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Ep 13 - Running in costume
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Costumes are a huge part of the runDisney experience—but how do you balance fun, comfort, and performance on race day? In this episode, we dive into the world of Disney race costumes: from low-key themed outfits to full-on showstoppers. We share our own costume hits and misses, practical tips for shopping, accessories that make your outfit pop, and lessons we’ve learned about comfort, porta-potties, and race-day weather. You’ll also hear about our first race as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, our most recent Maleficent-inspired look, and how costumes can match your personality (and your running goals). Whether you’re all-in on sparkle or just thinking of adding themed ears, this episode will help you find the right costume approach for your runDisney race!
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Disney Race Costumes: Awesome or Awful?
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A big part of a run Disney race is the opportunity to represent your favorite Disney characters by running in costume.
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And whether you think that sounds awesome or awful, we've got you covered in this episode.
Episode 13: Star Wars-Themed Costumes
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Hey everyone, welcome to episode number 13.
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Today we are talking race costumes.
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And Erica, we are wearing costumes.
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We are, yes.
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If you're listening, you don't get the pleasure of getting to see that we are currently in an outfit that we have worn on a run Disney race before.
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If you're watching the video,
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Well, you can see exactly what we are.
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We are Star Wars characters.
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That's right.
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You're Darth Vader.
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Yep.
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I am a stormtrooper because you're the boss of me and tell me what to do.
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So this dynamic works perfectly.
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So basically, we didn't run a Star Wars
Star Wars Race Plans and Pandemic Adjustments
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race.
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We were registered for one, though.
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We were.
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And then COVID.
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And then COVID.
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And then they never brought him back.
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Yeah.
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So we decided, though, that because we were supposed to run a Star Wars race, we still represented Star Wars.
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I don't even remember what the theme of that race was.
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I don't know, but we typically don't run like, we don't wear the same theme as.
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As whatever the theme of the race is.
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Anyway, so we did Star Wars at another race because we are Star Wars fans.
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Yep.
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Erica, on a scale of one to 10, how big of a Star Wars fan would you say you are?
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I'm like a five or six.
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I thought I was a 10 and then I went to Star Wars trivia on a Disney cruise line sailing that we went on and I got like five points out of 20 and it revealed real quick that I might like it a lot, but I clearly don't know like all the details.
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Yeah, I don't.
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But okay, so a little off topic, we're wearing Star Wars.
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These are costumes we've worn.
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This is like an example of something that you can wear on the course if you wanna represent your favorite Disney character or your favorite franchise or whatever.
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So we're gonna talk all of that kind of stuff today.
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And I'm gonna ask you a lot of questions.
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Sounds good.
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Because I feel like even though I know some stuff, you know more than I do on this.
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And so I'm going to ask you to
Podcast's Mission: Training and Costume Tips
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help us out.
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Okay.
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The goal of the podcast, of course, is to be helpful.
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We want you to focus on your training, focus on doing those hard things and not stressing out about like, oh no, but where do I find costumes that are going to fit well?
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Let us tell you, hey, here's where we've had good success.
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This is the price point, just so you know.
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Maybe don't do this.
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Keep this in mind when you're doing your costume stuff.
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So our goal here is to be helpful in that way.
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We learn the hard way sometimes.
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Other people helped us along.
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We're trying to pass that forward.
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Right.
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Anything else on the goal of the podcast or why we're doing what we do?
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Not really.
Listener Review: Disney Race Insights
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I think what's awesome is that in some of our reviews that we've gotten, people have kind of reiterated
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like what they like about the podcast hopefully they're being honest too is that is kind of in line with exactly that like hey this is helpful you know like thanks for creating a helpful thing or whatever so do you have a review that we can read this week yep so this one is from colleen j17 she says aj and erica thank you so much for creating this podcast i'm gearing up for a half marathon this october and i have a long-term goal
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of a run Disney marathon in 2027.
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And this pod is my new go-to for long runs and motivation.
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I love all the run Disney insider info and banter between the two of you.
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Thanks for creating the magic.
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Awesome.
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That was really sweet.
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You said Colleen?
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Yes, Colleen.
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You're welcome, Colleen.
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It's our pleasure.
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Genuinely, we love getting to do this.
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I mean, we love it so much.
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And when Erica said we have to do this episode in costume, I even said yes.
Embracing Costume Culture
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And so you're going to learn in this process that Erica was quick to jump on the idea of doing costumes for the races.
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And I was reluctant.
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You know what I mean?
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I had to be talked into it, but now you can see them sitting on a podcast wearing my costume.
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So obviously I'm a little more comfortable with it than I was.
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Thank you for leaving that review.
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If you, uh, if you would be so kind as to leave us a five-star review, if we deserve five stars, we would love it.
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It just helps, you know, other people find the show, right?
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It also helps us know what's working, what's not, um, things like that.
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So if you'd be willing, go on to Apple podcasts, scroll to the bottom, leave a review.
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We would super love it.
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And we'll read it on there.
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We sure will.
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Uh, by the way, offer
Listener Engagement and Privacy
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still good.
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If you want some podcast stickers, just email me.
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Yep.
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Uh, tell me where to send them.
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Promise not to do anything with your address.
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You know, I promise.
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Uh, just, I just need to know where to send you stickers.
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If you care to represent the podcast, we still have stickers.
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Uh, what's coming up, Erica, upcoming topics.
Future Topics and Special Guest Tease
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Uh, I think we know next week's topic.
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Yeah.
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Next week, we're going to talk about the things that are included with your race.
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Um,
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Registration?
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Yeah.
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Registration.
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That's the word I'm looking for.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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The things that are included and the things that are not included with your registration.
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Cause sometimes there's some confusion around that.
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That is true.
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We were working on that list yesterday and it was, uh, I think we were surprised.
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Would you say like, let's leave it at that little tease, right?
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We were surprised when we got to the end of the list.
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Right.
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That, uh,
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I don't know.
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Nope, nope, nope.
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Don't make that face.
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Okay.
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Because you look like you were going to spoil that one.
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No, I was going to say we're also having a special guest who we're not going to reveal yet.
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But we are also having a special guest.
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We do have a special guest.
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I don't want to say who it is just in case any scheduling conflict happens or whatever.
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But we haven't had a guest on in a few weeks.
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It's been a few episodes.
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So we do have a guest for next week's episode.
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So it's going to be a split episode, I guess.
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Half of it is going to be on the Run Disney topic of what's included, what's not.
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And then we're also going to talk.
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It's going to be kind of like a totally different topic.
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So you're getting two for one, really.
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And I don't want to review.
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It's still running related.
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It is.
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Yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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We're not starting a cooking channel or something like that.
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No.
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No, no, no.
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It's still running related and it's going to be very helpful.
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Yeah.
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But it's not on the same topic.
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But scheduling wise, it worked for our guests.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, so we're going to make a two in one episode.
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Perfect.
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Next week.
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Okay.
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Is that it for all the housekeeping stuff?
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I'm trying to rack my brain.
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That's it.
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So we're diving into costumes.
Levels of Disney Race Costumes
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Are you ready?
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Yes, I'm ready.
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Okay.
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I'm going to just ask you questions.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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And then if I have a comment, I'll chime in.
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Okay.
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I feel like this is going to be heavy on you.
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Okay.
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Sounds good.
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Can you give us a quick, for someone who's never been on a run Disney course, maybe they've done a local 5K for whatever, like their aquarium in their town hosts a 5K.
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People might represent and dress up in some way, but a run Disney race is a whole nother thing.
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Oh, yeah.
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Can you describe the different levels of
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Because you can go all out and you can also like not at all.
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Can you describe like the different levels?
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Yeah.
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So there will be people that will be wearing their participant shirt or just regular running clothes all the way to like completely covered in like full body paint or prosthetics even.
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One time there was a guy dressed as Groot.
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Not there was a guy.
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It was Bob from Rise and Run.
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That was Bob.
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Yeah.
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Oh my gosh.
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I don't think I, I mean, I say, I almost said, I don't think I knew Bob then like Bob knows who I am, but like, I mean, I didn't know like who Bob was at that point.
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He, there were, there were probably multiple groups because he was the theme of the race, but that one that I showed you with all that amazing, that was Bob.
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I did not.
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Oh my gosh.
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That's awesome.
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Yeah.
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Um,
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We've seen people where you're like, is that someone that's running or is that a character stop?
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Do I stop and get my photo with them?
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And then probably a big fan favorite is Jogging Jack Sparrow.
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So there's this guy that, I mean, sometimes he looks better than some of the jacks that are in the parks, honestly.
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Oh, yeah.
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He runs like... He doesn't just look like Jack Sparrow.
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No.
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He runs like him.
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Talks like him.
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Talks like him.
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People hand him little rum bottles when he runs by.
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Right, yeah.
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And he drinks them.
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Yeah, he's like... Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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He's awesome.
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Yeah.
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So there's a wide range.
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There's a guy I saw last year, Frozone.
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Yes.
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He looked like from The Incredibles.
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The Incredibles, yeah.
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I mean, like...
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dead on i mean it looked just like him yeah and so they were oh did you see the tree of life one year yes yes well that was body was that partially it was paint mostly yep yeah um and then there's in the in between right like there those are full out yeah and i don't know how you possibly run in that and then there's you know you just wear your regular t-shirt and shorts you know maybe maybe match the color theme or something right you know and we've done that even where it's like mickey and minnie's the theme so guess what we wore red black and yellow right and it was like all normal running clothes
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What are some of like the middle things like you can do?
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Like if you try and I think this is where we live, I guess.
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That's what I'm trying to say.
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Like what we wear.
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Yeah.
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So what can you kind of describe, how would you describe our level of, of costuming?
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Yeah.
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So we usually will wear, um, like running gear.
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So like, you know, moisture wicking, um, spandexy, whatever.
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Shorts or leggings or whatever.
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But it's all screen printed with the costume or, I mean, the character, the
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Yeah.
