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 [...]

Tags: Adriano Bastos, Ethan Zohn, Fredison Costa, Half Marathon, marathon, RunDisney, running, Survivor, Walt Disney World Half Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon, WISH forum, WISH Racing Team
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Posted on Wednesday, 20th April 2011 by Dave Parfitt

Tuesday, April 19, runDisney announced the newest race in their endurance series.  The Tinker Bell Half Marathon will debut in Disneyland on Sunday, January 29, 2012.  As September’s Disneyland Half Marathon filled in record time, the new California race will be another option for those looking to run through Walt Disney’s original theme park.  Similar to [...]

Tags: Disney's Princess Half Marathon, Disneyland Half Marathon, Half Marathon, RunDisney, running, Tinker Bell Half Marathon, Walt Disney World Half Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon
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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 Wednesday, 30th June 2010 by Dave Parfitt

Disney has added a new program to their Disney Endurance Series.  Finishers of the Walt Disney World Full Marathon on January 9, 2011 will gain free admission to any of the Walt Disney World theme parks on Monday, January 10.  Race organizers are calling this “Marathon Monday”, and all you need to do is proudly [...]

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