Those are impressive medals!
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- Thread starter Demarke
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Those are impressive medals!
Swissmiss
Premium Member
Figment82
Well-Known Member
We were joking that they put in the wrong dimensions when they sent them to the vendor.Holy moly - they are huge! They must be heavy! Congrats.
I’d love for rD to make one of similar size, and watch people try to wear them to the parks!
Wow, those are huge!!
We were joking that they put in the wrong dimensions when they sent them to the vendor.
I still can't believe people who complete Dopey wear all 6 in the park. My neck gets tired from just wearing one.
Figment82
Well-Known Member
Do it! It’s a fun race
And next year, they’re starting a new multi-year challenge themed around the Mars Missions.
Figment82
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Right? And all the clanking is sure to damage the medals. I foresee a lot of those little springy Dopeys falling off in January. Definitely one you want to treat with care.
DznyGrlSD
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- In the Parks
- Yes
I'm in - it falls in line with Dopey training actually
Me too!
lukacseven
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Even better than wearing your medals to the parks...Back in the early 2000's the 5K was held on Saturday at noon, so people would run the 5K while wearing their medals from the half. Also, wearing all 6 Dopey medals on Tower of Terror.
Figment82
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Another fantastic Celebration Half this morning! I mentioned in the What Did You Do thread, but I PR’d by almost 2 minutes (2:41:10). According to my phone, the “feels like” temperature at the start was 25°, but without the gusty wind, it wasn’t too bad.
Only about 2200 participants between the full and half, so everyone dispersed pretty quickly after the start. You run through a few boardwalk trails, and at one point, I was by myself. It was so peaceful, I almost forgot I was in a race! I usually don’t take any photos during a race, but I had to slow down for one this time.
There weren’t very many residents out cheering as in past years, but I’m sure the cold was partly to blame. The after party was also a bit more scaled down, maybe due to fewer runners or availability of the town’s restaurants? Either way, my daughter was thrilled to have pancakes and my dad stuffed his face with some clam chowder, biscuits and gravy, and a mimosa. It was great to be back after 2 years!
Only about 2200 participants between the full and half, so everyone dispersed pretty quickly after the start. You run through a few boardwalk trails, and at one point, I was by myself. It was so peaceful, I almost forgot I was in a race! I usually don’t take any photos during a race, but I had to slow down for one this time.
There weren’t very many residents out cheering as in past years, but I’m sure the cold was partly to blame. The after party was also a bit more scaled down, maybe due to fewer runners or availability of the town’s restaurants? Either way, my daughter was thrilled to have pancakes and my dad stuffed his face with some clam chowder, biscuits and gravy, and a mimosa.
It was great to be back after 2 years!
Figment82
Well-Known Member
I decided to go with just one layer. I had a large scrap of fleece fabric I used as a throwaway blanket at the start. I also had gloves that I took off around mile 6. If the wind had been worse I probably would have worn more, but it was only about 5 mph. There were a couple times towards the end where the course was in the shade when I started questioning if I was overdressed, but as soon as I hit the shade, I was fine.
The marathon winner crossed the finish a few minutes after I me, and you could instantly tell him from the crowd because he was dressed in only a tank top, shorts, and gloves.
Another fantastic Celebration Half this morning! I mentioned in the What Did You Do thread, but I PR’d by almost 2 minutes (2:41:10). According to my phone, the “feels like” temperature at the start was 25°, but without the gusty wind, it wasn’t too bad.
Only about 2200 participants between the full and half, so everyone dispersed pretty quickly after the start. You run through a few boardwalk trails, and at one point, I was by myself. It was so peaceful, I almost forgot I was in a race! I usually don’t take any photos during a race, but I had to slow down for one this time.
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There weren’t very many residents out cheering as in past years, but I’m sure the cold was partly to blame. The after party was also a bit more scaled down, maybe due to fewer runners or availability of the town’s restaurants? Either way, my daughter was thrilled to have pancakes and my dad stuffed his face with some clam chowder, biscuits and gravy, and a mimosa.
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Congrats on the PR!!!!
Good the race was today, instead of yesterday. It was brutal.
Figment82
Well-Known Member
Thank you!! And definitely glad it wasn’t yesterday! I had to pick up my bib yesterday, and they had everything set up outside. The wind gusts were just crazy. It definitely made all the difference.
Swissmiss
Premium Member
Finished a 50k this past Saturday! It was a five loop trail run over hilly, but not steep, and often sandy terrain. I’ve done the distance twice before at a different race that benefited Wounded Warrior Project and had worn my “BUD” hat in honor of my grandpa Bud who had served in WWII, so decided to keep that tradition alive with this race. As for the race, my game plan was to run the first lap and run/walk the next three, and make a judgment call on what I had left in the tank for the final loop. That worked really well until a mile or so into lap 4 when the leg cramps set in any time I tried to run (it was getting into the low 70’s by that point, which didn’t help!), so I ended up walking about the last third of the race. The event had 30 hour, 50k, 2 lap, and 1 lap options. Out of the 50k’ers, I think I finished 11 out of 29 if you count the DNF’s, which I’m pretty pleased with!
Here’s one of the crappy spectators along the route:
Also, some good advice here, it seems this sign was modified a few laps in
Here’s one of the crappy spectators along the route:
Also, some good advice here, it seems this sign was modified a few laps in
Finished a 50k this past Saturday! It was a five loop trail run over hilly, but not steep, and often sandy terrain. I’ve done the distance twice before at a different race that benefited Wounded Warrior Project and had worn my “BUD” hat in honor of my grandpa Bud who had served in WWII, so decided to keep that tradition alive with this race. As for the race, my game plan was to run the first lap and run/walk the next three, and make a judgment call on what I had left in the tank for the final loop. That worked really well until a mile or so into lap 4 when the leg cramps set in any time I tried to run (it was getting into the low 70’s by that point, which didn’t help!), so I ended up walking about the last third of the race. The event had 30 hour, 50k, 2 lap, and 1 lap options. Out of the 50k’ers, I think I finished 11 out of 29 if you count the DNF’s, which I’m pretty pleased with!
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Here’s one of the crappy spectators along the route:
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Also, some good advice here, it seems this sign was modified a few laps in
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Congrats!!!!
Love the sign.
Swissmiss
Premium Member
Finished a 50k this past Saturday! It was a five loop trail run over hilly, but not steep, and often sandy terrain. I’ve done the distance twice before at a different race that benefited Wounded Warrior Project and had worn my “BUD” hat in honor of my grandpa Bud who had served in WWII, so decided to keep that tradition alive with this race. As for the race, my game plan was to run the first lap and run/walk the next three, and make a judgment call on what I had left in the tank for the final loop. That worked really well until a mile or so into lap 4 when the leg cramps set in any time I tried to run (it was getting into the low 70’s by that point, which didn’t help!), so I ended up walking about the last third of the race. The event had 30 hour, 50k, 2 lap, and 1 lap options. Out of the 50k’ers, I think I finished 11 out of 29 if you count the DNF’s, which I’m pretty pleased with!
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Here’s one of the crappy spectators along the route:
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Also, some good advice here, it seems this sign was modified a few laps in
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Congrats!