Marathon Weekend 2018

[Anisum]

http://rodale-usa.instantmagazine.com/rundisney/dwmar18#!/index

2018 Event guide - haven't read through to see if done, but here it is with maps.
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marthon & half corrals only through H -wow

I literally looked for it earlier and couldn't find it. Surprised by the corrals though.

 

[Keels]

"last"

I AM HOLDING FIRM TO THIS!!!!!!1111!!!!!

 

[croach]

Courses they have on there seem to be the same as this past years.

Did we run through New Fantasyland this year? I don't remember that but it's sometimes a blur. Also no Pandora for the full.

 

[croach]

I AM HOLDING FIRM TO THIS!!!!!!1111!!!!!

Somebody mark this page for future reference.

 

[Keels]

Somebody mark this page for future reference.

DO IT.

 

[rteetz]

Did we run through New Fantasyland this year? I don't remember that but it's sometimes a blur. Also no Pandora for the full.

Yes we did.

 

[PrincessV]

I wondered if they'd continue the recent trend of fewer corrals with a few GIANT corrals at the back... yep. Also note the verbiage about "mini-waves" being used.

 

[KSellers88]

Wow. How many corrals were there last year? I want to say Princess went to corral P when I ran it this year...

 

[rteetz]

Wow. How many corrals were there last year? I want to say Princess went to corral P when I ran it this year...

Yep normally they would go to P.

 

[courtneybeth]

Only to H, yikes?

I'm now wondering if the POT mattered much. Guess it'll be an early walk to the corrals and sitting on the pavement wrapped up like a Chipotle burrito in the heat shield.

 

[KSellers88]

Yep normally they would go to P.

Yikes! Gonna be like a bunch of sardines.

 

[r2chewbaccad2]

@rteetz Please include me in at Bay Lake Towers.
This will be first time running a full marathon. Nervous but excited! Longest training run at 21 miles.
Just took my magic bands out of the mailbox!

 

[MissLiss279]

The half and full enter the MK under the train station this year. And run through the bus area.

 

[SheHulk]

How do the waves inside the corrals work? Are you assigned to a wave or are you released based on where you are physically in the corral? I predict pushing.

 

[courtneybeth]

How do the waves inside the corrals work? Are you assigned to a wave or are you released based on where you are physically in the corral? I predict pushing.

They break the corrals down and take chunks at a time. So instead of one gigantic corral going at once, they put a break in about 2 or 3 times within the corral and release them 2-3 mins afterward. I don't understand why they're doing this with each corral instead of just staying with the bigger corrals.

I could see pushing, people feeling rushed as they start their race, and an all around awful first 2-3 miles of the half and full.

 

[rteetz]

The half and full enter the MK under the train station this year. And run through the bus area.

Yeah the backstage area is closed off due to the construction of the new Main Street theater.

 

[Nole95]

A smarter thing to do would have been to keep the A-P corrals, and then had two mini-waves in each of those. It will be interesting to see how many people are in each corral when all the numbers are released in a couple weeks.

 

[StarGirl11]

Regardless of the waves the sudden change in corral formats makes me a bit nervous. Pace wise I’ve been training well enough that it won’t matter where I’m put. But yeah considering this is the least amount of corrals I remember ever seeing for runDisney in Florida it makes me a bit nervous...

Also I’m wondering if they are going to cut back on 5k/10k corrals.

 

[jeanigor]

They break the corrals down and take chunks at a time. So instead of one gigantic corral going at once, they put a break in about 2 or 3 times within the corral and release them 2-3 mins afterward. I don't understand why they're doing this with each corral instead of just staying with the bigger corrals.

I could see pushing, people feeling rushed as they start their race, and an all around awful first 2-3 miles of the half and full.

The last couple corrals of Wine & Dine just seemed to be broken down into tons of waves. Officially there were fewer corrals, but there seems as many if not more starts than when they had more corrals with fewer racers in each corral.

The jockeying for position in the back corrals is something I would not look forward to and would be plenty of incentive to get a decent PoT for any runDisney race.

 

[StarGirl11]

The last couple corrals of Wine & Dine just seemed to be broken down into tons of waves. Officially there were fewer corrals, but there seems as many if not more starts than when they had more corrals with fewer racers in each corral.

The jockeying for position in the back corrals is something I would not look forward to and would be plenty of incentive to get a decent PoT for any runDisney race.

Yeah unfortuanetly for some of us getting a PoT didn’t pan out. I tried to get a new POT a few times now. Going on attempt 4 next week and I just keep having the worst luck. Hopefully this upcoming Indoor one means I’ll finally get a PR of some sort