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So we're wearing Star Wars right now.
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Mine looks like a storm trooper.
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It's an athletic shirt.
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It's a t-shirt.
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Right.
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But some company has printed a design on it.
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Your skater dress has a print on it.
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Right.
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But it's an athletic material.
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Yes.
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Right.
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It's not like you hand sewed it yourself out of fleece or something.
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Fleece?
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That would be really warm.
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That would be really warm.
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That'd be great for the corral, but not so great for the run.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Yep.
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So we kind of, would you say like, or like you've got ears, right?
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Mickey ears.
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I've got a hat, like my stormtrooper hat.
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I don't look like a stormtrooper right now or when I've done Maleficent or when I've done Woody from Toy Story.
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I don't wear the cowboy hat.
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Like I'm not trying to look like Woody.
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I'm like- Just representing them.
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Representing that character.
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Yeah.
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Right.
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That's kind of where you and I live.
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Would you say a lot of people do that?
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Yeah.
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I think that's where most people live.
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Yeah.
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You might see like some, like some big tech.
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I cannot talk tonight.
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You're going to have to edit this out.
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Okay.
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You might see some big what?
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tutus is what i'm trying to say like tutus over the costumes but for the most part this is i think uh because you have to run that's that's ultimately it because you might see a lot of extreme costumes on the 5k because it's not timed and it's shorter distance when you get into these longer distance races you want to look awesome but you still need to run awesome too would you say that's a thing absolutely awesome yeah
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Can you talk about personality types?
Costumes Reflecting Personality
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Right.
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So like I feel like so we we just talked about Bob from Rise and Run.
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His personality type matches that costume, the costume.
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Right.
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Because he's one of the friendliest people.
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Right.
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Ever.
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Right.
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So anybody that wants to talk to him, he's going to have a great interaction with them.
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Right.
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Uh, by the way, I keep saying rise and run that that's another podcast.
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Like they do.
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They're like the, the, I feel like run.
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Run Disney podcast.
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Yeah.
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Anyway.
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So, um, but like somebody like that, the matches, the costume, right?
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If I dressed as that group and people started talking to me, I'm, I'm an introvert.
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Like, I don't, I don't know.
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Like if you know me personally, you already know that.
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Right.
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But I'm pretty introverted.
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I would not like the attention that much, which is why my costumes are pretty subtle.
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Yeah.
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I mean, if you have like a really awesome costume, you just need to be ready for everyone to want to stop you on the race course or get their picture with you.
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Yes.
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Or get their picture with you.
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Um, there's another guy that we didn't mention the puppet, the puppet runner.
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I can't remember his real name.
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I don't know his real name either.
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We just call him the puppet runner.
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But he always runs in costume with a puppet on his hand for like the whole race.
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And everyone stops and they want their photo with him.
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So if you don't want to talk to a lot of people or you're going for a PR, then maybe don't go all out on your costume if you don't want to be stopped.
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The time when we weren't like extreme caution, but that time we wore coast to coast shirts, but you made the shirts so they weren't something that you could buy, right?
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Like it said coast to coast on it and it was the year the coast to coast came back.
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It was the first race back.
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And I was not prepared for how many people were gonna ask us on the race course.
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Oh my gosh, everybody wanted them.
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Where did you get those shirts?
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And I, like being the introvert and the achiever that I am, like, you know, out on the course was like, stop bothering me.
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I'm trying to run this half marathon, right?
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But you were so kind because you were like,
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oh, we did this.
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Yeah, we made them with the cricket.
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So I guess be ready.
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If you have something awesome, just know that on a run Disney course, people are going to ask you,
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On any course.
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I talked a couple weeks ago about all the people stopping me on the classic asking me where I got my leggings from.
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That's right.
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Yeah.
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That's true.
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Yeah.
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If you look awesome, be prepared for people to ask.
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Or if you're wearing something unique.
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Unique.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Anything else on that?
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Nope.
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Okay.
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Can we get practical and just talk about like the options,
Crafting Elaborate Costumes
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right?
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So this is mostly, if you're going like extreme costume, then I think you're kind of on your own.
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You got to be crafty and whatever if you're going to like do something huge.
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Yeah.
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I think you agree with that statement.
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I do agree with that statement.
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And I would only say that you go that route if you are not trying for any kind of PR.
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And we'll talk about that in a little bit, like things you need to consider when you're when you're dressing in costume.
00:12:42
Speaker
But but that's one of the reasons why we don't go all out.
00:12:45
Speaker
Yeah.
00:12:46
Speaker
We find that middle middle ground where it's not just a T-shirt, but it's, you know, maybe a step up.
00:12:51
Speaker
Can you just give me the options in that middle section?
00:12:53
Speaker
You know, kind of like the average runner that wants to represent a character or a theme.
00:12:58
Speaker
Yeah.
00:12:59
Speaker
So I like to wear the skater dresses, which is what I'm wearing now.
00:13:02
Speaker
It's basically like a tank top with a flowy skirt, all attached one piece.
00:13:06
Speaker
Those are going to run you about 50 to $70.
00:13:09
Speaker
And all these things we find on Etsy, we'll give you some names here in a minute.
00:13:12
Speaker
Also, like AJ's wearing his t-shirt.
00:13:15
Speaker
Women can also just get t-shirts like that.
00:13:19
Speaker
Um, t-shirts are going to be somewhere between 45 and 60, depending on who's making it.
00:13:23
Speaker
And, you know, the complexity, I guess, of it all, um, leggings like AJ's wearing, or I would normally wear those are about $50.
00:13:30
Speaker
And then, um, something that's really popular with a lot of the girls are, um, tutu skirts.
00:13:36
Speaker
And I would say one of the big brands is called Dottie skirts.
00:13:40
Speaker
And those are also on Etsy.
00:13:42
Speaker
You were going to talk about how you normally wear like a fun shirt, but then where, what do you wear on the bottom?
00:13:47
Speaker
Yeah, I think we've said it a few times already, like it depends on your performance goals or whatever.
00:13:53
Speaker
But I wear like athletic, like my running shorts.
00:13:57
Speaker
And I might buy them in a few colors.
00:14:01
Speaker
Or when we did Flynn Rider and Rapunzel, I bought brown ones because he wears brown pants, but I've never worn those shorts again.
00:14:07
Speaker
again because I don't like brown.
00:14:08
Speaker
Right.
00:14:09
Speaker
So, but, but I really wanted it to match, but I didn't want to just wear normal shorts or whatever, because I did want to run the race, not just be in the race.
00:14:19
Speaker
So I think it depends on your, what your goal is.
00:14:21
Speaker
If you're going to run, run, you know, you might want your type of gear.
00:14:24
Speaker
So I brought my, I bought my Brooke shorts for all my outfits.
00:14:27
Speaker
Right.
00:14:28
Speaker
Right.
00:14:28
Speaker
I have my shorts that work.
00:14:31
Speaker
And then I'll do a themed top.
00:14:32
Speaker
And some of the Etsy stores you're about to talk about is, you know, we found our ones that are our favorite.
00:14:38
Speaker
Can you clarify like the material on like, cause I know that like I bought, I don't remember what theme it was, but I bought a shirt from an Etsy store and I didn't know that they had multiple versions of the same shirt and I bought the wrong fabric and it arrived and it was like very cotton feeling.
00:14:55
Speaker
Yes.
00:14:55
Speaker
Like, can you just describe like, Hey, this is what you're looking
Choosing Athletic Costume Materials
00:14:59
Speaker
for.
00:14:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:15:00
Speaker
Material wise.
00:15:00
Speaker
Right.
00:15:01
Speaker
So you, if you go on Etsy, you just want to type in like run Disney costume or even just running costume.
00:15:07
Speaker
And it will bring up these outfits like we're wearing that are made with athletic, you know, they're athletic wear.
00:15:13
Speaker
So it's, it's like a poly blend.
00:15:15
Speaker
It's got some spandex.
00:15:16
Speaker
It's going to be moisture wicking, you know, it's not going to be like a hundred percent cotton.
00:15:20
Speaker
Yeah.
00:15:21
Speaker
So if it says cotton, don't, I would say stay away from it.
00:15:24
Speaker
And you want the athletic wear.
00:15:26
Speaker
wear version if they have active wear.
00:15:28
Speaker
Just type in like running costume or run Disney costume.
00:15:31
Speaker
So I would say 95% of our costumes have come from two stores on Etsy.
00:15:36
Speaker
The first one is called Dream It by YLW.
00:15:39
Speaker
And then Happiness is Addictive.
00:15:42
Speaker
I just mentioned Dottie skirts.
00:15:44
Speaker
But yeah, those are your favorite as far as like the way that they feel.
00:15:48
Speaker
Yeah, it's kind of weird to say this, but like you get something from a store and you're like, it fits good.
00:15:53
Speaker
It feels good on your skin and whatever.
00:15:55
Speaker
And you're like, I'm just buying it from here from now on.
00:15:58
Speaker
You know, like you find your favorite.
00:15:59
Speaker
And so I think the one that it's the Dream It by YLW, I think is the one that I'm like, if they've got the print that I need, I want to get it from there.
00:16:07
Speaker
Usually when we start figuring out like, okay, who do we want to dress up?
00:16:11
Speaker
You know, as you're like, well, what does she have available?
00:16:14
Speaker
Like if her store has it, then we'll do it.
00:16:18
Speaker
So, um, another brand that, that you really like is the Hawaiian pizza apparel.
00:16:22
Speaker
KPA is kind of a nickname, whatever.
00:16:24
Speaker
I'm actually wearing, the legging things I'm wearing right now are from KPA.
00:16:28
Speaker
I like the way their stuff feels and fits.
00:16:30
Speaker
But if you're gonna get something from one of the Etsy stores, I try to get it from the same store so that we know the prints match.
00:16:37
Speaker
Yeah, the colors are dead on.
00:16:38
Speaker
Yeah, the colors are the same.
00:16:39
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
00:16:41
Speaker
Okay, good.
