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Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
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AUPr8Hd
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They could go double letter corrals, if they wanted. Peachtree Road Race does it for their race (60k runners on a 10k course). I've run it before and never really felt like it was that crowded, until the last couple hundred yards.
dreamfinder
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Just to throw it out there, the RW Challenge is 75% full. Not sure if anyone was planning on dropping the cash for the upgrade, but making it known for the sake of posterity. And it seems like that operates under a set number of slots for all 4 events, not different numbers for each, as they only have the single counter.
dreamfinder
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And now the RW challenge is 90% full.
dreamfinder
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And in case anyone hadn't heard yet, RunDisney does seem to be paying attention to some complaints. They claim to be lowering the half/full field by a combined 2,000 runners.
Full blog posting here -> http://www.rundisney.com/blog/articles/2014-walt-disney-world-marathon-weekend-enhancements with a youtube about some of the changes.
Full blog posting here -> http://www.rundisney.com/blog/articles/2014-walt-disney-world-marathon-weekend-enhancements with a youtube about some of the changes.
Ariel484
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WOW. I wonder how many RW Challenge spots there actually are?
This is awesome. I'm so glad they're reducing the number of runners...hopefully that, combined with more corrals and more accurate corral placements (i.e. making more people submit times and, I hope, doing a more thorough job to make sure that people are placed correctly), will make a big difference in course crowding this year and in the future. I'll be curious to hear about it. I'm impressed that runDisney is doing this.
Here's a question...does the fact that they are adding more corrals mean an earlier start time? They still need to get runners out of the MK early...
imagination30
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Im like a kid on christmas eve waiting to open gifts!.. ready to register to make sure i get in!
dreamfinder
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Also, the 10k hit the pre-reg limit. No idea when, I just checked the page now and it said the 10k pre-reg was full.
I'd wager under 100. Since they are doing a special pre-race strategy session, they need to be able to fit them all in a single area. Most of the other perks are trivial in terms of infrastructure needed.
I think this sadly means they will keep using last years course. The old course didn't hit the Contemporary til mile 10, but the new course is at mile 5. Both old and new course started at 5:30, but the new course gave them an extra 80 minutes! of time to clear out the MK. In 2012 the last wave started at 6:03, in 2013 the last wave started at 6:24. So based on the 2012 miles, they had runners hitting the MK guard gate at 8:45ish. (10 miles at 16 mins per) If we stick to that same clear time (doing a sweep at mile 5 at 8:45) the runners that just clear the sweep should be leaving via the Frontierland parade gate at 9:00, allowing them to open the park at 9, that would mean the last wave would take 80 mins to hit mile 5, so starting at 7:25 is theoretically possible. Roughly another hour of start time after the last wave started in 2013, or another 8 corrals. I'd imagine that they wouldn't want to push it that far, but they could easily do another 3-4 corrals, and still get clear of MK prior to open. Of course that then means that the course needs to stay open another 30 mins or so, and I take pity on the poor people waiting 2 hours in the last corral.
I'd wager under 100. Since they are doing a special pre-race strategy session, they need to be able to fit them all in a single area. Most of the other perks are trivial in terms of infrastructure needed.
I think this sadly means they will keep using last years course. The old course didn't hit the Contemporary til mile 10, but the new course is at mile 5. Both old and new course started at 5:30, but the new course gave them an extra 80 minutes! of time to clear out the MK. In 2012 the last wave started at 6:03, in 2013 the last wave started at 6:24. So based on the 2012 miles, they had runners hitting the MK guard gate at 8:45ish. (10 miles at 16 mins per) If we stick to that same clear time (doing a sweep at mile 5 at 8:45) the runners that just clear the sweep should be leaving via the Frontierland parade gate at 9:00, allowing them to open the park at 9, that would mean the last wave would take 80 mins to hit mile 5, so starting at 7:25 is theoretically possible. Roughly another hour of start time after the last wave started in 2013, or another 8 corrals. I'd imagine that they wouldn't want to push it that far, but they could easily do another 3-4 corrals, and still get clear of MK prior to open. Of course that then means that the course needs to stay open another 30 mins or so, and I take pity on the poor people waiting 2 hours in the last corral.
dreamfinder
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Registration is now formally open here -> http://www.active.com/running/lake-buena-vista-fl/walt-disney-world�-marathon-weekend-2014
And the RW Challenge is sold out....
And the RW Challenge is sold out....
Kristia
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I can't wait to see how 2014 plays out and how well these improvements work.
All the more reason for people to train and get a decent corral placement!
imagination30
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just so you guys know the run disney site went down .. right at 10:59 ct ..
dreamfinder
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Was just going to comment on that. Crack web team couldn't keep the box up under the pressure. It's still there. Kinda. Just seriously getting hammered. Did the email tell runners to go to RunDisney? Or directly to the Active.com link?
imagination30
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the email from run disney you click on register now and it sends you to the run disney site
dreamfinder
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Brilliant. I'm all for driving up the viewer count, but damn, when you know something is going to hammer your site your either prepare, or send them straight to the source. I'd hope they at least tweet/facebook the direct link ASAP to help people out who can't get it to load.
Here is a summary of the event, dates, costs, deadlines etc
http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/walt...ith-new-race-and-enhancements-for-runners.htm
http://www.wdwmagic.com/events/walt...ith-new-race-and-enhancements-for-runners.htm
dreamfinder
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Surprisingly, the Dopey shirt/medal actually end up being free if you register now. $340 (Goofy) + $95 (10k) + $60 (5k) = $495 (Cost of Dopey) Nice for them to toss us "unofficial" Dopeyists a freebie for our past support. ; )
imagination30
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IM IN.. , and i went the basic route no pins , or any thing .. just basic so it was cheper.. minus the 10.98 fee so let the magical first marthon weekend trip begin!!
, and i went the basic route no pins , or any thing .. just basic so it was cheper.. minus the 10.98 fee so let the magical first marthon weekend trip begin!!
dreamfinder
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Just to document, Dopey is at 60%, 10k is at 65%, and 5k is at 51%. Looks like 10k and Dopey might sell out on opening day like the Dumbo and DLR 10k did. Sign up now if you are on the fence!
dreamfinder
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Dopey is at 66%, 10k 71%. 5k still at 51%.