Marathon Weekend 2018

You could always try to visit Runner’s Relations if you have proof that it was submitted

Hi Dis Yoda! I researched the Runner's Relations contact you mentioned regarding my misplacement in the corrals, and I found this website to share with others who may have been placed in the wrong corral: https://www.fitdisneymom.com/how-to-fix-wrong-corral-placement-at-a-run-disney-race/

I've already contacted RunDisney and Trackshack and supplied the info that is needed to fix the error. Now all I can do is hope for the best, and that it can potentially be taken acre of at the expo, or if I'm lucky, maybe before. I'm not holding my breath but it's worth a shot. In any event, hopefully this website can be of some assistance to others.
 
First, assuming you only get fireworks at the start of each corral and not at the beginning of each wave within a corral, you've cut your pyrotechnic budget in half.

You'd think ... but they did fireworks for the start of every wave during Wine & Dine - and they were pretty legit fireworks from the field that used to be the Speedway next to the Heroes parking area at TTC. So ... crapshoot.

Hi Dis Yoda! I researched the Runner's Relations contact you mentioned regarding my misplacement in the corrals, and I found this website to share with others who may have been placed in the wrong corral: https://www.fitdisneymom.com/how-to-fix-wrong-corral-placement-at-a-run-disney-race/

I've already contacted RunDisney and Trackshack and supplied the info that is needed to fix the error. Now all I can do is hope for the best, and that it can potentially be taken acre of at the expo, or if I'm lucky, maybe before. I'm not holding my breath but it's worth a shot. In any event, hopefully this website can be of some assistance to others.

At this point, nobody online or on the phone will be able to do anything for you - nor will they make the effort to, unless there was a major error on their part (ie. you should be in A but are corralled in E). In all likelihood, they're going to tell you the exact things I'm going to tell you know:

1. Check your Active.com Registration and make sure that you have a current Proof of Time (occurring at a race within the last two years, is of a distance of 10 miles or greater, and has a link to view official results).
2. Check your ESTIMATED TIME OF FINISH. If you did not change this to correspond to what your Proof of Time equates to, they will likely not move you as this was where you said you would finish, regardless of your Proof of Time ... Disney doesn't do math to benefit you when it comes to these things.

IF your Proof of Time meets all these critieria AND your estimated falls in line with that Proof of Time, print out your registration from Active.com and bring it with you to the Expo. Also, bookmark on your phone the website that shows your OFFICIAL Proof of Time (or print it off as well, sometimes the internet connection isn't great at WWoS).

Pick up your bib from the Volunteer at Bib Pick-Up ... don't bother asking them about changing corrals, as they not only don't know about protocol, they have no say in the matter either.

Go over to Runner Relations and get in line. Be prepared to wait. When it's your turn, show them your Active.com Registration, your proof of time and your bib and ask what you could've done differently to be corralled in E. They may help you, or they may send you on your way.

If I had to guess, your Estimated Time submitted doesn't align with your Proof of Time and that's why you were placed where you were. If there was an issue with your Proof of Time as submitted, you'd probably be in H (based on my recent experience at Wine & Dine).

Anyway. Good luck.
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Keels
DIS Name - Keels
Costume - Panchito
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Aw, Hell. Pace? (13:00/mm roughly for character stops)

Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Keels
DIS Name - Keels
Costume - Green Fairy
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - The question again? (Actually, I may shoot for a PR depending on weather ... so either 9:30/mm or 13:00/mm otherwise)

Race - Half
Name (optional) - Keels
DIS Name - Keels
Costume - Bob's Barricades
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - This is starting to feel personal (13:00/mm again)

Race - 'Thon-Tha-Thon-Thon-Thon
Name (optional) - Keels
DIS Name - Keels
Costume - VIP Plaid
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Whatever gets me 2+ drinks, ~2 rides, good character photos and a finish under 6:30
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM


Race - 'Thon-Tha-Thon-Thon-Thon
Name (optional) - Keels
DIS Name - Keels
Costume - VIP Plaid
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Whatever gets me 2+ drinks, ~2 rides, good character photos and a finish under 6:30


LOVE LOVE LOVE your marathon outfit concept!!!!!!!
 
Thank you for doing this! Way above and beyond!

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5k
Name (optional) - Pat
DIS Name - RENThead09 (No Day But Today!)
Costume - Figment
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - middle
Expected Pace - 11


Race - 10k
Name (optional) - Pat
DIS Name - RENThead09
Costume - Minnie Mouse
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - nope
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - middle
Expected Pace -11


Race - half
Name (optional) - Pat
DIS Name - RENThead09
Costume - Neon Yellow Mickey Knows
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - nope
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 12


Race - full
Name (optional) - Pat
DIS Name - RENThead09
Costume - Team Homes For Our Troops
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - nope
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - front
Expected Pace -13
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K (with daughter)
Name (optional) - Charlie (and Bella)
DIS Name - Baloo in MI
Costume - not sure yet
Corral - A, but running out of B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back of corral
Expected Pace - 9:30(ish)

Race - 10k
Name (optional) - Charlie
DIS Name - Baloo in MI
Costume - no
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 8:30

