Marathon Weekend 2018

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Jim
DIS Name - BuckeyeBama
Costume - Per my wife, something from Frozen
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No - need to get to the front of the corral
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 15 minute mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Kyle
DIS Name - BuckeyeBama's son (no Dis name - he does not read this board - his first half marathon)
Costume - Per my wife, something from Frozen
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No - need to get to the front of the corral
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 15 minute mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Annette
DIS Name - BuckeyeBama's friend (no Dis name of her own, but she lurks - also her first half marathon)
Costume - Anna or Elsa
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No - need to get to the front of the corral
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 15 minute mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Amy
DIS Name - BuckeyeBama's wife (no Dis name of her own)
Costume - Anna or Elsa
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No - need to get to the front of the corral
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 15 minute mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Jim
DIS Name - BuckeyeBama
Costume - None
Corral - G
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Undecided
Expected Pace - 10-12 minute miles, depending on how crowded it is
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Matt
DIS Name - Nole95
Costume -
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 11:15

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Matt
DIS Name - Nole95
Costume -
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 11:15

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Matt
DIS Name - Nole95
Costume -
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 11:15 - 11:30

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Matt
DIS Name - Nole95
Costume -
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 10:45 - 11:00

My wife will be doing Dopey as well. Same corrals.
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5k
Name (optional) - Jared
DIS Name - barca33runner
Costume - None. I think the Eeyore onesie is getting retired. Too hot even when it’s cold.
Corral - C?
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Don’t know
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - middle?
Expected Pace - 10:00

Race - 10k
Name (optional) - Jared
DIS Name - barca33runner
Costume - None
Corral - C?
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Don’t know
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - middle
Expected Pace - 10:00

Race - Half
Name (optional) - Jared
DIS Name - barca33runner
Costume - None
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Don’t know
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Trying to find a mix between conserving for Sunday and getting off my feet as quickly as possible. With pictures.

Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Jared
DIS Name - barca33runner
Costume - None
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Don’t know
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Bargaining with deities to finish under 6 hours (the endurance is not where it should be, this could be rough)
 
LOL -- we were on page ~298 yesterday... logged in today and saw ~308 and I thought "CORRALS!"

I'm in "C"

For the marathon, corral "F" is E-X-A-C-T-L-Y 5:30:00 time. The finish line is gonna be mighty congested when they all cross at the same time! :jester:
 
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Race - Marathon
Name - Katie
DIS Name - GollyGadget
Costume - Runner... Still totally undecided what I'll wear but nothing elaborate
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race meetup? Maybe... I'd prefer to sleep in but race day excitement usually has me awake waaaaaay before necessary
Front, Middle, or Back of Corral? - Front
Expected Pace - 8:45
 
Race - Marathon
Name (optional) - Kristin
DIS Name - KSellers88
Costume - Minnie Mouse inspired
Corral - C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Probably front, but not positive...depends on where the 4:15 pacer is.
Expected Pace - 9:45ish hopefully!
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Dave
DIS Name - UNCBear24
Costume - None
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 8:45 - 9:00

Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Dave
DIS Name - UNCBear24
Costume - None
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 8:45 - 9:00

Race - Half
Name (optional) - Dave
DIS Name - UNCBear24
Costume - None
Corral - B, possibly moving back to C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 9:45 - 10:00

Race - Full
Name (optional) - Dave
DIS Name - UNCBear24
Costume - None
Corral - B, possibly moving back to C
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - 10:45 - 11:00
 


Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Doug S
DIS Name - hauntedcity
Costume - Pluto
Corral - F? for 5K (starting with family)
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Last one over the finish line with my 70+ mom?

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Doug S
DIS Name - hauntedcity
Costume - Mickey Mouse
Corral - D?
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 13:30 min/mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Doug S
DIS Name - hauntedcity
Costume - Donald bounding
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 14:00 min/mile

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Doug S
DIS Name - hauntedcity
Costume - Dopey bounding
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 13:30 min/mile


My wife and I are normally get-there-early, front-of-the-corral people, but this is our first Dopey, and we're dialing the pace waaaaay back, so we'll TRY starting from the back. We'll see how that goes in the 10K and adjust accordingly.

