Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

[RunningKoen]

Good for you. I'm sticking to the Challenges. My feet wouldn't survive a FULL marathon. But I'll be cheering you all on on Marathon Sunday. But not until 11AM.

I could be joining you for the 11 AM cheering squad, if you're near the finish zone;-)

 

[RunningKoen]

I think I've asked this before, so my apologies for repeating myself, but does anyone have the course map from last year's 10K?

Offcourse I do.

2018
2017

The 2015 and 2016 course maps are harder to link, but there's only difference: at the end of the 10K, the old routes , 2015 & 2016, went by soarin and other parts of the future world west, entering the central hub from the west side and finishing after making a little loop at spaceship earth.

The 2017/2018 routes use a route between the UK and Canadian pavilion and after making more milage around the world showcase lake enter the central hub from the south side. Still the little loop at spaceship earth before finishing

 

[LAKid53]

Offcourse I do.

2018
2017

The 2015 and 2016 course maps are harder to link, but there's only difference: at the end of the 10K, the old routes , 2015 & 2016, went by soarin and other parts of the future world west, entering the central hub from the west side and finishing after making a little loop at spaceship earth.

The 2017/2018 routes use a route between the UK and Canadian pavilion and after making more milage around the world showcase lake enter the central hub from the south side. Still the little loop at spaceship earth before finishing

Thanks! So it's the same course as the Princess 10K.

 

[LAKid53]

I could be joining you for the 11 AM cheering squad, if you're near the finish zone;-)

You're not running the full?

 

[RunningKoen]

You're not running the full?

Unless I take a 1,5 hour break, of have a mental breakdown, I'm finished way before 11AM.

Edit: start is at 5:30. Still early ;-)

 

[LAKid53]

Unless I take a 3 hour break, of have a mental breakdown, I'm finished way before 11AM. If the start is still at 4.

4AM?! Another reason I'm not running the full. That means you've got to be on the bus by 2AM, which means getting up at 1:00? No thanks. Those 3 mornings of 2:30 are bad enough. I am now even more in awe of those doing Dopey.

 

[RunningKoen]

4AM?! Another reason I'm not running the full. That means you've got to be on the bus by 2AM, which means getting up at 1:00? No thanks. Those 3 mornings of 2:30 are bad enough. I am now even more in awe of those doing Dopey.

My bad! Races start at 5:30. Somehow it was way earlier in my mind. I did wake up at 2:30 though in 2017.

But still, I would finish way before 11AM if nothing weirds happen.

 

[LAKid53]

My bad! Races start at 5:30. Somehow it was way earlier in my mind. I did wake up at 2:30 though in 2017.

But still, I would finish way before 11AM if nothing weirds happen.

No problem. I thought the full would start sooner to avoid interruptions in the parks and on the roads as the slowest runners would have a maximum of 7 hours to finish.

 

[surfsupdon]

No problem. I thought the full would start sooner to avoid interruptions in the parks and on the roads as the slowest runners would have a maximum of 7 hours to finish.

The beauty of the full is running through parks while they are open. AK is closed when I pass thru, butMGM and Epcot are open and I love it.

Similar to night time runs...the old Wine and Dine and Tower races has Guests in Park already for their after parties and it really was a fun running atmosphere.

 

[surfsupdon]

Omg I have to register tmrw for the FULL!

 

[LAKid53]

Are we thinking of doing another M&G after the Full? Even though my race is Friday, I'm not returning home until Monday.

 

[surfsupdon]

Sure we can! Back in the day wdwmagic had meet ups after races and for special events and just to say hi. It was a nice community. I remember rocking out at an Off Kilter concert with @wannabeBelle one fine day at Epcot!

 

[wannabeBelle]

Sure we can! Back in the day wdwmagic had meet ups after races and for special events and just to say hi. It was a nice community. I remember rocking out at an Off Kilter concert with @wannabeBelle one fine day at Epcot!

Ah the good old days!!! I miss Off Kilter and Mulch lots!! Marie

 

[dreamfinder]

No problem. I thought the full would start sooner to avoid interruptions in the parks and on the roads as the slowest runners would have a maximum of 7 hours to finish.

They actually do a good job of designing the course to have minimal impact on park guests. The last 8 miles or so are pretty self contained in WWoS, DHS and Epcot. The only real road obstruction is the intersection at WWoS and the stretch of road between AK and WWoS.

 

[HauntedPirate]

A new 6.6% "processing fee", on top of the registration fee? My wife will be thrilled...

 

[LAKid53]

A new 6.6% "processing fee", on top of the registration fee? My wife will be thrilled...

Instead of paying that fee to Active.com, it now goes to runDisney.

 

[RunningKoen]

Registration link is visible on the event page @ rundisney.com
It redirects you to a waiting page that refreshes every 5 seconds (the wait is almost over)

And registration is open! Waiting time: 20 minutes

 

[surfsupdon]

20mins for me too. I’m sitting at the beach. Pleasant way to wait. Lol

 

[RunningKoen]

20mins for me too. I’m sitting at the beach. Pleasant way to wait. Lol

Im slightly sweating with quite a high heartbeat, so I envy your waiting spot

 

[surfsupdon]

Mine timed out. Try again later it said. Too many people accessing at once.

Lol