Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

Figment82

Well-Known Member
After receiving the rD email yesterday that suggested confirming your address, I went back and mine was unchecked again. I swear it was checked/confirmed a while ago. Typical Disney IT gremlins! šŸ˜‚
 

Surferboy567

Well-Known Member
After receiving the rD email yesterday that suggested confirming your address, I went back and mine was unchecked again. I swear it was checked/confirmed a while ago. Typical Disney IT gremlins! šŸ˜‚
I got that email as well but their is no spot for ā€œadditional registrationā€ questions and all the info is right so I think I am good.
 

Greenlawler

Well-Known Member
I was going to lose points so I moved my cancelled W&D trip to end of January, rolling the few points from Marathon weekend into that, so I'm staying at BLT, lake view. Shocked I was able to get a room at that time of year. I may hold off on running the Half until then, do just the 5K and 10K at home. I like @Greenlawler's running around 7 Seas route. I can run from the Contemporary around to GF (or even Poly if I need the miles) and back, now that the GF walkway is open.
We will be at the GF so once we establish a time anyone who wants can run with us. Obviously if you are on the Lagoon it would be easier.
 

Surferboy567

Well-Known Member
Today, was a big day and marks a milestone in my training. My second ever runDisney event, as well as my first marathon weekend event. The Walt Disney World 10K! I really wanted to make a good effort on this and actively tried to PR during the entire race. To the point, that I think I overdid it. This was the first time I felt queasy (nothing major) during a run. That being said, I finished the race and I did in fact PR by a decent margin.

Since next week is the Walt Disney World Half I will be running it on the day. Using lessons learned from this race I donā€™t really have any pace expectations for that since it will be my first Half marathon as well as the first time running the half marathon distance. I will give it my best effort but I am not aiming to be as fast as this race but around the same range.

Anyways...here are the stats:

Time: 01:14:38
Distance: 6.22
Avg Pace: 11:59

Mile 1: 11:37
Mile 2: 11:32
Mile 3: 11:37
Mile 4: 11:52
Mile 5: 12:32
Mile 6: 12:26

Next week begins another race week! WDW Half!

PRā€™s achieved:

Best 5K: 35:36
Best 10K: 01:13:16

EDIT: Oh and one more thing, when you go to submit your times, they have added a feedback prompting a survey. Also a ā€œplaceā€ section has been added they are probably going to say what you placed against everyone else. This is different from Wine & Dine. They are definitely trying to streamline the virtual races.
 

Surferboy567

Well-Known Member
They just put out a video on their YouTube channel thanking everyone, talking a little about the charity, and also doing a quick countdown via a projection (I think) on Spaceship Earth.
 

Figment82

Well-Known Member
Got out there and got it done! Wind chill was reporting at 37Ā° when I started and around 48Ā° by the time I finished. Some nice 10mph gusts thrown in from time to time. Quite a difference from last yearā€™s weather!

I tried to visualize the course as I ran - got a little emotional around mile 11 thinking of the cheering spectators as you pass through the parking lot/bus stops into Epcot.

Finished in 2:46:48 - ever so slightly faster than my last half, but since this was measured with phone GPS (no tangents, dodging other runners, etc.) itā€™s obviously not the same. Hereā€™s to an optimistic look towards 2022, and running through Disney property again soon! Congratulations to everyone getting out there and running their virtual races!
 

Surferboy567

Well-Known Member
Just like that the WDW Half is in the books. It was a lot more pleasant then I thought it would be. Didnā€™t have too many problems till the last 1.5 miles where then the distance was starting to make me tired.

Here are the stats:

Time: 02:40:43
Distance: 13.14
Avg Pace: 12:14

Mile 1: 12:02
Mile 2: 11:56
Mile 3: 11:58
Mile 4: 11:48
Mile 5: 11:53
Mile 6: 12:32
Mile 7: 12:32
Mile 8: 12:19
Mile 9: 12:22
Mile 10: 12:04
Mile 11: 12:47
Mile 12: 12:29
Mile 13: 12:29

This being my first half ever it is naturally a automatic PR for this distance. This will now be the baseline for half marathon distances to compare to in the future. Overall, I am extremely happy with these numbers. I really tried my best and didnā€™t feel queasy like I did during the 10K. For not being ā€œproperlyā€ trained for the half this makes these numbers even more impressive (only 12 weeks into Fairytale Challenge training). Excited for the medals! With that, I am going to take a nice long rest.

Side Note: I regret not getting the shirts but itā€™s fine I am getting all the Star Wars ones when that weekend happens.

EDIT: The weather conditions were super ideal for this a little cold but such a perfect day for this virtual run.
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom