Marathon Weekend 2022

[1lilspark]

I’ll probably be joining everyone at runners relations uggg

for whatever reason my MW registration uses my middle initial and so it’s not being listed as my registration…..

December 7th I managed to send the registration to myself and got a message saying my waver is signed however in my account it still says waver is pending and won’t send the information to my email since it’s the email of my Disney/RunDisney account

Edit and it sent the email to my secondary email and I got the stitch ate the page and now my registration is gone

I really hope I’m not placed in the last SG by default with my 1201-14 m/m projected pace

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

I haven't been following very closely, is there a fix for signing the waiver? I can pull it up, but it won't let me sign. I get a pop up that says "scroll to the end". But I have scrolled as far as it will let me go.

This happened to me too. Adjusting the size of the internet browser window fixed it for me. (i.e. not having the screen maximized)

 

[GollyGadget]

I haven't been following very closely, is there a fix for signing the waiver? I can pull it up, but it won't let me sign. I get a pop up that says "scroll to the end". But I have scrolled as far as it will let me go.

Try on a different device or browser. I think I remember reading that people were having trouble signing it on an actual computer due to a scrolling issue. Personally, I signed on my phone without any problems.

 

[jmasgat]

I haven't been following very closely, is there a fix for signing the waiver? I can pull it up, but it won't let me sign. I get a pop up that says "scroll to the end". But I have scrolled as far as it will let me go.

Yeah, what worked for me (on Chromebook/Chrome browser) was to Zoom to <100% screen size. Then it let me scroll "to the bottom" (because honestly, I could scroll to what looked like the bottom, but obviously was a pixel or two short!)

 

[jmasgat]

Heading to the doctor tomorrow to at least validate that I don't have an obviously broken hip area bone. But at this point, don't expect to be toeing the line for the marathon. So selfish me hopes for warm weather...but runner me hopes that the mornings are all cool for everyone else!

 

[jrsharp21]

Apparently Fed Ex has lost my new pair of running shoes that I am supposed to be breaking in this week. They were supposed to have arrived on Sunday. But there has been no tracking updates for several days now. Doh! May have to order another pair or try to find them locally and then send the lost pair back if they ever show up.

 

[fatmanatee]

A couple of things:

- I've been curious about COVID's potential impact on airlines and for some reason, my flight is not available to be booked... HOWEVER, I can change my seat, and the back section is completely empty except for the very last row (likely taken by a family thinking ahead of me), so I'm going to go ahead and change my seat to the cool kids section, a few rows ahead of the fam in the back.
- Seems like a bunch of us have had disruptions in training. Had a non-running surgery on my leg, was on the shelf for most of November, and have done my best with training so I could get enough miles in to feel better about the big one and also not overdo it and end up with a setback too close to the race. Also it got way too cold from the last long run I did before surgery to getting back at it. Anyway, it's been relieving to hear from people who talk about doing this on shorter peak training runs, been doing a much better job pacing myself and trying to not stress myself out over catching up.

 

[1GoldenSun]

I was really hoping to run my first Disney marathon, but it's just not going to be able to happen for me this time. I'm "upper' middle-aged and not in great shape and it was already doubtful that I'd be able to get ready in time. Then I started a new job in August and training took a backseat. I tried to make up for this way too quickly, but now my knee starts to hurt when I get beyond the 5 mile point. I can keep running through the pain but I worry about injuring it further. I have a doctor's appointment at the end of January and I'm setting my sites on next year, with a slow and careful training plan like I should have followed this time.

Right not my plan is to alternate between fast walking and slow jogging, slowing down as much as I need to in response to the pain once that begins, and just keep going until I get swept. As long as I don't overdo the running, I can walk without much pain, but not fast enough to finish within the required timeframe. Then, I'll visit the parks and slowly walk the remainder of the 26.2 miles so I can at least say to myself that I "finished" a marathon. If anyone has any better advice on how to make the most of this situation, I'd love to hear it.

Do runners usually take their phones? Does an armband or a waist pack work better? I usually just run around my neighborhood and don't carry anything, but I think I'll want my phone and a credit card at least. Is there anything else I should consider carrying with me? Do you bring sunglasses? A hat?

I'm just so unsure about so many things. I feel woefully unprepared.

 

[Thinkerbell518]

Spectator info please. My daughter doing the Dopey and I’m flying down to watch her on Saturday for her half. What are the best spectator spots? I’m thinking Main St. any other suggestions or if there’s already a thread could you point me in the right direction. Thanks

 

[DopeyBadger]

Right not my plan is to alternate between fast walking and slow jogging, slowing down as much as I need to in response to the pain once that begins, and just keep going until I get swept. As long as I don't overdo the running, I can walk without much pain, but not fast enough to finish within the required timeframe. Then, I'll visit the parks and slowly walk the remainder of the 26.2 miles so I can at least say to myself that I "finished" a marathon. If anyone has any better advice on how to make the most of this situation, I'd love to hear it.

