Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

[Texas84]

When I was around mile 2.5 on World Dr, someone ahead of me recognized her, called out her name, and everyone started yelling and cheering (she was probably around 9.5). She turned and waved with a huge smile on her face. Dressed as Joy, and looked like she was having an absolute blast. What an accomplishment!

That's about where I saw her I think. They had a light on her. Camera?

 

[Texas84]

@Demarke I passed the 5:30 group and figured they would eventually catch me but never did. Thought that was odd.

 

[Texas84]

From what I overheard a LOT of people were swept Sunday

Hate to hear that. I was worried about the heat but had no problem thanks to the nice breeze.

 

[Texas84]

Didn't see a lot of runners in AK today. Everyone go home?

Spoke to a CM who was selling beer after Marathon. He said they didn't sell much.

MK/Epcot Tuesday then back home Wednesday.

 

[RunningKoen]

Didn't see a lot of runners in AK today. Everyone go home?

Spoke to a CM who was selling beer after Marathon. He said they didn't sell much.

MK/Epcot Tuesday then back home Wednesday.

I saw a lot of ‘after race beers’ posted on Instagram and Facebook with the runners I follow.

maybe I picked the right and fun ones to follow, I guess!

 

[Greenlawler]

Heard a shoutout to a Titans fan. Was that our guy?

Yep, I got a few shout outs.

I was at AK today as well.

Gonna post more when I get home, sitting in my hotel room, leaving tomorrow.

 

[surfsupdon]

I’m home. Great weekend.
I will say there were two huge noticeable differences:

1. With the earlier race start of 5 compared to 530, I ran through all parks before they were opened. I used to enjoy running through DHS and Epcot with tons of fanfare from park patrons.
2. additionally, the lack of cultural CMs in Epcot was noticed. There were no flag waving partiers representing each nation cheering like crazy. Epcot used to be full of energy at the end of the course. This year it was dead and quiet.

 

[CAV]

The signs weee really good this year. The one that said “if Kim and Pete are possible so is finishing this race” made me laugh

I was hoping to see a sign that said, "Antonio Brown would have quit by now.'

 

[CAV]

I really didn't get tge power ade in the plastic cups, other than that, no complaints. Sights along the course

 

[Swissmiss]

@OG Runner - haven’t noticed a post from you after the marathon so I hope that it is just that you‘ve been busy and not that something went wrong.

 

[Swissmiss]

I really didn't get tge power ade in the plastic cups, other than that, no complaints.

Not sure I understand what you mean?

 

[CAV]

Not sure I understand what you mean?

The conventional method of taking a drink on the run is to pinch the paper cup to make a funnel or sorts and gulp it down. The power are was in hard plastic, wide mouth cups making it difficult to drink. After the first few stops, rather than splashing myself with power are, I poured our the water, poured the power are in the paper cup and drank it that way.

 

[Swissmiss]

The conventional method of taking a drink on the run is to pinch the paper cup to make a funnel or sorts and gulp it down. The power are was in hard plastic, wide mouth cups making it difficult to drink. After the first few stops, rather than splashing myself with power are, I poured our the water, poured the power are in the paper cup and drank it that way.

Gotcha. Didn’t really notice that you had written plastic rather than paper and had focused on the word cup.

 

[Swissmiss]

I really didn't get tge power ade in the plastic cups, other than that, no complaints. Sights along the course

And BTW - an impressive amount of energy in your group throughout 26.2 miles!

 

[CAV]

And BTW - an impressive amount of energy in your group throughout 26.2 miles!

Those clowns were doing the Dopey, too. I was "just" doing the marathon.

 

[LAKid53]

The conventional method of taking a drink on the run is to pinch the paper cup to make a funnel or sorts and gulp it down. The power are was in hard plastic, wide mouth cups making it difficult to drink. After the first few stops, rather than splashing myself with power are, I poured our the water, poured the power are in the paper cup and drank it that way.

Perhaps they weren't supplied with the blue Powerade cups this race?

 

[CAV]

Perhaps they weren't supplied with the blue Powerade cups this race?

What would be wrong with using the paper cups?

 

[LAKid53]

What would be wrong with using the paper cups?

Nothing. But given the thousands of cups used during a race weekend, perhaps their supplier(s) didn't have sufficient inventory.

 

[Demarke]

Perhaps they weren't supplied with the blue Powerade cups this race?

I remember the first few stops during the marathon they had the regular Powerade cups and I think all of the stops during the half had them. I think they just ran out at some point. Who knows what decision making went into it, my guess is probably not more than telling an intern to locate 100,000 small cups and then getting whatever they got

 

[michelef]

when will the dopey registration open?