Official 2013 Disney Princess Half Marathon Thread - Take 2

[Danhockey04]

Originally Posted by longhorns2

Trying to figure out in my head where the cut off between B and C and C and D might be.

I assume the guys are going to be starting in C. And if we know 2 of them are 5900s- and both are FAST guys....

Did either of them run last year? Dan? Cripey?

I ran 2 years ago, I was in B. At that time, I has a proof of 2:30 half, I now have a proof of 1:45 half. The race has also gotten much larger since two years ago, so take that as it is, I am probably C, male with a 1:45 proof. Though that won't correlate with the ladies numbers as I would normally be in A with that time, so I may be at what is considered the front of the cut off for C out of B.

[sherekhan]

Originally Posted by joan4mickey

http://www.trackshack.com/disneysports/w13pr/verify.php

Thank you, thank you! #8095! But I don't really know what that means so now I have to read the thread. Man, there's a lot of activity today

[MoonFaerie]

Mine is 10020. I could run hard at the local 10K this weekend, and I'd probably move up one corral. I don't think it's worth the risk of injury so close to the PHM, especially since I've been sick.

[JCH]

Do you think they'll add more corrals, or make them bigger? I have seen individual numbers up to nearly 22000, meaning 2750 individual runners in each corral...that would also make the breakdown look like this:

*These are not official in any way and are only my guesses based on number of people divided by 8, as the breakdown for last year was the 18000 divided by 8 per corral*

Up to 2750 would be A
2751-5500 would be B
5501-8250 would be C
8251-11000 would be D
11001-13750 would be E
13751-16500 would be F
16501-19250 would be G
19250-22000 would be H

Do you think they'll do that, or add a corral? Either way, it makes me feel better about my 11668, so it looks I'll either be an E or have more corrals behind me if I'm in F....

[princessmorgan]

Originally Posted by Lawyer Mommy

It's the George Washington Birthday Classic 10K in Alexandria on the 17th. And I'm going to need it because without a time to submit my bib number is

31048!

I didn't know the numbers went up that high!!! Help!

Hmm, I might have to run that one, too. LOL, about your bib number. Yeah, others were confused about the 30000 numbers, too! Hopefully corral placements will come out soon. Have you heard anything about this race? Good? Bad?

[tink2007]

What???
My bib number is 31388?? I submitted qualifying 10K time. What does this mean?

[tink2007]

Originally Posted by tink2007

What???
My bib number is 31388?? I submitted qualifying 10K time. What does this mean?

Just talked to my friend who submitted the same time and her bib number is 9760.

[MoonFaerie]

Originally Posted by tink2007

What???
My bib number is 31388?? I submitted qualifying 10K time. What does this mean?

Did you register as a team? It appears the teams start at 30000

[Cripey]

Originally Posted by tink2007

Just talked to my friend who submitted the same time and her bib number is 9760.

I think the general hypothesis is the 30k numbers are team...did you register as a team? If so, don't worry, you'll still be placed according to your time. Previously all 20k bib #'s were teams...we're thinking the individual #'s went over 20k this year, so 30k's are the new team #'s.

[Tracerr00]

I'm 11494 but I have a new 10K time to submit that should move me up a tad bit. If it doesn't, I'm still ok with that!

[dismikki]

Thanks for the link! I am bib # 4441, eek! Submitted my time of 2:25. Not sure if I will anywhere close to that, between pictures and my sore foot. Can't wait!

[tink2007]

Originally Posted by Cripey

I think the general hypothesis is the 30k numbers are team...did you register as a team? If so, don't worry, you'll still be placed according to your time. Previously all 20k bib #'s were teams...we're thinking the individual #'s went over 20k this year, so 30k's are the new team #'s.

Okay, well that makes sense. We did register as a sister team and then my friend decided to register later but we did not add her to our team. She is all freaked out that we wont be in the same corral.

[trisha73]

Originally Posted by Tracerr00

So to make a long story short, I had a stress fracture in my tibia that I thought was shin splints (turns out I had that too). Went to the sports med doc, went to PT and it's doing well. My training has been going welll and I'm sore after long runs but not pain. But last night I did 12 miles and at mile 5 my ankle started to hurt. But I kept going because this was my last long run before I taper. The pain (not unbearable) lasted the whole remaining time and it's painful today. What would cause something this suddenly, something that I've never had before? My shoes (Brooks Pure Flow) are not ready to be replaced by any means but also not so new that I haven't run in them enough to know that they don't cause pain. I run on an indoor track every time and nothing has changed. I'm so frustrated! why would this just pop up?

This is going to sound weird but I think my feet are different. My right foot rubs against any arch (I'm in neutral shoes because stability cause all sorts of issues) but I think that the left foot might need more. Strange?

My feet are definitely different. I'm actually using two different arch supports in my shoes - one with a metatarsal pad for my left foot, and one with just arch support for my right. It's not the greatest solution ever, but it's working well enough for now. (My left knee hurts wearing the ones for the right foot, and my right foot hurts wearing the ones from the left!) At some point I might try to find shoes that work for both feet, but it's too close to the race for me to want to mess with it now. (And I've had a terrible time in the past with the shoe hunt!)

I hope the pain was just a random thing and it feels better quickly!

[Cripey]

Originally Posted by tink2007

Okay, well that makes sense. We did register as a sister team and then my friend decided to register later but we did not add her to our team. She is all freaked out that we wont be in the same corral.

If for some reason you don't end up in the same corral, the faster of the two corrals is allowed to move back to the slower corral on race morning if you want to!

[Lawyer Mommy]

Originally Posted by tink2007

Okay, well that makes sense. We did register as a sister team and then my friend decided to register later but we did not add her to our team. She is all freaked out that we wont be in the same corral.

You can be in the same corral no matter what you're assigned. You can't move up a corral, but you can move back. So you can all start in whatever the last corral is that one of you is assigned to.

If the numbers roughly correlate to last year, then my assignment isn't too bad (D/E). I think they may have assigned based off my friend's time so I lucked out even though I didn't have one. I'm still going to run the 10-K on the 17th though just in case the corral placement ends up being horrible.

Princess Morgan, you asked about the race. I know nothing about it other than that it is the only 10K being run anywhere around here before the PHM. Lol. I signed up only to get myself out of the last corral if that's where I ended up being assigned. It's in Alexandria but not the scenic part. Based on the map, it looks like you run out Eisenhower Avenue and back, which is more industrial. If you decide to sign up, let me know. My friend and I will say hi! And you can feel free to run with us if you're similarly paced (we go around a 13 minute per mile and walk from time to time when we feel like we need to).