Originally Posted By FerretAfros I begrudgingly registered for the Pixie Dust Challenge too. For some reason I feel like Disney tricked me into registering for 4 race weekends this coming fall/spring, when I really only wanted to do 1 or 2. Yes, it's all their fault! On a related note, why are airfares so freaking expensive right now? I used to be able to get to soCal for $250-300 without looking too hard, and now it seems like everything is in the $400+ range; the absolute cheapest I've seen is $365 at a terrible time
Originally Posted By VickiHD Have you tried SouthWest Airlines ?? I've been getting e/m about sales going on.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've been keeping an eye on SW, but they're not especially convenient to take all the way across the country. I'd have to transfer planes at least once, and I'd most likely need to fly from the airport that's the least convenient in the DC area (BWI, which would take me 90+ minutes to get to midday). Given that I'm trying to work a more-or-less full 40 hours before heading out, I only have a window of a couple hours when I can head out But every time I hear of a sale with them or JetBlue, I definitely check to see what they have, just in case. Ever since SW merged with AirTran, their options from here have become more limited (no more flights from Reagan) and more expensive
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s <<For some reason I feel like Disney tricked me into registering for 4 race weekends this coming fall/spring, when I really only wanted to do 1 or 2. Yes, it's all their fault!>> Jedi mind tricks.
Originally Posted By oneyepete Jedi mind tricks worked on me. I signed my wife and I up for the Tinkerbell 5k next mothers day and we have never run anything before.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s <<Jedi mind tricks worked on me. I signed my wife and I up for the Tinkerbell 5k next mothers day and we have never run anything before.>> Nice!! They are working on me some more. I'm about to work with one of the Travel Providers to add the Princess Glass Slipper Challenge in Feb at WDW so I can earn the pink Coast-to-Coast.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall How did everyone do? I was a bit faster for the 10k than I should have been (ie:too fast for having a run the next day), and so my half was about 10 minutes too slow. Oh well. I didn't mind the smaller corrals for the half. I was in B but we started with A. Less crowded than the larger corral A from the past. I got a10k PR. Race was fun as always.....onto Avengers!
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall How did everyone do? I was a bit faster for the 10k than I should have been (ie:too fast for having a run the next day), and so my half was about 10 minutes too slow. Oh well. I didn't mind the smaller corrals for the half. I was in B but we started with A. Less crowded than the larger corral A from the past. I got a10k PR. Race was fun as always.....onto Avengers!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I didn't break any records, but I'm quite happy with my times. I messed up my toenail while wandering the parks Saturday afternoon, so I was really worried that it was going to fall off during the race on Sunday. Luckily, it didn't seem to have any problems, and I finished right on pace with my other Disney races. I had originally hoped to try and push the pace on the Half, but with the heat and my toenail (and forgetting my Garmin in the hotel) I decided it was better to just run the whole thing by feel I also started in Corral B, and thought it was really strange that we started at the same time as Corral A. We got into the corral a little on the late side (10-15min to go) and were surprised to hear it announced at the last moment. Had they already warned people that they would be starting with the A's? From what I could tell, releasing the corrals together didn't help the congestion any (though it was never a problem for me in A before)
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Awesome! Yeah, it was funny when they said they were releasing A & B together, all the people around me started panicking and starting their garmins to catch the satellite. hehehe. We were laughing about how we all got worked up. There was no warning until they said we are releasing A&B together and I got in the corral around 5. Weird. I wonder if they released multiple corrals after us??? It didn't seem THAT much less congested to me than being in the larger A corral, but it did seem to thin out quicker than usual. I've never really had a problem either, just the people who pushed forward that shouldn't have and getting around them at the beginning....but that will never go away. :/ My toenail was funky, too! It's starting get loose from my last marathon (it stayed attached). I put lots glide on it and clipped it as much as I could.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I also thought it was funny that the race announcers called us out for not squishing together enough to fit everybody in the corral. We were in the back, near the corral entrance, so we were pretty cozy with our neighbors. There was a CM shouting for us to move forward, but there simply wasn't any room for us to; once they made the announcement, it seemed like we had 2-3 times as much space, even with all the extra runners coming in the back. You guys up front must have been hogging all the room! : )
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall haha! Even when they called us out, everyone took like 2-3 steps forward I'm surprised it made any difference.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros You must have been pretty close to the front then! When everybody began to move, we were about 3/4 of the way through the corral, but once we got adjusted we were about 1/3 of the way in. Somebody in the middle must have been messing everything up!
Originally Posted By VickiHD Another one for the books. Great weather, so happy for the overcast. My surgery knee gave me NO problems at all. SO happy about that !!!! One thing that happened between miles 7-8 until the finish....I kept having a horrible leg cramp. Could not run, or even walk with out limping. Really affected our time but so happy DH was there to help massage it out. It's got to be a nutrition issue/deficit...any ideas/thoughts ??
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's great that your knee held up! As for the cramping, it could be something related to fueling. Since it was pretty hot out, I would guess that you may have needed more salt, since you probably lost a lot of electrolytes via sweat. Obviously there are sports drinks that specialize in that of you could eat really salty food, but I've also done some pre-race salt 'fueling' the day before a race by eating a couple salt packets (taking them like a shot of alcohol, and chasing them with a TON of water). It's not the most pleasant thing in the world, but it works. I've also heard of runners drinking pickle juice for the same purpose, but I just don't like pickles so I've never tried it
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Congrats! Yay happy knee!!! I agree with Ferret....probably some sort of dehydration. It was overcast, but still humid/sweaty. I've really only cramped up twice, and GU, or sports drink usually helps. That or punching my leg with my fist (not recommended, but it worked!). Just make sure you are drinking electrolytes along the way, not just when you think you need it, especially in a hotter race. ...and pickle juice....ewwwwww I like pickles, even for something salty and crunchy after a run and that still sounds pretty gross to drink the juice.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros From folks I know who use it, apparently pickle juice is fairly common for runners. They even make it in little Gu-like packets, so you can carry it with you on a long run. One friend even said that you can freeze them, and then it will be like a slushie when you drink it. I still don't like the idea of pickle juice, but that does sound tempting for a long run on a hot day!
Originally Posted By VickiHD Oh my pickle juice. Well I'd rather do that than salt packets. Thanks for the suggestions. OK...need some advice about preparing for the Pixie Dust Challenge. This will be my first challenge and I really want to be prepared for both. How do you prepare for a back to back ?? This is new territory for me.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I would do a couple back-to-back weekend runs during training, but I really don't think that the 10K+Half combination is all that difficult. If you're properly trained for a Half (ie longest run of 12-14mi, not longest run of 8mi) and your pace is fast enough that the course time limit isn't a huge concern, then running 6mi at a moderate pace the day before shouldn't be too strenuous for you
