Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend (Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2024)

[accm]

Just left the expo with minimal financial damage. I was very responsible. A tip for those who preordered merch - double check what you ordered, so you don’t end up with 2 AP spirit jerseys…

Good news is that everything looked really well stocked

 

[EPCOT-O.G.]

Do we have any datapoints on bib numbers/stated time/POT and corral placement?

I'm 128XX, did not submit POT, and estimated a 2:31-2:45 finish time.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Do we have any datapoints on bib numbers/stated time/POT and corral placement?

I'm 128XX, did not submit POT, and estimated a 2:31-2:45 finish time.

That's the first non-POT time, so you should be in the first non-POT corral. Club rD is still in B, which makes us wonder if there will still be A and B for POT, and C being the first non-POT, but we don't know for sure yet. Speculation has been if there would be a 3rd POT corral with the expanded POT.


But no. We don't have definitive answers yet.

 

[accm]

I know this is a typical complaint, but I’m annoyed about the 5k corral placement. My son’s anticipated pace is 12-14, and he got placed in E. So now we’ll be waiting around forever, and then spend the whole race dodging people. What’s the point of asking people their anticipated pace if they’re just going to assign people randomly anyways?

 

[1lilspark]

10k 316xx c
5k 441xx c
Just getting called to shop than will have to double back to field house as the characters were just leaving on a half hour break when we were about to get in line (Louis, Remy and a magic shot)

 

[Blue Caterpillar]

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I love living vicariously through you all, makes me even more excited for marathon weekend. now if I can only get equally excited for the training.

 

[camaker]

I know this is a typical complaint, but I’m annoyed about the 5k corral placement. My son’s anticipated pace is 12-14, and he got placed in E. So now we’ll be waiting around forever, and then spend the whole race dodging people. What’s the point of asking people their anticipated pace if they’re just going to assign people randomly anyways?

An 8-10 estimated pace was C for MW for me. I don’t think it’s a random placement on RunDisney’s part, it’s that everyone selects a faster estimated pace, regardless of their capability. The honest folk get pushed to the back.

 

[accm]

An 8-10 estimated pace was C for MW for me. I don’t think it’s a random placement on RunDisney’s part, it’s that everyone selects a faster estimated pace, regardless of their capability. The honest folk get pushed to the back.

8-10 gave me C for this weekend, but previously his 12-14 had given him D, which means not too much waiting, which is my bigger concern with E for him (being 7 and waiting a long time so not go well together).
It’ll be fine in the end. I’m just annoyed and needed to vent for a second

 

[Sara W]

My SIL brought a 10 miler time from a few weeks ago and they moved her to C, they said it was the last corral before non-POT. She did 8:30 pace for the 10 miler.

I am doing the challenge. I submitted a 3:51 marathon time and I’m 202xx. Curious which corral I’ll be in. Guess I’ll find out tomorrow!

 

[1lilspark]

merch update

The 5k i did it shirts they only had the women’s cut crop tops and only had a few extra small message tees

The weekend short sleeve just had extra small, small and maybe medium

The quality of the Tiana message tee was not it…

Sticking to my magnets and splurging with the spirit jersey (like I need another one in Florida but still lol)

 

[accm]

My SIL brought a 10 miler time from a few weeks ago and they moved her to C, they said it was the last corral before non-POT. She did 8:30 pace for the 10 miler.

I am doing the challenge. I submitted a 3:51 marathon time and I’m 202xx. Curious which corral I’ll be in. Guess I’ll find out tomorrow!

I’m 204xx and got A, so you should be in A as well

 

[fatmanatee]

Anything equivalent to a 2:00 and under half time should be corral A. First evidence we have from @camaker is that 2:00-2:15 is in corral B.

 

[GrumpyBLT]

Anybody around 108xx get their half corral assignment yet?

 

[1lilspark]

Shot in the dark but anyone staying on the skyliner route that would let me borrow a charger for a garmin Vivosmart 5? I’m at 69% at the moment so I don’t think it will hold through the 10k (or know if any vendors might have one not that the people I’m with would let me run back to the expo)

 

[The Expert]

merch update

The 5k i did it shirts they only had the women’s cut crop tops and only had a few extra small message tees

The weekend short sleeve just had extra small, small and maybe medium

The quality of the Tiana message tee was not it…

Sticking to my magnets and splurging with the spirit jersey (like I need another one in Florida but still lol)

They indicated in the influencer posts last night that sizing for the sale merch would be "slightly smaller" but I think they changed a LOT. Those XS and S shirts looked comical -- like children's size.

I'm usually a pretty solid S in women's and XS in unisex but I'd have definitely been at least a size up, if not two, in all the shirts.

I did end up returning the rD tech shirt (white is not my color) and tried to return the leggings that are 6 inches too long. But apparently they missed scanning the leggings -- Oops! I guess I'll see if I can hem them, though I hate working with this material.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

My FB/Instagram search skills suck. Any good links for photos of the expo merch
today?

 

[ZM73]

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I don't think any of this is new info, but just in case. This is on the back of one of the rD booth walls

I'm excited that the 2025 Wine & Dine weekend is before Halloween.

 

[jmasgat]

I’m annoyed with the 5k corrals. I put in 8-10pm and got D…and the people I’m running with are in A. I went to RR an the woman screening said they wouldn’t change it. I went back again after I got my shirt and managed to get someone to change to B.

 

[1lilspark]

I’m annoyed with the 5k corrals. I put in 8-10pm and got D…and the people I’m running with are in A. I went to RR a the woman screening said they wouldn’t change it. I went back again after I got my shirt and managed to get someone to change to B.

I was 8-10 in C

 

[Dopey 2020]

I'm excited that the 2025 Wine & Dine weekend is before Halloween.

I saw it and it didn’t register til now, this hurts me. I was thinking it would be a week later. Marine Corps Marathon is 10-26-25 as well and I was looking to do that. Now I’m torn