cewait
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RunDisney has placed their spectator tool link back up on the website. This is a really nice tool that gives the spectator some idea of travel time between reachable spectator locations for both you and the spectator.
http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/events/rundisney/spectator-tool
Note that Disney does not recommend trying to see a runner at both MK and AK. I tend to agree that this is a tough connection but that is the spectator is aware of your running speed and has an extremely lucky set of connections they may be able to catch you at the entrance to AK. Mary has tried this maybe three times. One time she had the golden travel ticket and got out to AK with just enough time to get to the course catch her breath and see me pass; literally waited less than 5 minutes then I passed. In reality, the only reason she saw me was that I had an issue from mile 13 through the park and that 3 miles took about an hour. The other two attempts she was on a bus at the time I have left AK, so she just rode the bus back to a resort and the third she realized that I would have been in AK when the bus arrived.
Before Disney started publishing this tool, I had a spreadsheet that was a table. On the left column was a list of preferred locations with mile markers and along the top was a range of paces that I thought I would run the race. I listed 5 or six different paces separated by 30 seconds each when I was a new runner and by 10 seconds each recently. The body of the table would then be expected times at each location and pace given an expected start time of 6:10(i.e. 10 minutes to pass the start). I would highlight the cells that we agreed would be a great place to see each other. So the cell for TTC (mile 9) at a 10 minute pace would have 7:40 in the spot.
I would suggest that the spectator and you pull together a table with at least three columns. One is a best pace, one is an expected pace and one is a not a great day pace. Once you get your corral information at the expo you will be able to plug in a start time and can then put together a quick portable tool for race day.
http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/events/rundisney/spectator-tool
Note that Disney does not recommend trying to see a runner at both MK and AK. I tend to agree that this is a tough connection but that is the spectator is aware of your running speed and has an extremely lucky set of connections they may be able to catch you at the entrance to AK. Mary has tried this maybe three times. One time she had the golden travel ticket and got out to AK with just enough time to get to the course catch her breath and see me pass; literally waited less than 5 minutes then I passed. In reality, the only reason she saw me was that I had an issue from mile 13 through the park and that 3 miles took about an hour. The other two attempts she was on a bus at the time I have left AK, so she just rode the bus back to a resort and the third she realized that I would have been in AK when the bus arrived.
Before Disney started publishing this tool, I had a spreadsheet that was a table. On the left column was a list of preferred locations with mile markers and along the top was a range of paces that I thought I would run the race. I listed 5 or six different paces separated by 30 seconds each when I was a new runner and by 10 seconds each recently. The body of the table would then be expected times at each location and pace given an expected start time of 6:10(i.e. 10 minutes to pass the start). I would highlight the cells that we agreed would be a great place to see each other. So the cell for TTC (mile 9) at a 10 minute pace would have 7:40 in the spot.
I would suggest that the spectator and you pull together a table with at least three columns. One is a best pace, one is an expected pace and one is a not a great day pace. Once you get your corral information at the expo you will be able to plug in a start time and can then put together a quick portable tool for race day.
