Hello!
Me: avid WDW goer, did the Epcot International Program years ago (dating myself here), know the area well enough but kind of forget some of the backroads around the parks, but have never run in the area (outside of Lake Buena Vista where disney put me up for that year).
I am training for a 100-mile mountain ultra right now (deep intro training). I'll be in WDW in May for 14 days and have to do some training while down there. I want to make the long run as fun as possible. My thought: can I recreate my own WDW marathon even while there is no official race going on? No medals, no crowds, no glory. But I want to do a route that lets me have a bit of bragging rights and a fun facebook post.
Questions (please and TIA)!:
Me: avid WDW goer, did the Epcot International Program years ago (dating myself here), know the area well enough but kind of forget some of the backroads around the parks, but have never run in the area (outside of Lake Buena Vista where disney put me up for that year).
I am training for a 100-mile mountain ultra right now (deep intro training). I'll be in WDW in May for 14 days and have to do some training while down there. I want to make the long run as fun as possible. My thought: can I recreate my own WDW marathon even while there is no official race going on? No medals, no crowds, no glory. But I want to do a route that lets me have a bit of bragging rights and a fun facebook post.
Questions (please and TIA)!:
- Is it possible to do a WDW training marathon (yes, especially through the parks) on non-official race days? I get the logistics of maybe encountering crowds, etc. Bag check, etc. But has anyone ever done this? If anyone has done anything remotely similar, I imagine it would be in this community.
- If it is a possibility, can anyone point me to some gpx format routes I can download or mapmyrun links or Nike+ routes?; or
- Is this just a crazy idea? And I should map out my own route around Lake Buena Vista and area...(not my idea of a great Facebook post training update from FL)