runDisney Archive
After a 7-year hiatus, runDisney returned to California and I returned to running with the 2024 Disneyland Half Marathon. I’ll share photos and thoughts in this race report–including my take on events at Walt Disney World vs. Disneyland, plans to run the 2024 Halloween Half Marathon or 2025 WDW Marathon, and more. When I say
RunDisney has announced dates for the 2025 Walt Disney World Marathon and Disneyland Half, plus a brand-new Halloween race and other events that have been added to the schedule between Fall 2024 and Spring 2025. This post shares the news, plus why we’re excited for the return of a spook season race, timing of the
For the first time in 7 years, the runDisney is returning to California! This guide to the 2024 Disneyland Half Marathon covers everything you need to know about the running events in Anaheim: dates, prices, details, medals, hotel recommendations, and our past experiences with the races through Disneyland and DCA. (Updated October 2, 2023.) If
RunDisney has announced dates for the 2024 Walt Disney World Marathon and Disneyland Half Marathon, as well as other events that have been added to the schedule between Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. This post shares the announcement, plus thoughts about the timing of the flagship Florida and California races. Here’s the announcement from runDisney:
RunDisney has announced dates, details, and pricing for the 2023 Walt Disney World Marathon, which now coincides with two anniversaries next year! This post shares the announcement, plus a look at the awesome race themes for the 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, Goofy Challenge, and Dopey Challenge. (Updated April 20, 2022.) Here’s the announcement from runDisney: Test
Some great news, as runDisney has announced the return of in person races, including the 2022 Walt Disney World Marathon for the 50th Anniversary! This post shares the announcement, plus details about what changes are in store, and more. After a year of virtual races, runDisney is in the early planning stages to once again
RunDisney has announced the cancellation of two in-person race events: 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend and 2021 Disney Princess Half Marathon. Virtual events will be held in their place, similar to what has been offered for the 2020 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend. While this ultimately doesn’t matter to us on a
We’re back with another Walt Disney World news & rumor roundup! In this post, we’ll share the latest on runDisney’s next event cancellation, limited Park Pass theme park reservations availability, increased Cast Member blockouts, and sad news on Ample Hills. Plus, a “stupid criminal” story about an Epcot guest attempting to bring a diaper bag
The next morning was the main event: the Inaugural Disneyland Paris Half Marathon. I had been excited about this for months, and it was the whole reason for the trip (not that we wouldn’t have enjoyed the trip otherwise), so expectations were high. As usual, I was unprepared to run 13.1 miles. This time it
The next morning was the Inaugural Disneyland Paris 5K (this is part 8 of our full France report; if it were the eighth installment of a 5K report, that would be pretty comprehensive coverage, to say the least). The race started at 7 am, so we left the hotel at around 6 am, thinking that
For 2016 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend, Sarah ran the 5K and I ran the Half Marathon. We picked up our race bibs on Thursday afternoon before heading to Disneyland and checking into Anaheim Maingate Inn, which we split with Guy Selga. This hotel overtakes Alamo Inn (the one where the roof collapsed on guests) for