Marathon Weekend 2018

[DVCFan1994]

Got an email from rD today, reminding me of my registrations. I was confused for a while and then recalled that I'd emailed them weeks ago about changing my name on my registration. I put in my full name which I hate, and asked to change to my nickname. They made the change, and it was reflected on the registration details on the reminder. Pleasantly surprised it was taken care of

 

[Dave Rolen]

I have a question regarding corral placement as I plan for races this year to improve my time. I know you can put your half marathon time in to get placed in a corral but not sure how that time is converted to marathon time. Would it be better to get a faster time in the half marathon or marathon? For example, would it be better to run a half marathon at 1:50 or a marathon at 3:40? Does the conversion equation simply double the half marathon time or does it factor it up by an amount? If so, does anyone know the amount? I am trying to plan for either a marathon or half to improve my time and get a better corral placement. Thank you!

I'm going through the same thing right now with those same paces. I've been running 8-10 miles in the low 8:xx range the last few weeks and am aiming for a 8:30 pace on a 1/2 this coming weekend. Hoping that will put me in a great corral. Looking at last year's corrals that puts me in a great corral.

Thoughts? Will the D-F corrals fairly ensure about the best I could hope for less crowds?

 

[Sailormoon2]

I'm going through the same thing right now with those same paces. I've been running 8-10 miles in the low 8:xx range the last few weeks and am aiming for a 8:30 pace on a 1/2 this coming weekend. Hoping that will put me in a great corral. Looking at last year's corrals that puts me in a great corral.

Thoughts? Will the D-F corrals fairly ensure about the best I could hope for less crowds?

I do not presume to be an expert on corral placement. But my 8:00 mile POT for WnD last year got me in corral D. So not marathon weekend, but given it's larger crowds I would assume F.

 

[Dave Rolen]

I do not presume to be an expert on corral placement. But my 8:00 mile POT for WnD last year got me in corral D. So not marathon weekend, but given it's larger crowds I would assume F.

Thanks. In that case maybe I'll run at suicide pace and see how fast I can go. My PR is around 7:30 pace but that's been a few years.

I have another half first weekend of April in OKC if I blow up. Might be fun to embrace that kind of suck. 50% chance of rain next weekend too so maybe it could be an epic memory!

 

[Sailormoon2]

I'll run at suicide pace

This is my intended pace for my 10 miler in April, as I am hoping to bump up my current POT.

Might be fun to embrace that kind of suck

This is exactly how I am approaching it too!

 

[WhereInFlorida]

I'm going through the same thing right now with those same paces. I've been running 8-10 miles in the low 8:xx range the last few weeks and am aiming for a 8:30 pace on a 1/2 this coming weekend. Hoping that will put me in a great corral. Looking at last year's corrals that puts me in a great corral.

Thoughts? Will the D-F corrals fairly ensure about the best I could hope for less crowds?

8:23 pace for a half got me into corral D for the marathon. Did not have any real issues with crowds, but it is not wide open with some of the narrower sections requiring some patience.

And sounds like you are prepared to make a run at it, low 8s at for 10 miles during training should translate to 8:00 +/- with a good taper. Good luck.

 

[Sailormoon2]

8:23 pace for a half got me into corral D for the marathon

I realize it is crazy far out to start speculating about corral placements, but this has got me seriously excited!!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

I realize it is crazy far out to start speculating about corral placements, but this has got me seriously excited!!

I'm hoping my husband gets at least F. Hopefully Dark Side he breaks his sub-2!

 

[Dave Rolen]

I realize it is crazy far out to start speculating about corral placements, but this has got me seriously excited!!

Me too! I went for a run in the rain today I was so excited.

Both my 20 year old daughter and I say we're ready to go to WDW about every day!

Thousands of runners every day! Caramel in Germany. Beer in England (and everywhere), that cool TOY STORY ride! Might even buy me a stuffed Dopey at the Pooh ride!

 

[cavepig]

I'm going through the same thing right now with those same paces. I've been running 8-10 miles in the low 8:xx range the last few weeks and am aiming for a 8:30 pace on a 1/2 this coming weekend. Hoping that will put me in a great corral. Looking at last year's corrals that puts me in a great corral.

Thoughts? Will the D-F corrals fairly ensure about the best I could hope for less crowds?

I was G in 2015 and it was never crowded to me, I didn't keep that pace though due to the flu & character stops but still never felt crowded (finished right as World Showcase was opening & it felt pretty empty running through there) although I did get grabbed and pushed aside by a lady on the path from ST to Boardwalk, so I guess she thought it was crowded. Now in 2016 I started in F with food posioning/illness so was waaaaay off that pace and many (all) corrals passed me so did get caught up in crowds, like right before entering MK it was packed up and a pace group was coming through that basically clogged it up. Cone alley after MK was more crowded too, but there was always openings to get around people for the most part and by the end I was in the back of the pack but could still move around people. So, I would say D-F is less crowded, especially if you maintain that pace. If you want a fast no crowd start then make sure to start in the front of your corral, at wine & dine I was in the back of D and we started off like turtles (but I wanted to run for time) so it was hard to get around anyone then, but eventually there were openings.

 

[mbwhitti]

I'm hoping for E with a 1:57 half POT. Since I'm doing dopey, i would love love A for the 5 and 10k.

 

[camaker]

Ran the Tobacco Road Half Marathon this morning. It was my 10th half marathon and I think I'm going to subtitle it "Adrenaline is a wonderful thing". As background, my current PR expires as a RunDisney proof of time in September. Tobacco Road is the most PR friendly course in my area, so I really wanted to lay down a new marker today.

