Marathon Weekend 2020

[MissLiss279]

Yes as long as the Skyliner is operating as normal.

Even with having to go through security, walk through Epcot, exit the park, and walk around to the finish line?

 

[rteetz]

Even with having to go through security, walk through Epcot, exit the park, and walk around to the finish line?

Depends on how long one is going to take. DHS is what mile 23ish? Skyliner to Epcot is about 10-15 minutes from DHS. Security could hinder that a little bit I also wouldn’t expect lines to be that crazy.

 

[YohoAPiratesLife4Me]

Great info! Thank you! Happy racing everyone!

 

[DerTobi75]

SAFD: The one and only Character I am going to stop for is Snow White

 

[Sir Aaron]

This is my first marathon (and I'm doing the Dopey too...). I'm going to be driving from home. It seems like we have to get here really early. How does everyone handle that?

I'm more worried about pre-race than I am during the races. I've run a few halfs (oddly I feel less in shape for this than any of my previous HMs). I don't care about the 5K or 10K which should be fairly easy runs if I just stick to 8:30 slow miles. But standing around for hours concerns me a bit before the marathon. Most of my races I literally walked to the front of the race and started, LOL.

 

[MissLiss279]

This is my first marathon (and I'm doing the Dopey too...). I'm going to be driving from home. It seems like we have to get here really early. How does everyone handle that?

I'm more worried about pre-race than I am during the races. I've run a few halfs (oddly I feel less in shape for this than any of my previous HMs). I don't care about the 5K or 10K which should be fairly easy runs if I just stick to 8:30 slow miles. But standing around for hours concerns me a bit before the marathon. Most of my races I literally walked to the front of the race and started, LOL.

I usually sit down as much as possible before the race - while waiting for the corrals to open and then in the corral. I use the blanket I brought to keep warm to sit on. Standing makes my feet hurt faster than running for hours!

 

[Sir Aaron]

I usually sit down as much as possible before the race - while waiting for the corrals to open and then in the corral. I use the blanket I brought to keep warm to sit on. Standing makes my feet hurt faster than running for hours!

So you bring a blanket and do what with it? Is it possible just to sit in the car? How long before the race do the corrals open?

The only time I did a Disney race was in Disneyland. I stayed at the DLH and walked out to my corral. Late. But I walked out.

 

[MissLiss279]

So you bring a blanket and do what with it? Is it possible just to sit in the car? How long before the race do the corrals open?

The only time I did a Disney race was in Disneyland. I stayed at the DLH and walked out to my corral. Late. But I walked out.

I usually hang the blanket over the railing right before the start. It’s a cheap, $2.50 fleece blanket from Walmart, and Disney donates discarded clothing/blankets. One year it was really cold, and I ended up running with it until the first aid station! And then tossed it to the side there.

@DopeyBadger - corrals open about 75 minutes before the race??

You can wait in your car for a while, but they will close the corrals at some point, and since you are probably in one of the first corrals, they will close first. Also, for the half and full, it is a 15-20 minute walk to the corrals.

For the 5k and 10k, they start walking the corrals up to the start line early, and once they do that, that corral is closed. For the marathon, the guide says to be at Epcot by 3:30. This year the course crosses the parking lot. I’m not sure if that time means you need to be in the staging area by that time or in the parking lot.

 

[lhermiston]

I was just going to do a 5 mile run on Saturday, and one mile in, I felt my hamstring knot up one mile in. I have been taking it easy, went to the Chiropractor, rolling it and it is feeling better. Since you were pre-med, can you prescribe me a beer as well?

Have a beer. Doctor’s orders.

 

[lhermiston]

So...what’s everybody up to next week?

 

[flav]

So...what’s everybody up to next week?

I am not sure but I think that I had a dream about it

 

[Disney at Heart]

Happy New Year!

So...what’s everybody up to next week?

I think I’ll pack up and go to Disney World on Tuesday for a nice little stroll through the parks on Saturday and Sunday. Anyone want to join me?

