Marathon Weekend 2020

[FFigawi]

I read so much about Dopey Simulations the last days. To all who are doing those Simulations, do you simulate "just" milagewise or do you also get up early and run at 5:30 in the morning?

How important is getting up early in training for you?!

I do all my runs at 515 or 530 anyway, so no real change there. It’s the waking up at 4am that makes Dopey tiring.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I read so much about Dopey Simulations the last days. To all who are doing those Simulations, do you simulate "just" milagewise or do you also get up early and run at 5:30 in the morning?

How important is getting up early in training for you?!

The first year I did Dopey, I did practice the timing (example - waking up at 2:00am and running at 5:30am). But after the first year, I didn't find it necessary.

 

[camaker]

I read so much about Dopey Simulations the last days. To all who are doing those Simulations, do you simulate "just" milagewise or do you also get up early and run at 5:30 in the morning?

How important is getting up early in training for you?!

I do almost all my training from 6=8pm (weekdays) or in the afternoon (weekends) leading up to Disney races. Race time has never been an issue.

 

[Princess KP]

Jello-o shots Where are these at?!!!!

Jello shots on boardwalk? Wha what?

Shhhhh....don't tell the Disney police but I have a friend who is bringing me some.

 

[WDWfeelslikehome]

I typically do all of my running before dawn during the week and before 10am on the weekends, but that's more a result of my work schedule and the fact that I live in Florida. I do run at night or in the afternoon at times as well, those do feel different to my body, but no real difference in perfomance. I do prefer AM workouts, and it makes Dopey only slightly early for me to get up, but I think that you can successfully train for Dopey at whatever time of day works best for you.

 

[Harlaxton]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Tim
DIS'er Name - Harlaxton
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes
Corral - TBA
Pre Race Meet Up - TBD
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: 7:30 min/mile

RACE - 10K
NAME - Tim
DIS'er Name - Harlaxton
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes
Corral - TBA
Pre Race Meet Up - TBD
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: 8:00 min/mile

RACE - Half Marathon
NAME - Tim
DIS'er Name - Harlaxton
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes
Corral - C
Pre Race Meet Up - TBA
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: 9:00 min/mile

RACE - Marathon
NAME - Tim
DIS'er Name - Harlaxton
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes
Corral - TBA
Pre Race Meet Up - TBA
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: 10:00 min/mile

 

[camaker]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er Name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes, prob InknBurn
Corral - TBD
Pre Race Meet Up - Yes
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: Not sure yet

RACE - 10K
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er Name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes, prob InknBurn
Corral - TBD
Pre Race Meet Up - Yes
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: Not sure yet

RACE - Half Marathon
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er Name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes, prob InknBurn
Corral - C
Pre Race Meet Up - Yes
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: Not sure yet

RACE - Marathon
NAME - Kenn
DIS'er Name - camaker
Costume/Clothing - Running clothes, prob InknBurn
Corral - C
Pre Race Meet Up - Yes
Early/Late - Early
Front/Middle/Back - Middle
Expected Pace: Not sure yet

 

[PrincessV]

RACE - Dopey
NAME - V
DIS'er name - PrincessV
Costume/Clothing - Something Minnie for 10K but no idea on the others
Corral - F for half and full
Pre-Race Meet-up? - Probably not I have my running group's meetup and likely won't have time for more
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early-ish
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Back
Expected Pace - <16:00 lol! Maybe around 14:00/mile? We'll see!

 

[TCB in FLA]

@DopeyBadger
RACE - 5k
NAME - Tavel
DIS'er name - TCBinFLA
Costume/Clothing -“Adventure is out there” top, balloon print skirt
Corral - with friend
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No)yes
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - frontish
Expected Pace - 12 min/mile

RACE - 10k
NAME - Tavel
DIS'er name - TCBinFLA
Costume/Clothing Oswald blue shirt
Corral - with friend
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No)yes
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - frontish
Expected Pace - 12 min/mile

RACE - Half
NAME - Tavel
DIS'er name - TCBinFLA
Costume/Clothing - black retro Disney logo top
Corral - D
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No)yes
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - frontish
Expected Pace - 11 min/mile

RACE - marathon
NAME - Tavel
DIS'er name - TCBinFLA
Costume/Clothing - polka dot RD skirt
Corral - D
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No)yes
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - frontish
Expected Pace - 11 min per mile

 

[Oswald0827]

Shhhhh....don't tell the Disney police but I have a friend who is bringing me some.

That’s awesome!!!!

