Marathon Weekend 2019

[SarahDisney]

So ... we have some people doing their first 26(.2) at the 26th and someone doing the 26th as their #2 at Disney ... anyone doing the 26th as their 26th 26.2?

 

[jennamfeo]

anyone doing the 26th as their 26th 26.2

Where are all those "Perfect Marathoner"s and their free Marathon entries?!

 

[IamTrike]

So ... we have some people doing their first 26(.2) at the 26th and someone doing the 26th as their #2 at Disney ... anyone doing the 26th as their 26th 26.2?

I won't be far off. Right now I think the 26th will be my 22nd or 23 marathon.

 

[belleelc77]

I'm glad registration falls after PHM weekend. I'm doing the challenge this year and if I can do that I may do the full for 2019. Looking to try other rD races.

 

[SarahDisney]

I won't be far off. Right now I think the 26th will be my 22nd or 23 marathon.

You may have to add a few marathons to your schedule...

 

[disneydaydreamer33]

SAFD:
I would love to see something for 101 Dalmatians. It was one of my favorite movies growing up and it doesn’t get enough love! (I think one of the Pops has some 101D theming? But I want it in the parks!)

Yes! More 101 love! My 6 year old daughter just discovered the live action remake with Glenn Close, and while it doesn't compare to the animated version for me, it is really cute! Glenn Close is awesome as Cruella. And yesterday I ordered her a huge Lucky plush for her Valentine's present, so I've had these movies on my mind this week

 

[IamTrike]

You may have to add a few marathons to your schedule...

Yup. I will see how the fall goes.

 

[lhermiston]

@lhermiston I am not sure if you plan on doing this or not, but once registration opens, how do you feel like putting together a list of folks on this thread and which race they are running? Something similar to the running thread list... I'm suggesting this since I wont post the 2019 marathon race until ~late November early December and having it hear we can see who is running it many months before race day. Could help me Dis meet ups.... Just a suggestion.

@DopeyBadger is the undisputed Excel master, but I'm sure I could put together a spreadsheet with names, race and we can update it to include hotels later on. DB also kept a list of everyone's goals for marathon weekend that we were able to review closer to the race. I'm planning on doing that, too. Probably after registration opens?

Sound good?

 

[LSUlakes]

@DopeyBadger is the undisputed Excel master, but I'm sure I could put together a spreadsheet with names, race and we can update it to include hotels later on. DB also kept a list of everyone's goals for marathon weekend that we were able to review closer to the race. I'm planning on doing that, too. Probably after registration opens?

Sound good?

Sounds good. Looking forward to April for registration!

First things first though, I got to get a POT for corral placement. That day is coming up in about 5.5 weeks!

 

[lhermiston]

Sounds good. Looking forward to April for registration!

First things first though, I got to get a POT for corral placement. That day is coming up in about 5.5 weeks!

Awesome! What are you running and what’s your goal?

 

[Baloo in MI]

Also paging @DopeyBadger ....

Do you have an idea of what marathon POT gets a Dopey runner a corral 'A' placement for the 5/10K?
Please don't do any analysis or extra calcs! Just curious if you had that handy. Thanks!

Not a Marathon POT but for the last three years I have submitted a 1:55 and a 1:57 Half Marathon POT that put me in corral ‘A’ for the 5K and 10K and dropping me back to E and C for the half and full depending on the year.

I won't be far off. Right now I think the 26th will be my 22nd or 23 marathon.

Wow, 22 marathons! I am just hoping to get to 10!

 

[ANIM8R]

An educated guess was that there were roughly 1650 Dopey bibs per 5k/10k corral in 2018 (and 1400 per corral in 2017 when there were less total Dopey bibs). This falls in the middle of HM/M corral assignments which makes a really good guess hard to get at. So somewhere between a 1:28-1:33 10 miler, 1:57-2:04 HM, and 4:08-4:23 M POT (the lower end of those projections is more likely then the higher end) was the likely cutoff in 2017 and 2018 for corral A assignment of Dopey 5k/10k bibs.

