According to marathonguide(dot)com....Average finish time of 2018 Disney Marathon was a blazing 5:48:43.
Wow. Just wow. I'm not the fastest runner on these boards (by a looooong stretch) but is this even running? It's a freaking 13:18/mile pace.
Average Disney Marathon Finish Time Was....5:48:43
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Average as a mean or a median? Might not make a difference here, but would be good to know.
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It was much, much faster if you don't count the down time that people had when they stopped to take pictures with Goofy, Mickey and the gang.
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...or riding roller coasters during the race.
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This might mean more if it was a different marathon. I doubt many people would choose running around Disney World and snapping selfies with Goofy if they really wanted a fast time. I expect almost everyone is doing it for admission to the park and an entertaining experience, not a competitive race.
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daffydonalduck wrote:
Average as a mean or a median? Might not make a difference here, but would be good to know.
No idea. Marathonguide doesn't say which one it is. (and I don't feel like trying to see if they have an explanation) -
In America they need to rename the marathon, "let's walk for six hours".
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Would you have rather people been at home on their couch, watching sports, or maybe at a bar drinking beer?
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My sister ran it in 5:16..........now I'm impressed.
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MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
...or riding roller coasters during the race.
You can ride roller coasters during the race? If that's the case, then I need to run Disney. -
OMG were elitists and cant accept that some people just do not care as much about running OMG i cant believe some people just walk a marathon If you dont run under 3 you are a cuckold omg
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I Like Roller Coasters wrote:
MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:
...or riding roller coasters during the race.
You can ride roller coasters during the race? If that's the case, then I need to run/walk/waddle Disney.
If you're on something like a 5 or 6 hour pace the parks will start to open and you can do rides in animal kingdom or hollywood studios -
Admittedly, it sounds slow, but maybe it was just a tactical race.
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That is a pretty terrible average even if most were "running" for fun. There is likely a cutoff time also and very few finishing below 3hr.
But at least people are willing to try it. It is likely that most are not runners even by a basic definition of running a few times a week. Most will probably never do it again, so it likely does not represent a healthy trend. This is just a "check box" for most people to put on their InstaTwitFace account so others will "like". Unfortunately, those of us who race a marathon get no more credit from the vast majority of the population. Anyway, Disney got a million dollars richer from it so it's a win for them. -
Avocado's Number wrote:
Admittedly, it sounds slow, but maybe it was just a tactical race.
I wish I could upvote this response. -
Thank you for this
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thursday morning intervals wrote:
Avocado's Number wrote:
Admittedly, it sounds slow, but maybe it was just a tactical race.
I wish I could upvote this response.
10/10. -
Seriously mate? wrote:
thursday morning intervals wrote:
Avocado's Number wrote:
Admittedly, it sounds slow, but maybe it was just a tactical race.
I wish I could upvote this response.
10/10.
That was brilliant. -
Avocado's Number wrote:
Admittedly, it sounds slow, but maybe it was just a tactical race.
Rupp will probably enter next year's race. -
TerribleAvg wrote:
very few finishing below 3hr.
Out of 20,025 Finishers:
46 under 3 hours (Difference to previous time = NA)
1,327 under 4 hours (1281 finished between 3 and 4 hours)
5,212 under 5 hours (3885 finished between 4 and 5 hours)
10,714 under 6 hours (5502 finished between 5 and 6 hours)
16,670 under 7 hours (5956 finished between 6 and 7 hours)
20,207 under 8:18:49 (3537 finished between 7 hour and Last finisher)
14,995 took over 5 hours to run a marathon.
9,493 took over 6 hours.
Over 47% of your finishers took over 6 hours to run a marathon.