Marathon Weekend 2019

[sandam1]

The absurdity of the whole situation is that it took less time for my mother to have her knee replaced than trying to register for this race. After fighting with it on my tablet since noon, I went into work to try it on a desktop. I'm getting to the review page and then there is no *&%^% button available to move forward.

 

[TheHamm]

Running a race to get PoT is crucial. I made my buddy run a half last year for this purpose. He didn't appreciate me in September when we were doing it, but once he saw the madness of the corrals he thanked me.

Getting to your corral early is also a good way to get better position if only solely for the purpose of not having to contend with that large portion of people for picture stops.

As a runner who can do a 45min 10k and usually runs these with my wife who is more like a 1:10 10k, the difference for pictures is huge. Like rolling up to a stop and having 2-3 people or none versus like 50 or more people in front of you.

I think I have a time to get me out of the no POT corrals, so I am pretty happy about that. I really have no concept of what kind of improvement I could make for a fall race, so I don't know that I will count on anything beyond 'not in the back.'

 

[ZellyB]

Now I can’t even get to the point to put in my credit card information...

This took 10 minutes in 2016.

Ditto. I was an idiot and registered us for the 10k and thought I'd go back in and do the marathon. 4 times now of getting to the pay screen. 1 time payment FAILURE and 3 times no option to pay. Sigh.

 

[Sakigt]

Ugh. So my card got charged for the 5k but it isn’t showing up in the profile

 

[lhermiston]

Ditto. I was an idiot and registered us for the 10k and thought I'd go back in and do the marathon. 4 times now of getting to the pay screen. 1 time payment FAILURE and 3 times no option to pay. Sigh.

Did you get charged for the “payment FAILURE?” I don’t want to charge my card every time this happens.

 

[mankle30]

I think I have a time to get me out of the no POT corrals, so I am pretty happy about that. I really have no concept of what kind of improvement I could make for a fall race, so I don't know that I will count on anything beyond 'not in the back.'

I was able to use my 2017 WDW Marathon time. It's just over a minute below the 5:30 cutoff but it's something. Will run a half-marathon on September 30 to hopefully improve that placement though!

 

[LSUlakes]

Math is: T2 = T1 x (D2 / D1)^R

Maybe its the lack of sleep I've had this week, but can you tell me what these variables are? Assuming t2 is projected time, t1 is converted race time maybe, No idea on d2/di and is that taking the square root... The R? I'm feeling like @Keels with the math today. Thanks for the help and once I learn this formula I can stop asking you this question over and over again. Also, don't you find it odd that a 1:30:00 10 miler equates to a 3:3x:00 marathon. Thats a 9 minute mile for the 10 miler and a 8:30 mile for the marathon... I would anticipate that they would figure your pace would slow down for a longer race. Again, maybe my math is off... 4 hours or less of sleep since Friday is catching up with me.

 

[Keels]

If it doesn’t show up in your profile, you aren’t registered despite pending charges on your card.

 

[lhermiston]

If it doesn’t show up in your profile, you aren’t registered despite pending charges on your card.

Cool trick, runDisney.

 

[jennamfeo]

If it doesn’t show up in your profile, you aren’t registered despite pending charges on your card.

I do want to say that when you check your profile, be sure you are looking at "Your Registrations" tab because when I signed up Tuesday it wasn't showing up on my Dashboard itself, but it was on my registrations. Then it came up on my dashboard later.

I am sorry you all are having so many problems. Get it together runDisney!

 

[CDKG]

Race Retreat info has been added to the website. Early entrance to the Expo is NOT included, but the usual race day amenities are all there.

 

[ZellyB]

Did you get charged for the “payment FAILURE?” I don’t want to charge my card every time this happens.

I didn't check yet. If they double charge me they WILL credit it. What a cluster.

Finally got it to go through so we are officially registered now for 10k and full. Geez. 2 hours.

 

[mtnmjd]

Finally in for my first Dopey! Wow, that was painful. It took longer to sign up than it will for me to run the 10k.

