Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend - The Dark Side

[LAKid53]

I've always wanted to finish the marathon with a beer in my hand but by mile 24 I just want to go back to bed.

I'm hoping at the W&D Half this year they have a table of champagne, along with water and Powerade, at the finish line. Or better yet, hand you a glass as you cross. Wouldn't that be a nice photo!

I heard rumor they did that when the race was at night - another good reason to switch it back.

 

[LAKid53]

Title for one of the posts on the runDisney blog - "How does runDisney Create Course Magic?" By making us run past the waste treatment plant....

 

[Chet Dakota]

Title for one of the posts on the runDisney blog - "How does runDisney Create Course Magic?" By making us run past the waste treatment plant....

...Or running for 2 miles in the DAK parking lot.

 

[Texas84]

I'm hoping at the W&D Half this year they have a table of champagne, along with water and Powerade, at the finish line. Or better yet, hand you a glass as you cross. Wouldn't that be a nice photo!

I heard rumor they did that when the race was at night - another good reason to switch it back.

I missed the first W&D so maybe that one. They also had samples from F&W on the course for that one. But all the others, no bubbly. The night races had a voucher on your bib for a Bud or Bud Light or soft drink. I passed and went right to the booths.

 

[Texas84]

...Or running for 2 miles in the DAK parking lot.

It's only a mile this time.

 

[psherman42]

I've always wanted to finish the marathon with a beer in my hand but by mile 24 I just want to go back to bed.

I actually thought this was a thing for Wine and Dine. I had planned on finishing the 2015 Wine and Dine with a drink lol.

 

[LizaMarie89]

I feel like when I get to WS I'll just be ready to finish

 

[LizaMarie89]

Can someone who is better at reading maps than I am tell me what ours says for total gain? Or estimate it for me? I'm trying to see how my training runs compare since I don't know the course.

 

[Texas84]

Can someone who is better at reading maps than I am tell me what ours says for total gain? Or estimate it for me? I'm trying to see how my training runs compare since I don't know the course.

Elevation? 13 meters, about 42 feet. Flat except for an overpass or two.

 

[LAKid53]

Only a few more days! Everybody ready?

Just printed out my race bibs and noticed the Half is still open....

It will be hot this weekend - temperatures expected to be in the low 90s. Unusual for April. So stay hydrated, my friends.

 

[psherman42]

I haven't trained for this race nearly as much as the others so between that and the heat, this weekend is going to be a slow one for me. Hopefully there are some good characters along the course!

Good luck everyone!

 

[Chet Dakota]

Only a few more days! Everybody ready?

Just printed out my race bibs and noticed the Half is still open....

It will be hot this weekend - temperatures expected to be in the low 90s. Unusual for April. So stay hydrated, my friends.

Last year, Saturday for the 10k was pretty humid, but Sunday was almost perfect weather and not as humid. Hopefully, we get that sort of break again.

 

[dreamfinder]

Just printed out my race bibs and noticed the Half is still open....

And interestingly enough, the verbage says corral placement will be at the discretion of runDisney. Not a straight out "You will be in the last corral" but a "We will put you where we feel like it". Almost sounds like there is the chance someone who registers now MIGHT end up in a properly placed corral while someone who forgot to provide proof of time ends up in the back.

 

[Chet Dakota]

I assume everyone today received the Weather Alert email. I can't see them canceling or shortening the Half due to it being too hot though. Then again...

 

[LAKid53]

I assume everyone today received the Weather Alert email. I can't see them canceling or shortening the Half due to it being too hot though. Then again...

Only if the conditions warrant a black flag would they cancel, according to the guide. However, will runDisney be more lenient with pacing? Especially since yellow flag recommends some withdraw, red recommends slowing pace.

 

[LizaMarie89]

I wonder if someone can ask about that - slowing the pacing because of the conditions

 

[LAKid53]

I wonder if someone can ask about that - slowing the pacing because of the conditions

Other than sending an email, I wouldn't know who to ask at the expo...most staffing it are volunteers - it'd be like asking a Disney bus driver...

 

[LizaMarie89]

but I can't imagine they'd be able to be less strict on pacing because they do have to reopen the roads

 

[LAKid53]

However, runner safety is more important. My concern is that the forecasted overnight lows in the upper 60s will be higher, given the forecasted 90s during the day. And with a cloudless sky, it will not be fun.

 

[LizaMarie89]

So my question is what they'd prioritize - our safety or their money. Shortening our race would save both but have a lot of unhappy people.

I wonder if even starting it 30 minutes earlier would be possible.