Walt Disney World Marathon : Official Thread

This will be a start of a busy year for me.

Thanks - I did the Goofy last year - wasn't happy with either of my times so I'm going to try a different approach this year. 

erin116 - 2011-06-16 10:30 AM

aintaround - 2011-06-15 12:43 PM

aintaround - 2011-06-15 12:42 PM Entered both this and the half - going Goofy

 

This will be a start of a busy year for me.

Awesome! I'm in for goofy too But, it's my first attempt at something like this. What else is on your schedule?

Well the rest of this year is:

Wine 'n Dine half marathon at Disney
70.3 Augusta
Ironman Florida
Ironman Cozumel 

Next Year:
The Goofy
70.3 Florida
Ironman Coeur d'Alene
Ironman New York
Ironman Arizona 
and a couple of other 70.3 that will come up. 

erin116 - 2011-06-16 10:30 AM

aintaround - 2011-06-15 12:43 PM

aintaround - 2011-06-15 12:42 PM Entered both this and the half - going Goofy

 

This will be a start of a busy year for me.

Awesome! I'm in for goofy too But, it's my first attempt at something like this. What else is on your schedule?

I see you are from The Woodlands - I was there for IMTX - what a place - I was amazed at how well everything was setback. it took me a couple of days to understand the traffic and why it was so heavy. then I realized that there was a lot "behind" those trees that folks were going to, nice place.

I'm in for Goofy, too!

I'm doing IMWI and a couple yet-to-be decided 70.3s in 2012, too.

Sharyn5 - 2011-09-29 8:36 AM Hey good luck w/this! I've wanted to do a disney event...and I plan to register for the 1/2 mary in feb, the princess 1/2.

My friend Amy did the princess 1/2 and liked it so much that she is going again in 2012.  : )  Have fun!

It's official, I'm registered now for Disney as my first 26.2 mile run.

Question for those in the know:  They asked for a recent race time for use in corral placement of runners.  The way they make it sound is if you're going to do it under 5 hours then you'll be in the front in the first corral, otherwise you're in back.  Is there more than one corral up front, or is it everyone who thinks they'll finish under 5 hours?

Last time I ran Disney (2009) the corrals went A-G (i think).  If you indicate you will finish in under 5 hrs you must provide proof of time and they will corral you accordingly with the faster runners in the earlier corrals.  If you are more than 5 hrs they put you in the last corrals.  i think the corrals start 5-7 minutes apart, so you could be in for a bit of a wait if you're in one of the last ones.

I haven't run Disney since 2010, but it probably hasn't changed much in the last 2 years.

They had two "Wave" type starts... Red and Blue.  The red wave went first and it was corrals A, B and C. A and B being the fastest runners and C following that. So you've got A in front,  then B behind them and then C.

Then on the other side of the road was corrals D-H(or whatever is last now). The blue wave started a couple minutes after the red wave. 

The first year I ran I was in Corral D and right under the Starting line. It was really cool.  The second year I expected a faster finish and I was placed in Corral C and honestly, I wish I had just queued up in corral D.  I think it took me 6 or 7 minutes to get to the starting line after the gun went off in corral C.

The red wave takes a slightly different route then the blue wave for the first 3 or 4 miles. Then as you're leaving Epcont it's this massive merge of red/blue runners. 

In the past it was perfectly fine to go to a slower corral.. Like if you're corral C you can line up in D etc. Obviously, you can't move up. So if you're wife is planning on a faster finish than you, she can line up in corral C or D or whatever your corral is to start with you. I'm guessing she'd be in corral A or B with an estimated 3:30 finish.

I had done all my training runs alone, and running that race with 23,000 other runners was just mind blowing to me! Very cool watching this mass of people crossing the overpass on top of you.

Have fun!

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Dave

Without proof of time you will be in one of the last (if not last) corrals.  At least in theory.  In 2010, 2 of my brothers and i ran the 1/2, I provided proof of time and was placed in corral B.  They just put down their estimated finish time without proof of that time and they were seated in B too.  So, it appears the organizers went just with their estimated time.  I don't know if that was a mistake or not and I would not count on that happening to you, but you never know...

I am in for the Marathon.  I hear it is a nightmare getting down to the event.  My understanding is you cannot bring your family and you have to ride the buses to get there so you need to wear the clothing you are going to race in.

Anyone who has done the race have any insight?