Average Disney Marathon Finish Time Was....5:48:43

daffydonalduck wrote:

Average as a mean or a median? Might not make a difference here, but would be good to know.

Thinking of the population being studied I suspect it is not symmetric

stryker drilling wrote:

Would you have rather people been at home on their couch, watching sports, or maybe at a bar drinking beer?

Agree. I, too, snicker at the idea of people taking more than six yours to "run" a marathon. But hey, it's one heck of a lot more physical work than the vast majority of the population ever does. And it's not like these people are getting in your way if you're running sub-3:30. Let them savor their finisher's medals.

amkelley wrote:

stryker drilling wrote:

Would you have rather people been at home on their couch, watching sports, or maybe at a bar drinking beer?

Agree. I, too, snicker at the idea of people taking more than six yours to "run" a marathon. But hey, it's one heck of a lot more physical work than the vast majority of the population ever does. And it's not like these people are getting in your way if you're running sub-3:30. Let them savor their finisher's medals.

+1, fwiw Disney seemed to do a good job of seeding and also controlling the corrals. They require a "proof of time" which they actually (claim to) verify, unlike the majority of races which let you self seed. They also most definitely were checking bibs entering the A corral and I did see them turn people away.

Smoove wrote:

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.

This.

Also, there were A LOT of people who did the Goofy challenge. 214 pages of Goofy finishers, at 45 people per page, yields about 9,600 of them. So, almost 50% of the marathon finishers also did the half marathon the day before.

I ran the Disney Dopey Challenge (5K, 10K, half and full) with a weeks notice (a friend could not use their entry). I'm in the middle of training for a 50K and figured I'd use the free experience as a training opportunity. I finished the marathon in 5:21. I'm damn proud of that time and find it extremely disheartening to find a group of Sub 3:30 marathoners shitting all over aspiring runners. Especially given you are the type of group that knows the level of effort and dedication it takes to accomplish sub 3:30 race times.

As a life-long, slow runner (who is OK with that) I always swell with admiration when the elites and A corral runners pass. I look to you all in awe and with inspiration for what I could only hope to achieve some day.

What a surprise to find you are all a bunch of narcissistic assholes. You'd never read threads like this amongst Ultra runners.

You all seem to think an awful lot of yourselves for how uninformed you are. The Disney race does not get you an entrance to the park. You can only ride the roller coasters if you have a park entrance and/ or fast pass.

Slow runner? Walking and jogging is not running

sorry about your luck,

you sound like you are being cyber bullied.

that's some bs

if you don't like what were saying, just stop visiting LRC

that simple, bud

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

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.

Also some other key stats ...

84% of finishers were dressed in tutus

Average of 2.3 instagram uploads per runner

3.4 bottles per hydration belt per runner

1.3 gels consumed per mile per runner

What was the winning time? This race sounds like it would attract a lot of hobbyjoggers but I didn’t think the average time would be THAT slow...

Nick Hilton won in 2:17:53. He was the first American to win in a while.

Correct: It's a bunch of narcissistic assholes here

Incorrect: You ARE allowed to ride rides while you run through the parks if you're slow enough that they're open. Plenty of people do Expedition Everest and the rides in hollywood studios

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

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.

That is pretty incredible. I'm definitely not elitist by any means, but that is surprisingly slow. If you asked me to guess, I would have put the average at around 4:00 - 4:10. So I'm off by close to two hours. Is there a reason why it is this slow? Surely most major marathons have a much faster average time....?

thats a long time on your feet.

i'd need to take food and at least one toilet break and probably stop and sit for a bit...kinda like those ultra marathoners do.

but yeah, good on em for getting out there and having a crack.

also, the tactical race comment was gold.

One of my co-workers ran the Dopey Challenge. I'm afraid to even attempt that. Congrats on finishing.

Letsrun is not a welcoming place for slow runners. Part of it is because a lot of people have low self confidence, are quite sensitive but act tough, and insult others to make themselves feel better. It's quite common among American men. You'll find it most anywhere.

San Diego hobby jogger wrote:

Slow runner? Walking and jogging is not running

Neither is a 304 marathon. Have to be faster than 7 minute pace.

lollerama wrote:

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

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.

That is pretty incredible. I'm definitely not elitist by any means, but that is surprisingly slow. If you asked me to guess, I would have put the average at around 4:00 - 4:10. So I'm off by close to two hours. Is there a reason why it is this slow? Surely most major marathons have a much faster average time....?

You are off on how fast an average marathoner is. The median finishing time for marathon finishers for all US marathons (depending on the year) is around 4:15:00 (for men) and 4:45 (for women). The average finish time at Boston in 2017 was 3:58:03 for all finishers.

Disney has a lot of walkers. (I am not sure if there is any attempt to run any part of the distance.) I ran it a couple of years ago as part of a family vacation. After the finish, I went to the hospitality tent (I paid for the VIP package), had a massage, brunch and sat around talking to some guys from England for a while. I then took the bus back to my hotel, showered, took a nap, and then walked back to Epcot (which includes the last mile or so of the race) and to enjoy the park with my family. This had to be six-plus hours after the race started and a ton of people were still out there.

pudelp wrote:

"This is just a "check box" for most people to put on their InstaTwitFace account so others will "like"."

This is so true. Its all about the social approval and this culture that completion of said event equates to success.

I know "ironman" finishers who act like they are some elite athlete when they it transpires 'run' the ironman marathon leg in 5 1/2 hours. Its just such bs.

I truly hope you are an Ironman finisher if you are throwing rocks. Lots can happen over the course of an Ironman or even 70.3, your day can blow up in a moment and it all of a sudden becomes survive or quit. I would much rather be a survivor than a quitter. Been there, decided not to quitter, 13.1 miles took me an hour longer than goal pace and was taken straight to the med tent for IV. To this day, glad I didn't quit, one of my proudest moments in competition - to know that the day and all your training was for not, to be mentally tough enough to get through, to push on when quitting would have been easy.

But I would agree that for most people, the likes of Disney have become "bucket list" and/or social media posts.

I shamefully confess that I've done two Disney half marathons (LA, Paris) and both were slow, boring runs. People stop and line up for 20 minutes to take photos with costumed characters and you pay out the nose for the race. And there were a lot of walkers - I didn't know Disney races were that "in demand."

I wouldn't mind trying the 4 races/4 days challenge, but I don't want to drop that serious money ($500 something for the race, plus Disney hotels, etc.) If someone else did a challenge like this, I'd be game, but it would have to be in a real city with proper bars and seedy nightlife.

Good to see an American win. It has been dominated by Mexican runners for years. They canned prize money years ago but they provide a free trip back the following year if you win, thus the sub-elite Mexicans who trek to Florida looking to score a free vacation. Fast times years ago. These days, mostly just a hobby jogging/walking event. Ran it several times. Admittedly it's neat to crack the top 20 in a race that big, but the course is painfully boring between parks, it starts so early it's still dark and is so flat you never change muscle groups. It's good for a discounted room at a Disney resort.