It seems like rD is leaning hard into the Lug bags. They've done backpacks with medal holders for the last two race weekends, and they've had Lug crossbody, hip bags and water bottle holders for at least a year now. Wouldn't surprise me if Loungefly phases out.
It depends on what/who you want to support. I have signed up for Dopey with the Scott Carter Foundation both for 2025 and 2026. They still have Dopey bibs available.
Completely agree. I already didn't care for the one with blue sleeves from Marathon Weekend 2023, not sure how I feel about patches.
Do not submit an invalid POT, there is a chance they will place you in the last corral. Just choose the 5:00 option in the drop down when registering.
Yes! If you have POT you're pretty much guaranteed to be seeded appropriately to the right corral. Without, a LOT of people choose the fastest non-POT time and inevitably end up spread out across multiple corrals, meaning you could end up several back from where you could be with POT.
I think the issue is their POT is outside the accepted range of times, and will not convert to a POT eligible corral. The hope is that trackshack will seed people into the appropriate non-POT corral, but I know some people who have submitted ineligible times and have been placed in the back. It's just a risk you have to be willing to take when submitting a POT outside of the range! Since OP is fairly close, it might be okay though.
DH submitted almost the exact time for Goofy 2025… 2:28:xx, and instead of being put in POT corral C (yes it was close), he was put in E. I chose the fastest non-corral time and was put in D.
Ooooohhhhhh then ignore my answer! I was thinking of the HM POT cut-off being 2:30 or less.
Wow, that's a good example. With these new drop downs being much smaller time windows, I anticipate a lot of people having to drop back corrals to run with their groups. I imagine a TON of people will select the 5:00 window, way more than the limit, so some could end up in D while others end up in G (making this up) just because they have enough people that put the first time down. So for the lucky people that end up in D, could have a small corral if a lot of people drop back
Whereas with D being a pretty massive corral in the past few weekends, you'd have a pretty good chance of all being in the same corral based on the drop down. Will be interesting to see what happens.
So I decided I didn’t want to stress out about registration and wanted to lock it in now. Just signed up for Dopey through SCF. Figured I will be able to raise the $500 pretty easily.
I have only done the upfront fundraising, so I’m not sure how the other option works. I think @nancipants will know more.
They will send a link to the runDisney registration once they get the links from Disney. Be aware this is usually a few months after registration, so as long as you get an email confirmation from them and Active about paying for your bib, you will be fine. I did up front fundraising last year but the year before I set up an individual fundraising page. I also had people contribute directly to the team page. You just have to raise the required amount prior to Marathon Weekend, I believe.
Thanks!! I got the emails from Active and SCF already. I did the $500 fundraising option. With my baseball community, I should be able to reach that goal in a few weeks.
