Marathon Weekend 2017!

[leshunlenese]

Registered for my 1st half marathon and a kid race for my son. We both did our 1st 5k this past weekend during the star wars half. My son said it was too long! I am a bit nervous.

 

[PCFriar80]

Registered for my 1st half marathon and a kid race for my son. We both did our 1st 5k this past weekend during the star wars half. My son said it was too long! I am a bit nervous.

You're going to have a great time and experience! Stayed tuned to this thread for great tips, inspiration and some yucks leading up to 1/7/17.

 

[burberryplaid]

I'm in for the half! Excited & scared but it's a done deal now!

 

[donk3]

anyone here have any news about how smooth or not the registration is ? we signed up for wine and dine and the process was supper easy, just wondering if it will be the same or not , Thanks !

 

[rteetz]

anyone here have any news about how smooth or not the registration is ? we signed up for wine and dine and the process was supper easy, just wondering if it will be the same or not , Thanks !

It should be the same.

 

[slp1650]

So I got guilt tripped today into running the half with some friends from work. I'm trying to convince my roommate to run it as well, but I think the price is going to put her off for a while...

 

[goofyfigment]

Me and my husband signed up for the half as well. It'll be our first half

 

[burberryplaid]

anyone here have any news about how smooth or not the registration is ? we signed up for wine and dine and the process was supper easy, just wondering if it will be the same or not , Thanks !

It took me 9 minutes to get in...I already have an Active.com account and was logged in before so it was easy breezy!

 

[Skatetigger]

Has anyone had any luck signing up for 10K not with early registration. I went in tonight as I couldn't get to it earlier today and Early registration was sold out. I am planning on logging in on the 26th but just don't want to miss out. I am soo bummed and mad at myself but am at a conference so was busy most of the day.

 

[rteetz]

Has anyone had any luck signing up for 10K not with early registration. I went in tonight as I couldn't get to it earlier today and Early registration was sold out. I am planning on logging in on the 26th but just don't want to miss out. I am soo bummed and mad at myself but am at a conference so was busy most of the day.

As long as you get online right away when registration opens on the 26th you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[Skatetigger]

As long as you get online right away when registration opens on the 26th you shouldn't have a problem.

Thanks for the quick response, I have a calendar reminder to get in early. I was very surprised that I couldn't get in tonight

 

[MeridaAndAngus]

I'm officially in for my first Goofy Challenge! I'm nervous about the training, but I was the same way about the half in 2015, and the full this year. I love having a new goal, and even though I know it'll be a long road I'm excited to be working towards a new adventure and continuing on my personal fitness journey.

 

[dmetcalfrn]

I'm in for my first half!!

 

[lolakat]

anyone here have any news about how smooth or not the registration is ? we signed up for wine and dine and the process was supper easy, just wondering if it will be the same or not , Thanks !

I kept getting an error message from the Active site when I went in through the annual pass holder place. It went from the running man que screen to a list of races but when I pushed the race it just gave an error message. This happened from my desk top and my iphone. I then switched to the DVC site and was able to get in easily with no error messages. By the time I did all that the 10k was "on hold" and then (after a lot of refreshing)sold out. I was able to register for the 1/2. I will try again for the 10k on the 26th.

 

[Jaxasaurous]

I'm in for Goofy! I had no problems registering myself at noon yesterday, took me maybe 5 minutes, would've been less but I was also trying to register my brother for the half marathon at the same time.
I was originally only going to do only the marathon and it would be my first, in hopes to build up to Dopey for 2018, but when RunDisney announced the commemorative medal and shirt for the 20th anniversary of the half marathon I decided to do Goofy. I guess I'll do anything for the medals and shirts.
I'm also nervous about the training and hope I can pull this off without injury. I'll be running both races with my sister so I know I'll have a good support system, it'll be the training that will be the most difficult for me since it'll be mostly done by myself.

 

[Ariel484]

I kept getting an error message from the Active site when I went in through the annual pass holder place. It went from the running man que screen to a list of races but when I pushed the race it just gave an error message. This happened from my desk top and my iphone. I then switched to the DVC site and was able to get in easily with no error messages. By the time I did all that the 10k was "on hold" and then (after a lot of refreshing)sold out. I was able to register for the 1/2. I will try again for the 10k on the 26th.

Glad you got it to work! That sounds incredibly frustrating.

 

[wallskm]

All right, official first training run done! I decided to try Couch to 5k but jumped to week 3 since while I haven't been running I have been doing 3-4 workouts at the gym every week. I just seem to hurt all over sometimes so I am not going to try and push myself too far too fast. Out of the 28 minute workout only 9 was actual running though so I'm going to jump ahead to week 4 I think. Right now my goal is a 10K in September for my POT.

 

[nblack2004]

If I am registered for the Dopey can I sign up for race retreat just the full marathon, instead of both?
Yesterday, the add on option was just the Dopey race retreat, but I really am only interested in having it for the Full.

 

[MommaoffherRocker]

Has any one seen anything about when training shirts go on sale? Is it usually when general registration opens?

 

[rteetz]

Has any one seen anything about when training shirts go on sale? Is it usually when general registration opens?

It's usually general registration.