In Dopey outfit news, I tried out a green shirt that I had previously purchased, and don't really care for the material. So, yesterday, I hit Target and Kohls online, and now I have about half a dozen shirts on their way here so that I can try them all on. It will be a like a Dopey fashion show for my wife and kids!
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Dopey
Name (optional) - Brandon
DIS Name - dragitoff
Costume - N/A
Corral - A
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - middle to back
Expected Pace - 8:30mm
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Half
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Pleglech
Costume - None - likely singlet with "Trader Sam's Striders" or SSE with mickey ears
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 8:00ish?

Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Pleglech
Costume - None - likely gray shirt with "This Runner Needs a Beer"
Corral - B
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - Depends on how many on-course beers I can score. Probably 9:00ish.
 
As a 4:30 marathon finisher stuck in Corral H, how bad will it be congestion wise? Am I going to be able to run my race, or is it basically going to be maneuvering around people the entire time?
 
AlexRunsDisney said:
As a 4:30 marathon finisher stuck in Corral H, how bad will it be congestion wise? Am I going to be able to run my race, or is it basically going to be maneuvering around people the entire time?
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I think it depends. Disney is a very congested race course to begin with. While there are definitely open areas there are also areas where the course narrows. Therefore unless you're starting at the front of corral A it's likely you'll face congestion on the course regardless of pace as people stop to take pictures, use the bathroom, get beer, etc. Being in H the congestion is going to be worse since you have people that are going to be slower than you several corrals up. I think though, if you get to the front of your corral (or at least to the front of a wave) you'll have an open area to break away from the pack and run your own race until you catch up with the runners ahead of you. By then people should be somewhat spread out. Dodging and weaving is somewhat inevitable at Disney but I wouldn't think it will effect you much more than anyone else.
 
Race - Full
Name (optional) - Steph
DIS Name - steph0808
Costume - It depends on the weather - probably 3CPO
Corral - D
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - No (do you mean the Friday one? that's a no - I'll try to do race day meet)
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front / Middle
Expected Pace - Whatever @DopeyBadger tells me. :) I'm guessing 9:30/mile (?). I'm always looking for running buddies!
 
Race - 5K
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Dr. Q
Costume - Mickey Mouse
Corral - ?
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 10ish

Race - 10K
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Dr. Q
Costume - Peter Pan
Corral - ?
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Back
Expected Pace - 10:30ish

Race - ½ Marathon
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Dr. Q
Costume - Goofy
Corral - F
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 10:30ish

Race - Full
Name (optional) - Ben
DIS Name - Dr. Q
Costume - Dopey
Corral - F
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - Yes
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - Front
Expected Pace - 10ish
 
Excellent number crunching @DopeyBadger !

My guess is that the corral waves will start with Corral C since that starts the bigger numbers. I was in D for the Star Wars half (my last RD event), and although they used waves for that one, they didn't use them for A-C. I was toward the front of D, so not sure if they started with D or not.

My other guess is that Disney uses numbers of people who don't end up running/finishing to figure out the corral system -- and I'm assuming that's why the last couple corrals are bigger bib-wise. They could be using data that while 10,000 runners are assigned to those corrals, only x% will start or go beyond halfway.

My grad school stats professor did work for Disney in the 1970s/80s, and they measured everything from how close trash cans need to be to how many French fries should be in a serving. I'm hoping RD uses stats to make decision, but who knows.
 
Marathon Weekend DIS List FORM
Race - half
Name (optional) - Tavel
DIS Name - TCB in FLA
Costume -???
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? -no
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - front
Expected Pace - 12-13 ish

Race - full
Name (optional) - Tavel
DIS Name - TCB in FLA
Costume -??? Brave inspired
Corral - E
Planning to attend the Pre-race Meetup? - maybe
Front, Middle, or Back of the corral - front
Expected Pace - 12-13 ish
 
AlexRunsDisney said:
As a 4:30 marathon finisher stuck in Corral H, how bad will it be congestion wise? Am I going to be able to run my race, or is it basically going to be maneuvering around people the entire time?
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I'm a slower runner, and I can tell you that at typical half marathons I've run, I end up with .2-.3 more in distance because I have to dodge around people. It's one of the hazards of being slower because many of us take walk Breaks or we run Galloway method, and sometimes people who only walk don't want to get swept and get in corrals they aren't paced for. I've heard disney is more congested, so I am planning to realize that even though I'm slow (13 min mile), I'm going to have to be patient and set my expectations lower for speed.
I honestly hope things go okay for you, my husband is just under a sub 4 and there's no way he could deal with the dodging at his speed.
 
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