Marathon Weekend 2019

[garneska]

i am in coral B for the marathon, so is DH. I am running the 10K and i am pretty certain i am in A for that my number is 60290. @DopeyBadger our times fit with your prediction. We used our DS half basically 1:52 half marathon and we are in B. Even with my Chicago Marathon time it would put me in B.

See you in B @camaker and @cavepig

 

[rteetz]

I'm sorry; I'm sorry; I'm sorry. Just like two years ago when DW and I ran, I cannot find the post herein wherein y'all are able to determine your corral for the 1/2 and the full. I have our bib numbers from the waivers I printed this afternoon. With those numbers, how are y'all determining your coral assignments? DW is doing the Dopey and I am slugging through the 1/2.
Appreciate if someone could repeat the post on the source to look for our corrals.
Many thanks and, again, sorry for asking something y'all already know.

On the runDisney page there is a corral chart. That is where you match your number with the corral.

 

[cavepig]

I'm sorry; I'm sorry; I'm sorry. Just like two years ago when DW and I ran, I cannot find the post herein wherein y'all are able to determine your corral for the 1/2 and the full. I have our bib numbers from the waivers I printed this afternoon. With those numbers, how are y'all determining your coral assignments? DW is doing the Dopey and I am slugging through the 1/2.
Appreciate if someone could repeat the post on the source to look for our corrals.
Many thanks and, again, sorry for asking something y'all already know.

Under Runner Info, scroll to see corral assignments.

https://www.rundisney.com/events/disneyworld/disneyworld-marathon-weekend/runner-info/

 

[StarGirl11]

Not sure if you've ran it before but Chicago is pancake flat.
You may be best off finding a spring or fall half marathon local to you and going that route for a POT?

I did Chicago back in October of last year. And I kind of swore off of it until I'm fast enough that I'm not starting an hour after the elites. I was kind of meh to the whole thing to be honest, at least when compared to the other majors. I've enjoyed the other majors far more.

Though to be honest the only reason I'm even doing Berlin again despite there also being a heat issue for me when I ran it is because I also want to do the roller marathon the day before. So that's what's getting me back for a second and probably final year. But I did enjoy the atmosphere more at Berlin then I did at Chicago.

The only disadvantage to staying local is I don't get the elevation boost that comes with dropping from 5,000 ft to sea level. And yeah that is a rather large advantage. Can shave up to 30 seconds off my average minute per mile pace.

That and we only have one marathon in the entire city of Denver (the Colorado Marathon is up in Fort Collins). And as said before it isn't PR friendly. Probably was the most beat up I've felt after a race was after Colfax, and yes that includes Dopey. It took a week for the soreness to finally fade after Colfax. I'm usually back to normal after a couple of days from Dopey. So I've sworn off the full distance from Colfax to say the least...

Thanks for trying to help though!

 

[Keels]

Wow that is way off. You seem solidly in C (1:53-2:07) based on my guess. But her HM of a 1:57 is being equated to a 4:30-5:00 marathon. She would had to have a Rigel conversion just over a 1.20 instead of a 1.06 like the rest of the calculations. If she somehow even mistakenly chose a 10 mile POT instead of a HM that wouldn't make sense either because a 1:57:23 10 miler would be a non-submittable POT (cutoff of 1:56:30). I'm sure you've already told her to do so, but I would definitely think this is a case that warrants emailing Track Shack to double check their conversion.

She used the same PoT for Dopey this year and was in C. So we'll see.

 

[Keels]

That's investigator @Keels job.

These are the colors available from Champion for 2019:


A better look:

 

[JeffW]

Thanks for the data! Looks to be off by about 23 seconds from the cutoff I had. Was your bib # really close to the cutoff?

I'm around 70 numbers inside of the cutoff

 

[Barca33Runner]

Where is the info on only 3 corrals for the 5k? I’m at work and not doing a very good job of keeping up or reading for full comprehension.

 

[rteetz]

These are the colors available from Champion for 2019:
View attachment 370772

I have grey and black dopey so hopefully a better color this year.

 

[rteetz]

Where is the info on only 3 corrals for the 5k? I’m at work and not doing a very good job of keeping up or reading for full comprehension.

If you look at the staging map in the event guide it shows 3 corrals.

