Springtime Surprise Weekend 2024 (April 18-21)

[fatmanatee]

I have this fear and set three alarms on my iPhone just in case I hit snooze.

I've done the same but a major key for me was the automated phone call on top of it, *that* spooked the crap out of me and got me fully awake.

 

[Desdemona924]

Bib 264xx.
Not liking the look of that. I know I didn't have a POT and I don't remember what I put down as estimated finish time.

Edit - I didn't realize I could still find that info on the site. I put an estimated finish of 2:16-2:30 for the 10 miler and 12:01-14:00mm for the 5 and 10k.

This did end up being a corral E bib.

 

[fatmanatee]

This did end up being a corral E bib.

Guessing this is how it should be lined up:

A: Under 1:30 (POT)
B: 1:30-1:45 (Plus CrD?)
C: 1:45-2:00
D: 2:00-2:15
E: 2:15-2:30

 

[Desdemona924]

Guessing this is how it should be lined up:

A: Under 1:30 (POT)
B: 1:30-1:45 (Plus CrD?)
C: 1:45-2:00
D: 2:00-2:15
E: 2:15-2:30

Seems likely, but I did think that they had options after 2:30 in the drop down. Or I thought I'd chosen 2:00-2:15 and didn't realize I hadn't until it was too late to change it. So many options.

 

[fatmanatee]

Seems likely, but I did think that they had options after 2:30 in the drop down. Or I thought I'd chosen 2:00-2:15 and didn't realize I hadn't until it was too late to change it. So many options.

Maybe one more for 2:30-2:40? Looking at it again I think the time limit should be 2:40 (16 min per mile from balloon lady start), not sure how that would be reflected in the choices and the corrals though.

 

[butterscotchcollins]

I got B and I am slow af. My husband who is a good 5 minutes faster per mile got C. I honestly think they went full random this year x.x

 

[fatmanatee]

I got B and I am slow af. My husband who is a good 5 minutes faster per mile got C. I honestly think they went full random this year x.x

What did you both put down for pace estimates?

 

[Bree]

I think because SO MANY choose the first non-POT that RD has no choice but to bump people to other corrals.

Corral A seemed very small this morning. I walked in at 4:35am and was still in wave 1.

 

[Desdemona924]

I think because SO MANY choose the first non-POT that RD has no choice but to bump people to other corrals.

Corral A seemed very small this morning. I walked in at 4:35am and was still in wave 1.

I feel like E wasn't even that big. I was in line for Peter and Wendy when they went on break, and they didn't come back until 4:00. We got the photos, I went to the porta potty in the staging area instead of by the corrals, so a bit of criss-crossing the area, and I was still in group 1 of E. I walked around people to get near the front, but no pushing, shoving, or stepping over people.

The course didn't feel too crowded either from there. I hope that's a trend that continues through the rest of the weekend.

 

[camaker]

I think because SO MANY choose the first non-POT that RD has no choice but to bump people to other corrals.

Corral A seemed very small this morning. I walked in at 4:35am and was still in wave 1.

Probably this. During Marathon Weekend this year, folks that chose the 8:00-10:00/mile pace option at registration were spread from A to C because so many had selected it.

 

[nancipants]

For the record, I’m in corral C. 36xx.

 

[Naomeri]

It’s so nice to be back running at Disney World, where they’ve got the PhotoPass folks that know how to do race pics!

 

[PrincessV]

10K corral C with a 316xx bib. Same pace estimate as 4 friends who got B. I’m usually luckier than that, so I guess it’s my turn to take one for the team lol!

Y’all… it’s HOT, right??? Or am I just old and unable to handle it anymore?! Went to EP from about 11a-2p and then the expo - legit felt ill from the heat, despite being hydrated, electrolyted , and using an umbrella. Better now after chilling in my room, but I’m one who isn’t normally done in by the heat like that. The upside is that by tomorrow night, I should be fully acclimated and ready for the next 9 months of summer!

 

[Desdemona924]

10K corral C with a 316xx bib. Same pace estimate as 4 friends who got B. I’m usually luckier than that, so I guess it’s my turn to take one for the team lol!

Y’all… it’s HOT, right??? Or am I just old and unable to handle it anymore?! Went to EP from about 11a-2p and then the expo - legit felt ill from the heat, despite being hydrated, electrolyted , and using an umbrella. Better now after chilling in my room, but I’m one who isn’t normally done in by the heat like that. The upside is that by tomorrow night, I should be fully acclimated and ready for the next 9 months of summer!

You're not wrong. It is HOT. I was in my room all day, working. Left at 5 to meet my husband at Studios for dinner. I was ready to go back before I even hit the gate.

 

[nancipants]

It’s so hot. I felt like I was going to roast walking from my car to the expo. We’re going to HS tomorrow morning and will probably leave right after lunch, because BLEH.

 

[Zutroy]

10K corral C with a 316xx bib. Same pace estimate as 4 friends who got B. I’m usually luckier than that, so I guess it’s my turn to take one for the team lol!

Y’all… it’s HOT, right??? Or am I just old and unable to handle it anymore?! Went to EP from about 11a-2p and then the expo - legit felt ill from the heat, despite being hydrated, electrolyted , and using an umbrella. Better now after chilling in my room, but I’m one who isn’t normally done in by the heat like that. The upside is that by tomorrow night, I should be fully acclimated and ready for the next 9 months of summer!

There’s a reason why until air conditioning became widely available, Florida was the least populous state in the South. The population was neatly divided between billionaire plutocrat snowbirds and crazy swamp hillbillies.

 

[The Expert]

This heat is stupid. Ugh.

 

[Baloo in MI]

On the bus coming back from MK this evening, I heard a family talking about how it is supposed to cool down to a high of 72! On Monday… If true the weather does not like runners!

 

[Naomeri]

On the bus coming back from MK this evening, I heard a family talking about how it is supposed to cool down to a high of 72! On Monday… If true the weather does not like runners!

Yeah, I saw that forecast. On the one hand, why does it have to wait until after the running is done?! On the other hand, I’m not exactly sad that my post-race park days are going to be way more comfortable

 

[1lilspark]

Welp…yesterday first bus at AsMu pulled up at 227 with a handful of runners from sports got us left a minute later picked up 4 people from movies and we were one of the first people lined up at security at 245

Today busses pulled in at 237 and aren’t leaving till 3

Was really hoping to be at an advantage to meet characters before crowds built so I could be in the front of my coral