Marathon Weekend 2025

[cburnett11]

Now you're giving me shoe anxiety! lol. I have a pair of speed 3 and 4s and was probably going to where those all weekend, I think.

I’ve been using Speed 3s on my long runs. Just did 20 miles in them on Saturday and they were great.

 

[nancipants]

I know they never will, and if they did, people would complain, but I wish Disney would assign everyone corrals and waves like they do with New York/Boston. I don't mind waiting longer to start if I KNOW when that time is going to be, and if I can SIT for the majority of the time before walking to the start line.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Since we are in corral-talk mode this morning, do we have any guesses for how they are going to assign them this time, given that we are going up to G? Trying to gauge how this might look for the Dis list.

A=fastest POT (sub 4:00 M)
B= POT/Club rD (4-4:30 M)
C= POT (4:30-5:00 M)
D= 5-5:30
E= 5:30-6:00?
F= 6-6:30?
G= 6:30-7:00?

OR

Do we think they're going to randomly split D and E for the people who picked 5:00-5:30 since that's the most-selected time, which would look like

A=fastest POT (sub 4:00 M)
B= POT/Club rD (4-4:30 M)
C= POT (4:30-5:00 M)
D= 5-5:30
E= 5-5:30
F= 5:30-6:00
G= 6:00-7:00

 

[runwithperseverence7]

For those running dopey, do you get assigned the same corral for each race based on your marathon POT?

 

[sandam1]

For those running dopey, do you get assigned the same corral for each race based on your marathon POT?

For Dopey, you get two different bibs (one for the 5&10, one for the half and full). Each bib may have a different corral placement. In Disney's eyes, the POT is only relevant for the half and full.

 

[kps7795]

For those running dopey, do you get assigned the same corral for each race based on your marathon POT?

Your 5K and 10K corral placement is based on the time that you estimated for those races while the POT is used to place you in a corral for the HM and M.

 

[smrt1]

For those running dopey, do you get assigned the same corral for each race based on your marathon POT?

I can say with certainty that I have had two different corrals on one Dopey weekend. One corral for the 5K/10K and a different corral for the half/full. Having done every Dopey, I think that has happened only once.

 

[azrivest]

I know they never will, and if they did, people would complain, but I wish Disney would assign everyone corrals and waves like they do with New York/Boston. I don't mind waiting longer to start if I KNOW when that time is going to be, and if I can SIT for the majority of the time before walking to the start line.

My feeling is that they won't do mini-waves that because they don't want to manage that. It's a lot of logistics to pull off.

And as you wrote, I can only imagine aaaallll the ppl complaining that my friend is in another corral or runDisney didn't respect my POT to the T and so forth.

 

[cburnett11]

For those running dopey, do you get assigned the same corral for each race based on your marathon POT?

As others have mentioned, it’s possible to end up with different corrals. For 2023 Princess, I had A for the half based on PoT. But I guess because so many people estimated their 10k to be sub 8:00, I was given a bib with B on it for the 10k. So my bib had 2 corrals on it. I was able to get this switched at expo, but it took a few minutes. I remember this 10k vividly because 3 or 4 ladies started in corral A at the very front and when the “321Go” happened, they simply started walking immediately (and not race walking) side by side as hoards of runners were trying to navigate around them. I don’t know if they were trying to make a point or what, but it was probably a little dangerous.

So I won’t be surprised if I show up at MW and find out I have different corrals.

 

[DopeyBadger]

Since we are in corral-talk mode this morning, do we have any guesses for how they are going to assign them this time, given that we are going up to G? Trying to gauge how this might look for the Dis list.

A=fastest POT (sub 4:00 M)
B= POT/Club rD (4-4:30 M)
C= POT (4:30-5:00 M)
D= 5-5:30
E= 5:30-6:00?
F= 6-6:30?
G= 6:30-7:00?

OR

Do we think they're going to randomly split D and E for the people who picked 5:00-5:30 since that's the most-selected time, which would look like

A=fastest POT (sub 4:00 M)
B= POT/Club rD (4-4:30 M)
C= POT (4:30-5:00 M)
D= 5-5:30
E= 5-5:30
F= 5:30-6:00
G= 6:00-7:00

The first one is far more likely. Additionally, the HM would be:

A- sub2
B- 2:00-2:15 + Club runDis Plat.
C- 2:15-2:30
D- 2:30-2:45
E- 2:45-3:00
F- 3:00-3:15
G- 3:15-3:30

The only thing that makes me pause is the % distribution I posted earlier, but I'd still put my money bet on the above being the correct allocation they use.