 

[StarGirl11]

She used the same PoT for Dopey this year and was in C. So we'll see.

Did you guys register fairly far apart? I've always wondered if making the cutoff for corrals is also influenced by when you register. Though if that was the case you would think your friend would be closer to the C/D margin and not halfway through D...

 

[Barca33Runner]

If you look at the staging map in the event guide it shows 3 corrals.

Ah, I knew everyone was working on a different level than I am. 10k 3 as well?

 

[StarGirl11]

Ah, I knew everyone was working on a different level than I am. 10k 3 as well?

10k goes to F actually. Which where its going to get interesting for Dopey. Guessing for now there is going to be two letters on the 5/10 bib.

 

[Dan1]

Under Runner Info, scroll to see corral assignments.

https://www.rundisney.com/events/disneyworld/disneyworld-marathon-weekend/runner-info/

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Have a magical day!

 

[tidefan]

I am in Corral E (32xx) for the full, right in line with @DopeyBadger ‘s prediction. POT was a HM of 2:28:02

 

[DopeyBadger]

I'm around 70 numbers inside of the cutoff

That's very interesting. I've got someone else with a POT HM of 1:44:53 (so +28 seconds to you) that is 5 bibs out of corral A. So those 28 seconds (if ranked) are about 75 bibs between you. I'll be curious to see @JBinORL HM time. I guess mathematically speaking 28 seconds representing 70 bibs or 12.5% of corral A (70/557) seems a bit off to me. But that's because the back-end of corral A has empty bibs. No one is assigned anything from 526 to 557. So that's 30 empty spots there. So you're really about 40 from the cutoff, but even still that seems a bit high (7.6% of assigned bibs in corral A in a maximal 28 second gap). I guess it's certainly possible.

 

[PrincessV]

It sounds like you are referencing the service road/backstage for the Boardwalk villas. That only extends up to the tennis courts so from the studios to that point there is no route other than the path that is usd by the marathon.

He'd have to take to the grass for part of the way, or detour through BW, which isn't bad, either, since you'd still be diagonally cutting over toward EP. But people very much do walk to/from DHS during the marathon - I've done it!

 

[JeffW]

Guessing for now there is going to be two letters on the 5/10 bib.

This is the part that confuses me. Not sure why they would add the additional complexity/overhead of having the 5k and 10k be different. Even if numbers are down, just have fewer people in each of the 6 corrals?

 

[run.minnie.miles]

I personally have my family see me in DHS every year because it is such a good place (about mile 23) for a mental boost. Leaving WWoS, I just think about getting to see them, and then after seeing them I'm "less than a 5k to the finish". My family tried to make it from DHS to the finish line quite a few years ago, and it didn't work out. They ended up getting there as I was exiting bag check. I finished those last 3 miles in around 27 minutes, so at less than 45 min, I'm guessing it'll be a coin flip if he makes it. I'd much rather have them in DHS since spectators are so separated at the finish line.

Thanks! Sounds like it's not doable, which I was expecting. I'll let him pick where he wants to go
I plan on running those last 3 miles faster than 45 min btw, but I was thinking that was the max that it would take if I am dead. But even if I am dead, sounds like he won't see me finish in this plan (which would be ok).

 

[Keels]

That's very interesting. I've got someone else with a POT HM of 1:44:53 (so +28 seconds to you) that is 5 bibs out of corral A. So those 28 seconds (if ranked) are about 75 bibs between you. I'll be curious to see @JBinORL HM time. I guess mathematically speaking 28 seconds representing 70 bibs or 12.5% of corral A (70/557) seems a bit off to me. But that's because the back-end of corral A has empty bibs. No one is assigned anything from 526 to 557. So that's 30 empty spots there. So you're really about 40 from the cutoff, but even still that seems a bit high (7.6% of assigned bibs in corral A in a maximal 28 second gap). I guess it's certainly possible.

There are between 30-50 bibs held back and not issued for each corral at rD races - these are generally VIP or sponsor bibs, or in this case, bibs are held back since you can still purchase entries into all the races and are able to submit a corral time.

They're not usually sequential, but sometimes if you check the sign-in books real closely you'll sometimes see blank lines around names where names should be. They're kept in a little box at Runner Relations.