Pixie Heart
Faith, trust and pixie dust!
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2014
After my excitement faded a little, I'm feeling kinda bad. Like if I had cheated...
I have a lot I could say right now, but rather than rehash what everyone else is saying, I'm just going to say this:
There is a possibility that this could be my last runDisney weekend for a while, just because of scheduling issues. At first I was pretty upset about that, but now ... I could really live without the sleepless nights and/or nightmares about registration. I'm not willing to blame runDisney or Active entirely, but I think this whole registration experience (including having to be on the second registration opens (or earlier) or you will get closed out, which has nothing to do with the website) is not easy for someone like me.
I don't know how well I'll sleep tonight, but at least I know that it'll be over tomorrow afternoon either way.
I have a lot I could say right now, but rather than rehash what everyone else is saying, I'm just going to say this:
There is a possibility that this could be my last runDisney weekend for a while, just because of scheduling issues. At first I was pretty upset about that, but now ... I could really live without the sleepless nights and/or nightmares about registration. I'm not willing to blame runDisney or Active entirely, but I think this whole registration experience (including having to be on the second registration opens (or earlier) or you will get closed out, which has nothing to do with the website) is not easy for someone like me.
I don't know how well I'll sleep tonight, but at least I know that it'll be over tomorrow afternoon either way.
Not zero drop, but I made the switch from a super-high drop Mizuno to low-drop shoes (2-4mm) years ago and never looked back. I'm a solidly forefoot striker, so making the switch to low-drop shoes felt wonderfully natural: finally, a shoe that wasn't working against my natural mechanics! And I spend most of my non-running life in flat shoes or barefoot, so my calves/Achilles were already accustomed to being elongated. Still, I definitely felt my calves working harder than they had before, so I eased into it, only doing a few miles at a time initially. I happened to make the switch at the beginning of a 13.1 training cycle, which helped, and it really didn't take long - maybe a month - until I was doing all of my runs in the low-drop shoes without muscle additional fatigue. I'd say the short, early miles were the ones to get through; once I was up to around 4 miles at a time, 6 or 7 felt no different. YMMV of course so just start easing into it and go by feel.
I've never seen or heard of a Disney race running out of medals - no worries!
Yep, 10k is asking for a password. THAT HUGE MORAL DILEMMA FOR NOTHING!
Seriously, though, I can't take a sell out before I can get online. Not after Lilly for Target. I don't want life to be a series of flash sales. We did the 5k last year and just got our nerve up for the 10k; and I missed early registration for DVC/APers because I logged on 1 hr late-- I was incredulous. Our youngest has a drs appointment at 10 am, which couldn't be more poorly timed if I tried, work is a 45 min drive--I took a half day which would mean I'd be getting in to work right at 12:30 or so. Which of course is really not an option if I need to be psychotically refreshing at noon--which I am no longer even sure will do the trick!
I can only hope his doctor can miraculously see us early and I can get to work early and avoid my boss for the hr it will take to get onto the site. OH EARLY REGISTRATION YOU FOOLS GOLD, YOU!
But honestly, I find this all quite frustrating and some part of me thinks there HAS to be a better way--a closer meeting of supply and demand. I think when the races sell out in an hour or less we're nearing a place of absurdity. Or is this just frustration talking?
My wife and I did one of the 5k races. She has some mobility issues, so it took us about an hour to finish. We weren't the last ones finishing but they had run out of the medals.
I think it's both. There are supply AND demand problems, and so far they have handled all of them poorly.
Wine and Dine sold out in 35 minutes, yet Avengers has gone to the THIRD pricing tier and is still at, what, 79%? People don't want to run at Disneyland. People want to run at WDW, and ... they apparently like the appeal of a night race.
People that would normally chose a half are now going for a challenge (if offered). People are clamoring for 10Ks, because it's becoming a popular distance that is still hard to find.
Adjustments can be made to corralling to accommodate an increase in capacity - you can change the pace requirement to 15:30 and add another 5k participants. Things like that.
But it doesn't help that the sign-up process is ultimately terrible.
@Baloo in MI did you check the link we're all debating? Which races do you plan to register for?
Did you eventually receive a medal?
Wine and Dine sold out in 35 minutes, yet Avengers has gone to the THIRD pricing tier and is still at, what, 79%? People don't want to run at Disneyland. People want to run at WDW, and ... they apparently like the appeal of a night race.
After my excitement faded a little, I'm feeling kinda bad. Like if I had cheated...
They eventually mailed them to us. My wife was disappointed that she couldn't wear it in the park.
What did you register for?!?!?!?!?!
I read somewhere that they allow you to change your shirt size after getting the kit, if it doesn't fit well. Is it true?