Running to Stand Still

Two more runDisney races have sold out this week, pointing to the ever-growing popularity of these endurance events.

Only 35 days after on-line registration opened, the 2014 Walt Disney World Half Marathon closed out with nearly 25,000 runners registered for the event. The sellout follows on the heels of Disney’s Wine and Dine Half Marathon, which sold out with more than 14,000 registered runners the previous day.

If you missed out on registration, but still want to ...

I got into the race on a second chance email from Nike after I had already registered for the NJ half marathon the following weekend, but I couldn't pass it up. I went into the race knowing that I would take it easy since my goal was to run for time in NJ.

The race "Expotique" and packet pickup was a in a tent set up along the Potomac just down the street from Nike Georgetown. Our bib numbers were assigned to us when we picked up our packets, so no personalized bibs for this race. ...

Registration for the 2014 Walt Disney World marathon weekend opens tomorrow, and runDisney has announced some changes to make the event better for participants. They are reducing the number of participants by 2,000 (mainly in the half marathon), and they are expanding the number of corrals to decrease crowding on the course.

Runners will also need to submit proof of time before November 1, 2013 in order to be placed in their properly-paced corral; changes will no longer be permitted ...

It seems some select runDisney participants have received a survey recently asking the following question:

"runDisney is considering hosting a Half Marathon event in Paris, France in the Fall of 2014 (between late September and early November). The Disneyland® Paris Half Marathon race course would wind through both Disneyland Paris theme parks and Disney® Village, with the last 8–9 miles running through the countryside surrounding the Disneyland Paris parks."

We had ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (March 12, 2013) - Runners can now register for this year’s Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort, Nov. 8 - 9, by going to www.rundisney.com.

More than 20,500 runners are expected to register for weekend races, including 14,000 for the nighttime half marathon, increasing the number of registered runners for runDisney races in 2013 to more than 175,000 – a single-year record for runDisney, which has seven event weekends. Last ...