 

[PCFriar80]

Shhhhh....don't tell the Disney police but I have a friend who is bringing me some.

 

[disneygpa]

@DopeyBadger

RACE - Dopey
NAME - Derek
DIS'er name - disneygpa
Costume/Clothing - Nothing special
Corral - D
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes
Early Bird or Late Arriver - I'll probably be too early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - middle/back
Expected Pace - gotta discuss with Coach but I'm thinking 11ish min/mile

Thanks Billy! Not just for this, but for everything!

 

[Philo2020]

Spectating question and suggestions. I am running Dopey (3rd Marathon weekend) and I suckered DW into running the 5k and 10k with me. She is then going to spectate and support me on the Half and Full. We purchased the Chear squad for her but I am trying to figure out the best places for her to be on those days. I am middle of the pack runner, 1:55 HM and 4:15 Full type pace. Any suggestions with the new maps as best options for viewing based on time and transportation between areas? We were thinking MK Castle viewing area for full for sure, maybe half as well but concerned she wouldn't make it back to in time to see me finish. I have read through past suggestions but would love others thoughts with the new maps and transportation.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Can't believe we are under 3 weeks to the races...

 

[michigandergirl]

Anyone know what time they will close the corrals for the full? Specifically corral C? Just thinking about bathroom timing.

 

[rteetz]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Ryan
DIS'er name - rteetz
Costume/Clothing - TBD
Corral - TBD (Probably B)
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes?
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early-ish
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Probably around 10 min/mile

RACE - 10K
NAME - Ryan
DIS'er name - rteetz
Costume/Clothing - TBD
Corral - TBD (probably B)
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes?
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early-ish
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Probably 10 min/mile

RACE - Half
NAME - Ryan
DIS'er name - rteetz
Costume/Clothing - TBD
Corral - C
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes?
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early-ish
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Probably 10 min/mile

RACE - Full
NAME - Ryan
DIS'er name - rteetz
Costume/Clothing - TBD
Corral - C
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Yes?
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early-ish
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Middle
Expected Pace - Who knows this will be a race for having fun

 

[aalvis]

Spectating question and suggestions. I am running Dopey (3rd Marathon weekend) and I suckered DW into running the 5k and 10k with me. She is then going to spectate and support me on the Half and Full. We purchased the Chear squad for her but I am trying to figure out the best places for her to be on those days. I am middle of the pack runner, 1:55 HM and 4:15 Full type pace. Any suggestions with the new maps as best options for viewing based on time and transportation between areas? We were thinking MK Castle viewing area for full for sure, maybe half as well but concerned she wouldn't make it back to in time to see me finish. I have read through past suggestions but would love others thoughts with the new maps and transportation.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Can't believe we are under 3 weeks to the races...

I am also curious about spectating at MK from main street... does anyone have any tips or tricks?

 

[DopeyBadger]

Spectating question and suggestions. I am running Dopey (3rd Marathon weekend) and I suckered DW into running the 5k and 10k with me. She is then going to spectate and support me on the Half and Full. We purchased the Chear squad for her but I am trying to figure out the best places for her to be on those days. I am middle of the pack runner, 1:55 HM and 4:15 Full type pace. Any suggestions with the new maps as best options for viewing based on time and transportation between areas? We were thinking MK Castle viewing area for full for sure, maybe half as well but concerned she wouldn't make it back to in time to see me finish. I have read through past suggestions but would love others thoughts with the new maps and transportation.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Can't believe we are under 3 weeks to the races...

Alright, this is what I came up with:

Half Marathon




Given your 8:50 min/mile HM pace, I placed you in Corral C. You would start around 5:39am. You would reach Main Street at about 6:20-6:25 assuming no character stops.

-The monorail to the TTC from EPCOT takes 15 min of ride time.
-The monorail to MK from TTC takes 15 min (and is a bit of a transfer).
Then a few minute walk to the inside Main Street.

I'd say in total the whole process is probably on the order of 45-55 minutes. So if you ran past Main Street at 6:21, and DW headed towards the monorail, then she would probably arrive to the finish around 7:15am. That leaves about 20 min of wiggle room.

I think trying to view at GF or Poly would be too tight based on your assumed pace.

Marathon



Estimated start of 5:06am.

You are estimated to run through the EPCOT parking lot at 5:20am. The parking lot of EPCOT is not listed so I can't guarantee they'll allow her to linger to watch. But from others, when the marathon used to cross through the parking lot they allowed spectators there.

