Ariel484
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Woohoo, good luck!!!
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Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
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Mad Stitch
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So today I ran a 10-mile race and got a new PR...and I have to admit that part of the motivation for wanting to PR (besides, you know, just wanting to know that I improved) was to get a better time to submit to Disney for the Dopey Challenge in 2015.
Just thought I'd share that with people that understand. It's a sickness, this runDisney addiction...
Hermes 10 miler I assume. Good race to go for a PR. Congrats.
Ariel484
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Yep, that's the one. 4th year in a row running that race!
Sumrdog
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So today I ran a 10-mile race and got a new PR...and I have to admit that part of the motivation for wanting to PR (besides, you know, just wanting to know that I improved) was to get a better time to submit to Disney for the Dopey Challenge in 2015.
Just thought I'd share that with people that understand. It's a sickness, this runDisney addiction...
That is so exciting!
Ariel484
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Thanks!
Texas84
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So today I ran a 10-mile race and got a new PR...and I have to admit that part of the motivation for wanting to PR (besides, you know, just wanting to know that I improved) was to get a better time to submit to Disney for the Dopey Challenge in 2015.
Just thought I'd share that with people that understand. It's a sickness, this runDisney addiction...
Oops. Forgot about the new qualifier. I'l have to do the Robins AFB half in 2014.
Ariel484
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This year it looks like they are taking times after January 1, 2012...so I am guessing for 2015 they will be ok with anything after January 1, 2013. So you have some time, I think.
Katherine
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dreamfinder
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Should we start placing bets on when the next rates sells out?
I'll wager a Mickey bar that the half sells out by 6/19. No more specific than that.
The rates have been all over the place. I'd imagine that the price increase will be a motivator, but looking at the recent updates below, there has just been too much variation. And throwing the 10k/Dopey into the mix really tweaked this years numbers in relation to the past.
Ariel484
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Half Marathon is 93% full --> @dreamfinder , the Mickey bar is within reach!
Full Marathon is 60% full
Goofy Challenge is 62% full --> craaawwwling up ever-so-slowly
Full Marathon is 60% full
Goofy Challenge is 62% full --> craaawwwling up ever-so-slowly
imagination30
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@dreamfinder might be winning that mickey bar by the end of the week , half is now at 97 %
dreamfinder
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Oh goody. They are in that crunch time now, where everyone rushes to make it and the numbers explode.
imagination30
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now let the fb begging begin , and the trash talking run disney as well bc the half has sold out tonight.. -- I hate when disney says they are cutting down on spots to ruducerunners for a better race. then some Idoits .. ( pardon me ) , ask about opening up more spaces! . for races! -- geez!
dreamfinder
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Bring on the Mickey Bar!!
Ariel484
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Yeah, this is always annoying to me. I understand not everyone knows to follow the percentages on runDisney closely, but if they know enough to follow the runDisney Facebook page and want to do the race SO BADLY you'd think they would have done a bit more research...
I hope Disney will stick to their guns. Lowering the capacity for the half is a great move on their part.
Katherine
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Hahaha... come find me during Marathon weekend and I'm sure we can arrange that!
It's pretty crazy that more than half of the events are sold out more than 6 months out. Crazy...
So I'm getting a little off topic now but, if they were to go to a lottery system next year or any time in the future, do other races that use this give special priority to those that have run it every year? Disney seems to make a big deal about the "Perfectly Goofy" and "Perfect 21" runners and I feel like they would want to give them priority of some sort. Thoughts?
Texas84
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Add a point system for previous Disney runs? One point for each K. More points, higher priority. Newbies go lottery.
Katherine
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That sounds like a pretty good system. I wonder who has the max number of "Disney Miles" under their belt?
dreamfinder
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Sometimes it's the opposite. NYC was setup so that if you didn't get in for like 4 years, you were guaranteed entry on the 5th. Although they don't do that any more. But I know that races around here that provide exemptions for record holders and past winners and the like have them contact the race admins to register. I bet they could do something similar since the numbers are swindling each year.
Galloway should be up there pretty far since he seems to run them all now. Even if he missed a few at the beginning, he would catch up pretty fast.