Marathon Weekend 2019

[cavepig]

Final registration update! I finally got ahold of someone useful on the phone from runDisney. She told me both charges are just pending and should be erased by tomorrow since they didn't actually go through. Only downside I have to go through the registration process again once it is cleared. She said the runDisney payment processing department had issues today with registration. So it seems the issues have been resolved hopefully...

Bummer, Did you never get the confirmation email then & never really registered?

This should work right?

I am registering both my dad and myself for Dopey on Thursday. I plan to pay with gift cards. Since $1000 is the max for one card, I can't cover the cost of both registrations and I can't pay with 2 cards since only one form of payment is allowed.

I plan to register myself first with gift card #1. Then once that's complete, go back and register my dad with gift card #2. Can you register a 2nd person on your account later/separately, or can you only sign up additional people at the same time you're doing your own.

I hope that makes sense! I can make him an account if I need to, I'd just rather not

Yes, You'll be fine doing them as separate transactions under your account.

 

[MapleGirl]

I'm still on the fence about the half marathon. How long after registration opens does it historically take for the race to sell out?

 

[cavepig]

I think we'll sign up to volunteer at the 5k (unless I change my flight), so if anyone else is thinking of volunteering I looked it up, it opens Sept. 11 to sign up.

 

[LSUlakes]

All right! Big day for Disney planning here.

1. Registered myself and DD for MW
2. Got flights booked on SW that will allow DATW for just $200 each!

Now I just need a resort reservation. Any idea when they’ll release discounts for the MW timeframe or will it be too close to the holidays still? I’m hoping for something since it’s a little further out from the new year.

You should go ahead and book a room now and if / when a discount comes out, apply it to your reservation. Booking a room now, may save you money in the long run. Waiting could be a disaster as rooms fill up, you may not get the resort of you choice / price range. Just my .02 cents.

 

[rteetz]

Bummer, Did you never get the confirmation email then & never really registered?

Correct

 

[Donna3271]

10k could very well sell out in a few hours, it's hard to know. No more Disneyland races could influence registrations slightly too. It's so hard to predict sellouts, but if you want it, I would be on when it opens just to be safe.

True....
2018 took longer to sell out, but if my memory serves me correct, the 10K sold out in an about hour in 2017. 5k was gone in about 35 minutes. You are 10000% correct.... no way to tell for sure.

 

[PrincessV]

Final registration update! I finally got ahold of someone useful on the phone from runDisney. She told me both charges are just pending and should be erased by tomorrow since they didn't actually go through. Only downside I have to go through the registration process again once it is cleared. She said the runDisney payment processing department had issues today with registration. So it seems the issues have been resolved hopefully...

Several of my friends with multiple charges received the same message - here's hoping they all drop off as "pending" quickly!

I'm still on the fence about the half marathon. How long after registration opens does it historically take for the race to sell out?

Normally, the half takes quite a while, and some years I don't think ever sold out. Impossible to say with certainty, of course, but you likely have some time.

 

[JulieODC]

Eek re: the 10k selling so fast! I’ll be in right at noon tomorrow.

If the 10k sells out, I supposed I’ll just have to do the half...

 

[Dis_Yoda]

RunDisney just called and stated they are fixing the registration. Apparently this happened to a few people!

 

[Chaitali]

Ok, I've gotten my flight and hotel booked! I'm coming in Saturday morning, leaving Wednesday evening, and staying at POFQ. All that's left is to register for the marathon tomorrow.

 

[kleph]

Ok, I've gotten my flight and hotel booked! I'm coming in Saturday morning, leaving Wednesday evening, and staying at POFQ. All that's left is to register for the marathon tomorrow.

honestly, i'm considering waiting a few days to do this given the issues some folks ran into yesterday. the marathon is not going to sell out on the first day but i expect the stampede to fill the 10K and 5K is going to be enormous. if the new system had glitches during the AP registrations, i have to expect the general registration will be far worse due to the larger number of entries involved.

but, yeah, i'm ready to get it done and confirmed.

 

[MissLiss279]

I am in for Dopey! First full- very excited!
Running an extra 1.4 on Wed to celebrate 50 miles for my 50th birthday.

Regarding the race retreat- I want to do it primarily for the early Expo entry so it is only worth One day. But which race?
I know after photos/drinks/Everest my full time will be close to 6 hours.
I will be following Galloway so my half time will be slower than normal likely 3 hours.
Any suggestions??

Has it been confirmed that there is early expo entry with race retreat?

Yeah... I don’t think Race Retreat is mentioned on the runDisney page currently. I was surprised people mentioned it showing up when they were registering. I don’t know that it will include early entry to the expo or not. Right now the runDisney page says the expo opens at 10 (for everyone) on Wednesday. So if Race Retreat does have early entry, it would be earlier than the past 2 years. Maybe they are going back to it just being the tent and no early entry??? Who knows...