The complicating factor is that I've been focused on marathon training paces based on a 2:00 Half for the last 9 months and wasn't able to increase that pacing during this training cycle due to hernia pain, so my training paces have ranged from 9:48mm (tempo) to 11:40mm (easy). I've felt like my legs were ready to step the pace up a bit, but I needed to get to sub-2:56. I figured, what the hell, I'd go for it and if I crashed and burned I still will have completed my 10th half.

Temps were a little cooler than I would have liked this morning. Around 38-39 degrees at race start. There was no 1:55 pace group for the half, so I started with the marathon 3:45 group. The first 2.5 miles were gently rolling hills on asphalt, then the course transitioned to nice wide tree-lined hard pack trails. The trails had some extended gentle sloping but nothing you'd really call a hill.

The pace was a challenge, but I was holding it pretty well and hit the turnaround mat at ~0:55:12 or so. Unfortunately I also overdressed for the temps and started overheating a little around that point. Coming back down the trail I just focused on keeping my pace up and telling myself that I always finish stronger than I start. My legs were definitely feeling the strain, but it was a fatigued strain not an impending injury strain and by the time I hit the asphalt for the last 2.5 miles I knew I just had to hold on and I'd have the PR. The gently rolling hills from the start were gone, though replaced with hills that felt much less gentle and I that I wished I could just roll down!

TL;DR Section:
I managed to hold everything together to cross the line at 1:52:20 for a 3:22 improvement on my PR!! I finally got to ring the PR bell at the line, too. Overall, to squeeze an 8:34mm pace out of the combination of those training paces and race day shot of adrenaline, I couldn't be happier! And a 3+ min improvement on my RunDisney PoT is the icing on the cake. Thanks for reading.

 

[camaker]

I'm hoping for E with a 1:57 half POT. Since I'm doing dopey, i would love love A for the 5 and 10k.

You should be pretty close. My PoT was 1:56 and I was A/A/E/E for Dopey this year. The only caution I'd throw out is there seems to be a PoT cluster around 1:56 that might push you to F. You should still be A for the 5k & 10k, too.

 

[ZellyB]

Congrats on the new PR @camaker !

 

[FFigawi]

I managed to hold everything together to cross the line at 1:52:20 for a 3:22 improvement on my PR!!

Congrats!

 

[Sailormoon2]

I'm hoping my husband gets at least F. Hopefully Dark Side he breaks his sub-2!

Good Luck to him!!

I'm hoping for E with a 1:57 half POT. Since I'm doing dopey, i would love love A for the 5 and 10k.

I was totally hoping for D with the same proof of time, but that seems unrealistic now. I too would be soooo happy to have A for any of the races!

1:52:20 for a 3:22 improvement on my PR

Congrats!!

I finally got to ring the PR bell at the line, too

What a cool feature!

My PoT was 1:56 and I was A/A/E/E for Dopey this year.

OK good to know! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dave Rolen]

Ran the Tobacco Road Half Marathon this morning. It was my 10th half marathon and I think I'm going to subtitle it "Adrenaline is a wonderful thing". As background, my current PR expires as a RunDisney proof of time in September. Tobacco Road is the most PR friendly course in my area, so I really wanted to lay down a new marker today.

The complicating factor is that I've been focused on marathon training paces based on a 2:00 Half for the last 9 months and wasn't able to increase that pacing during this training cycle due to hernia pain, so my training paces have ranged from 9:48mm (tempo) to 11:40mm (easy). I've felt like my legs were ready to step the pace up a bit, but I needed to get to sub-2:56. I figured, what the hell, I'd go for it and if I crashed and burned I still will have completed my 10th half.

Temps were a little cooler than I would have liked this morning. Around 38-39 degrees at race start. There was no 1:55 pace group for the half, so I started with the marathon 3:45 group. The first 2.5 miles were gently rolling hills on asphalt, then the course transitioned to nice wide tree-lined hard pack trails. The trails had some extended gentle sloping but nothing you'd really call a hill.

The pace was a challenge, but I was holding it pretty well and hit the turnaround mat at ~0:55:12 or so. Unfortunately I also overdressed for the temps and started overheating a little around that point. Coming back down the trail I just focused on keeping my pace up and telling myself that I always finish stronger than I start. My legs were definitely feeling the strain, but it was a fatigued strain not an impending injury strain and by the time I hit the asphalt for the last 2.5 miles I knew I just had to hold on and I'd have the PR. The gently rolling hills from the start were gone, though replaced with hills that felt much less gentle and I that I wished I could just roll down!

TL;DR Section:
I managed to hold everything together to cross the line at 1:52:20 for a 3:22 improvement on my PR!! I finally got to ring the PR bell at the line, too. Overall, to squeeze an 8:34mm pace out of the combination of those training paces and race day shot of adrenaline, I couldn't be happier! And a 3+ min improvement on my RunDisney PoT is the icing on the cake. Thanks for reading.

Good job! I ran the Tobacco Road full a few years ago and those "gently rolling hills" turned into a long slow climb at the 20 mile point. The finish at the bottom of the hill and walk up to the post race was a special treat!

 

[rteetz]

I am really slacking lately on these Sunday questions! Sorry but Spring Break and March Madness have been holding me back.

What is your favorite Disney song?

My answer: It is so hard to choose just one so I am going to give a few. Circle of Life, Under the Sea, and Be Our Guest are the three big ones that come to mind. They all come from some of the best Disney movies of all time. This could be open to Disney parks music too which then I would say either the Illuminations sound track or there is a great big beautiful tomorrow.

 

[FelisLachesis]

I'll concur with Be Our Guest. Yes, I'm going "there" and saying First Time in Forever (without the vocals) something about the crescendo just gets me. Last, Heigh Ho! Maybe it's the Dopey in me!

 

[FFigawi]

What is your favorite Disney song?

I don't really have a favorite. I can tell you my least favorite is whichever one is stuck in my head on repeat on any given day.