00:16:41
Speaker
Any other brands?
00:16:42
Speaker
Yep.
00:16:43
Speaker
I've mentioned before on some of our other episodes, but love her brand.
00:16:47
Speaker
I really like their leggings.
00:16:49
Speaker
They come in a lot of fun colors and they're so inexpensive, like $30 a pair.
00:16:54
Speaker
They're run Disney or inspired.
00:16:58
Speaker
Am I doing that right?
00:16:59
Speaker
Like quotes, like, cause they're not actual print.
00:17:02
Speaker
Like you're not, no, you're shaking your head.
00:17:04
Speaker
Like it's sparkly and fun, but it's not like you're going to find a princess Aurora dress.
00:17:09
Speaker
Correct.
00:17:10
Speaker
Right.
00:17:10
Speaker
Like it's not.
00:17:11
Speaker
They don't print it with.
00:17:12
Speaker
They're not licensed with Disney.
00:17:13
Speaker
No, no, no, no.
00:17:14
Speaker
OK, OK.
00:17:15
Speaker
So like if I buy like, OK, you said Aurora, like if I bought an Aurora skater dress, but I knew we were going to be running in January when it's freezing.
Coordinating Costume Accessories
00:17:23
Speaker
Then I'm going to want some pink leggings to go with it.
00:17:25
Speaker
And so I can get some pink like sparkle, you know, or hologram type.
00:17:32
Speaker
So you'll get like the printed item from like off Etsy.
00:17:36
Speaker
Right.
00:17:36
Speaker
But you'll get some of the accessories or other things like your leggings from another brand.
00:17:42
Speaker
yeah i like love her because you love their leggings that is correct yes and four yeah like or if i just bought like a shirt from dream it yeah and then i just bought like matching or coordinating leggings or whatever okay cool anywhere else um also another fan favorite especially with run disney girls are crowned athletics um these are going to be very um character specific outfits and i do have several of their pieces they're fun
00:18:08
Speaker
And then just Amazon, like we get a lot of our coordinating accessories and doodads to go with our outfits from Amazon.
00:18:15
Speaker
Typically not like the outfit.
00:18:17
Speaker
No.
00:18:17
Speaker
But like the, you know, maybe a head, head, I don't like ears.
00:18:21
Speaker
Ears.
00:18:22
Speaker
I know I've gotten some ears off of there.
00:18:23
Speaker
Sunglasses that match, things like that come from Amazon.
00:18:27
Speaker
Hat and sunglasses are kind of my accessories, but I think you go a little deeper than that.
00:18:31
Speaker
Yeah, totally.
00:18:32
Speaker
Definitely.
00:18:32
Speaker
Like AJ was just saying, I love buying ears from Amazon because they're only like $8.
00:18:37
Speaker
And so if when you're running, they start to get annoying, you can just throw them off and it's not like you're out, you know, 50 bucks like you are if you bought them from the park or something.
00:18:46
Speaker
Plus you don't want to sweat in those ears.
00:18:47
Speaker
Like those are fancy ears.
00:18:48
Speaker
Real quick, can you define ears?
00:18:50
Speaker
Like you and I just say ears or people, Disney people, you know, they've been a lot just say, oh yeah, I wore my ears, right?
00:18:57
Speaker
Like for someone who maybe doesn't Disney as much as we do, what do you mean by ears?
00:19:00
Speaker
Like Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse ears that have- Like the headband.
00:19:04
Speaker
Yeah, it's a headband with little ears on it.
00:19:06
Speaker
I'm doing this.
00:19:07
Speaker
It has nothing to do with your ears.
00:19:08
Speaker
They're meeky ears.
00:19:09
Speaker
Yeah, no, yeah, yeah.
00:19:11
Speaker
And I get them to coordinate with the outfit.
00:19:13
Speaker
So like when I ran and wore this outfit, I had like some Star Wars ears and every outfit that I have, I have coordinating ears.
00:19:22
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:23
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:24
Speaker
So yeah, like the ears from Amazon, also like AJ's right now, the arm sleeves.
00:19:29
Speaker
These are great to keep you warm when you're in the corral or if you're running and it's very cold.
00:19:33
Speaker
But one of the reasons I'm wearing them now, if you're watching the video version, is because they complete my outfit.
00:19:37
Speaker
Right.
00:19:38
Speaker
Right.
00:19:38
Speaker
Like we get them in several colors.
00:19:40
Speaker
I've got, you know, white, black, pink, gray, blue, purple.
00:19:44
Speaker
Like because depending on my outfit, if I need the sleeves, instead of just always wearing the black ones,
00:19:50
Speaker
Oh yeah, no, it all has the coordinates.
00:19:53
Speaker
Yeah, even my watch band today is red to go with the outfit.
00:19:56
Speaker
Yeah.
00:19:56
Speaker
So they compliment.
00:19:57
Speaker
That's why it's a costume accessory, not just a stay warm accessory.
00:20:00
Speaker
Right, yes.
00:20:01
Speaker
So everything that I'm gonna mention, just assume it's in the same family pattern, whatever.
00:20:07
Speaker
So yes, arm sleeves, same thing for me with compression socks or leg sleeves.
00:20:13
Speaker
I've also been known to wear leg warmers in the winter when it's really cold.
00:20:18
Speaker
Um, another thing that I'm embarrassed by.
00:20:20
Speaker
Yes.
00:20:20
Speaker
Yeah, I know.
00:20:21
Speaker
Well, that's why I wear compression socks now.
00:20:23
Speaker
They're not quite as nerdy as the eighties leg warmers, but like when we were Maleficent, I had purple arm sleeves.
00:20:28
Speaker
I had purple compression socks.
00:20:30
Speaker
My purple arm sleeves completed the outfit so well that even when I got kind of hot, I was tempted to not take them off.
00:20:38
Speaker
I ended up taking them off, but I was tempted not to, because I'm like, yeah, but they look good with the outfit.
00:20:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:20:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:20:44
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:45
Speaker
Um, what else?
00:20:46
Speaker
Let's see.
00:20:46
Speaker
Gloves, hair bows, sunglasses.
00:20:50
Speaker
Um, these are a lot of the Amazon items because they're cheaper that way.
00:20:53
Speaker
Because if you, if you decide, Hey, I don't need purple sunglasses ever again, you know, that might be a reason to get it on Amazon.
00:20:59
Speaker
Right.
00:21:00
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:00
Speaker
Cheaper pair.
00:21:01
Speaker
I always like to match my shoes to my outfit, which doesn't mean I go spend $200 on a pair of shoes for one time thing.
00:21:07
Speaker
I try to buy shoes that will obviously fit multiple outfits.
00:21:11
Speaker
You know, I have a pair of yellow shoes.
00:21:13
Speaker
They're like Mickey yellow.
00:21:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:15
Speaker
And I would not have bought those shoes for any reason.
00:21:18
Speaker
Mm hmm.
00:21:19
Speaker
In normal life.
00:21:20
Speaker
Right.
00:21:20
Speaker
But I knew we would probably do Mickey more than once.
00:21:23
Speaker
Right.
00:21:24
Speaker
Right.
00:21:24
Speaker
So then I had these yellow shoes.
00:21:25
Speaker
Yes.
00:21:26
Speaker
And I tried to match that way.
00:21:28
Speaker
I wear my black, even though I wear black all the time, wear my black ones with this black and white outfit.
00:21:34
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:35
Speaker
Do you do that or try to?
00:21:36
Speaker
I try to, but usually it ends up happening like in the reverse for me.
00:21:40
Speaker
So like I will have bought this year's shoes like already.
00:21:44
Speaker
And then I'm like, well, that would go really good with that character.
00:21:47
Speaker
So then I'm like, how do you feel about this character or whatever?
00:21:49
Speaker
Which is fine because if your shoes cost $150, backfill it with a shirt that's only $40 instead of buy the $40 shirt.
00:21:57
Speaker
And then, well, now I have to buy $150 pair of shoes.
00:22:00
Speaker
And you don't have to match the shoes.
00:22:01
Speaker
Like when you look on the course, most people don't match their shoes to their outfit, would you say?
00:22:06
Speaker
Yeah, no.
00:22:06
Speaker
Anything else on kind of what, where to get it, all that before we kind of move on to things to consider, you know, like things we've learned, I guess would be the next section.
00:22:15
Speaker
I think the things we've learned are more important.
00:22:18
Speaker
Yep.
00:22:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:19
Speaker
So I'm just going to throw it at you.
00:22:21
Speaker
Like, what are some things to consider?
00:22:23
Speaker
We've got some notes here.
00:22:24
Speaker
So if it sounds like we're kind of checking our list, that's exactly what we're doing.
00:22:27
Speaker
Checking the list of things.
00:22:28
Speaker
What do you want to talk about as it relates to things to consider?
Costume Practicality in Races
00:22:32
Speaker
So the main thing is this.
00:22:33
Speaker
You don't want to be messing with it on the course.
00:22:35
Speaker
Yep.
00:22:35
Speaker
Well, you've talked before about your gloves, like how you're particular about your gloves.
00:22:38
Speaker
And I laughed at that.
00:22:40
Speaker
But then I thought about it for a few days after and I thought, well, you know, those little white cheap Amazon gloves that I bought to wear my Minnie Mouse dress.
00:22:46
Speaker
They did kind of bug me.
00:22:49
Speaker
But the main thing is that you want to do like a trial run at home before you go.
00:22:52
Speaker
So...
00:22:55
Speaker
Oh, you're smiling.
00:22:56
Speaker
What are you about to say?
00:22:57
Speaker
No, no, no.
00:22:57
Speaker
Go ahead.
00:22:57
Speaker
Because I have a comment about that.
00:22:58
Speaker
No, go ahead.
00:23:00
Speaker
It's really hard to go for a trial run in like a – In full costume?
00:23:03
Speaker
Yes.
00:23:04
Speaker
Because the average person in your neighborhood or down the street from you doesn't know what in the world you're doing.
