Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I pretend to not notice the price, which works until I see my credit card bill and wonder to myself why I paid so much for a race. haha. I always have a great time, and it's worth it in the end. I set myself reminders for wednesday, so I'm ready. I even blocked out the time at work for a "meeting". Back to back races are fun. Not so much the mileage, but I like how it fills out the weekend, it's much more of an event. You'll have a blast! Got in a practice Dumbo weekend this weekend, of the same distances and in the rain, and I'm good to go in a few weeks! Can't wait! @ferret-are you running the Dumbo races? I agree about the DL 10k. I'm hoping they figured that out, but I'll give them a pass since it was the first year and they learned from it.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Yep, I'm doing Dumbo again this year. I've actually done all of the runDisney 10Ks to date (though that certainly wasn't my intention) and they've all only had water on the course, which seems pretty surprising for an event that costs over $100 and is partly sponsored by Powerade. The temperature of the water was only an issue for DL1/2 last year, and I suspect that was because it had been sitting in a truck in the sun the day before; hopefully they'll learn from their mistake. The other 10Ks have had about the same number of water stations, but with cooler temperatures it seemed perfectly fine; I remember seeing tons of people stopping at water fountains last year to get a drink along the way. Whose bright idea was it to have a race weekend on one of the hottest holidays of the year (this year the races are in friggin' August!)? At the very least, I'll be glad I'm not doing the 5K and 10K back to back on water only! I'm really glad that I brought a gel with me to take in between the 2 races last year, since I would have been in big trouble without it
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I didn't have trouble or see trouble with water last year, but I have always been corral A. I went back to get my friend and my mom in the half last year, and it was pretty gross how warm the water was, and they were hardly filling the cups at that point. AND it's hotter later, obviously. Yeah, the temps can be all over the place Labor Day Weekend, but in August you gotta expect HEAT in LA/OC. Hopefully, it's not the way it's been the past 2 weeks. It's been 90s and 80% or so humidity, even rain the past day or two. This may be normal for the rest of the country, but not here and certainly not on a race weekend. grrrr.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>This may be normal for the rest of the country, but not here and certainly not on a race weekend.<< That does sound rough for a race, but I do always enjoy overhearing the locals complain about the weather when I'm there. Yah, it's warm, but it's typically cooler than most of the country and way less humid. Still, most people don't run long distances (let alone race them) when it's that warm out But you can never really expect the weather to cooperate too much for a race. The hottest marathon I've run was in early January in WDW in 2013 (3 years after it snowed the same weekend), so even when the weather should be ideal you just never know what you'll get
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I hear ya. I've had races all over the place with weather. The coldest marathon was 47, rain, 30mph winds and the hottest was 87. Both were LA in March, go figure. It's always a toss up. I guess it makes it part of the experience. Hehe. I suppose I should check out the course map. Any changes?
Originally Posted By VickiHD I hope I'm wrong on this one...but I have a feeling we will be dealing with a heat wave this year just like we did 7 or 8 yrs ago. It was hot with warnings all along the course. Boy do I hope I'm wrong.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I suppose I should check out the course map. Any changes?<< As far as I can tell, it's the same as last year. The area between the Santa Ana River and Angels Stadium may have changed again due to construction in the area, but it's a minor change. From what I saw, it will be the same path through the parks >>I hope I'm wrong on this one...but I have a feeling we will be dealing with a heat wave this year just like we did 7 or 8 yrs ago. It was hot with warnings all along the course. Boy do I hope I'm wrong. << I hope you're wrong too! The lase several WDW races I've done have had warning signs up at the expo saying to be careful in the warm temperatures (especially since most runners did their training somewhere rather cold), but I've never seen any on-course warnings. And as hot as it's been the years that I've run DL1/2, it's scary to think that I wasn't even there for "the hot year" :O
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall The second year was hot! They almost black flagged the race. Everyone was drinking the entire cup of water/powerade at every station. I've never seen that before. It was well into the 90s by the time the sun came out, and with humidity, a tropical storm was passing through. The medics were advising people to slow down. It's a little cooler today, maybe it will break. It's mid-80s, and less humid then the past few days. I think it will be ok by the end of the month!
Originally Posted By VickiHD The hot year was my first 1/2 so it was very interesting. Hopefully, not to be repeated.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Everyone was drinking the entire cup of water/powerade at every station. I've never seen that before.<< Haha, at the last 2 WDW Marathons I've done, I've taken 2 cups of PowerAde and 2-3 cups of water at each station because I was sweating so much. It wasn't anywhere near as hot as that DL race (I think it was in the low 80's by the end) but with the humidity and longer distance it was tough. I'm glad that I had some experience training in similar weather and had run several marathons before, but I can't imagine what that type of experience would be like for a first-timer!
Originally Posted By VickiHD We didn't know any better. DH had the wrong kind of shirt on, and was miserable. But we kept going and were happy they didn't turn the race into a "fun run" like they threatened.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall @darcy-go the passholder page, log-in and the link is on the page. https://disneyland.disney.go.com/login/ it's under news for pass holders>rundisney early registration. Pixie Dust Challenge is full for early reg, and 10k is 50% full, doesn't mention half yet.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Thanks. I'd tried that but the link didn't work on my work computer for some reason. I got in on my phone and my sister and I are officially registered.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s I saw on FB that Pixie Challenge filled in about 5 minutes! Insane. Glad you got in! I'll be registering with the masses next week. Any tips on getting registered easily? It seems people are always having problems.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I'm in for the Pixie Dust Challenge, too! I would log in to your active account before it opens, so when you hit the link you are already logged in. Aside from that, just start trying the link a few minutes prior to the registration time and be patient. As long as you are in the cyber queue, you should get through at that point.
Originally Posted By VickiHD My tip is DO NOT order any merchandise at this time. (You can order that later) Also if all else fails contact Get Travel and secure a spot with them Good luck!!
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s I'm in people!! Pixie Dust Challenge and the 5k! My kids and husband are also signed up for the 5k. YIPPEE!! My first runDisney race since 2011. Now I have to go work some extra hours to pay for all that.