 

[kleph]

Maybe its the lack of sleep I've had this week, but can you tell me what these variables are? Assuming t2 is projected time, t1 is converted race time maybe, No idea on d2/di and is that taking the square root... The R? I'm feeling like @Keels with the math today. Thanks for the help and once I learn this formula I can stop asking you this question over and over again. Also, don't you find it odd that a 1:30:00 10 miler equates to a 3:3x:00 marathon. Thats a 9 minute mile for the 10 miler and a 8:30 mile for the marathon... I would anticipate that they would figure your pace would slow down for a longer race. Again, maybe my math is off... 4 hours or less of sleep since Friday is catching up with me.

i believe D2 and D1 correspond to the distances of the two races being evaluated.

 

[sandam1]

Victory is MINE!!! It only took an hour and 55 minutes to register!!! Woo-hoo! Go Disney!!!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Here's a conversion range for your 2:40:01 HM:

View attachment 337931

Math is: T2 = T1 x (D2 / D1)^R

R = 1.06, 1.07, or 1.08 based on source.

This POT submission is slower than the 5:30 marathon equivalent. So you may end up in a non-POT corral.

A conversion range for a 10 miler at 1:29:59 would be:

View attachment 337935

The 1:29:59 10 miler is a significant improvement over the 2:40 HM.

Based on 2018 corrals, you would move from Corral F/G to Corral A. That's a swing of 17000 runners and about 78% of the field.

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Apologies as there was an error in the original calculation.



This is the Marathon equivalent for a 1:30 10 miler.

In and around Corral C, instead of Corral F/G.

Maybe its the lack of sleep I've had this week, but can you tell me what these variables are? Assuming t2 is projected time, t1 is converted race time maybe, No idea on d2/di and is that taking the square root... The R? I'm feeling like @Keels with the math today. Thanks for the help and once I learn this formula I can stop asking you this question over and over again. Also, don't you find it odd that a 1:30:00 10 miler equates to a 3:3x:00 marathon. Thats a 9 minute mile for the 10 miler and a 8:30 mile for the marathon... I would anticipate that they would figure your pace would slow down for a longer race. Again, maybe my math is off... 4 hours or less of sleep since Friday is catching up with me.

Yep, bad math as I had the cells locked onto another formula. See above.

Math is: T2 = T1 x (D2 / D1)^R

R = 1.06, 1.07, or 1.08 based on source.

T2 = Time of race #2
T1 = Time of race #1
D2 = Distance of race #2
D1 = Distance of race #1
R = a value that is manipulated to display the relationship between the time and distance. While distance is linear (D2/D1) like M/HM = 2, the ability to run the race is not linear (no one doubles their HM time to make their M time). The R was found to be a good pattern as to how much a person would slow when increasing the distance. Rigel initially placed this value at 1.06. McMillan uses 1.07. Based on limited data, it appears rD is closer to 1.08.

Example -

2:40 HM to a M conversion

Marathon Time = HM Time * (Marathon Distance / HM Distance)^1.06

Marathon Time = 2:40 * (2)^1.06

Marathon Time = 2:40 * 2.08

Marathon Time = 5:33:35

 

[rteetz]

I’m a sucker yes... Dopey year 3 here I come...

 

[sylkai]

If it doesn’t show up in your profile, you aren’t registered despite pending charges on your card.

I have confirmation numbers, pages (printed as PDFs), and e-mails.

But it's still not in my profile.

That said, they're all done now. And I figure I can sort out the profile thing later when they are not slammed, because I have all the info to prove that I am in.

 

[rteetz]

I know @rteetz and @Keels both had issues on Tuesday. I think there were fewer issues because there were fewer people. I don't think the load issue came into play at all, but there were definitely payment issues.

And for some reason I still have Disney my money...

 

[sylkai]

Props to the travel agent who sent me a reminder that pre-reg for Princess is closing during the middle of all this mess. Excellent marketing timing.