Marathon Weekend 2022

[ValW]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Valerie
DIS'er name - ValW
Costume/Clothing - CCFD #VegasStrong t-shirt / tights
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/POT from Registration - 10-12mm
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) Yes
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) No
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - back
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Expected Race Pace -10-12mm (running with my sister for her first 5k)

RACE - 10K
NAME - Valerie
DIS'er name - ValW
Costume/Clothing - tights/t-shirt (not sure theme)
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/POT from Registration - 10-12mm
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) Yes
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - middle
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Expected Race Pace - 10-12mm

RACE - Half
NAME - Valerie
DIS'er name - ValW
Costume/Clothing - run skirt/t-shirt (not sure theme)
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/POT from Registration - 5:01 - 5:30
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) Yes
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) No
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - back
Early Bird or Late Arriver - late
Expected Race Pace - 11-12mm

RACE - Full
NAME - Valerie
DIS'er name - ValW
Costume/Clothing - run skirt/t-shirt (not sure theme)
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/POT from Registration - 5:01 - 5:30
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) Yes
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Expected Race Pace -11:30 - 12mm (just finish)

 

[DopeyBadger]

Correct me if I am wrong (I wasn't part of that Disney cluster), but didn't the race guide indicate rather strongly an advised time to be in the parking lot by x time with x being significantly earlier than in the past? Were the people who got there early okay or did everyone get caught up in it?

I would assume (and you know about what they say about that) that Run Disney has learned from their mistake.

I just read through the 2020 thread after the event guide was released (link). It appears the buses began running at 2:30am and ran through 4:30am (same as 2022). In 2020, they requested runners be to EPCOT by 3:30am for the 5am start time.

"Just a friendly reminder that participants for the 2020 Walt Disney World Marathon should arrive at Epcot by 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 12. With the new course running through Epcot’s parking lot, late arrivals could miss the start or experience significant delays getting to their corral."

As a comparison in 2020, they recommended arriving no later than 4am for the 5am start of the HM.

To circle back on this completely, listed underneath each individual event in the guide it states the "arrival" time for each race for 2022. 5k/10k is 4am and HM/M is 3:30am. So despite buses running until 4:30am, they are requesting runners arrive to the EPCOT parking lot by 3:30am again in 2022. The buses running until 4:30am is mostly for spectators, and not intended for runners by that point in time. Marathon example image.

 

[jmasgat]

RACE - Marathon
NAME - Maura
DIS'er name - jmasgat
Costume/Clothing - No costume
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 4:01-4:30
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Wherever Goof Troop goes, there I go
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Later
Expected Race Pace - Goof Troop Pace!

 

[DopeyBadger]

Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 7:15 per mile / 3:10 total

Confirming that you had a POT at registration, correct?

 

[DopeyBadger]

Expected Race Pace - Goof Troop Pace!

Looks like in 2020 that was a 6:04 finish. So I'll put GT runners at an estimated 14 min/mile. Which does beg the question, @lhermiston do you have an idea which starting group you all will be starting from?

 

[jmasgat]

Looks like in 2020 that was a 6:04 finish. So I'll put GT runners at an estimated 14 min/mile. Which does beg the question, @lhermiston do you have an idea which starting group you all will be starting from?

Except that was greatly impacted by the fact that we came to a full stop at BW for at least 30+ minutes while we did jello shots, cheered on runners and waited for @FFigawi to ride ToT and/or R&R and re-join. A quick look at my Garmin data shows that our actual running pace was in the 10-11 mpm range and we started from old Corral C or D.

 

[Bree]

TOT 2020 with @FFigawi

no idea what time we rode. Time stamp on my photo download is 2:33pm.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Except that was greatly impacted by the fact that we came to a full stop at BW for at least 30+ minutes while we did jello shots, cheered on runners and waited for @FFigawi to ride ToT and/or R&R and re-join. A quick look at my Garmin data shows that our actual running pace was in the 10-11 mpm range

I guess my assumption is that the GT would plan to do many of these same things in 2022 as well ending up in a similar finish time of around 6 hrs. There is a ton of ebb and flow with everyone's predictions being on target to the milestones, but GT is a whole different level. I can put 10:30 instead though if you all think that's closer to reality. Or re-write your coding so that it's roughly 10:30 pace through to DHS, and then make it such that I assume you all will stop for TOT/RnR. It's up to you all.

 

[lhermiston]

RACE - Goofy Challenge
NAME - Lee
DIS'er name - lhermiston
Costume/Clothing - Mr. Incredible and maybe Buzz. Otherwise, Marvel character
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 4:30?
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) no
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - middle
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Expected Race Pace - 10:00-12:00

Looks like in 2020 that was a 6:04 finish. So I'll put GT runners at an estimated 14 min/mile. Which does beg the question, @lhermiston do you have an idea which starting group you all will be starting from?

We started in late B in 2020 to account for those in early C. What that translates to this year, IDK. The Goof Troop goes to wherever the party is.

 

[sandam1]

To circle back on this completely, listed underneath each individual event in the guide it states the "arrival" time for each race for 2022. 5k/10k is 4am and HM/M is 3:30am. So despite buses running until 4:30am, they are requesting runners arrive to the EPCOT parking lot by 3:30am again in 2022. The buses running until 4:30am is mostly for spectators, and not intended for runners by that point in time. Marathon example image.

