Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

DznyGrlSD

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Goofy's Race and a Half Challenge has sold out.
The Walt Disney World 5K has sold out.
The Walt Disney World 10K has sold out.
The Dopey Challenge has sold out.
The Walt Disney World Marathon has sold out.
 
pdude81

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Demarke said:
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Decided last minute to do Dopey rather than just Marathon. My fiancée wanted to do the 5k, so I decided if I was going to be doing two, might as well do all four again! 😂
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Makes sense. I was thinking about doing Goofy and then the 5k with my son but didn't want to screw it up in an anniversary year and then miss out on Dopey with cascading sellouts. But I wear these thin race shirts constantly. Not sure if everybody else finds as much use for 6 shirts. We need new ones though because they are thin and wear out quickly
 
surfsupdon

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Seems like a lot of us registered for this Race Weekend! Some new, some regulars, and some returners. Can’t wait.

This will be my 6th WDW Marathon distance. All of them I competed my best for time, which in some ways is horribly fun but oh so tough! I am debating on running a “fun” marathon, where I ride Everest, Tower, and grab a snack or drink in Epcot. There’s a part of me that always wanted to run a Disney race that way. Any push for doing it or not?
 
Demarke

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surfsupdon said:
Seems like a lot of us registered for this Race Weekend! Some new, some regulars, and some returners. Can’t wait.

This will be my 6th WDW Marathon distance. All of them I competed my best for time, which in some ways is horribly fun but oh so tough! I am debating on running a “fun” marathon, where I ride Everest, Tower, and grab a snack or drink in Epcot. There’s a part of me that always wanted to run a Disney race that way. Any push for doing it or not?
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My theory is: if it’s cold and conditions are such that I might finish in a particularly good time (for me), I’d skip the extras. If it’s hot (or going to get hot during the race), I’m probably going to be walking a lot of the second half and not going to finish under 5 hours anyway, might as well get a ride or two in and grab something in Epcot.

With how fast you are, I’d make sure to take enough pictures along the way or even start in a little later corral so that you aren’t past Everest before it opens!
 
pdude81

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surfsupdon said:
Seems like a lot of us registered for this Race Weekend! Some new, some regulars, and some returners. Can’t wait.

This will be my 6th WDW Marathon distance. All of them I competed my best for time, which in some ways is horribly fun but oh so tough! I am debating on running a “fun” marathon, where I ride Everest, Tower, and grab a snack or drink in Epcot. There’s a part of me that always wanted to run a Disney race that way. Any push for doing it or not?
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If that's something you care about, there is a facebook group called "Ultimate Dopey Challenge" that I'm a part of where they parse out how to max out the number of rides you can do each year based on the course layout. Typically I believe the take it super easy until the halfway point or so when the parks start opening, and then have to run pretty quickly along with rides to maximize what can be ridden. You can certainly just wing it, but letting you know in case that is of interest. I tend to just jump on something if there is a short line when I run by, because at my level of fitness there is no speeding up halfway through race 4.
 
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Disney Dawg88

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Does anyone know if there is another way to get a race number for the half? A good friend of mine was in a meeting this morning and missed sign up and really wants to run in it. I know in the past there have been charities that you can fund raise and get a number through, but not sure if that’s possible now. Are there any other ways to get a number? Thanks for any help.
 
Rteetz

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Disney Dawg88 said:
Does anyone know if there is another way to get a race number for the half? A good friend of mine was in a meeting this morning and missed sign up and really wants to run in it. I know in the past there have been charities that you can fund raise and get a number through, but not sure if that’s possible now. Are there any other ways to get a number? Thanks for any help.
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Charity is the only for sure way now that registration is over. Spots do periodically pop up again but you need to be quick to get those.
 
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Rteetz said:
Charity is the only for sure way now that registration is over. Spots do periodically pop up again but you need to be quick to get those.
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Thanks for the response! I assume Team in Training is one, do you know where I can find any others?

Also, when you say spots pop up periodically, where does that happen?
 
Rteetz

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Disney Dawg88 said:
Thanks for the response! I assume Team in Training is one, do you know where I can find any others?

Also, when you say spots pop up periodically, where does that happen?
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Official charities are listed on the runDisney website:


As for the spots that pop up that are non-Charity. Those just appear on the runDisney website. There are trackers and such to help with this but again you have to be quick. It is usually just one or two spots at a time and they will go in a couple minutes.
 
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Disney Dawg88

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Rteetz said:
Official charities are listed on the runDisney website:


As for the spots that pop up that are non-Charity. Those just appear on the runDisney website. There are trackers and such to help with this but again you have to be quick. It is usually just one or two spots at a time and they will go in a couple minutes.
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Thanks again. One last question, can you provide info on the tracker? I have no idea where to find that.
 
Rteetz

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surfsupdon

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Thank you @pdude81 and @Demarke for helping. I’ve never run the race when the parks were officially opened. They let guests in but rides weren’t running yet.

I want to do it. I’ll check out the fbook group. I figure if I run the race, PLUS add rides, entertainment, and food that the value of my registration will increase!! I will still train, but I will celebrate while running.

Who knows, tmrw I may change my mind. But I’ve got plenty of time to finalize.
 
pdude81

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I'm noticing the POT section of race policies no longer specifies a race needs to be USATF certified. That might be helpful given I thought I'd have through late Sept to find something and now it's got to be before the end of June. Event when I go to the FAQ it no longer mentions USATF. Not sure when that vanished but it makes it easier. I've had to hunt down race directors before to double check.
 
Rteetz

Rteetz

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pdude81 said:
I'm noticing the POT section of race policies no longer specifies a race needs to be USATF certified. That might be helpful given I thought I'd have through late Sept to find something and now it's got to be before the end of June. Event when I go to the FAQ it no longer mentions USATF. Not sure when that vanished but it makes it easier. I've had to hunt down race directors before to double check.
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You had me go check. Where are you seeing that it doesn’t need to be USATF?

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pdude81

pdude81

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Rteetz said:
You had me go check. Where are you seeing that it doesn’t need to be USATF?
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It wasn't in the race policies tab for marathon weekend, so I went to the FAQ for the whole rD site and didn't see it there either. I always remembered seeing USATF somewhere though. Which page is that from?

Posting my screenshots below. I just didn't look hard enough I guess
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