So we have been thinking of driving to Disney for a few days after Ironman Florida in November. Having never done an Ironman I am curious to hear peoples thoughts on how beat up my body is gonna be?
Will I even want to walk around?
After every IM I make a point of doing A LOT of walking the days after the race. Typically I’ll sightsee or check out a museum in the host city. Not sure why, but it works for me and keeps me from being sore. If I were you, I’d totally do it.
Disney is work. Disney is exhausting… it’s also quite a drive from IM FL.
I did the Disney parks every day after each race in the Dopey Challenge, including the marathon.
Probably why I felt good enough to run a half-mary the following weekend.
I wouldn’t drive there the day after but the following day, you’d probably be fine and walking slightly more normally. I’d have to second the drive, it’s gonna be 7-8 hours probably.
I wouldn’t drive there the day after but the following day, you’d probably be fine and walking slightly more normally. I’d have to second the drive, it’s gonna be 7-8 hours probably.
I dont mind the drive.
The flight one way from Panama city to Atlanta so you can get a flight to Orlando is ridiculous for an hour flight.
My family went to Glacier NP after IMCDA one year and Yellowstone another year…did a bunch of hiking and was fine…
Disney is absolutely exhausting. Not in the ironman training sense but more in the endless walking (and people with unruly kids everywhere) and waiting (for rides, for food, for buses, etc…). The walking part would not be so bad if there were not a billion other people around you. It’s very expensive too
I was in Dinsey the week following IMFL and saw a good amount of people wearing their IM gear there. I chatted with a bunch of them and none complained it was too much. I say go for it, then again I would never say no to Mickey Mouse waffles.
Agreed; your legs might not feel terrible subjectively, but you can definitely expect to be hit with waves of crippling exhaustion and fatigue that may leave you a bit unhappy/irritable. If you do decide to do it make sure you thoroughly massage your lower legs, as the continued stress could lead to an overuse injury. I developed peroneal tendonitis after IMSG because I did some hiking in the few days after and my calves were WAY too tight still.
The walking and stretching will be good for you. And you will be on an emotional high for several days
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Do it. I think that would be awesome for your recovery as well as for your family. You may be hurting a bit, but the forced walking will help out.
Plus gives your family something to look forward to.
I did Disney after the HITS Ocala HIM and it was the best recovery program I’ve ever had. 2.5 days of constant walking was perfect and I felt great. Of course it was only a Half IM, but the principle is the same. You might get a bit stiff during the drive down though.
Get a new pair of sneakers. Disney is endless standing around for 12 hours a day. Last thing you want is to bring your retired sneakers and realize after 5 hours that would kill Dumbo with your bare hands to actually have some new cushion under your feet.
Its funny you ask . . . I’m planning to do the same thing after IMFL. I think it’s only like 5 hours from PCB. We did it last time I did IMFL. I’m less worried about going to Disney than the Drive back to Austin TX after! Obviously, we’ll break it up a bit, but I think Disney is a great gift to the family for sticking with me through IM training this year.
We did that in 2005 - a reward for my kids for tolerating my training days. I think all that walking helped my recovery a lot. We did the whole package - staying at the Caribbean resort where I got up early and jogged the pathways, we had the meal ticket option which worked out great. By day three, I had more-or-less completely recovered. It wasn’t that crowded, either.
Definitely the way to go! I was at Epcot and Universal last week and literally saw hundreds of people in these things - reminded me a bit of the movie Wall-E.
No, but I couldn’t survive it peak trained without racing… Too much standing and waiting…