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So, based on this, my tentative plan is to leave our Universal hotel somewhere between 2:30-2:45 a.m. for the 5k/10k and by 2 a.m. (that sounds awful) for the half and the whole. With no traffic on I-4, the drive time should be somewhere around 20 minutes so this is adding an extra hour to get into the parking lot before Disney's cut-off time.

Can we just park our car in the Epcot parking lot and sleep there overnight? (Just kidding, well, kind of)

 

[lhermiston]

I guess my assumption is that the GT would plan to do many of these same things in 2022 as well ending up in a similar finish time of around 6 hrs. There is a ton of ebb and flow with everyone's predictions being on target to the milestones, but GT is a whole different level. I can put 10:30 instead though if you all think that's closer to reality. Or re-write your coding so that it's roughly 10:30 pace through to DHS, and then make it such that I assume you all will stop for TOT/RnR. It's up to you all.

Do whatever is easiest for you. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that plans quickly go out the window.

 

[pluto377]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name -pluto377
Costume/Clothing - Anna
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 10-12mm (lol, that's not happening!
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) NO
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 14mm when running?

RACE - 10K
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name -pluto377
Costume/Clothing - It's a small world
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 10-12mm
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) NO
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 14mm when running?

RACE - Half
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name -pluto377
Costume/Clothing -Castle/princess
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration -I don't see one for the half?
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) NO
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 15mm when running?

RACE - Full
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name -pluto377
Costume/Clothing -Minnie
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration -4:31-5:00
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) NO
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 15mm when running?

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

How about taking a ride on the Tower of Terror since it looks like we'll be running past it? Do you think that it would be too late in the morning and the lines would be long by then?

I'm down (and up, and back down....) with that.
I'd like to think that some of the park goers might be amenable to letting a singleton through. We'll see

 

[Guidman]

RACE - Marathon
NAME - Mike
DIS'er name - Guidman
Costume/Clothing - No costume, just running clothes (I'll have a white hat on for sure).
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 1:28:30 Half Marathon POT
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Sure
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Most likely front
Early Bird or Late Arriver -Early Bird
Expected Race Pace - ~7:40/mile

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

The problem with HS is that Toy Story Land and Galaxy’s Edge are both too winding and narrow to run through even when the parks are closed. The slow downs because of chokepoints would cause massive complaints. I can’t even imagine what a mess they’d be if they tried to run the Marathon through while the park was open. Unfortunately, the park will never be fit for a rD event to go through either one of those areas and there aren’t many other options in that park other than Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard.

Good points. (And I'm going on 10 year old park configurations).

 

[camaker]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Something InkNBurn
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 8;00-10:00/mile
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 10:00/mile

RACE - 10K
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Something InkNBurn
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 8;00-10:00/mile
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 10:00/mile

RACE - Half
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Something InkNBurn
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration- 3:57 marathon PoT
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 10:00/mile

RACE - Full
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Something InkNBurn
Bib# - TBD
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 3:57 marathon PoT
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 9:30-10:00/mile

 

[garneska]

@camaker i think you mean 3:57 POT not 4:57.

Not sure I will be able to keep up with you for the marathon. My knee is barely hanging on. I may start early but end with the Goof Troop.

 

[GreatLakes]

Confirming that you had a POT at registration, correct?

I did. I tried to get it but AWS was keeping me from it. I had a 1:37 half I believe. Not great but with all 2020 scrapped it was all I had

 

[gosalyn_mallard]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Lisa + DH
DIS'er name - Gosalyn_Mallard
Costume/Clothing - Ian & Barley
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 8-10 mm
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 10:00 mm when running, plus stopping for every character, so over 20 mm

RACE - 10K
NAME - Lisa + DH
DIS'er name - Gosalyn_Mallard
Costume/Clothing - Captain Minnie & Mickey
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 8-10 mm
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 10:30 mm running, 20 mm overall

RACE - Half
NAME - Lisa + DH
DIS'er name - Gosalyn_Mallard
Costume/Clothing - Phineas & Ferb
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - n/a
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 11:00 mm running, 15 mm overall

RACE - Full
NAME - Lisa + DH
DIS'er name - Gosalyn_Mallard
Costume/Clothing - 50th Minnie & Mickey
Bib# -
Estimated Pace/Finish/POT from Registration - 4:01-4:30
Club runDisney Platinum? - (Yes or No) No
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of starting group - Front
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Expected Race Pace - 11:30 mm running (crawling if I have to). 15:00 overall

Please say hi if you see me in the corrals! Chatting with people makes the time go faster!

 

[camaker]

@camaker i think you mean 3:57 POT not 4:57.

Not sure I will be able to keep up with you for the marathon. My knee is barely hanging on. I may start early but end with the Goof Troop.

Let‘s see how things shake out as we get closer. I’ve been fighting a bit of weight gain and an ankle that’s been threatening to go on strike, so I may not be anywhere near those hoped-for paces.

It’s my right ankle, so if it’s your left knee, maybe we can lean on each other to come up with one semi-serviceable runner!