 

[flav]

I have renamed the weekdays in my mind for at least a month. Today is Expoday... Does the following plan seems ok?

runDisney Expo

• Enter through the Arena
  • Characters Meet&Greet
  • Shop runDisney stuff
• HP Field House Upper Level
  • Bring photo ID, credit card
  • Give waiver
  • Pickup Dopey Bibs
  • Pickup Dopey Shirts
  • Get picture taken
• HP Field House Lower Level
  • Give waivers
  • Pickup other Bibs one at a time
• Visa Athletic Center
  • Get gEAR bag w/ safety pins
  • Get other shirts
  • Shop other merchandise

 

[Oswald0827]

Happy New Year!

I think I’ll pack up and go to Disney World on Tuesday for a nice little stroll through the parks on Saturday and Sunday. Anyone want to join me?

Sounds like fun, I could use a nice stroll through the parks.

 

[DopeyBadger]

@DopeyBadger - corrals open about 75 minutes before the race??

You can wait in your car for a while, but they will close the corrals at some point, and since you are probably in one of the first corrals, they will close first. Also, for the half and full, it is a 15-20 minute walk to the corrals.

For the 5k and 10k, they start walking the corrals up to the start line early, and once they do that, that corral is closed. For the marathon, the guide says to be at Epcot by 3:30. This year the course crosses the parking lot. I’m not sure if that time means you need to be in the staging area by that time or in the parking lot.

@Sir Aaron

The following are estimates and not guarantees. They are based on past history of runDisney but by no means a guarantee of future action. The longer you wait in your car the heavier security will get. I would assume a 10-15 min walk for the 5k/10k and 25-30 min walk for the HM/M from parking lot -> security -> to corral.

5k/10k
Corrals open - 4:30am
Corral A closes and walk to start begins - 4:55am
Race Starts - 5:30am

HM
Corrals open - 4:15am
Corral A closes (What happens is they start to merge the back of Corral A and the front of Corral B. So once that happens it becomes difficult to get in your assigned front corral. The further back you are the more wiggle room you have here) - 5:10-5:20am
Race Starts - 5:30am

M
Corrals open - 3:45am
Corral A closes (What happens is they start to merge the back of Corral A and the front of Corral B. So once that happens it becomes difficult to get in your assigned front corral. The further back you are the more wiggle room you have here) - 4:40-4:50am
Race Starts - 5:00am

The marathon is different this year because the actual race course crosses the EPCOT parking lot and the walking path to the corrals. The runDisney website states that we should be in the parking lot for the HM at 4:00am and for the M at 3:30am. There is a specific warning in the M information about the course cross/walking path. But none of us really know how it will be dealt with.

Essentially, all of these times listed are about how much risk you'd like to accept. For those who don't like to accept risk, show up early. For those who don't mind risk and are willing to accept it, then show up later.

 

[LSUfan4444]

The runDisney website states that we should be in the parking lot for the HM at 4:00am and for the M at 3:30am.

This is absolute insanity.

 

[Drooks10!]

At least it won’t be freezing while we are all standing/sitting around. This will be my 3rd year doing the Disney Marathon and my wife’s 1st year doing the Half. Looking forward to a fantastic weekend! Happy New Year!

 

[DopeyBadger]

This is absolute insanity.

And based on past history, it's an aggressive suggestion. There have been plenty of people to arrive later than 4am for a 5:30am HM start and been fine. And there have been a handful of people who tried to arrive later and were unable to get in their assigned early corrals (like A, B, C). Like I said, just a matter of accepting risk.

 

[LSUfan4444]

I don't think I've ever left my resort before 4 am for a marathon start (granted..for a 5:30 start). In 2018 we did miss our start in Corral A for the full but we went off in B and that was only because of the traffic craziness on that morning. It took us 30 minutes to get from the Speedway near Boardwlak over the bridge.

I get why they suggest leaving that early but it's still insane.

 

[steph0808]

This is my first marathon weekend staying at a monorail resort - any pointers? I am at the Poly and just doing the marathon. Should I walk to the TTC? Get on the monorail at Poly and switch at TTC? How much time should I allot for the trip? I have only used the buses before.