Marathon Weekend 2019

[BigEeyore]

I saw in one of the run Disney FB groups where somebody posted that numbers were down 33% this year compared to last!

Also in other rD news - they released dates for race weekend in 2019-2020, and no DL races to be seen . A lot of people are speculated that the #'s are way down because of the lack of a C2C medal.

Hoping this inspires rD to change things up a bit - offer more swag and freebies, offer some new challenges, offer some more unique races like the ToT 10miler. We shall see!

 

[Bree]

I wish they had non-Galloway pacers. I know I can leap frog with one of the JG groups, but it’s not the same since you aren’t really part of the herd.

 

[Bree]

Saw the pacer list on FB

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Jeff Galloway is pacing in corral F for the full. That’s kind of neat if you run/walk.

 

[LdyStormy76]

Hi! New to the runDisney thing and signed up on a whim to do the 10K in January. Should I have gotten an email from rD lately? I only have the confirmation from when I signed up in November..

Check your spam filter. Mine ended up there yesterday for some crazy reason.

 

[cavepig]

Is anyone tracking everyone’s corral assignments or is anyone interested in doing so? I feel like this was something @DopeyBadger did in the past (along with maybe anticipated pace and some other info?).

If there’s any interest in doing something like this, let me know. I’ll do it unless someone else is chomping at the bit, I would just need to wait until this weekend.

Short of that, I’d be happy to just connect with anyone else in my corral. It’s nice to have someone to chat with before the race starts.

I don't think anyone is. He usually asked us corral, races, pace, race outfit I think too. It could be a Sunday question although we are running out of Sundays.

 

[cavepig]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

This weekend for Goofy training I plan on 18 as my longest, then it's tapering time with 10-12 next weekend and then 8 the weekend before. Keeping fingers crossed weather stays good for all as well and snow storms stay away.

 

[at227]

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about signing up for the 5k in addition to the half. If I run a 30 minute 5k and I don't waste anytime after the race what time around do you think I could get back to the yacht club?
Also anyone just signed up for the 5k? What corral did you get?

Thanks all!

 

[Jason Bryer]

Starting in corral B. So excited.

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

I will do 21 miles on Christmas Eve in Florida! Nice change from the cold runs in update New York. I am looking forward to the taper. I have had to make a lot of adjustments to my weekday runs but still getting a decent number of miles. So close...

 

[PrincessV]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

Last long run for me is this Sat - 20-22 miles. Cut-back long runs of 10 and 7 after that. No derailments here so far! <knocks on wood>

 

[LdyStormy76]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?.

Up until Monday I was doing okay, and then the wheels fell off. Spent almost 2 days at the vet with our boy dog, ended up losing him on Tuesday. Managed to aggravate the ankle I hurt in September in the process. My last really long run of 12 miles is scheduled for Sunday, but between being in a funk and the fact that the girl dog had turned into Super Velcro Puppy and has started freaking out when being left alone I have no idea if any training will be done before DH gets home sometime next week (his mom is hospitalized after cancer surgery). DopeyBadger has reworked the next two weeks for me already so there is a plan for me once I can get going again.

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about signing up for the 5k in addition to the half. If I run a 30 minute 5k and I don't waste anytime after the race what time around do you think I could get back to the yacht club?
Also anyone just signed up for the 5k? What corral did you get?

Thanks all!

5k corral assignments are unknown until you pick up your bib. Depending on the corral it possible that you will be finished before everyone has started and will have to sit on the bus until that part of the course is clear. Someone who started in A last year might have a better idea as to when the busses started post race, but I would plan on not being back until between 7 and 7:30 at the earliest, depending on corral assignment and the post race bus wait it could be 8:30. Keep in mind that when corral C starts the course is full of people so you will be doing a lot of weaving and dodging.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Is anyone tracking everyone’s corral assignments or is anyone interested in doing so? I feel like this was something @DopeyBadger did in the past (along with maybe anticipated pace and some other info?).

If there’s any interest in doing something like this, let me know. I’ll do it unless someone else is chomping at the bit, I would just need to wait until this weekend.

Short of that, I’d be happy to just connect with anyone else in my corral. It’s nice to have someone to chat with before the race starts.

I can email you the spreadsheet as well if you want so you don't have to start at ground zero if you don't want to. I'm currently working on the timing scenarios given the reduced number of runners. If @Keels and @FFigawi (or anyone else for that matter) could give all the alcohol locations on courses and the times they open then I can double check the conditional formatting statements are setup for those as well.

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about signing up for the 5k in addition to the half. If I run a 30 minute 5k and I don't waste anytime after the race what time around do you think I could get back to the yacht club?
Also anyone just signed up for the 5k? What corral did you get?

Your corral would be based on estimated pace given at registration in a normal case. I can't say for sure this close to race day that remains the case, but given the reduced number of runners it's possible they would still corral you appropriately.

