Posted on Sunday, 8th January 2012 by Dave Parfitt

During this first full weekend of 2012, distance runners from around the world flocked to Walt Disney World for what has become one of the largest weekend of races in the country.  Over 56,000 people registered for one of the Disney races including: 8,000 in Friday’s Family Fiesta 5K, 26,500 in Saturday’s half marathon, and [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 7th January 2012 by Kathy Werling

I love being a spectator at the 2o12 Walt Disney World Marathon here at Epcot!  It inspires me to think that starting my running program is possible.

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Posted on Monday, 24th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Interview with runDisney Training Consultant Jeff Galloway Last year the Disney Endurance Series rebranded itself as runDisney, and with the change brought in Olympian Jeff Galloway as the official training consultant for their series of events.  Galloway competed in the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, and has served as coach to over 200,000 runners and [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 11th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Saturday, January 8 the Walt Disney World Half Marathon took place.  An early morning tour of 2 of the 4 Disney theme parks, the half marathon course started right outside Epcot, went up to and through the Magic Kingdom, and ended back at Epcot.  27,000 runners (a new record) signed up for the race, and you [...]

Tags: Disney Endurance Series, Epcot, Half Marathon, Magic Kingdom, marathon, RunDisney, running, Walt Disney World Half Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon, WISH forum, WISH Racing Team
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Posted on Sunday, 9th January 2011 by Dave Parfitt

17,000+ competitors lined up for today’s Walt Disney World Marathon.  The 26.2 mile race through all 4 Disney theme parks was the final event during a weekend of races that saw nearly 54,000 registered runners and walkers toe the line in one of the events.  For the full marathon, all eyes were on flamboyant Brazilian Adriano Bastos [...]

Tags: Adriano Bastos, Disney Endurance Series, Donald Duck, Fredison Costa, Leah Thorvilson, marathon, RunDisney, running, Walt Disney World Marathon
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Posted on Saturday, 31st July 2010 by Dave Parfitt

During the month of July, Disney Sports had a competition where the public could vote on 1 of 3 designs for the 2011 finisher’s medal for the Walt Disney World Full Marathon.  Recently, the DisneyParks blog announced the top vote-getter for the new medal design. Below is the medal all finishers will receive upon completion [...]

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Posted on Saturday, 23rd January 2010 by Dave Parfitt

We’re three weeks into January.  Did you make a New Year’s Resolution this year?  Maybe you vowed to get in shape or exercise?  Maybe your sights were set a little higher… maybe you plan on using one of the races held at Walt Disney World such as the Princess Half Marathon, Muddy Buddy, Inaugural Wine [...]

Tags: DIS Interview, Disney Endurance, Health and Fitness Expo, John Bingham, marathon, race, RunDisney, running, WISH forum
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