00:23:10
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:10
Speaker
And you kind of have to get over that for a second.
00:23:12
Speaker
And I don't go for like a 10-mile run in my outfit.
00:23:15
Speaker
Right.
00:23:15
Speaker
But I also don't go for a jog down to the mailbox and back because I need to know what is this going to do in a mile or when I get hot.
00:23:23
Speaker
Right.
00:23:23
Speaker
Like when I get sweaty, what is this outfit going to do?
00:23:26
Speaker
And so you kind of have to go for a 5K kind of run.
00:23:30
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:31
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:31
Speaker
What are you smiling about?
00:23:32
Speaker
No, no.
00:23:32
Speaker
Everything that you're saying.
00:23:33
Speaker
I just usually I kind of do it like in stages.
00:23:36
Speaker
So like I'll try to wear like I'll go out in the leggings first maybe.
00:23:40
Speaker
Oh, that's.
00:23:40
Speaker
I've never thought to do that.
00:23:42
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:42
Speaker
And then.
00:23:43
Speaker
So that you're not full costume.
00:23:44
Speaker
In full costume, like with accessories.
00:23:46
Speaker
Yeah, no, I don't do all that.
00:23:48
Speaker
But I'll try to do, you know, just like the core things just to see.
00:23:52
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:52
Speaker
And a lot of this we've learned, you know, like you said, trial and error.
00:23:55
Speaker
Like we didn't try it before we went out.
00:23:58
Speaker
And then, you know, we're on the course.
00:23:59
Speaker
And my big thing is like the port-a-potty.
00:24:02
Speaker
So yeah.
00:24:02
Speaker
This is one of the reasons why I don't like to wear really elaborate costumes.
00:24:07
Speaker
I won't even wear a tutu anymore because I'm still trying to get a good time on the course.
00:24:12
Speaker
I mean, anybody that's going to the port-a-potty is trying to get in and out as fast as possible.
00:24:16
Speaker
But when you're still thinking about your time, you have to factor in the fact that it's going to be dark.
00:24:22
Speaker
You're not going to be able to see.
00:24:23
Speaker
It's a tiny little space.
00:24:25
Speaker
You don't want your costume to get anywhere near the seat.
00:24:29
Speaker
The toilet.
00:24:30
Speaker
And so if you've got leggings and you're already sweating, that like you're trying to pull down or pull back up, the backup is the harder part.
00:24:39
Speaker
And you're fighting with your tutu.
00:24:40
Speaker
Correct, yes.
00:24:41
Speaker
And you're in the dark.
00:24:42
Speaker
And you're like, oh, I don't want to touch anything.
00:24:44
Speaker
Oh, but my shirt's supposed to tuck into this part.
00:24:47
Speaker
Yeah.
00:24:47
Speaker
And you're trying...
00:24:48
Speaker
And, you know, I've found even with our simpler costumes, I can never get it to feel the same.
00:24:54
Speaker
Right.
00:24:55
Speaker
Back in spot.
00:24:56
Speaker
As I did when I left my hotel room.
00:24:58
Speaker
Right.
00:24:58
Speaker
Yeah.
00:24:58
Speaker
Right.
00:24:58
Speaker
When I was clean and calm and collected and air conditioned.
00:25:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:25:02
Speaker
Next, you know, when you're out in a port-a-potty or whatever, you can't get your outfit.
00:25:06
Speaker
Right.
00:25:06
Speaker
Right.
00:25:07
Speaker
In a port-a-potty.
00:25:08
Speaker
Um, so you're saying factor that in or try it at home for that reason.
00:25:13
Speaker
Totally.
00:25:14
Speaker
How easy is it to get on and off if you had to on the course?
00:25:16
Speaker
Is that what I'm hearing you say?
00:25:18
Speaker
A thousand percent.
00:25:19
Speaker
Okay.
00:25:19
Speaker
A thousand percent.
00:25:20
Speaker
Um, one thing we did talk about, about, um, like, uh, trying it at home.
00:25:24
Speaker
This is, um, something I think you and I agree on.
00:25:26
Speaker
We've talked about this before is like, uh, check how everything ended up at the end of your run.
00:25:33
Speaker
You know, like when you get home, just check.
00:25:35
Speaker
Right.
00:25:36
Speaker
Does this look the way I hoped that it would look when I started?
00:25:41
Speaker
Right.
00:25:41
Speaker
Especially from the back.
00:25:44
Speaker
I mean, we talked about this.
00:25:46
Speaker
Like, you know...
00:25:48
Speaker
Make sure that you're checking out what you look like in the back after you've come back and you're sweating.
00:25:52
Speaker
Like, are your leggings still like good?
00:25:55
Speaker
Are you still covered or like are things kind of see-through now or?
00:25:58
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:25:58
Speaker
How do you sweat in something?
00:26:00
Speaker
Yes.
00:26:00
Speaker
Right.
00:26:00
Speaker
Like you might.
00:26:02
Speaker
Here's what I know.
00:26:02
Speaker
I've come home and I've been so sweaty.
00:26:05
Speaker
I've just ripped the clothes off to get in the shower, but then not like really think about, oh, man, that shirt turns see-through.
00:26:12
Speaker
When it gets wet.
00:26:13
Speaker
And I didn't know that.
00:26:14
Speaker
And I ran on a few runs with it and I'm like, oh man, my nipples are showing in this shirt.
00:26:18
Speaker
You know what I mean?
00:26:19
Speaker
And now I don't wear that shirt anymore.
00:26:20
Speaker
But if it's a race costume and you have never worn it or worn it once, but you didn't really see how you look at the end of your run, we're just something right up.
00:26:28
Speaker
Yeah.
00:26:29
Speaker
I've come up behind a lot of girls and thought like, Ooh, do I say something?
00:26:33
Speaker
Do I not say something?
00:26:34
Speaker
Like, do they know that you can see?
00:26:37
Speaker
everything or, or they, they've gotten, like things have gotten tucked into the wrong places when they've been in the port-a-potty and then they come out and then you're like, Hey, just so you know, like your tutu's tucked up into your pants.
00:26:48
Speaker
Like, you know, these are things that you need to just practice, practice at home to see if it's going to be an issue or is it something that's easily fixable?
00:26:56
Speaker
Yeah.
00:26:56
Speaker
I get what you're saying.
00:26:57
Speaker
Yeah.
00:26:57
Speaker
Okay.
00:26:58
Speaker
What else is something to consider?
00:26:59
Speaker
Anything?
00:27:00
Speaker
Yes.
00:27:00
Speaker
One of the reasons why I will wear compression socks or leg sleeves or leg warmers sometimes instead of wearing leggings like this that I'm wearing now is because, especially on the marathon, my legs will hurt a lot, a good bit more on the marathon than they would on like the half.
00:27:19
Speaker
And I need to be able to get to them to be able to apply bio freeze.
00:27:23
Speaker
Or like if you are a person that chafes, like you want to be able to get to the area where you need to put the Vaseline.
00:27:29
Speaker
Um, and if you're like all tucked in snug into your costume and you can't get to your, you know, your legs or wherever you need to get your, you know, your quads or whatever without getting completely undressed, like that's not going to work on the side of the race course.
00:27:43
Speaker
So probably just another thing to try at home.
00:27:44
Speaker
I found that I can get in and out of my leggings.
00:27:46
Speaker
Okay.
00:27:46
Speaker
It doesn't, nothing quite feels the same as, like I said, when you know, you first put it on when you're trying to put something on when you're sweaty, but I found that, you know, my brand of leggings, whatever work.
00:27:54
Speaker
So if you try it at home and your leggings work for you, awesome.
00:27:57
Speaker
But if you don't want to deal with just even the question mark of it, then maybe you're saying try some compression socks or whatever because then you can access, you can pull those down really easy.
00:28:06
Speaker
Or like for girls, like regular leggings versus like compression leggings.
00:28:10
Speaker
Like there's a, you can get them easily up.
00:28:13
Speaker
Or maybe that's why my leggings work so easily because they're not compression.
00:28:15
Speaker
Yeah, because they're not compression.
00:28:17
Speaker
Oh, I just learned something.
00:28:18
Speaker
You're welcome.
00:28:19
Speaker
Thanks.
00:28:20
Speaker
You want to talk about temperature that's
Florida Weather: Strategic Costume Layering
00:28:22
Speaker
on the notes.
00:28:22
Speaker
Yes, absolutely.
00:28:23
Speaker
So the temperature is going to fluctuate greatly in Florida if you are running a Disney World.
00:28:28
Speaker
There have been times where we've waited in the corral where it's like a feels like temp of 28.
00:28:33
Speaker
Yes.
00:28:34
Speaker
And then sometimes, you know, all the way up to 60 degrees.
00:28:38
Speaker
And we've mentioned before that you're waiting in the corral for several hours.
00:28:41
Speaker
And so you just need to be prepared to wait in the
00:28:46
Speaker
a wide variety of temperatures and potentially the rain.
00:28:50
Speaker
Like it's rained on us before as well.
00:28:52
Speaker
We do in the corral.
00:28:53
Speaker
So when you're figuring out what you're going to wear for your costume, that's one of the reasons why we add all these little accessories from Amazon is, you know, it keeps us warm, keeps us dry while we're waiting.
00:29:04
Speaker
And then you can take those things off later.
00:29:06
Speaker
Am I understanding right?
00:29:07
Speaker
At least I think this is true, but I don't know if this is what you're saying yet or not, is that it might be 28 degrees or it feels like of that or whatever, 30 degrees while you're waiting.
00:29:16
Speaker
But then that's in the dark at 3 a.m.
00:29:21
Speaker
The sun comes up and the temperature shoots way up.
00:29:24
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:29:24
Speaker
And you're running and you're 10 miles in, so your body temperature's up.
00:29:28
Speaker
So your fluctuation went from 30 degrees to 60, 70 plus degrees.