I anticipate the 5k start times to be around, A at 5:30am (10 min/mile or faster estimate), B at 5:46am (10-12 min/mile estimate) and C at 6:08am (12-16 min/mile estimate). These are approximate guesses based on past history and don't have to be indicators of the future. Be aware that if you are using the Disney bus transportation to get back to your hotel that the buses heading back do not start until about ~6:30am. So while you may be in Corral A, and you may finish in 30 min (at 6:00am), you'd still have to wait till 6:30am minimally to use bus transportation. So consider another method of transportation if you want to head back earlier.

 

[jhoannam]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

This weekend for Goofy training I plan on 18 as my longest, then it's tapering time with 10-12 next weekend and then 8 the weekend before. Keeping fingers crossed weather stays good for all as well and snow storms stay away.

It’s corral D for me. Woohoo!

I’ve got my longest run this Saturday, 20 miles. I’m feeling good about it. I was super nervous for my 18 2 weeks ago but that went great, I felt like I could have kept running. After that it’s 12 and 8 for the long runs. Next week is going to be tough for me since I’ll be on vacation in San Diego! I’m more worried about the 12 next Saturday than the 20 this weekend.

 

[at227]

Great thank you all for the good info!

 

[apdebord]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

This weekend for Goofy training I plan on 18 as my longest, then it's tapering time with 10-12 next weekend and then 8 the weekend before. Keeping fingers crossed weather stays good for all as well and snow storms stay away.

10 tomorrow, 20 Sunday. Temps tomorrow will be close to 70! Then sunny at mid-50s Sunday! Perfect! Long run of 12 to close out 2018, then long run of 8 a week before the race. This is the first training plan I've done where I haven't skipped a run, and I think it's paying off. Training is going much better than I thought it would for sure. My hip is giving me some trouble; I have to brace something to stand up, but once I get moving it's okay. It's like it has to warm up or something. I massaged last night and woke up to some gnarly bruising, but it does feel a bit looser today. Hopefully I'll figure it out in the next 3 weeks!

Up until Monday I was doing okay, and then the wheels fell off. Spent almost 2 days at the vet with our boy dog, ended up losing him on Tuesday. Managed to aggravate the ankle I hurt in September in the process. My last really long run of 12 miles is scheduled for Sunday, but between being in a funk and the fact that the girl dog had turned into Super Velcro Puppy and has started freaking out when being left alone I have no idea if any training will be done before DH gets home sometime next week (his mom is hospitalized after cancer surgery). DopeyBadger has reworked the next two weeks for me already so there is a plan for me once I can get going again.

I'm so sorry for your loss and all that you're going through!

 

[huskies90]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

I have my last long run on Sunday - 19 miles. I will begin tapering next week and plan to really knock down my miles as we get to race weekend. Since I am now planning to come in earlier in the week, I will most likely do one short run at Disney - Probably Wednesday before resting Thursday and Friday before Goofy. Knock on wood, so far things have gone well with training. Weather has been great in the Northeast and I have only missed 1 of my planned runs in over the last 14+ weeks. I feel like if I can get through this weekend, I will be as ready as I can be for the races.

 

[ZellyB]

I'm trying to just get back to enough fitness to not die during the marathon. We have back-to-backs this weekend. 9 on Saturday and 13 on Sunday. Then it's taper time.

 

[lhermiston]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

This is my last big weekend. 6 on Friday, 9 on Saturday and 17 on Sunday, then I head to Taper Town. Crazy to think about how close we are to the race(s).

I can email you the spreadsheet as well if you want so you don't have to start at ground zero if you don't want to. I'm currently working on the timing scenarios given the reduced number of runners. If @Keels and @FFigawi (or anyone else for that matter) could give all the alcohol locations on courses and the times they open then I can double check the conditional formatting statements are setup for those as well.

If you could email me your template, that’d be awesome.

I’ll do a call out for anyone who wants to be included Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Please hold off until then because I’ll lose track on mobile.

 

[camaker]

With corrals and all out now there isn't much left but to finish out training. When is everyone's last long run? What mileage are you hoping to hit? Anyone completely derailed and not where they want to be?

This weekend for Goofy training I plan on 18 as my longest, then it's tapering time with 10-12 next weekend and then 8 the weekend before. Keeping fingers crossed weather stays good for all as well and snow storms stay away.

I'm pretty much in a holding pattern right now after last weekend's race. I'm taking this week off for recovery and won't start running again until Saturday at the earliest. I've been having some PF twinges since the race so I'm going to be monitoring that pretty closely in hopes of preventing a pre-Goofy flare-up. Ideally, I would probably get 6-7 in this Saturday and then long runs of 10 and 6-7 the following two weekends. It's all playing things by ear at this point.

 

[rteetz]

Jeff Galloway is pacing in corral F for the full. That’s kind of neat if you run/walk.

That is cool I didn’t even notice that.

 

[pluto377]

I have 20-22 scheduled for Saturday. It was supposed to be day 4 of my second dopey simulation, but I missed yesterday and haven’t run since last Wednesday due to illness. I still feel awful but I’m going out later today to see what I can do. It might end up being a reverse simulation since I can run Christmas Eve and day.

I’m officially in F for dopey. A little nervous with less runners that I won’t have enough buffer to keep pace but I am glad that the course might be less crowded.