I sent you a few emails in case you haven't seen them with the re-worked excel file and powerpoint.

 

[Herding_Cats]

The first one is far more likely. Additionally, the HM would be:

A- sub2
B- 2:00-2:15 + Club runDis Plat.
C- 2:15-2:30
D- 2:30-2:45
E- 2:45-3:00
F- 3:00-3:15
G- 3:15-3:30

The only thing that makes me pause is the % distribution I posted earlier, but I'd still put my money bet on the above being the correct allocation they use.

I sent you a few emails in case you haven't seen them with the re-worked excel file and powerpoint.

I got the emails. Thank you, as always, for your work on those! Things have been pretty hectic here with picking up extra games + snow days and holidays. I cannot remember back to registration, but were there options for the 3:15-3:30/6:30-7:00 finish times in the drop down? We can usually just use whatever the estimated time in registration as the corral assignment, but I feel like there were comments about how odd the assignments were for the first non-POT at W&D in a few social media groups.

 

[fatmanatee]

I don’t wear my running shoes for anything other than running. If your running shoes are very comfortable for walking around, you could probably have a separate pair for walking around in.
I have worn my Hoka slides, Oofos, Choco’s, and Sketchers tennis shoes. What I wear depends on the weather. I have mostly switched from Oofos to Hoka slides. Since I wear them all the time around my house, I was finding that the Oofos wore out pretty fast. However, last year at Springtime Surprise, I was wearing a newer pair of Hoka slides, and I’m not sure if it was because they were newer or what, but they started to cause some joint pain in my big toe. I immediately switched to wearing my Sketchers shoes. I guess they are a type of running shoe, but I have them for just walking around in and they are very comfortable.
I think you should find a shoe/sandal that is supportive and comfortable for you. And something that you know won’t rub your feet wrong.

Yeah I'm wondering if I've started to run into this issue. As mentioned before Hoka Clifton had been my go-to, had a ton of success with them, but for the DL half weekend I also used them as my park shoes the whole time. Wondering if I wore them out sooner than usual as a result and ended up with foot pain in May. Started up with a *different* pair for NYC (Asics Gel Kayano), wore them as walking shoes for some day trips in Japan, and something doesn't feel right with them now that I'm getting back to training for Dopey. Could be other issues, after all, I took two weeks off and I'm jumping right back into it, but I'm switching to a new pair just to be safe.

Anyway, I'm definitely not going to be using my running shoes for anything other than running moving forward.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

Running shoes are for running only. Shoes retired from running become shoes for around-the-house, yardwork, short walks, etc.
For a day in the park, that's enough walking that I'd be using one of my other pairs of running shoes.
And for MW, I take multiple pairs of shoes for the races, the parks, and for backup in case of rain, or anything else that might make want to use a different pair.

 

[MissLiss279]

Yeah I'm wondering if I've started to run into this issue. As mentioned before Hoka Clifton had been my go-to, had a ton of success with them, but for the DL half weekend I also used them as my park shoes the whole time. Wondering if I wore them out sooner than usual as a result and ended up with foot pain in May. Started up with a *different* pair for NYC (Asics Gel Kayano), wore them as walking shoes for some day trips in Japan, and something doesn't feel right with them now that I'm getting back to training for Dopey. Could be other issues, after all, I took two weeks off and I'm jumping right back into it, but I'm switching to a new pair just to be safe.

Anyway, I'm definitely not going to be using my running shoes for anything other than running moving forward.

Do you keep track of your running mileage on your shoes? When did you start wearing the ASICS for the NYC marathon training? It’s possible that each pair (the Hoka form DL and the ASICS for NYC) naturally met the end of their life - whether you had worn them for walking/touring other areas.
I typically get 300-350 miles out of my running shoes. Some people get more, some less, but when I get to 300 miles is when I start to pay attention to any aches or pains that show up in my knees and hips. At the first sign of something weird, those shoes get retired.

 

[fatmanatee]

My feeling is that they won't do mini-waves that because they don't want to manage that. It's a lot of logistics to pull off.