00:29:34
Speaker
Is that what I'm understanding you're saying?
00:29:35
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely.
00:29:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:29:37
Speaker
And a lot of it even just depends on what corral placement you're in.
00:29:39
Speaker
Because if you're in some of the beginning corrals, you might be done when it's still dark.
00:29:44
Speaker
Yes.
00:29:44
Speaker
But if you're in corral D or E or further...
00:29:48
Speaker
you might even be starting until the sun's already up and then you're running your whole race in the in the sun so yeah with not a lot of but you waited in the cold yes okay yeah so so this is why we highly recommend all the little accessories and layers and layers yep you know something that um i didn't realize so like you know we talk about staying warm in the corral so you might do mylar or a bathrobe well i
00:30:12
Speaker
I'm not doing that.
00:30:13
Speaker
You're not doing that, but I am.
00:30:14
Speaker
I'm saying that.
00:30:15
Speaker
I have brought a hoodie.
00:30:17
Speaker
Yeah.
00:30:17
Speaker
A zip up that I plan to get rid of.
00:30:20
Speaker
And what's interesting is I got rid of it the minute I got like close to the start line because I was like, oh, the race is starting.
00:30:26
Speaker
And I took it off and I was like, you know, hindsight and thinking back, like, why did I take it off?
00:30:31
Speaker
It's because I thought I was going to have my picture taken.
00:30:33
Speaker
Right.
00:30:33
Speaker
And I didn't want to ruin this beautiful outfit that I have with this ugly green hoodie.
00:30:39
Speaker
Right.
00:30:39
Speaker
Right.
00:30:40
Speaker
That I was going to get rid of because it didn't match.
00:30:41
Speaker
Right.
00:30:42
Speaker
Well, it occurred to me that, wait a minute, because I saw other people running with their hoodies or their blankets still on.
00:30:48
Speaker
And I was like, why would they, you know, why are they doing that?
00:30:50
Speaker
Don't they know they're going to get their photo taken?
00:30:52
Speaker
Right.
00:30:52
Speaker
But then I now realize you're not going to get your photo taken for how long do you think into the race?
00:30:58
Speaker
Two miles, maybe?
00:30:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:00
Speaker
So there is an, there will be a character photo stop that you can stop for sooner.
00:31:05
Speaker
That's within like the first mile.
00:31:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:06
Speaker
Those usually start.
00:31:07
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:07
Speaker
Right.
00:31:08
Speaker
But as far as like race photo, like race course photo where they're taking a picture of you running.
00:31:14
Speaker
That's going to be several miles.
00:31:15
Speaker
Yeah, it's going to be a few miles in.
00:31:16
Speaker
So if you're cold, you can leave your hoodie or blanket, not your Mylar blanket because it messes up your timing chip.
00:31:22
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:22
Speaker
But you can leave that stuff on for a while.
00:31:24
Speaker
Totally.
00:31:24
Speaker
Have you ever done that?
00:31:25
Speaker
Or do you ditch it at the start line?
00:31:27
Speaker
Addie, our youngest daughter, when she and I ran together this last time, she wore something.
00:31:31
Speaker
A sweatshirt maybe for a long time.
00:31:33
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:33
Speaker
So, I mean, you can bring your layers.
00:31:35
Speaker
You don't have to ditch them right away.
00:31:36
Speaker
Right.
00:31:37
Speaker
You can not ditch it ever if you don't care about how it looks in the photos.
00:31:40
Speaker
Yeah, totally.
00:31:40
Speaker
You know, I think that's everything.
00:31:42
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:42
Speaker
I got nothing else on that.
00:31:43
Speaker
Okay, perfect.
00:31:44
Speaker
All right.
00:31:44
Speaker
Let's move on to girl stuff.
00:31:46
Speaker
Girl stuff.
00:31:47
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:47
Speaker
Makeup.
00:31:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:48
Speaker
I'm completely out of this part of the conversation.
00:31:50
Speaker
So just tell us what, what we need to know about makeup.
Makeup Tips for Endurance Races
00:31:53
Speaker
Okay.
00:31:54
Speaker
Lots of girls ask like on the Facebook groups or whatever, like what kind of makeup are you all wearing to stay?
00:32:00
Speaker
I think the brand matters less.
00:32:01
Speaker
I've worn all different kinds of brands of makeup when I've run on the courses over the last few years.
00:32:06
Speaker
I think what matters more, I'm looking at you like this means anything to you.
00:32:09
Speaker
But, but I want to be supportive of whatever you're saying.
00:32:12
Speaker
So I'm here nodding.
00:32:13
Speaker
It's okay.
00:32:14
Speaker
I'll just look at the camera.
00:32:15
Speaker
It's fine.
00:32:16
Speaker
So more than the brand is the prep and finish.
00:32:19
Speaker
So for sure you want to use a primer before you put your foundation on.
00:32:23
Speaker
If you wear foundation for the race, I typically will just use like elf brand, which is super cheap.
00:32:30
Speaker
Or another one I love is called thank me later.
00:32:32
Speaker
They have one for eyes.
00:32:33
Speaker
So if you're going to wear like a lot of eyeshadow, which I did when we ran as Maleficent, I did like crazy makeup.
00:32:39
Speaker
It looked awesome.
00:32:40
Speaker
Thank you.
00:32:41
Speaker
And your lip stuff, whatever that was.
00:32:43
Speaker
Yeah, it was crazy.
00:32:44
Speaker
But yeah, so the primer first, and then I used the e.l.f.
00:32:48
Speaker
setting spray.
00:32:49
Speaker
And that, like, my makeup never comes off.
00:32:51
Speaker
People always comment, like, the friends of ours, like... You look so put together at the finish line.
00:32:56
Speaker
Yeah.
00:32:57
Speaker
And you're like, I'm exhausted and sweating.
00:32:59
Speaker
Right, yeah.
00:33:00
Speaker
There's like a fine layer of, like...
00:33:02
Speaker
of salt on my face now from sweating so much, but the makeup is still there.
00:33:06
Speaker
So, so the, the, the setting spray, um, and the, and the primer work really well.
00:33:10
Speaker
And then I usually just wear either a lip stain or a long wear lipstick.
00:33:14
Speaker
I like to wear chapstick when I run anyway, cause I feel like the cold, I don't know.
00:33:19
Speaker
I like to wear chapstick regardless, but, but those are the things that I do.
00:33:22
Speaker
Um, also I don't do this, but a lot of girls, especially at run Disney wear glitter on their face.
00:33:27
Speaker
I don't actually know any brands because I don't wear it, but I'm sure if you went on Etsy and typed in run Disney glitter, like it would come up.
00:33:34
Speaker
Um, but I would say make sure you try that before race day.
00:33:38
Speaker
Um, I have heard of people that, you know, got like, you know, their skin got irritated or whatever from
00:33:43
Speaker
wearing it.
00:33:43
Speaker
So I would put some glitter on your face and go run at least, you know, 30 minutes so that you're good and hot.
00:33:49
Speaker
I always practice glitter at home before I go on my runs.
00:33:51
Speaker
I make sure.
00:33:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:33:55
Speaker
Total side tangent.
00:33:56
Speaker
Have you seen the girls that do the Rapunzel hair?
00:33:59
Speaker
And they have the flowers in their hair.
00:34:01
Speaker
That's super cool.
00:34:02
Speaker
Well, there's actually like, um, and you can go on the Facebook groups, but there will be girls that will, I don't know, sell their services to like do all different kinds of like fun French braids and things.
00:34:13
Speaker
Yeah.
00:34:13
Speaker
And so, and like with hair tensile, like, um, I'm trying to, do you know what hair tensile is AJ?
00:34:20
Speaker
Yeah.
00:34:21
Speaker
Does the blank stare on my face say answer this question?
00:34:23
Speaker
Yeah, I was like, how do I describe hair tinsel to you?
00:34:27
Speaker
Like little fun foil streamer things.
00:34:30
Speaker
I don't know.
00:34:30
Speaker
Like the tinsel you'd put on a Christmas tree?
00:34:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:34:33
Speaker
Or I was thinking like, you remember like in the eighties, like on the bike handles, like the little.
00:34:37
Speaker
Like flying in the wind.
00:34:39
Speaker
Yes.
00:34:39
Speaker
That, yeah, that, yeah.
00:34:41
Speaker
Anyway, but like you were saying, like the flowers or, or like different colored, um, you know, fake hair strands or whatever, but they'll do like all kinds of elaborate braids that the girls will leave in for like the whole race weekend.
00:34:51
Speaker
Anytime I come up behind a Rapunzel that's got their hair all with all the flower things in it, you know, I'm always impressed.
00:34:58
Speaker
You know, you just made me think something else I should tell people.
00:35:00
Speaker
A lot of girls have run in wigs.
00:35:03
Speaker
I'm thinking like especially aerial wigs.
00:35:07
Speaker
And some of them have like the dye from the hair will like stain their skin and like all down the back of their costume.
00:35:16
Speaker
Yeah, I've read like some horror stories.
00:35:18
Speaker
Is it because it's a cheap wig or something?
Wig Warnings and Trial Runs
00:35:20
Speaker
Yeah, like the red dye.
00:35:22
Speaker
You get a wig on Amazon and it was...
00:35:24
Speaker
right not yes manufactured yeah so if you're thinking of wearing a wig for your costume you might want to try that out as well like especially if you spend a lot of money on your costume and then it like bleeds down onto your costume that would be sad yeah i've never done a wig before but i just thought of that when you're talking about okay anything else on makeup lipstick no i don't think so no cool
00:35:45
Speaker
um let's talk about carrying stuff yeah because this is something like you get this fully elaborate costume and then you're like oh shoot where do i put my phone yeah you know or whatever so what are your suggestions here if any yeah so we've talked about the nathan belt and the backpack that we love so much yeah so you you don't mind the the backpack the it's the fitly pack yeah you don't mind that messing up your your look
00:36:09
Speaker
No, the Fittley backpack especially is like so slim and sleek that like the straps are very tiny.
