Marathon Weekend 2020

[steph0808]

Let's do this thing! See you guys soon!

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

See you real soon!
Yellow shirt and black shorts. White visor.

 

[lhermiston]

Meetup is staged by the A-C sign.

 

[FawnJD]

Been stuck in traffic waiting to park at Epcot for more than 30 minutes! Starting to move a little faster now...this is doing nothing for my nerves! Lol

 

[lhermiston]

Disregard. We’re by runners square and the water station.

 

[jeremy1002]

Does anyone know if the Medical stops out on the course will have sunscreen? My pre-race coat won’t hold up for the whole race.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

I (mrs PADC) just left BW to come spectate. There are runners on this bus. There is so much traffic!!!

 

[The Expert]

Great to finally make a meetup this morning! Sitting in the front of my corral trying not to panic. Have a great race everyone!

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

PSA
Front area corral speakers have failed. Can’t hear Carissa.

 

[Beeble]

Still on the bus from Old Key West. Been on it well over an hour. :-(

 

[Jason Bryer]

Still on the bus from Old Key West. Been on it well over an hour. :-(

start is delayed. Not all roads are closed yet. Traffic was terrible this morning.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

I was on bus from Epcot resorts with runners. We arrived at 4:50.

 

[Nole95]

From reading Twitter and the Facebook group, traffic was a mess this morning. People getting off busses and walking into Epcot, people walking along World Drive, and who knows from where else. Saw multiple people mention they were on a bus by 3am, and then proceeded to move nowhere. Speculation is that it might have to do with the new route, and the amount of lanes they had open getting into the parking lot.

 

[kleph]

It looks like it's gonna be warmer on the course at the end than it was last year. And last year was rough. Y'all stay hydrated.

 

[Barca33Runner]

All the sad emojis are making me feel bad. Perfect Dopey was kind of cool and maybe I’ll miss out on something nice in the future; but my sister is still perfect and I’ll experience it vicariously through her. I’m good with it.

I ran a 5k, a 10k, and endured a Half Marathon this Weekend and had full days at the park with my family on Tuesday-Friday and even managed to limp over for slinky dog and lunch with them at HS yesterday. I’m coming out of it without a debilitating injury and resolve to never be so ill-prepared again. All in all, things could be much worse.

 

[Barca33Runner]

Congrats to all of the finishers. Anyone finishing a marathon is amazing, finishing in this heat is an even greater accomplishment.

 

[StarGirl11]

Well I am back at my hotel. I made the decision to pull myself at the med station after mile 5. I was fighting nausea from early on and knew that probably meant I wasn’t going to finish but wasn’t sure where I would pull myself. Frustrated and upset but I also knew that with the forecast there was a high chance this would happen.

 

[Livelovedance]

Based on my previous experiences, you will be fine for most of the "regular" marathon merch (pins, Tervis, magnets). The outages I've seen with that type of merch has been with the 5K stuff and the challenges...and any new types of merch (i.e. the runDisney MagicBands the first year or the 4-park Minnie Ears this year).

The only exception to the above is there is sometimes a shortage of sized items where there's not enough of a certain size that year. I seem to be recall shortages especially with the "I Did It" shirts on more than one occasion.

Thank you! I usually buy pins and magnets, so hopefully those items will still be around. I hope I can make this dream a reality!

Congratulations to all of you that participated in WDW Marathon Weekend! Anyone that started/attempted/finished any of the runs this weekend is an inspiration to many!

 

[C.beara]

Saw multiple people mention they were on a bus by 3am, and then proceeded to move nowhere.

I was spectating today- on a bus from POP around 340 and it took nearly an hour to get to Epcot. It was crazy wall to wall traffic. And I definitely saw some runners walking on the side of the road because they weren’t going to make it on time otherwise.
but so much fun watching and cheering DH on Main Street! I was back at the finish line super early so decided to take the bus back to POP (much quicker at 720) and then took the Skyliner to watch at the International Gateway. I think I may have seen @DopeyBadger too!
Congrats everyone who finished today!!

 

[SarahDisney]

Just saw that they're modifying the course. I hope everyone is safe out there and hydrating well (both during and after the race)!