And as you wrote, I can only imagine aaaallll the ppl complaining that my friend is in another corral or runDisney didn't respect my POT to the T and so forth.

It's a lot of logistics, a lot more people, and NYC takes 3.5 hours to get through all the waves. There is a LOT involved in getting everyone to the start. I took a subway over to NYC, the ferry to Staten Island (which I had to schedule in advance), and then a bus to the start. On top of all that some people start on the top of the Verrazano and some at the lower level, and they have different start points for each side of the bridge.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I got the emails. Thank you, as always, for your work on those! Things have been pretty hectic here with picking up extra games + snow days and holidays. I cannot remember back to registration, but were there options for the 3:15-3:30/6:30-7:00 finish times in the drop down? We can usually just use whatever the estimated time in registration as the corral assignment, but I feel like there were comments about how odd the assignments were for the first non-POT at W&D in a few social media groups.

I believe there were options for 3:15-3:30/6:30-7:00. In previous iterations of MW when there were only six corrals, we knew two had to be crunched together given there were seven choices. The 3:00-3:30 and 6:00-7:00 corrals historically combine to make 30-35% of the total field. The % distribution for MW 2025 appears to be 34% for HM and 24% for M for Corrals F/G combined. So those numbers align to suggest that's the likely split.

 

[fatmanatee]

Do you keep track of your running mileage on your shoes? When did you start wearing the ASICS for the NYC marathon training? It’s possible that each pair (the Hoka form DL and the ASICS for NYC) naturally met the end of their life - whether you had worn them for walking/touring other areas.
I typically get 300-350 miles out of my running shoes. Some people get more, some less, but when I get to 300 miles is when I start to pay attention to any aches or pains that show up in my knees and hips. At the first sign of something weird, those shoes get retired.

Started using the ASICS a few weeks before the marathon, I think with the last 20 mile training run, and I was rotating pairs for the last few weeks of training. So I probably got to Tokyo with about 60-70 miles in the new pair, which I was expecting to get some runs in with on vacation (lol). I've always had trouble with my normal pairs of shoes on park days, just a lot of time on your feet that leaves me feeling sore, so that's why I started using the running shoes as park shoes at the DL half weekend, and it felt fine at the time. In this case I used the ASICS for TDL, Universal Osaka, and a couple other full days of walking around, and when I got back to training it just felt like the ASICS weren't as cushiony as they had been. So I started thinking about it and I'm looking at 12-16 hours a day, four days of using these running shoes for not-running, and it feels like it just adds up. A lot of walking around, and a lot of downward pressure on the soles when you're just standing around.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Started using the ASICS a few weeks before the marathon, I think with the last 20 mile training run, and I was rotating pairs for the last few weeks of training. So I probably got to Tokyo with about 60-70 miles in the new pair, which I was expecting to get some runs in with on vacation (lol). I've always had trouble with my normal pairs of shoes on park days, just a lot of time on your feet that leaves me feeling sore, so that's why I started using the running shoes as park shoes at the DL half weekend, and it felt fine at the time. In this case I used the ASICS for TDL, Universal Osaka, and a couple other full days of walking around, and when I got back to training it just felt like the ASICS weren't as cushiony as they had been. So I started thinking about it and I'm looking at 12-16 hours a day, four days of using these running shoes for not-running, and it feels like it just adds up. A lot of walking around, and a lot of downward pressure on the soles when you're just standing around.

I believe the theory goes that you also get more life out of shoes when you give them a break after using them, so 12-16 hours straight for multiple days could definitely have put a dent in that. (Personally, I have way too many running shoes, so they usually get up to a week between uses .)

Every once in a while I'll try a pair that isn't worth returning but isn't my favorite for running, and I'll retire them early and make them my walking-around shoes. I don't, however, use shoes for running and walking at the same time. They are only walking shoes if they are done being running shoes.

If I didn't have that, I agree with whoever said that it may not be the best idea to use shoes that you retired because they were at the end of their running life - it seems like they could cause the same issues they were when you were running in them. If you do use all your running shoes until they are fully done, you might want to invest in a comfortable pair of walking shoes separately so you're not hurting yourself.

 

[cburnett11]

(Personally, I have way too many running shoes

This is not a real thing

 

[WillRunForPizza]

This is not a real thing

My wallet disagrees.