Springtime Surprise Weekend 2024 (April 18-21)

[kydisneyfans]

Weird question. I'm a RunDisney vet signed up for the challenge. I have lithotripsy surgery on April 8 which is going to reduce me to slow walking speed. Given the financial commitment and the encouragement to get up and walk alot after the surgery, I plan on still attending. How far into the 10K/10 miler do the sweeping points begin? I want to be able to bow out if my body says enough, but hope I get an early enough corral to stay to the right and not worry about it.

 

[Naomeri]

Weird question. I'm a RunDisney vet signed up for the challenge. I have lithotripsy surgery on April 8 which is going to reduce me to slow walking speed. Given the financial commitment and the encouragement to get up and walk alot after the surgery, I plan on still attending. How far into the 10K/10 miler do the sweeping points begin? I want to be able to bow out if my body says enough, but hope I get an early enough corral to stay to the right and not worry about it.

They don’t start sweeping until the balloon ladies catch up to you and they start dead last (usually 45-60 minutes after the first people start) and maintain a 16 minute pace. So every minute you start ahead of them is extra time you have to slow your pace.

 

[1lilspark]

Weird question. I'm a RunDisney vet signed up for the challenge. I have lithotripsy surgery on April 8 which is going to reduce me to slow walking speed. Given the financial commitment and the encouragement to get up and walk alot after the surgery, I plan on still attending. How far into the 10K/10 miler do the sweeping points begin? I want to be able to bow out if my body says enough, but hope I get an early enough corral to stay to the right and not worry about it.

10K Last year I was exiting the crescent lake loop between miles 4 & 5 at around 7am ish as the balloon ladies we’re entering it

Didn’t see them at all during the 10 miler

 

[sandam1]

I want to be able to bow out if my body says enough,

There is usually a medical tent around Mile 1 where you can stop. The one time that I had to pull myself during the marathon due to injury, there were A LOT of people who stopped there to wait for a ride back to the start.

If you need to stop or if you need help and are not near a medical tent, you can flag down one of the bicyclists and they will call someone for you. Disney has excellent coverage for all of the races and is well prepared to take care of people if necessary.

 

[Isabelle12345]

Hoping to see the event guide soon... anyone else looking compulsively for updates?

 

[1lilspark]

Hoping to see the event guide soon... anyone else looking compulsively for updates?

I’m thinking Thursday

 

[MissLiss279]

I think the course certifications are up, but I can never get the maps to load until someone posts them.

ETA:
Let me retry the link;
https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=r&id=5542

ETA:
Never mind this is from last year

ETA: well that was when it was measured (Nov 2024), but effective March 1, 2024.

(Sorry for all the updates! I need to look closer before I post!!)

 

[Desdemona924]

I think the course certifications are up, but I can never get the maps to load until someone posts them.

ETA:
Let me retry the link;
https://www.certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=r&id=5542

ETA:
Never mind this is from last year - well that was when it was measured (Nov 2024), but effective March 1, 2024. So probably same as last year.

I think this might be for this year. It says that it is effective March 1, 2024.

 

[MissLiss279]

I think this might be for this year. It says that it is effective March 1, 2024.

Yeah, I updated my post. I needed to look closer before I posted.

 

[MissLiss279]

I opened it on my computer. Here is the map. I haven’t compared it to past courses yet.

 

[Naomeri]

I opened it on my computer. Here is the map. I haven’t compared it to past courses yet.
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It’s almost identical. I overlaid my Strava map from last year over this year’s course when the course certification first dropped in March

I overlaid my Strava map from last year’s Springtime 10 miler (purple line) and there’s only minor differences
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[MissLiss279]

It’s almost identical. I overlaid my Strava map from last year over this year’s course when the course certification first dropped in March

Ha! After I posted the map, I was thinking it looked pretty familiar and wondered if we had already talked about it. I’m aging…

 

[nancipants]

Pacers for the 10 miler!

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I might try to stick with the 2:10 group.

 

[The Expert]

Pacers for the 10 miler!

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I might try to stick with the 2:10 group.

Thanks for posting!

Tip for those of you worried about the balloon ladies: Set up your tracker to follow one of the 16:00 pacers, and also track yourself. As you cross timing mats, you can watch for the pacer to cross and you'll know how much buffer you have! Hopefully they bring back the ability to do text alerts, but if not you can pull it up on your phone on the course.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

It’s live!

 

[Herding_Cats]

The guide says that all of the start groups open at the same time for all of the races. Do we think this is because it's a smaller race weekend? I can't remember if this was also the case for Princess, but recall that the delayed opening for the last group at W&D was very not good.

 

[PurpleHaze]

It’s live!

Where do you see the link to the guide?

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

Where do you see the link to the guide?

https://www.rundisneyexpo.run/

I just have the link saved since they reuse them every weekend and was obsessively refreshing this morning

 

[superchime]

There's a water stop on the pathway from the boardwalk to DHS again (in the 10 miler) so, be ready for that.

 

[flav]

The courses are practically identical to last year’s except for the mini-ajustements in Epcot Celebration-Discovery (anciently Future World).