Thanks @DopeyBagder - much appreciated!

 

[ANIM8R]

Not a Marathon POT but for the last three years I have submitted a 1:55 and a 1:57 Half Marathon POT that put me in corral ‘A’ for the 5K and 10K and dropping me back to E and C for the half and full depending on the year.

And thank you, @Baloo in MI - it looks like I might have been pretty close to getting in 'A' last year. I used a 1:59 Half as my POT and was in 'B'. FWIW, I was also in 'C' this last year (and 'F' for the 2017).

A few of years back - for the Disneyland 10K (maybe '15 or '16 ?) - I was in 'B' and for whatever reason they announced they were starting 'A' and 'B' all at once. So even though the 'B's were corralled behind the 'A's it was one long, continuous start. It was actually pretty awesome - I've never had a start to a race that was so devoid of crowding, weaving, having to avoid tripping the person in front, being tripped by the person behind etc. So I'm hoping to get into 'A' to see if that's always the case or if my experience was just a fluke.

 

[DopeyBadger]

And thank you, @Baloo in MI - it looks like I might have been pretty close to getting in 'A' last year. I used a 1:59 Half as my POT and was in 'B'. FWIW, I was also in 'C' this last year (and 'F' for the 2017).

You don't have to give the exact number, but were you above, below and close to the bib 21600 (my educated guess cutoff for A/B in Dopey for 2018)?

A few of years back - for the Disneyland 10K (maybe '15 or '16 ?) - I was in 'B' and for whatever reason they announced they were starting 'A' and 'B' all at once. So even though the 'B's were corralled behind the 'A's it was one long, continuous start. It was actually pretty awesome - I've never had a start to a race that was so devoid of crowding, weaving, having to avoid tripping the person in front, being tripped by the person behind etc. So I'm hoping to get into 'A' to see if that's always the case or if my experience was just a fluke.

It certainly depends. By my estimation (unofficial), as a solo bib a registration of under 9 min/mile pace gets you into "A". So there can be a pretty wide variety of paces in "A" corral, where many of the other corrals are much tighter (for instance "B" would be 9-10 min/mile pace). In my experience running sub-7 min/mile 5k/10k pace at Marathon Weekend, it can be difficult to avoid congestion unless you're near the first 10 rows back. In 2017, I started a little further back (like 20-30 rows back) in "A" and definitely didn't feel I hit my groove until mile 1 of the 10k. And in the 5k, there was some tripping and a small pile-up of people on the ground early on in the race. Like anywhere, it's best for everyone to pay attention to yourself and the others around you so that all have a good experience.

With that being said, I ran the 5k/10k out of corral B in 2015 and remember thinking to myself that I wanted to ensure a corral A from then on. But I can't recollect the exact circumstances of that memory. I ran a 23:52 that year which is still a good time regardless of any course crowding concerns.

 

[LSUlakes]

Awesome! What are you running and what’s your goal?

I assume you asking about my POT race... If so, its the Amazing Half Marathon March 11 in Baton Rouge, LA. My goal is to hit somewhere around 1:45:00 to 1:50:00 (~8:00 / 8:30 pace) to get into corral B. I think those times would be good enough to get me into B??? @DopeyBadger may be able to shed some light on that. My Pr's are listed in my signature, but as it states, it's been a while since I've been at those levels. I ran/walk a half earlier this month that I was very under trained for and ended up with a 2:40:ish time. I'm back into my routine, but know if I will be ready by race day for a sub 8 minute pace, but I guess it could happen if things were to work out perfectly.

If speaking of the marathon, with plenty of time to train, 3:30:00 or better will be my goal at WDW.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I assume you asking about my POT race... If so, its the Amazing Half Marathon March 11 in Baton Rouge, LA. My goal is to hit somewhere around 1:45:00 to 1:50:00 (~8:00 / 8:30 pace) to get into corral B. I think those times would be good enough to get me into B??? @DopeyBadger may be able to shed some light on that. My Pr's are listed in my signature, but as it states, it's been a while since I've been at those levels. I ran/walk a half earlier this month that I was very under trained for and ended up with a 2:40:ish time. I'm back into my routine, but know if I will be ready by race day for a sub 8 minute pace, but I guess it could happen if things were to work out perfectly.