00:36:16
Speaker
You hardly even see it.
00:36:17
Speaker
I wore it with this costume here.
00:36:20
Speaker
So no, that doesn't bother me at all.
00:36:22
Speaker
I will, like especially the winter races, I will have leggings underneath my skater dress.
00:36:28
Speaker
And so I used to put gels and things in the pockets, but then if I would stop to use the porta potty, I would like be worried that they would fall out when I would take my pants off.
00:36:38
Speaker
So I know like how do I say that nicely now?
00:36:42
Speaker
This is a family friendly show.
00:36:45
Speaker
So anyway, but I but I do.
00:36:47
Speaker
I do put my hand warmers in my pockets of my leggings to keep my legs warm.
00:36:52
Speaker
You're the master of staying warm.
00:36:54
Speaker
You make fun of me, but I'm warm in the, in the corral.
00:36:57
Speaker
That's true.
00:36:57
Speaker
You said, so we talked about that backpack.
00:36:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:00
Speaker
That's obviously a very practical way to put stuff in.
00:37:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:02
Speaker
That Nathan belt you mentioned was it's the one I have is called the Zipster.
00:37:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:07
Speaker
And I wear it under like my, you don't have to, but I wear it under my shirt and it might be a little bulky, but like it's still better than in my opinion, than having it out, you know, you know, being obnoxious, whatever with gels and stuff in it.
00:37:21
Speaker
So I wear it under my clothing.
00:37:22
Speaker
It fits for that.
00:37:23
Speaker
That would work for a shirt.
00:37:24
Speaker
That wouldn't work for my dress.
00:37:26
Speaker
I wouldn't be like going up under my dress to try to get my gel.
00:37:28
Speaker
Sorry, I'm talking to the guys.
00:37:29
Speaker
You talk to the girls about makeup.
00:37:31
Speaker
I'm talking to the guys.
00:37:32
Speaker
Okay, okay, okay.
00:37:33
Speaker
The Nathan Bell, obviously, you know, there's another reason I like to wear my athletic shorts is it has all those stash pockets and zipper pockets, right?
00:37:41
Speaker
If I had a pair of shorts that looked awesome, but they weren't meant for running, they're probably not going to have the kind of pockets I need.
00:37:46
Speaker
Totally.
00:37:47
Speaker
So just factor that in, you know, when you're figuring out, figuring out your stuff.
00:37:51
Speaker
Okay.
00:37:52
Speaker
That was, at least on the notes, all the practical stuff.
00:37:56
Speaker
Anything else you can think practical-wise before we give maybe some stories
First Coordinated Costumes: Rapunzel and Flynn Rider
00:38:02
Speaker
of experiences?
00:38:03
Speaker
I don't think so.
00:38:04
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:04
Speaker
Great job, Erica.
00:38:05
Speaker
Thank you.
00:38:06
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:06
Speaker
Uh, let's talk about our first and most recent experiences.
00:38:09
Speaker
I have comments on both.
00:38:10
Speaker
Do you have comments on both our first time running in costume together?
00:38:14
Speaker
Uh, we've always matched.
00:38:16
Speaker
I think, I think that people, you know, if, if you, you know, you don't, you don't have a spouse or a friend or whatever you're running with, you don't have the, you know, you don't have to, you don't have to match somebody that you and I have always matched.
00:38:27
Speaker
So when we talk coordinated, so when we, um, when we're talking about our first and most recent, we talk about our first time we coordinated or matched.
00:38:34
Speaker
What was that?
00:38:35
Speaker
Do you remember?
00:38:35
Speaker
Yeah.
00:38:36
Speaker
So we dressed as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from Tangled.
00:38:39
Speaker
Yes, we did.
00:38:39
Speaker
And there's a funny story about this one.
00:38:41
Speaker
So we thought it would be fun to do like a cute photo in our yard before we left.
00:38:46
Speaker
And so I'm out there like holding a frying pan, like a real frying pan.
00:38:51
Speaker
Yes.
00:38:52
Speaker
And we posted it on social media and some friends of ours were like, who clearly had never seen the movie.
00:38:58
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:58
Speaker
They were like, you guys look so cute, but Erica, why are you holding a frying pan?
00:39:02
Speaker
I was holding your tiara, I think.
00:39:04
Speaker
Yes, you were.
00:39:05
Speaker
Yes, because, oh, here's a great story.
00:39:07
Speaker
I had bought this super cute tiara to wear with a costume and I went to try it out for a run before the race weekend.
00:39:14
Speaker
And I was like, there's no way I can run with this thing on my head.
00:39:16
Speaker
It was so heavy.
00:39:17
Speaker
You didn't run with it?
00:39:18
Speaker
No, that's one of the reasons why you should try it before you go.
00:39:21
Speaker
Yeah, it was too heavy.
00:39:22
Speaker
It was going to hurt my head.
00:39:24
Speaker
I did not run with a frying pan.
00:39:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:39:26
Speaker
Most girls dressing as Rapunzel will get one of those little clip on.
00:39:29
Speaker
What's her little sidekicks?
00:39:31
Speaker
Pascal.
00:39:31
Speaker
Pascal.
00:39:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:32
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:33
Speaker
They'll get the little Pascal clip on and put it on their shoulder or whatever.
00:39:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:39:36
Speaker
My impression first time, you know, we matched or whatever, because I had not done a run Disney race.
00:39:41
Speaker
You had already, you know, and I had not.
00:39:44
Speaker
And you said, hey, we're going to, we need to dress up as a prince and princess because it was princess weekend.
00:39:48
Speaker
I was like, no, we don't.
00:39:51
Speaker
And I remember like, I'd be like, no, I'm wearing a t-shirt, you know?
00:39:55
Speaker
And you're like, no, no, no, be super cute.
00:39:57
Speaker
And I'm like, I don't think it would be super cute.
00:40:00
Speaker
And you had to talk me into it.
00:40:01
Speaker
I was like, everybody does it.
00:40:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:02
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:02
Speaker
That's what you said.
00:40:03
Speaker
Everybody does it.
00:40:04
Speaker
most guys wear a tutu and I'm like, that is not happening.
00:40:08
Speaker
I'm just here to run.
00:40:09
Speaker
Anyway, I remember you bought the shirt.
00:40:13
Speaker
I didn't approve it or you bought the shirt.
00:40:15
Speaker
You didn't approve it.
00:40:16
Speaker
No, you bought it and you're like, here's your shirt.
00:40:18
Speaker
And I'm like, I don't know about this.
00:40:21
Speaker
And I did not run in it ever before the race because I didn't even want to try it on at home.
00:40:26
Speaker
I tried it on to make sure it fit.
00:40:27
Speaker
And then we took that photo and that photo was like, it was embarrassing for me to be out in the yard
00:40:32
Speaker
somebody might see me wearing this shirt.
00:40:34
Speaker
Now it's the other way around.
00:40:35
Speaker
You'd be like dragging me out.
00:40:37
Speaker
You do at our hotel.
00:40:38
Speaker
You make us take photos.
00:40:39
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A hundred percent.
00:40:40
Speaker
It's amazing how it flipped.
00:40:41
Speaker
Right.
00:40:42
Speaker
Right.
00:40:42
Speaker
So my first experience, even running the race, I remember I went out, I left our hotel room, you know, in the morning and I did like a little vlog video thing.
00:40:50
Speaker
Like I'm running my first half marathon today.
00:40:53
Speaker
And I remember like having to be like, I'm wearing a Flynn Rider shirt because, you know, because my wife made me.
00:40:58
Speaker
because I'm supposed to match Erica.
00:41:00
Speaker
And I was like a little bit embarrassed, but then I got the photos back at the end and I'm like, dang, why is Erica always right?
00:41:09
Speaker
This is awful.
00:41:10
Speaker
Why is she always right?
00:41:11
Speaker
And we looked and you know, not in a bragging way, like we just looked cute together.
00:41:15
Speaker
Right.
00:41:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:41:15
Speaker
So I was like, well, whatever she says.
00:41:18
Speaker
And so, and now you're
00:41:20
Speaker
fully embraced the costumes.
00:41:21
Speaker
And now my most recent one, we talked about a little bit earlier, we dressed, the villain was Maleficent for that race, I think, with the most recent princess.
00:41:30
Speaker
And so.
00:41:31
Speaker
It was the princesses and the villains.
00:41:33
Speaker
That's right.
00:41:34
Speaker
So I guess the race or the challenge, I don't remember which, was Aurora.
00:41:38
Speaker
And we didn't, we actually wore an Aurora.
00:41:41
Speaker
This is how complicated this has gotten now after doing so many races.
00:41:44
Speaker
I've already been, we've already done Aurora and Prince Philip.
00:41:48
Speaker
So we did the villain and we did Maleficent.
00:41:51
Speaker
It turns out, like, I really liked the black and purple.
00:41:53
Speaker
This is our second race in black and purple.
00:41:55
Speaker
I've never worn purple before in my life.
00:41:57
Speaker
And I love that outfit.
00:41:59
Speaker
I really loved it.
00:42:00
Speaker
It worked good.
00:42:01
Speaker
You know, talk about your other favorite thing that's come from costumes.
00:42:04
Speaker
What's that?
00:42:05
Speaker
Your favorite shorts in the entire whole world.
00:42:07
Speaker
My short shorts.
00:42:08
Speaker
No, your pink shorts.
00:42:11
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:42:12
Speaker
Princess Weekend has ruined me for life now that I'm thinking about it because, yeah, you can get comfortable with it if your wife is demanding.
00:42:22
Speaker
Demanding?
00:42:23
Speaker
I don't think so.
00:42:25
Speaker
I'm just kidding.
00:42:25
Speaker
I'm just kidding.
00:42:26
Speaker
You're not demanding.
00:42:27
Speaker
Oh, man.
00:42:27
Speaker
No, I think the moral of the story there is I was resistant.