You are estimated to hit Main Street at 6:46. This gives DW about 80 min to get from the EPCOT parking lot to the MK Main Street. I think this is reasonable. The other alternative is TTC and GF/Poly for a double dip.

Possibly Coronado Springs at Mile 20 is an option. Although it is not listed officially. There is no sidewalk and they may not allow her to linger around there. But you pass there at 8:22 leaving enough time to get to the finish at 9:21.

Officially, there aren't any more locations that you would hit that would allow your wife to make it to the finish on time. You're in AK before it opens (and we don't run through the parking lot anymore). And DHS while open would probably be way too close to the finish to make it in time.

 

[pluto377]

RACE - 5K
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name - pluto377
Costume/Clothing - Disney castle sparkle skirt
Corral - ??
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Hopefully!
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Front
Expected Pace - Going to try and have fun and take lots of pics (my running portions are probably 12:00-13:00)

RACE - 10K
NAME - Valarie
DIS'er name - pluto377
Costume/Clothing - minnie mouse skirt and headband
Corral - ??
Pre-Race Meet-up? - (Yes or No) Hopefully!
Early Bird or Late Arriver - Early
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - Front
Expected Pace - Same as 5K

 

[ReindeerMom]

Greetings DISboard! It's been forever since I've been here. Back to keep up my Perfectly Dopey status and starting to get excited!

RACE - 5K
NAME - Marcia
DIS'er name - Reindeer Mom
Costume/Clothing - Absolutely. But, seriously, too early to plan. If it is like the last two years, tights, quarter zip, jacket, gloves with hand warmers, beanie, mylar blanket
Corral - assuming A
Pre-Race Meet-up? - No
Early Bird or Late Arriver - somewhere in the middle
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - front
Expected Pace - between running and other activities, I usually finish just under 10:00 min/mile

RACE - 10K
NAME - Marcia
DIS'er name - Reindeer Mom
Costume/Clothing - Weather allowing, I may go Tinkerbell
Corral - assuming A
Pre-Race Meet-up? - No
Early Bird or Late Arriver - somewhere in the middle
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - front
Expected Pace - between running and other activities, I usually finish just under 10:00 min/mile

RACE - Half Marathon
NAME - Marcia
DIS'er name - Reindeer Mom
Costume/Clothing - Running skirt, tank top, maybe with a quarter zip
Corral - B
Pre-Race Meet-up? - No
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early bird
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - front
Expected Pace - goal is always sub-2 (sub-9:00 min mile)

RACE - Marathon
NAME - Marcia
DIS'er name - Reindeer Mom
Costume/Clothing - Running skirt, tank top, maybe with a quarter zip
Corral - B
Pre-Race Meet-up? - No
Early Bird or Late Arriver - early bird
Front, Middle, or Back of corral - front
Expected Pace - 9:30 min/mile + an unspecified time allowance for probable shenanigans in Epcot. The last mile may take me an hour!

 

[willieT]

Spectating question and suggestions. I am running Dopey (3rd Marathon weekend) and I suckered DW into running the 5k and 10k with me. She is then going to spectate and support me on the Half and Full. We purchased the Chear squad for her but I am trying to figure out the best places for her to be on those days. I am middle of the pack runner, 1:55 HM and 4:15 Full type pace. Any suggestions with the new maps as best options for viewing based on time and transportation between areas? We were thinking MK Castle viewing area for full for sure, maybe half as well but concerned she wouldn't make it back to in time to see me finish. I have read through past suggestions but would love others thoughts with the new maps and transportation.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Can't believe we are under 3 weeks to the races...

For the last 6 years, my family has met me at both the TTC and Polynesian. They haven't watched the start because it's hard to see anyone from across the road. The MK Castle is a really nice spot for spectators, but it's much easier to just travel to TTC (and not transfer, due to long lines) and have 2 viewing locations within a 1/2 mile.

Your wife could follow the same spectating plan for both the half and full. Additionally, as @DopeyBadger mentioned, she might be able to see you during the FM at mile marker 2.2 in the Epcot parking lot -- but we need to confirm at the Expo if spectator viewing will be allowed in this area (similar to 2011 and 2012). Back in 2012, my family was able to greet me in mile 2.2 in the Epcot lot. If she is able to greet you at mile 2.2, she should have time to take the monorail to TTC and wait for you at mile 9.

I drew a blue line for the path your wife would walk to see you at the Polynesian (#2) after first greeting you at TTC (#1). She could also go inside the Polynesian and eat or drink at the Captain Cook's cafe while she waits for you to run through MK. Hope this helps!