If speaking of the marathon, with plenty of time to train, 3:30:00 or better will be my goal at WDW.

In 2018, they reduced the number of corrals for the marathon from 16 to 8. So corral A cutoff was around 1:45 and corral B cutoff around 1:54 (for HM POT). A "B" corral under the old system (with 16 corrals) would be like getting an "A" corral designation in 2018. Same number of people ahead of you, just a different organization method. There were 1593 bibs in corral A and 1864 bibs in corral B in 2018 (so 3457 total). Corral A was 564 and B was 497 bibs (so total 1061 bibs) in 2017.

Left is 2017 and right is 2018.

 

[LSUlakes]

In 2018, they reduced the number of corrals for the marathon from 16 to 8. So corral A cutoff was around 1:45 and corral B cutoff around 1:54 (for HM POT). A "B" corral under the old system (with 16 corrals) would be like getting an "A" corral designation in 2018. Same number of people ahead of you, just a different organization method. There were 1593 bibs in corral A and 1864 bibs in corral B in 2018 (so 3457 total). Corral A was 564 and B was 497 bibs (so total 1061 bibs) in 2017.

Left is 2017 and right is 2018.

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Well I will amend my statement then, if they use the 2018 method I would like to end up in corral A, if the 2017 method is used the coral B would work. I may need to run a faster half it seems to get into the corral I want... My only WDW marathon was in 2016 so I have been out the loop a little on things. For that year I submitted my 10 miler PR, which I think placed me in B that year. Found a pic with my bib and although I cant see the corral I was bib 399. Thanks for the info as I was not aware of the changes. Should be interesting to see how things shake out for 2019. I would expect a little less interest this year since the anniversary stuff is over. Assuming that is accurate I wonder what the total number of marathon runners they will have and how the corral come together.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Well I will amend my statement then, if they use the 2018 method I would like to end up in corral A, if the 2017 method is used the coral B would work. I may need to run a faster half it seems to get into the corral I want... My only WDW marathon was in 2016 so I have been out the loop a little on things. For that year I submitted my 10 miler PR, which I think placed me in B that year. Found a pic with my bib and although I cant see the corral I was bib 399. Thanks for the info as I was not aware of the changes. Should be interesting to see how things shake out for 2019. I would expect a little less interest this year since the anniversary stuff is over. Assuming that is accurate I wonder what the total number of marathon runners they will have and how the corral come together.

In general, the number of participants has been fairly consistent. Using the # of finishers as an indicator:

2014 - 19198
2015 - 19970
2016 - 19838
2017 - 17728
2018 - 20050

For the last three years of POT the cutoffs have been reasonably consistent as well, suggesting a similar pool of people participating from year to year. It will be interesting to see if 2019 keeps these trends, like you said.

 

[lhermiston]

I assume you asking about my POT race... If so, its the Amazing Half Marathon March 11 in Baton Rouge, LA. My goal is to hit somewhere around 1:45:00 to 1:50:00 (~8:00 / 8:30 pace) to get into corral B. I think those times would be good enough to get me into B??? @DopeyBadger may be able to shed some light on that. My Pr's are listed in my signature, but as it states, it's been a while since I've been at those levels. I ran/walk a half earlier this month that I was very under trained for and ended up with a 2:40:ish time. I'm back into my routine, but know if I will be ready by race day for a sub 8 minute pace, but I guess it could happen if things were to work out perfectly.

If speaking of the marathon, with plenty of time to train, 3:30:00 or better will be my goal at WDW.

Good luck! I’m hoping to set a marathon PR in April for my POT, but I don’t see a 3:30 marathon in my future!

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I was penciling some dates in on my calendar and just noticed that registration is the day after the Boston Marathon... we can all get motivated on Monday, then register on Tuesday. Good timing. (For those that will be running Boston, maybe registration is too soon? The pain and exhaustion will be too fresh?)