Race - Half Marathon
Name (optional) - Charlie
DIS Name - Baloo in MI
Costume - no
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace -8:45-9:00

Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Charlie
DIS Name - Baloo in MI
Costume - no
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace -9:00-9:15

Getting so excited!!!!
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Kelly
DIS Name - kski907
Costume - oswald
Corral - D/E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 13:00

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Kelly
DIS Name - kski907
Costume - Minnie in Pink
Corral - D/E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 11:30

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Kelly
DIS Name - kski907
Costume - Cheshire Cat
Corral - G (headed back with DD)
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 13:00

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Kelly
DIS Name - kski907
Costume - Figment
Corral - F
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 13:00-14:00
 
Corral C for me, H for BRF (we knew this would happen as she didn't send POT in time). Still trying to decide if I'm going to hang back with her, or start in my corral
Here's my guess on timing for the HM and M:

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I used the total number of people crossing the line and the rate at which they crossed in 2017. Using that I came up with a rough guess as to how many minutes each corral would be. Then I broke corrals into pieces based on their size (A, B, C, D, and E into two pieces and F, G, and H into three pieces). Without looking I was able to get the timing of the corrals into the same timeframe as 2017. So I feel relatively good about these predictions.
This timing chart is very useful for me right now in trying to decide to stay back or go and then try and meet up with her. Thanks for being our data master extraordinaire @DopeyBadger

Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Jenny
DIS Name - disneydaydreamer33
Costume - INKnBURN Hawaiin (Moana) theme
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - If possible!
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - probably middle or back
Expected Pace - 12:00 I would guess for this race
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Expected Pace - Whatever gets me 2+ drinks, ~2 rides, good character photos and a finish under 6:30

I'd like a submit a change for my expected pace to this instead because while I'd like to keep my running pace somewhere around 12ish, it'll actually end up being whatever pace this is, as those are my real goals for the race. :drinking1

I'm also a spreadsheet person (Hello, my name is Bryana, and I'm also addicted to Spreadsheets ::yes::) and I made a tab in the trip planning spreadsheet that's just dedicated to marathon timing, for my family to reference for spectating. I think it's safe to say that I'm a little obsessive that I made this over a month ago (also because I couldn't have something not be in 5 minute increments LOL). :bitelip::blush:

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Race - Full
Name (optional) - Dawn
DIS Name - dawn71
Costume - Belle
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle, I think
Expected Pace - 13:00-14:00

My husband:

Race - Full
Name (optional) - Shane
DIS Name -
Costume - Beast
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 8:00-8:30
 
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Mary
DIS Name - Mary9876
Costume - none
Corral - H
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 13:00-14:00

If I get there early I’ll come to the meet up but I’m thinking I’ll be on the later side since I won’t leave till after 6.
 
sooooo many pages in a few hours....has anyone asked why they reduced the total number of corrals? I guess there will be waves in each corral
 
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Bill
DIS Name - RootbeerKid
Costume - Is "old man" a costume? May have to actually do something as this costume may be frightening.
Corral - H. Balloon ladies are so very misunderstood. Maybe the costume should be as a balloon lady.
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 10:30 if crowds permit and the character visitation temptation doesn't overwhelm
 
Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Jim
DIS Name - PCFriar80
Costume - No
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 9:15

Race - Half
Name (optional) - Jim
DIS Name - PCFriar80
Costume - No
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 9:30
 
I was put in the A corral for Goofy with a 1:42 half POT - looks like I just squeaked in. I'll be running C in the half to run with my daughter and sons.

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM

Race - Half
Name (optional) - David
DIS Name - JClimacus
Costume - TBD
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 10:00

Race - Full
Name (optional) - David
DIS Name - JClimacus
Costume - TBD
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 9:00
 
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So half the field across two corrals. Seems reasonable.
:rotfl2:

C here too!
C for me too!! Very pleased with that!!


Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Expected Pace -
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Serena
DIS Name -Sailormoon2
Costume -Lime Green-"Bounding" as Tink
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - YES
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front!
Expected Pace: 10:00

Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Serena
DIS Name -Sailormoon2
Costume -Black with horns-"Bounding" as Maleficent
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - YES
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front!
Expected Pace: 10:00

Race - 1/2
Name (optional) - Serena
DIS Name -Sailormoon2
Costume -Red Incredibles with mask (3 of us-with Dad and his wife)
Corral - H as I will drop back to be with my family
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - NO
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front!
Expected Pace: 10:30

Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Serena
DIS Name -Sailormoon2
Costume -Blue InB winter design- "Bounding" as "Frozen"
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - YES
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front!
Expected Pace: 11:00

Thank you @DopeyBadger for organizing this fantastic resourse!!
 
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I have to think it will be much more difficult managing the crowds into 2 ginormous corals rather than splitting them up to smaller numbers. This is my first rundisney race so I am trying to get my head around managing 27K people at the start of the race.

Ive done the disney marathon 4 times and it's always been with the smaller corrals like this and it isn't that bad. Waiting at the start sucks, there's no getting around that but the crowds "thin" fairly quickly after the race begins and then it becomes the biggest group run you've ever been on. The key is be patient that first mile or two. Sacrifice a couple of minutes to just hold your line, have fun, stay relaxed, talk to a few people and warm up.
 

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