What did you put as your estimated pace for the marathon? That will dictate how much of a head start you'll have based on starting group. Then, I'd calculate approximately what the pace would need to be to reach EPCOT at the same time the balloon ladies would (as long as you don't start last, it will be slower than a 16:00 min/mile). Then, if I were undertrained and potentially coming into the race with an injury, I'd do an easy run pace combined with a comfortable walking pace that puts me at that estimated "floor" pace necessary. If you're unable to keep up the pace, or you get injured along the way needing to pull out, then you know it was likely not going to be possible even under the best situation. But going the absolute slowest you can go based on start time head start will maximize your chance of finishing. Please keep your long term health in the back of your mind when making race day decisions.

 

[lookingforsunshine]

Do runners usually take their phones? Does an armband or a waist pack work better? I usually just run around my neighborhood and don't carry anything, but I think I'll want my phone and a credit card at least. Is there anything else I should consider carrying with me? Do you bring sunglasses? A hat?

I have leggings from Athleta that have a nice pocket that would hold a phone and CC easily. You could look for leggings with a pocket. Otherwise, I personally think a waist pack works better. For the marathon I’ll be wearing my running vest because I am paranoid about the heat and needing extra water. It has pockets. You might also consider carrying some nutrition with you, depending on how far you think you’ll get. You’re not supposed to really try anything new on race day, but since you’re taking it easy I bet you’ll find lots of options at the expo in regard to belts, etc.

 

[anneeb]

This happened to me too. Adjusting the size of the internet browser window fixed it for me. (i.e. not having the screen maximized)

Thanks! It worked!!!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Spectator info please. My daughter doing the Dopey and I’m flying down to watch her on Saturday for her half. What are the best spectator spots? I’m thinking Main St. any other suggestions or if there’s already a thread could you point me in the right direction. Thanks

Depending on her pace and starting group there are two main options. If you can tell me what she put as an estimated marathon time during Dopey registration (or whether she had a Proof of Time) I can estimate her starting time. Then if you tell me the pace she plans to run, I can calculate when she'll get to certain places to determine the feasibility of a spectator viewing plan.

Commonly, spectators of the HM do:

1) Main Street + Finish
2) TTC + Poly + Finish

 

[garneska]

I also just had the brilliant idea of packing all cold weather gear in one bag and leaving it in my car. I can pull it out, or just pull specific items out of it, if needed, but won’t have to haul one more bag to my room if I don’t need any of it. IDK why I never thought to do that before!

I always do that. One bag is race clothes based on the weather forecast i have at time of packing, figure this is the go to bag. Then bag 2 is always throw away clothes that includes stuff for cold and rain. I get cold easy so at current forecast while i will run in shorts and short sleeves, i will NOT stand around for 2 hours like that so i will need throw away sweatshirt and pants. Then bag 3 is the emergency bag. I will still pack all the good cold weather clothes in case needed. this way if i can avoid going into a bag i will. Of course this is practical because we drive .

 

[garneska]

Spectator info please. My daughter doing the Dopey and I’m flying down to watch her on Saturday for her half. What are the best spectator spots? I’m thinking Main St. any other suggestions or if there’s already a thread could you point me in the right direction. Thanks

I would vote against Main St. I have two reasons. One, she is in the Magic Kingdom and lots of people so she already has an energy boost. Two, it is packed and will be hard for you to see her and her to see you. I would recommend TTC and heading out towards the parking lot. There are less spectators so much easier for the runner to see her family. I like my family to be in a spot where i need motivation not a spot that already has motivation. My poor hubby has seen me in a lot of parking lots and roads because of that.

 

[Thinkerbell518]

Depending on her pace and starting group there are two main options. If you can tell me what she put as an estimated marathon time during Dopey registration (or whether she had a Proof of Time) I can estimate her starting time. Then if you tell me the pace she plans to run, I can calculate when she'll get to certain places to determine the feasibility of a spectator viewing plan.

Commonly, spectators of the HM do:

1) Main Street + Finish
2) TTC + Poly + Finish

Hi thanks for the help. She put 13 mins as her average pace

 

[pryzeless]

Depending on her pace and starting group there are two main options. If you can tell me what she put as an estimated marathon time during Dopey registration (or whether she had a Proof of Time) I can estimate her starting time. Then if you tell me the pace she plans to run, I can calculate when she'll get to certain places to determine the feasibility of a spectator viewing plan.

Commonly, spectators of the HM do:

1) Main Street + Finish
2) TTC + Poly + Finish

Would you recommend the same for the full Marathon? My husband is running the Dopey but I need to get 3 kids up and ready to see him.

