runDisney Archive
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
Running the Walt Disney World Marathon or another runDisney event for the first time? I’ve been there, and this guide contains my advice for choosing an event, registering, training, where to stay, running etiquette, and other advice for making the most of the experience. As I’ve run different events, including the Disneyland Half Marathon and
We are officially registered for the Inaugural Disneyland Paris Half Marathon and Disneyland Paris 5K! This post covers some of our initial thoughts about planning for the race weekend, what we expect from this new runDisney* (in spirit, if not name due to Disneyland Paris’ corporate structure) event, and other random thoughts. Given that we
Now that I’ve completed each of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend race reports, I thought I’d follow up with some closing thoughts about the overall experience of doing the Dopey Challenge, as well as other assorted runDisney thoughts. I had a ton of fun doing the Dopey Challenge. After last year’s Walt Disney World
