Tag: Walt Disney World Marathon

  • A New Era Begins During 2011 Walt Disney World Full Marathon

    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…

  • New Finisher Medal for Walt Disney World Marathon

    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…

  • Your Full Marathon Finisher’s Medal Is Your Ticket To Disney

    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…

  • Walt Disney World Half Marathon

    Today I got to view the WDW Half Marathon that started at Epcot in the Walt Disney World resort Jan. 10, 2009. Friday evening I had the privilege of meeting over 100 DIS’ers from the WISH group (We’re Inspired to Stay Healthy) at Pop Century.  It was amazing that the DIS linked these people from…