 

[fatmanatee]

RE: what to do with your phone… I usually carry mine for races, occasionally I’ll use an armband. Recently I’ve been dealing with elbow strain if I go too long with it so there’s a good chance I’ll go with the armband for the marathon, or at least strap it on just in case it becomes an issue.

 

[sandam1]

Do runners usually take their phones? Does an armband or a waist pack work better? I usually just run around my neighborhood and don't carry anything, but I think I'll want my phone and a credit card at least. Is there anything else I should consider carrying with me? Do you bring sunglasses? A hat?

I always keep my phone with me. I only buy shorts, capris, and tights that have pockets in them as it makes accessing the phone sooooooo much easier - and I do tend to need to pull it out more often than I should (fix music, text spectator friend, take photos, etc.). Kohls' Tek Gear has a pretty wide selection that has pockets.

My gear includes:
- Wireless head phones and a back-up set of wired ones
- Nutrition for long runs (sports beans and applesauce)
- Cash (usually $10-20) and an ID
- Sweat towel
- Sunglasses (I have Goodr ones and hang quite nicely to my shirt neckline if I don't need them)

I have a Nathans belt that I use for anything longer than a 10K. That gives me two bottles and a small pouch to carry things in.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Hi thanks for the help. She put 13 mins as her average pace

Alright, so let's assume a 5:30-6:00 estimate on her Dopey registration (since a 13 min/mile is a 5:41 marathon). I'm estimating that will put her in s4. I'm estimating based on historical distribution of runners that'll be a start time of 5:20-5:30 based on where in the group she lines up. I will assume she actually plans on running a 13mm during the HM itself (2:50 finish).



I'm calculating her arrival to TTC at 6:13am, at Main Street at 6:26am, at Poly at 6:56am, and at the finish at 8:14am.

The distance between TTC and the Poly intersection is about 0.5-0.6 miles according to Google Maps.

So you get approximately 43 min to travel the 0.6 miles from TTC to Poly (intersection of Floridian Way and W Magnolia Palm Dr). Very doable.

And then you get approximately 88 min to travel back to TTC and to the finish line. I think this is doable. Assume the 0.6 mile Poly to TTC takes 15 min (25 min/mile) + 15 min Monorail + 15 min walk from Monorail to finish line (25 min/mile) is 45 min. A total of nearly 40 min to spare.

So, weigh the choice of seeing your DD once inside MK on Main Street. It'll be magical to see her inside MK, but it's also crowded and she may not see you. OR, you see her twice outside TTC and Poly at places much easier to interact with your runner. Not all spectators have the option of TTC+Poly+Finish based on their pace, but your family does.

My recommendation to all spectators is to carry a unique balloon. This will make you much more visible to your runner as you can see balloons over the crowds and much earlier in advance. When I ran Chicago 2018, my family had a pineapple and Dora the Explorer balloon. Very very easy to spot them the multiple times I saw them on course.

Would you recommend the same for the full Marathon? My husband is running the Dopey but I need to get 3 kids up and ready to see him.

The marathon is a bit different. There is a significant amount of time between seeing the runner at TTC/MK/Poly vs the finish line. So it comes down to whether you want to see your runner that early and then have a significant amount of time to kill. Runners no longer hit the AK parking lot, so that negates that as an option. But depending on park passes and your runner's start/anticipated pace (which if you give me his registration marathon estimate and estimated pace I can do some calcs for you), then it may be possible to see your runner inside AK after the park opens at 9am. Almost no marathon runner spectators have the option of seeing your runner at the Boardwalk and at the finish line. There just isn't enough time. So you'd have to choose one of the other. Depending on pace, there is a small chance you could do DHS exit and Finish.

So the options are:

1) MK + AK + Finish (depending on pace and park tickets for AK)
2) TTC + Poly + AK + Finish (depending on pace and park tickets for AK)
3) AK + Finish (depending on pace and park tickets for AK)
4) If very slow pace, then DHS exit + Finish may be possible if taking a DHS bus to EPCOT. But that's up to the whims of transportation.
5) MK + long wait + Finish
6) TTC + Poly + long wait + Finish

I guess there is also the start line spectating. The initial start, the spectators are pretty far away and it's dark (I don't recommend this). But the marathon course loops back around at mile 4 and goes by that start area again just on the closer road side now. So you get much closer to the spectators the second time around. Based on pace though, if you do the start line, you're unlikely to make it to TTC in time to do the TTC+Poly part. But depending on pace you might be able to pull off start line + Main Street. That's about 6 miles of running for him and you'd need about an estimated 70 min conservatively. So as long as he's running slower than say a 12 min/mile you could see him at the start and MK.

Off to the left of the video above you can see a spot light in the distance. That's where the spectators are standing and you can barely make them out.

Here they are passing the start line again, and you can see the spectators on the left of the screen. Much closer.

BTW, just found myself in another Arno video here at the 2020 start line in their instagram pic with Carissa (like a game of Where's Waldo):