Official 2014 Dopey Challenge Thread!

[goofeygirl]

Dopey should be done by today I gather...sold out that is.

For the Dopey I am going to do something a bit different and follow a plan as put forth by Galloway. I didn't last year and did my own thing. I did cross the finish line and physically I was fine...but for the normal cowboy walk back to the bus.
I went back to my room and had chocolate milk. Showered. Compression socks and walked around in the blistering heat...boy was it hot that sunday wasn't it!

This year I need to follow a plan.

 

[dburg30]

Appears Dopey is now full!

try to register and you get this

 

[Terapin]

Dopey back to 99% again...

 

[dumbo_buddy]

i emailed runDisney yesterday to see when the Dopey training plan would be out. of course all i got back was, "it'll be out soon!" gee, thanks! i want to start my planning now

 

[Ram7730]

Does anyone know what the fundraising requirements will be for Team in Training for the Dopey? I have been playing phone tag with their representative but have not gotten an answer yet and there is nothing on their website so far.

 

[dburg30]

Dopey back to 99% again...

Has been stuck there, but it is sold out... you cannot sign up for it and active shows it as Sold Out...

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Has been stuck there, but it is sold out... you cannot sign up for it and active shows it as Sold Out...

Maybe the runDisney webmasters are out running

 

[dburg30]

Maybe the runDisney webmasters are out running

yea, we'll go with that

 

[swimfly]

Was chatting with my running group tonight about how Disney will get people back year after year for the Dopey. In 2015 with the 10th Goofy there's going to be oodles of people registering so why have the Goofy again? Someone jokingly said maybe the Dopey will be like the "unicorn" incredibly challenging to "catch" only showing up every few years or so. Ugh! I'd be so bummed if Dopey's presence during marathon weekend was unpredictable.

 

[TorontoGirl]

Appears Dopey is now full!

try to register and you get this

For people still wanted to sign up for the Dopey - my DH and I are signed up through a travel agent listed in the registration area of the RunDisney website for the marathon weekend.

Spaces still available thru charities too!

 

[Ram7730]

Add me to the Dopey list. Just registered with one of the charities, time to get the training schedule set.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

FYI, there are a ton of different reports on the runDisney FB page and in the marathon thread that the Dopey portion of the 5k may be at 5:30.

 

[TorontoGirl]

FYI, there are a ton of different reports on the runDisney FB page and in the marathon thread that the Dopey portion of the 5k may be at 5:30.

I am so confused - when I registered AKA last Tue, they told me that the 5K for the Dopey would be at 5:30am and a timed race and separate from the reg race!

NOW I just called RunDisney 407-938-3398 and they just told me that it is not a seperate race, it will be timed and at 6:15am when all the others race too!

They keep changing things - no one knows whats going on :-(

 

[jeanigor]

I am so confused - when I registered AKA last Tue, they told me that the 5K for the Dopey would be at 5:30am and a timed race and separate from the reg race!

NOW I just called RunDisney 407-938-3398 and they just told me that it is not a seperate race, it will be times and at 6:15am when all the others race too!

They keep changing things - no one knows whats going on :-(

Perhaps they will have the Dopey competitors have chips on their bibs and turn the timing mats on. Perhaps they will also give the Dopey folks the option of starting in a forward corral as to not have the 5K people who are for fun to contend with.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Perhaps they will have the Dopey competitors have chips on their bibs and turn the timing mats on. Perhaps they will also give the Dopey folks the option of starting in a forward corral as to not have the 5K people who are for fun to contend with.

I can just imagine the fun of Dopey walkers up front. OMG.

 

[jeanigor]

Or maybe they are getting their races confused. You say Dopey, and they hear Dumbo?

 

[TorontoGirl]

Or maybe they are getting their races confused. You say Dopey, and they hear Dumbo?

Well I specifically say Marathon weekend in January during the conversation and I got the 5:30am separate race info last week and the 6:15 with everyone else info this week

 

[John VN]

Starting time and corral placement for the 5K should not be an issue. I would think the first corral would be restricticted to Dopey racers with all others to follow in the remaining corrals.

Since the 5K would have to be chipped for those doing Dopey, it matters not where a racer starts unless an individual is going for a first place. I am sure there are Dopey racers who will want to be with their family members during the 5K and I am also sure many family members are slower than the Dopey racer thus requiring a starting corral of C or D.

 

[homerjay316]

I am sure there are Dopey racers who will want to be with their family members during the 5K and I am also sure many family members are slower than the Dopey racer thus requiring a starting corral of C or D.

That's me! I will be awfully disappointed if I am running a different 5k than my wife. We were hoping to run it together.

I have very little experience with competitive running, but I would assume the mats would be on the whole time. People can run over them with or without a tag.

 

[camandjacksmom]

I hope they roll out the 5:30 start time as an option but I can see why it's being thrown around for dopey runners. We start at 5:30 and must keep a 16 min pace because if the timing rules. All dopey runners would they theoretically be off the course in 48-50 minutes right as the 6:15 5k starts.