 

[Bree]

Yeah... I don’t think Race Retreat is mentioned on the runDisney page currently. I was surprised people mentioned it showing up when they were registering. I don’t know that it will include early entry to the expo or not. Right now the runDisney page says the expo opens at 10 (for everyone) on Wednesday. So if Race Retreat does have early entry, it would be earlier than the past 2 years. Maybe they are going back to it just being the tent and no early entry??? Who knows...

That’s exactly why I was wondering! No mention of Race Reatreat or ChEAR Squad for Marathon weekend on the website, but available to purchase. I probably won’t hear back for a few days, but I emailed them and asked.

 

[Chaitali]

honestly, i'm considering waiting a few days to do this given the issues some folks ran into yesterday. the marathon is not going to sell out on the first day but i expect the stampede to fill the 10K and 5K is going to be enormous. if the new system had glitches during the AP registrations, i have to expect the general registration will be far worse due to the larger number of entries involved.

but, yeah, i'm ready to get it done and confirmed.

That's a good point. I was assuming it was all worked out after yesterday but the general sign up will be a bigger number. I'm ready to get it done but it may be smarter to wait and see how it goes. I'll have to think about that.

 

[DopeyBadger]

According to DB's #math, and assuming rounding would be to the nearest second, I would be predicted to have a 2:45 half.... I'm going to need to run a slightly faster 10K soon! But there seem to be very few before the deadline and >5 within 30 minutes of my house a month after the cut-off
But after minor panic (only part of which was rD's fault), I did register for the half!

I'd say give rD a few weeks for things to calm down and then email them your POT for the 10k and see what they say about the conversion. Maybe you'll be just under.

 

[TheHamm]

I'd say give rD a few weeks for things to calm down and then email them your POT for the 10k and see what they say about the conversion. Maybe you'll be just under.

I figure if it converts to 2:45 half, it is fine, but honestly I am confident I have more in me if I can find a race that (1) is not hills (2) is not a trail (3) is not pouring rain (4) is not outrageously hot. Apparently I should have searched harder for this in a spring race as there are few 10Ks to be had. I have my eye on a September race, but I need family buy in to spend half a weekend day on my own. I would be furious to commit and then have it be a literal wash out, so I may sign up for two in September and decide the week before based on weather which to run. Totally crazy or just a little crazy?

 

[CDKG]

Thoughts on runDisney’s new POT process... For those that didn’t register yesterday, when registering for a distance that requires POT (half or full marathon) registrants were asked to select from a drop down if their estimated finish time was above or below the POT requirement cutoff. I am not sure if those that said their estimated finish was slower than the cutoff were asked what that estimated time is... but for those of us who said our time was below the cutoff, we were required to put in the race name, location, date and a link for our POT results. They never asked what our anticipated finish time was. So, that leaves them one option. To verify our POT and seed us according to their estimated finish time. In the past, I felt like they were not forced to actually check all POTs. They could choose to just take registrants for their word and seed based on the participants estimated finish. With the current process, that will no longer be an option.

Overall, I think requiring POT and actually holding participants accountable to that POT is a good thing. Although it does put more work on TrackShack. I only wish that estimated finish time (or running calculator used) was viewable to us. And...maybe it will be. Verifying POT will take...well, time. Maybe our accounts will be updated after that process is complete with our official estimated finish time?

 

[opusone]

we were required to put in the race name, location, date and a link for our POT results. They never asked what our anticipated finish time was. So, that leaves them one option. To verify our POT and seed us according to their estimated finish time.

I just don't see 100% verification as realistic. That means they would have to likely verify at least 10,000 POT links/results (and maybe more depending on what % of folks have a POT). I'm not sure how automated they could make this given the various results websites along with name issues. I really think they messed up (i.e. forgot/didn't think it through) by not having an input field for participants to manually put in their POT results (along with a link for spot verification).

 

[SarahDisney]

I just don't see 100% verification as realistic. That means they would have to likely verify at least 10,000 POT links/results (and maybe more depending on what % of folks have a POT). I'm not sure how automated they could make this given the various results websites along with name issues. I really think they messed up (i.e. forgot/didn't think it through) by not having an input field for participants to manually put in their POT results (along with a link for spot verification).

Was there not a spot for manually inputting the results? I thought I saw one yesterday.

 

[CDKG]

Was there not a spot for manually inputting the results? I thought I saw one yesterday.

Did you estimate you finish time as above or below the POT cutoff? I estimated my time as below the cutoff and was only asked about my POT race results.