Originally Posted By VickiHD I signed up yesterday too !!! Can't wait it was SO much fun last year. Just about 12 more weeks for the DL 1/2
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm probably not going to do Tink, but some of my friends are really pushing for it. Being a guy, living on the opposite side of the country, and doing the WDW races the week before just make it too much to try and handle And is DL1/2 coming up that soon?! I really need to start checking flights!
Originally Posted By VickiHD FerretAfros Yes--DL 1/2 will be here before you know it. Check out Soutwest for flights. I got a email yesterday about a big sale so maybe you can find a great deal. I'm trying to price and get flight from CA to FL for the Princess 1/2 in Feb. SW has not released the dates past early Jan.
Originally Posted By -em The countdown to DLR is on.. Started hard training (adding milage/speed) this week with good results.. I would love to run Tink but with doing my first marathon the week before I can't imagine it this year.. -em
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I started my training, too. So far nothing hurts (haha). I'll see about getting a PR this year, but I just don't think it's possible with a Disney course, because the parks slow you down. I REALLY hope they get decent shirts this year. The shirts they've had the last few years are terrible!
Originally Posted By VickiHD I agree about the UGLY shirts they have been giving us over the past couple of years. Let's hope this year is different. Hope the official merchandise at the expo is better this year too. Training: I'm just trying to do more short runs during the week and keep the long runs for the weekend.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Vicki- The shirts are ugly AND ill-fitting. They don't really fit men or women because the shoulders are weird. I get XS and the sleeves hang to my elbows, but then waist is at my waist. It looks ridiculous. I have complained about them in every survey since they switched from the long sleeve. It looks like the WDW races got colors, other than white or gray, and better shirts. Hopefully, DL gets them this year. I train the same way. I think I'm supposed to do 9 this weekend, but I'm not really motivated. We'll see haha
Originally Posted By VickiHD sunNrainfall--You are SO right. The shirts are a really off fit. I love my long sleeve from years ago. I haven't been extremely motivated this week either. We are suppose to have a heat wave in the Bay Area over the weekend and who wants to run in that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros While I didn't like the DL1/2 shirt too much, it does seem more practical for me than the WDW races. Living in southern California, I rarely had training runs that would have justified a long sleeve shirt. And having done Goofy in WDW, I got 3 of them (Full, Half, Goofy), so I have plenty. What bugged me about the DL shirt was how much ink was on it from the design. It was a big full-color design that took up the entire chest area; when I run, I tend to sweat a little (shock of the century, right?), with a large portion of the moisture either originating from my chest, or ending up there. Basically, I end up with the entire printed area stuck to my skin like paper mache, making it just plain impractical to wear it for workouts. One of my female friends said she hadn't even considered that as an issue, since the sports bra helps give an extra layer of separation. I think I've worn it for workouts once or twice, but it's just not a practical design. And since it was black last year, I can't even just wear it on a hot day. In other news, I saw on the runDisney page yesterday that Tink registration is already up to 51%. That was in the morning, so it's possible that they've gone past that number already. If you're on the fence about it, you might want to start making up your mind!
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Ferret- A runner sweating??? NOO!! (LOL) I never thought about that printed area either. I guess it's more of a male issue, than female. With all the disney races I've done-11, I've got plenty of the long sleeve shirts. I don't necessarily need another long sleeve shirt either (plus surf city-same long sleeve shirts, and NYC-M), but at least they fit me and I can actually use them. I live in LA and I use them plenty in the winter time, at night or early morning. I just liked the fact they had a color (red) other than white/gray/blue. How hard can it be to make a short sleeve shirt that fits- also, they know ahead of time how many men and women are going to run-why a unisex shirt. Doesn't make sense. The long sleeve comes in women's sizes. The RNR races have short sleeve mens/womens tech shirts, recently in Chicago Marathon short sleeve-fits great! Disney's short sleeve are the worst tech shirts out there. Tink already 51% and the cap is lower than DL1/2-so it might go pretty fast, especially close to the DL1/2, if not sooner.
Originally Posted By VickiHD I was also suprised that it is filling up so quickly. I just read GET travel's email about hotel rates etc. Anyway, for those who book through them you get early entry into the expo each day for event merchandise. I think this is very interesting since last year I saw a number of people in line to get to the event merchandise (Dooney Bags). The ones I spoke to were not running, they basically said they were there for the merchandise. There were a lot of runners that didn't make it to the expo in time for the bags and they quickly sold out. I'm not going through GET Travel, we've had our off property res. for months now at a great price. As for the expo--I like to get there when it opens on Friday.
Originally Posted By Socrates -em: If you are running your first marathon the week before, it would be best to see how you come through that before planning any other events. Remember, patience is a virtue and running is a lifetime sport. Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living."
Originally Posted By VickiHD The "Official Race Guide" is posted on RunDisney. Did anyone else get the RunDisney email? I never seem to get them
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall @vicki-It seems like I get some of them, but not others. Not sure why. Wow, they are already advertising for the 2013 race. hehe. I haven't run in 2 weeks! But I walked 11 miles saturday, so I guess at least I got some sort of distance in. I really have to get moving, race day is coming quickly.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I got the email with the additional info, but I saw a link to it on another site long before I actually got it from Disney. Who knows. But they did manage to send me an email about Princess registration opening today. Because that's something that I could be convinced to do! In other news, Tink registration is at 94%. If you want to run it, and haven't already registered, do it now, because it will likely be full by the end of the day tomorrow!
Originally Posted By VickiHD sunNrainfall- I have not run in two weeks either. However, we did just come back from 5 days at DL--with LONG days at the parks=we definately put the walking miles in.
Originally Posted By VickiHD FerretAfros- I never ever got the reminder emails for Princess. But I signed up yesterday and have our resort reservations all taken care of too. Can't believe Tink is almost sold out. I bet they will still hold some spots and offer it at the DL expo.
Originally Posted By -em I need to register for Princess but after paying for my 2 non disney races this fall and having to buy the hotel room for DLR quicker than I thought (rates went much higher!) I'm going to hold off till atleast DLR Expo if possible- I hit the 10.5 mile mark this week so feeling good for this run -em
