Marathon Weekend 2019

[Keels]

Your options are 2:45 and under, which requires a PoT and over 2:45.

 

[Princess KP]

Cool. I'm in Ireland so that's 5pm for me plan on sitting on the computer because the 5k is the only one I can do as we fly home that day so if it sells out fast I'll cry if I don't get in to it

Good luck!!

 

[EDS19]

This will be my first time registering for a WDW race... I've done lots at Disneyland. My question is in the past year or two how fast has the half and the 5k sold out? I have family wanting to do both. Just wondering how challenging it will be to register. Thanks for the help... I feel a little out of it because I'm late to the game, but hopefully it will go smoothly. Thanks!

 

[Keels]

This will be my first time registering for a WDW race... I've done lots at Disneyland. My question is in the past year or two how fast has the half and the 5k sold out? I have family wanting to do both. Just wondering how challenging it will be to register. Thanks for the help... I feel a little out of it because I'm late to the game, but hopefully it will go smoothly. Thanks!

5K will sell out within the hour, and the half will sell out within a couple of hours, usually before evening with rare exception.

 

[SarahDisney]

Good luck to everyone registering tomorrow!
I'm probably going to avoid the boards most of the day tomorrow so that I can focus on work (yesterday I didn't ... and I did not get so much done at work and ended up bringing work home), but I'm excited to come back here tomorrow night and find out what everyone is registered for!

 

[jennamfeo]

Good luck to everyone registering tomorrow!
I'm probably going to avoid the boards most of the day tomorrow so that I can focus on work (yesterday I didn't ... and I did not get so much done at work and ended up bringing work home), but I'm excited to come back here tomorrow night and find out what everyone is registered for!

Today I was out of the office doing stuff for most of the afternoon, which was probably the most work I've done all week. So I will be all up in the boards since I hit my (personal) quota of work for the week.

 

[Baloo in MI]

Good luck to everyone registering tomorrow! I am going to hold off until after the doctor follow-up so I can have a clear picture of timeline. If it looks doable I will register at that point, hopefully some options will still be available. I am interested to see how different tomorrow is since registration is in July and not April. I wonder if races will fill faster?

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Correct me if I'm wrong, on the current registration are there three choices for those who do not submit a POT for a HM in a drop-down choice?

-2:45-3:00
-3:00-3:15
-3:15-3:30

You only have three choices. If that's still the case, then I'd guess those are corrals F, G and H. Last year it was =2:45, 2:46-3:00, and 3:01-3:30 per the corral release, but I believe you could enter any estimated finish time last year (not a drop-down choice?).

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True the corrals F, G, and H are quite a bit larger and being one corral off (choosing 3:00-3:15 vs 2:45-3:00) is a matter of ~4000 people and about 25% of the field. Totally agree that being in the first corral of non-POT is a big difference than the 2nd non-POT corral.

Because one member of our party could not submit a POT last year, we put her actual estimated finish time in the estimated window for all of us. That was 2:50. We were in the next to last corral. All of the 2:45 folks were in the two corrals ahead of us. If we had chosen 2:45, we would have been much, much better off. So, yes, 2:50 was still better than 3:30, but 2:45 would have been the smart play.

Assuming the corrals are the same this year, 2:45 is the way to go. If you are in the front of your corral, you will start the race at least 30-45 minutes before the last wave because the last 2 corrals are huge and release in so many waves.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Your options are 2:45 and under, which requires a PoT and over 2:45.

Last year one of the options was 2:45. Is that option gone? 2:45 did not require a POT last year (or any previous year).

 

[PCFriar80]

Last year one of the options was 2:45. Is that option gone? 2:45 did not require a POT last year (or any previous year).

Here are the options:

 

[cavepig]

How much is the registration fee, 6%?
The price for the marathon is $199.28?

6.6% Processing Fee

(I know someone else gave you the total already but wanted to clarify on the fee)

 

[cavepig]

If you are registering today:

If you get to the review page and no payment button shows up, refresh. You will have to start over unfortunately, but at least you aren't kicked out.

Make sure your auto fill isn't changing or filling in stuff differently than you want for various people.

Double & triple check you are entering you payment information correctly.


May the every mile is magic be with you

 

[run.minnie.miles]

Ahh!! Today’s the day!!!! Happy Registration Day everyone!

 

[cavepig]

One other thing -

If you are doing multiple people, their registrations aren't going to magically show up in their account. They won't get an email. Only the person who is doing them (the one logged in) will get the email and have all the races under their account. That person will manage all the registrations. It does not read your friends and family in MDE.

If you don't like that then do them separate. There is a way to claim it to yourself by emailing listed in the FAQs, but it would be easier just to do it separate from the get go if you don't want someone else managing your account.

So, when I go in I'm saying I okay everything if I edit my brother's registration. He does not have it in his & he did not get an email.

 

[kydisneyfans]

If you are registering today:

If you get to the review page and no payment button shows up, refresh. You will have to start over unfortunately, but at least you aren't kicked out.

Make sure your auto fill isn't changing or filling in stuff differently than you want for various people.

Double & triple check you are entering you payment information correctly.


May the every mile is magic be with you

I'll add if things do get screwed up, RunDisney will correct the issue, but it may take some time. The name issue we had were corrected yesterday after Tuesday's notification. The pending double charge went away and only our 2nd charge went through as of this morning.

 

[Sakigt]

Ran a random half marathon and pushed to hit under 2:30 and we made it at 2:29:35 and here all I had to do was 2:45

 

[rteetz]

Charges are off finally!

 

[KSellers88]

Is it crazy to run a marathon on December 8th and then run one on January 13th just for fun and picture stops?? Asking for a friend...LOL.

 

[Sakigt]

People: why do you run marathons?
Me: to take pictures with rare characters
People: .....

 

[Dis5150]

Is it crazy to run a marathon on December 8th and then run one on January 13th just for fun and picture stops?? Asking for a friend...LOL.

If it is then I am even crazier as I plan on running one on December 15th, then January 13th.