00:42:31
Speaker
So if you guys think, oh, but yeah, I could never do it, AJ.
00:42:34
Speaker
AJ must be confident and whatever.
00:42:36
Speaker
I'm like,
00:42:36
Speaker
No, I didn't want to do this.
00:42:37
Speaker
Just know that every other dude there is going to be in costume.
00:42:39
Speaker
That, that, that, that.
00:42:41
Speaker
I forgot to mention that.
00:42:42
Speaker
You walk up and if you're not dressed in some sort of themed or whatever, you kind of look like an outsider.
00:42:48
Speaker
Yeah.
00:42:48
Speaker
So you kind of want to have some representation, you know, and it doesn't mean you have to.
00:42:54
Speaker
But if you, if you like fitting in, then, then that's the thing.
00:42:58
Speaker
Okay.
00:42:59
Speaker
Anything else on that?
00:43:00
Speaker
Let's move on to the good and the bad if you don't have anything else.
00:43:02
Speaker
So the good and the bad.
00:43:04
Speaker
We like to do this on a topic, right?
00:43:05
Speaker
What's the good thing?
00:43:06
Speaker
Actually, you know what?
00:43:07
Speaker
Well, no.
00:43:08
Speaker
I want to ask you your favorite costume you've ever worn.
00:43:10
Speaker
But first of all, let's just cover good and the bad on costuming.
00:43:14
Speaker
What's good for you?
Photography Tips: Bold vs. Pastel Colors
00:43:16
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:16
Speaker
Well, I've learned through our PhotoPass photos that I like more like bright colors or darker colors.
00:43:25
Speaker
Basically, I stay away from pastel now.
00:43:27
Speaker
Like pastel does not look good on the race course early in the morning when it's still mostly dark.
00:43:33
Speaker
So I won't do those.
00:43:34
Speaker
You're talking about on you or on me?
00:43:36
Speaker
On you.
00:43:37
Speaker
Yeah.
00:43:37
Speaker
I mean, everybody's different.
00:43:39
Speaker
Different, right?
00:43:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:43:40
Speaker
But like the costumes that I thought were going to be my absolute favorite that were like pastel colors.
00:43:45
Speaker
Yeah.
00:43:45
Speaker
I like don't like any of the photos.
00:43:47
Speaker
I wonder...
00:43:48
Speaker
I wonder if it just has anything to do with the lighting or whatever, because you know you're in the dark.
00:43:51
Speaker
I think it's for sure the lighting.
00:43:52
Speaker
You're in the dark and you run into a pool of light.
00:43:56
Speaker
So I wonder if the way they've got the flash or the lighting, everything all set up, I wonder if it just washes out because that's what you're not liking about it.
00:44:01
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know.
00:44:02
Speaker
I just, I won't wear pastel costumes anymore.
00:44:05
Speaker
Okay.
00:44:05
Speaker
So that's a bad.
00:44:06
Speaker
Any goods?
00:44:07
Speaker
Or you want to talk about our favorites?
00:44:08
Speaker
Sure.
00:44:09
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:09
Speaker
What's been your favorite costumes?
00:44:12
Speaker
Favorite, maybe least favorite.
00:44:13
Speaker
My favorite, I can't, I can't, I don't have like a one favorite.
00:44:17
Speaker
I have a couple of favorites.
00:44:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:44:19
Speaker
So Powerline Max, that was like one of my favorites.
00:44:21
Speaker
From a Goofy movie.
00:44:22
Speaker
From the Goofy movie.
00:44:23
Speaker
We wear those matching.
00:44:24
Speaker
But you don't like yellow.
00:44:25
Speaker
I know.
00:44:26
Speaker
I don't.
00:44:26
Speaker
But I did really like that costume.
00:44:28
Speaker
We've worn it twice.
00:44:29
Speaker
We have.
00:44:30
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:30
Speaker
I love that costume.
00:44:31
Speaker
I don't know.
00:44:31
Speaker
And then my other favorite is cast costuming.
00:44:33
Speaker
So AJ and I worked at Disney.
00:44:35
Speaker
Cast costuming.
00:44:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:37
Speaker
Oh, guest relations?
00:44:38
Speaker
Guest relations.
00:44:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:40
Speaker
The VIP cast member.
00:44:41
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:44:43
Speaker
The plaid vest.
00:44:43
Speaker
Right.
00:44:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:44:44
Speaker
So AJ and I worked at Disneyland in California when we were in college.
00:44:47
Speaker
And so it's like a little throwback, a little nod to being a cast member.
00:44:53
Speaker
And so that was a fun costume.
00:44:55
Speaker
And it has our names.
00:44:57
Speaker
It's got a little Disney name tag printed on it.
00:44:59
Speaker
Yeah, those were good.
00:45:02
Speaker
You know, I do like the look of that one, but the reason it doesn't make my list of top ones is sometimes the screen printed stuff.
00:45:10
Speaker
So like a shirt might... My Powerline Max is a yellow shirt with the Powerline...
00:45:15
Speaker
Logo.
00:45:16
Speaker
With the logo on it.
00:45:18
Speaker
But like the cast member one had the print, like it was looking like a vest.
00:45:23
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:24
Speaker
And where it was not a vest was white t-shirt.
00:45:27
Speaker
So like the sleeves and like the v-neck part, remember, it was just a white tee.
00:45:32
Speaker
And I feel like it breaks the illusion.
00:45:35
Speaker
A lot of the men's shirts have that.
00:45:37
Speaker
We've run into that problem a lot.
00:45:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:39
Speaker
I wanted to do a Prince Eric one one time, you know, because it was the Little Mermaid was the theme.
00:45:43
Speaker
I'm like, I can't wear that shirt because it looks like the print was printed on a white t-shirt because you see some of the t-shirt is a white t-shirt.
00:45:50
Speaker
Right.
00:45:51
Speaker
So I do have a hard time with that.
00:45:52
Speaker
You do.
00:45:52
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:53
Speaker
Yeah.
00:45:53
Speaker
You don't have a hard time with that.
00:45:54
Speaker
You don't mind it on my on my shirts.
00:45:57
Speaker
It doesn't bother me.
00:45:58
Speaker
What bothers me more is that it's ruled out like six different costume options for us.
00:46:02
Speaker
Call the Etsy shop and tell them.
00:46:05
Speaker
Tell them to fix it.
00:46:06
Speaker
My favorite outfits, I love Powerline Max.
00:46:10
Speaker
I like the Haunted Mansion ones.
00:46:12
Speaker
I don't know how you felt about that.
00:46:14
Speaker
That black and purple, I'm telling you, I'm falling in love with it.
00:46:18
Speaker
I am.
00:46:18
Speaker
And then, of course, the Maleficent one is black and purple too.
00:46:21
Speaker
But then the pink shorts.
00:46:22
Speaker
You love the pink shorts.
00:46:23
Speaker
I do.
00:46:24
Speaker
Actually, that shirt I actually want to reuse too because it was all awesome, bold colors.
00:46:29
Speaker
Teal, blue, pink.
00:46:32
Speaker
It was awesome.
00:46:32
Speaker
I feel like those just photograph the best.
00:46:34
Speaker
They do.
00:46:35
Speaker
The more muted or like, honestly, these Star Wars ones photographed okay in the daytime.
00:46:41
Speaker
Yeah.
00:46:42
Speaker
So when we crossed the finish line, the sun was already up.
00:46:45
Speaker
Right.
00:46:46
Speaker
And that photo is awesome.
00:46:48
Speaker
All of our photos of this outfit at night in the, like the pool of light that you run through didn't look as good.
00:46:53
Speaker
I don't think a little too just muted.
00:46:55
Speaker
Not like you need bold colors.
00:46:57
Speaker
I think.
00:46:57
Speaker
Yeah, I think so.
00:46:59
Speaker
Cool.
00:47:01
Speaker
Running it back.
00:47:02
Speaker
That's our, I think our last section.
00:47:04
Speaker
If you, the idea here, when we do the running it back section is what would you do the same or different, you know, as it relates to the topic, today's topic is costumes.
Regulating Temperature with Removable Sleeves
00:47:11
Speaker
I'll go first.
00:47:12
Speaker
Mine, I've said it before, but like we have these thermal shirts and I wore that under a costume one time.
00:47:19
Speaker
It's a whole shirt to keep you warm or whatever.
00:47:21
Speaker
And now I've moved to these sleeves and
00:47:24
Speaker
where I know my core is not being kept warm in the corral and whatever.
00:47:27
Speaker
So I do something else on top as a layer and I run in these sleeves because they're so easy to take off.
00:47:33
Speaker
Throw away or stow, either one.
00:47:35
Speaker
If they're just done and I don't want them anymore, just throw them away.
00:47:38
Speaker
You know, that thermal shirt I wore one time and that was not good.
00:47:41
Speaker
So I will never, never do that again.
00:47:43
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:44
Speaker
Um, I like running in a hat going back, like not specifically this hat.
00:47:48
Speaker
Like I do like this hat, but like a running hat.
00:47:51
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:51
Speaker
I really like it.
00:47:52
Speaker
Um, for the visor, it's part of kind of like, I always wear a hat anyway in life, you know?
00:47:57
Speaker
So like, it just looks to me, it looks like me.
00:47:59
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:00
Speaker
And, uh, sometimes I have like a GoPro.
00:48:02
Speaker
It's got a little hat clip mount and I can put that on my hat.
00:48:06
Speaker
Right.
00:48:06
Speaker
And I clip it right there.
00:48:07
Speaker
And I don't know why I filmed the run because I don't ever do anything with it, but I like to film it sometimes.
00:48:11
Speaker
It's good to have the footage.
00:48:12
Speaker
Okay.
00:48:13
Speaker
Any running it back, anything you do the same or different?
00:48:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:16
Speaker
I will not wear compression leggings again on a course.
00:48:19
Speaker
I did that for first marathon and that was not good.
