And I imagine destination races like Disney also have a percentage of DNS through no fault of the runner at all (not that injuries are a runner's fault) because runners don't control the weather or the flight cancellations
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) but you also have transportation issues, budget issues, injury, emergencies, etc. There are a lot of reasons someone would have to bail and I think this being a destination race as opposed to your local half or full impacts things. If heard garbage like that in the past. I remember reading a running forum years ago saying if you can’t finish a marathon in under 3 hours that you shouldn’t be allowed to enter because it “endangers” the “serious runners.” If you’re running 3 hours there’s not really much to worry about as far as people being in front of you. The story below fits into this topic. Apparently at The LA Marathon they allowed runners to call it quits at 18 miles because of the heat. People are upset because they still received medals. However, their official race times show that they did not in fact finish the complete race. I don’t have a problem with people receiving the medal, and I agree with how they handled the time. This brings me to a question I have about this years rD Marathon. If you were one of the runners that ran the shortened course, does your official time note that it was an abbreviated race? I was early enough that I did the full 26.2, but I would be a tad upset if someone is showing a faster time because they ran a shorter distance.There was some chatter here awhile ago about DNS/DNF and I forget the split but DNS was the much higher number. I think underestimating the training is part of it (there was just someone over on Reddit asking if they could do Dopey in 2027 after starting a couch to 5k plan three *weeks* ago
The person posting about requiring proof of another marathon to run this one was ridiculous and they got lit up over it. I don’t even know if that thread is still there.
I can’t speak to any other years, but for 2019 when they cut the course, no, it was not indicated in the official time.
That’s amazing!
I have a theory on these runners. They’re obviously genetically gifted to be able to run that fast and that efficiently, and up until this running boom, they’ve been able to get their external validation by doing the “big” marathons. Now with the running boom, these runners have competition for the first time, can’t get in to their big goal race, and cannot accept it gracefully because they’ve never had to accept failure before. These marathons have made up their own ratings, ie Abbot World Majors, and are extremely selective, which drives up demand.
Yes please! C'mon Park Ops give us our ONE day out of 365!
All of mine are reflective coating ones, I don't know why I'm so lucky to not have issues
5k and 10k are more or less the same, they make small adjustments but the core of it is Epcot loop for 5k, Epcot loop plus area resorts for 10k.
I'm still mad that they made that change the year I did my first Dopey/Marathon--I was really looking forward to picking up a margarita to cross the finish line with.
Unfortunately, people could still work around it. People use bib mules for PoT (have someone else run a race with a bib registered under the name). Tbf, though, someone new to running would probably not really understand how to do this bc they are likely to not understand how bibs work lol
It's the same thing rental car companies and airlines do. They count on a certain percentage of their reservations not showing up, and if they do, that's when you end up without a car even though you reserved, or with an offer to bump yourself off a flight.
I was behind the course cut at the 2020 marathon and there was no indication in the results. That said, they only cut about 1.5 miles, and between the pre-race security, weaving on the course, and post-race chute, I was well over 26.2 anyway.
