE! I say this every year when it comes to the marathon, Goofy or Dopey - there are things that you can "get away with" on a half marathon that will come back and bite you HARD when you are doing 26.2 miles.

Hi. Just catching up on the thread today and thought that maybe I could help with this.

Yes, walking the Marathon is completely possible, but training does need to be done and taken seriously. I've walked the last 2 and trained using cumulative fatigue training plans. This year I trained 6 days a week (my preference) and that included easy A paces, easy B paces, LR paces, M paces, Hills and speed work. Just getting out and walking some miles during the week won't be enough. My previous plan had me going 5 days a week and got me through well enough, but this year I felt a whole lot better both during and after the race. Some of this I can attribute to lessons learned from the first time, but I feel like this years plan prepared me better. My longest training walk was 11 miles, but I put in 30 miles total that week. I was originally concerned about not doing any longer mileage, but if you're doing more during the rest of the week it helps balance everything out.

With all that said, I was very happy with my sub-7 hour time this year. Go Team Not So Fast! I averaged a 15'29" pace that included one bathroom break and some characters. Looking back at the times, once I got warmed up I stayed consistent throughout the race and still felt good at the end. I could've stopped for more characters, but my goals changed during the M when I saw I could go sub-7 so I didn't stop as much as I could have.

@sandam1 is correct though about the difference between the half and the full. It's a bigger jump up to the full than going from a 10K to a half. Many more things to think about and plan for that can affect how things will go. It really gets down to whether your Mom wants to do all the training and make the effort to do a Marathon. Hope this helps.

 

[Erika10021]

ATTQOTD:

I was dancing on a stage with a fake U2 band and fell off the stage, breaking my foot.

 

[Professor_Cookie]

Match- 33 miles running

I’m fine it’s down, I had a really epic manic episode and the new shop was busier than anticipated. So I’ve just tried to not entirely unravel. I have a 15k on Saturday, and hope to get back to some consistency after that

 

[pluto377]

March miles- 65.07. My highest March since 2009. Dopey training off to a good start, lol

ATTQOTD: I can't remember anything actually. I don't get injured much. I do get a lot of cuts and scrapes.

 

[DisneyParrothead]

ATTQOTD: similar to @PrincessV I’ve banged my pinky toes into furniture that didn’t move when I did it. Thankfully I’ve never broken said pinky toes, but they’ve been bruised when that’s happened, the worst being a bruised toe nail.

 

[KCO5988]

ATTQOTD: I'm not sure it's silly but it's embarrassing. Tripped on an uneven sidewalk while running and went down so hard that I fractured my knuckle and gave myself a concussion. Even worse, I did the same thing a year or two later and broke my hand.

 

[steph0808]

March Totals

Running
Runs: 18
Miles: 66.28
Time: 11:15:58
Avg Pace: 10:14
Avg HR: 144

Finally got outside a bit in March after a very cold winter! Still not where I'd like to be, but I'm pretty happy with 66 for the month. I thought I'd have more time for running as the kids got older (they are 9 and 11 this year), but I think I have less time. Not sure when I will be able to tackle marathon training again (I did my first in 2013 and then one every year 2017-2023). A Dopey while sick in 2023 shouldn't be my swan song! I'm still young!

Strength Training
Sessions: 13
Time: 5:23:45

Really proud of having kept this up for three months!

Walking
Walks: 17
Time: 4:41:21
Miles: 14.4

Keeping the lab happy!

 

[GollyGadget]

Bought concert tickets today for one of my favorite bands and the stress of it was just as bad as rD. They opened the waiting room about 15 minutes early and once I realized it was random queue based, I opened multiple browsers to help my chances.

Turned out to be successful, but yikes, I was not prepared for that stress.

 

[SimbaMufasa321]

Hi. Just catching up on the thread today and thought that maybe I could help with this.

Yes, walking the Marathon is completely possible, but training does need to be done and taken seriously. I've walked the last 2 and trained using cumulative fatigue training plans. This year I trained 6 days a week (my preference) and that included easy A paces, easy B paces, LR paces, M paces, Hills and speed work. Just getting out and walking some miles during the week won't be enough. My previous plan had me going 5 days a week and got me through well enough, but this year I felt a whole lot better both during and after the race. Some of this I can attribute to lessons learned from the first time, but I feel like this years plan prepared me better. My longest training walk was 11 miles, but I put in 30 miles total that week. I was originally concerned about not doing any longer mileage, but if you're doing more during the rest of the week it helps balance everything out.

With all that said, I was very happy with my sub-7 hour time this year. Go Team Not So Fast! I averaged a 15'29" pace that included one bathroom break and some characters. Looking back at the times, once I got warmed up I stayed consistent throughout the race and still felt good at the end. I could've stopped for more characters, but my goals changed during the M when I saw I could go sub-7 so I didn't stop as much as I could have.

@sandam1 is correct though about the difference between the half and the full. It's a bigger jump up to the full than going from a 10K to a half. Many more things to think about and plan for that can affect how things will go. It really gets down to whether your Mom wants to do all the training and make the effort to do a Marathon. Hope this helps.

Thank you so much! This is great advice, especially with training plans.

 

[DisneyParrothead]

Bought concert tickets today for one of my favorite bands and the stress of it was just as bad as rD. They opened the waiting room about 15 minutes early and once I realized it was random queue based, I opened multiple browsers to help my chances.

Turned out to be successful, but yikes, I was not prepared for that stress.

RD hones these useful skills for other situations