00:48:21
Speaker
So that's, that's why I like to do skater dresses now with, um, you know, compression socks, or if you don't want to wear compression socks, you want regular socks with compression sleeves on your legs.
00:48:31
Speaker
Um, and of course in coordinating colors, you know, to match your costume, but that's the way to go.
00:48:37
Speaker
Also, I'm, I'm not a big tutu person anymore just because of
00:48:40
Speaker
You've run in a tutu before?
00:48:42
Speaker
I have, yeah.
00:48:43
Speaker
Oh.
00:48:43
Speaker
It might have been with the Snow White costume.
00:48:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:46
Speaker
Because I remember the tutu was yellow.
00:48:48
Speaker
Well, you might have to break out the tutu for this upcoming year's princess race, you know.
00:48:52
Speaker
Oh no.
00:48:53
Speaker
I'm going to dress the snow white again, but I'm going to do, I'm going to do it the way I would do it now.
00:48:57
Speaker
Oh God.
00:48:58
Speaker
You're going to apply all these fun and smart tools that we've just outlined and not make any mistakes.
00:49:04
Speaker
That is correct.
00:49:05
Speaker
Yes.
00:49:05
Speaker
That's perfect.
00:49:06
Speaker
Anything else on costumes before we wrap this up and just kind of do a little update on who we are and what we're doing and all that, or are you, any thoughts?
00:49:15
Speaker
No, I think that's it.
00:49:16
Speaker
If we left anything out or if you think of something more specific that you want to ask us, definitely send us an email or shoot us a message or something.
00:49:23
Speaker
They'd be happy to pass along company names or anything.
00:49:26
Speaker
Yeah, well, happy to share what we know.
00:49:28
Speaker
Obviously, we're not experts because we've never addressed as a full-on expert.
00:49:32
Speaker
group, you know, like we've not done that kind of costuming.
00:49:35
Speaker
So if you're looking for that kind of advice, unfortunately, that's not us.
00:49:37
Speaker
But if you're an everyday runner, you know, or you're just looking for, Hey, you know, what can I wear that's good for running and, you know, you know, looking good that you guys have found or, Oh, I love that outfit that I saw in this picture.
00:49:49
Speaker
Where'd you get that?
00:49:50
Speaker
Yeah.
00:49:50
Speaker
I'd be happy to just say, Oh, that's easy.
00:49:52
Speaker
That comes, here's the link.
00:49:53
Speaker
Yeah.
00:49:54
Speaker
I guess maybe I would say if you want to do something super fun and, you know, over the top, if you're signed up for a challenge, maybe save that fun costume for like the 5K or the 10K and then do something, you know, more middle of the road like we do for the longer distance.
00:50:09
Speaker
Sure.
00:50:09
Speaker
That's good advice.
00:50:10
Speaker
Yeah.
00:50:11
Speaker
Right.
00:50:12
Speaker
Oh, you know something we had done, we've done a few times.
00:50:14
Speaker
We go get our picture taken somewhere, you know, uh, like, uh, like at our resort or something like that.
00:50:20
Speaker
Um, did we ever do it at the expo?
00:50:21
Speaker
I don't know that we have, but like when we're clean and collected and there's no race day morning stress, we'll go get our, we'll take our picture in our outfit when it's not even on a race day.
00:50:34
Speaker
Yeah.
00:50:34
Speaker
It's usually like the day or two before.
00:50:36
Speaker
Or like we did at home one time.
00:50:38
Speaker
Yep.
00:50:38
Speaker
Because on race day, your stomach feels weird.
00:50:41
Speaker
You're just like, I need to poop.
00:50:43
Speaker
I'm ready to poop.
00:50:44
Speaker
Like, when can I go to the bathroom?
00:50:46
Speaker
Or are we going to be late?
00:50:48
Speaker
Right.
00:50:48
Speaker
Or you get there and then now it's dark and everything is like, you know, like the floodlights and the lighting is terrible at the start area.
00:50:55
Speaker
It's just awful at the start area.
00:50:56
Speaker
So like take the time to, you know, if you got it.
00:51:00
Speaker
Half hour, an hour of your day.
00:51:02
Speaker
Just put your outfit on and take a picture if you care about the picture.
00:51:05
Speaker
Yeah, totally.
00:51:06
Speaker
Awesome.
00:51:06
Speaker
All right.
00:51:06
Speaker
So let's talk just kind of quick.
00:51:08
Speaker
There's no real run Disney news going on.
00:51:10
Speaker
We missed, you know, we didn't go to the Disneyland Halloween race.
00:51:14
Speaker
We already talked about that.
00:51:16
Speaker
We're just in marathon training.
00:51:18
Speaker
We're counting down to marathon, right?
00:51:20
Speaker
I think it's 16 weeks away or.
00:51:22
Speaker
Yep.
00:51:23
Speaker
No, less than that.
00:51:24
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:25
Speaker
I think it's less than that.
00:51:26
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:26
Speaker
So we're, we're counting down.
00:51:28
Speaker
The mileage is getting long.
00:51:29
Speaker
We have not done this week's training run.
00:51:31
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:32
Speaker
Uh, which is weird for us because we record the podcast typically on Sunday nights and it's Saturday.
00:51:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:39
Speaker
And so we had to do it today, uh, the recording.
00:51:42
Speaker
And so by the way, like if that just blew your mind that we don't like record the day of the release, like, sorry.
00:51:49
Speaker
We record a few days early.
00:51:51
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:51
Speaker
Any thoughts on your training?
00:51:52
Speaker
I know you started a new app.
00:51:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:54
Speaker
You know, like a training, strength training and running app.
00:51:58
Speaker
Any update on that, even though you haven't done this week's long run?
00:52:01
Speaker
No, I mean, I think it's just really helping already.
00:52:03
Speaker
It's only been a couple of weeks, but, um, I feel like the, the strength training exercises that they have are very specific for running clearly.
00:52:11
Speaker
And so I feel like the benefits of that already when I go out for my runs, can you remind me what it's called?
00:52:16
Speaker
It's called the dynamic runner app.
00:52:18
Speaker
Yep.
00:52:19
Speaker
And it's working for you.
00:52:20
Speaker
Is it a, is it a subscription based thing?
00:52:22
Speaker
You know, I think it's one of those apps where it gives you the option of like, you could look at a few exercises maybe for free or it is maybe like $40 a year or something.
00:52:32
Speaker
It's not a lot.
00:52:33
Speaker
Yeah, but that's what you did.
00:52:34
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:35
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:35
Speaker
Cool.
00:52:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:36
Speaker
And so they've got specific strength training exercises.
00:52:40
Speaker
They have like eight-week plans for half marathon, you know, 16-week plans for full marathon.
00:52:46
Speaker
They also have exercises if you're dealing with an injury or like a little bit of a painful exercise.
00:52:51
Speaker
area or something you can find um stretches specifically for that on there so those are good too good so so far i know it's only been two weeks but so far so good yeah i've used it in the past before oh that's right yeah and i really liked it then too so if you're looking for a good app that's on the cheaper side but has really good exercises dynamic runner i would look it up yep
00:53:11
Speaker
All right.
00:53:11
Speaker
Tomorrow's 13 miles.
00:53:12
Speaker
So, well, I guess we'll have to talk about that next week.
00:53:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:15
Speaker
I know we carb loaded today.
00:53:16
Speaker
We sure did.
00:53:18
Speaker
Hey, let's carb load and then record a video podcast.
00:53:20
Speaker
This is a great idea.
00:53:21
Speaker
It's just like marathon weekend.
00:53:24
Speaker
My training update, I don't really have anything other than I had a work trip this week in the middle of the, you know, a road trip in the middle of the week.
00:53:31
Speaker
So I had to get my run.
00:53:32
Speaker
They're kind of before and after this road trip.
00:53:34
Speaker
But the interesting, I find it funny.
00:53:37
Speaker
The rental car place is six miles from our house.
00:53:41
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:41
Speaker
Right?
00:53:42
Speaker
And I don't want to take my car on these kind of work trips or whatever.
00:53:45
Speaker
So I ran to the, I do this often.
00:53:48
Speaker
You do, yeah.
00:53:48
Speaker
I run to the place.
00:53:50
Speaker
I've got some towels and a change of a shirt in my backpack.
00:53:54
Speaker
And I run to the place.
00:53:56
Speaker
And I always walk in.
00:53:57
Speaker
I stretch my way.
00:53:58
Speaker
I walk in.
00:53:58
Speaker
So I run six miles.
00:53:59
Speaker
Right.
00:53:59
Speaker
I walk into the rental car place.
00:54:01
Speaker
And they always say,
00:54:02
Speaker
did you run here and i'm like yeah and they're like you know we'll pick you up right they're like how far did you how long did it take you to get here you know i'm like oh six miles you know and they're like we could pick you up anyway you're like no i want to do this i know i'm like i had to get my run in right and it wasn't a loop you know i didn't have to come back to my house it's perfect yeah i think it's perfect
00:54:24
Speaker
So then I go and I drop the car off, right?
00:54:26
Speaker
And I drop it off and the guy says, all right, do you have a ride or whatever?
00:54:29
Speaker
I'm like, nope.
00:54:30
Speaker
And I start stretching in the parking lot.
00:54:32
Speaker
I put my headphones in, you know, and they always look at me like, what is with this guy?
00:54:38
Speaker
And you give me a hard time about wearing a bathrobe in the corral.
00:54:42
Speaker
That's touche, touche.
00:54:44
Speaker
Okay, cool.
00:54:46
Speaker
That's it for training.
00:54:46
Speaker
I just, I mean, that was my only two runs this week.
00:54:50
Speaker
Great.
00:54:51
Speaker
Thanks for leading the charge on the content of this episode.
00:54:54
Speaker
Next week, we're going to talk about the things that are included in your race registration, some of the things that are not included.
00:54:58
Speaker
We do have special guests as long as schedules hold good on that.
00:55:03
Speaker
Thanks so much for joining us and we will catch you next time for One More Run.
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