Marathon Weekend 2019

[PrincessV]

WHOA WHAT. You sold your medals?!

I don't think I could sell my medals unless I made enough to make running Dopey a self-sustained adventure, but I doubt they'd fetch that much.

I'd be very interested to meet someone who buys medals, though.

I've made back almost as much as I paid for registration by selling medals - it's shocking what people are willing to pay for them and how quickly they go!* another seller's full Dopey set fetched $900. I keep the ones that have some importance to me, but that's only a few: I hate clutter, have no desire to display them, and already have a ton in a shoebox because it took a few years before I realized I could sell them (and nobody wants to buy the old ones.) Just not my thing.

I'm endlessly fascinated by the possible reasons someone else would buy them! A few buyers have told me: one was a gift for a friend who lost her medals on the flight home, one was for a child who missed a race due to a canceled flight, and another was for someone who ran two races separately because the challenge was sold out and they wanted the challenge medal for completing it. The rest are a mystery!

*one exception - I couldn't unload my 2018 Dark Side 10K medal for anything! So odd.

While we're on the topic of merch, do the coffee mugs usually sell out? If so, I might have to beg one of you Dopeys to pick one up for me

They used to, but didn't this year, I don't think. I got to the expo late on Wed. and they had tons.

 

[lhermiston]

I'm endlessly fascinated by the possible reasons someone else would buy them! A few buyers have told me: one was a gift for a friend who lost her medals on the flight home, one was for a child who missed a race due to a canceled flight, and another was for someone who ran two races separately because the challenge was sold out and they wanted the challenge medal for completing it. The rest are a mystery

The cynic in me assumes people want to buy the bling and bragging rights without having to do the work.

 

[sourire]

On the topic of merchandise, I was a bit superstitious to buy anything even saying the word "marathon" prior to completing it (it was my first). I made my mother-in-law buy the 26.2 sweaty band headband for me. She thought I was acting a little crazy about the whole thing, but I said please, don't ask questions, I feel I can't get something that says "I did it," if I didn't do it yet, so here is my $15 to buy it now, and then give it to me on Sunday, after I cross the finish line!

 

[PrincessV]

The cynic in me assumes people want to buy the bling and bragging rights without having to do the work.

Maybe. I strongly suspect the guy who bought my inaugural Dark Side Challenge medal was a SW collector (based on his eBay profile) and was only interested in it from that angle. Paid me way more than I expected to get, then probably sold it for even more, lol! I'm just alwyas happy to get some registration $$ back and make donations to my favorite charities

 

[sandam1]

On the topic of things to buy - do they sell keychains with a replica of the medals or the "I Did It" on it? I saw the pin bundle that has these designs, but really want a keychain.

 

[jennamfeo]

On the topic of merchandise, I was a bit superstitious to buy anything even saying the word "marathon" prior to completing it (it was my first). I made my mother-in-law buy the 26.2 sweaty band headband for me. She thought I was acting a little crazy about the whole thing, but I said please, don't ask questions, I feel I can't get something that says "I did it," if I didn't do it yet, so here is my $15 to buy it now, and then give it to me on Sunday, after I cross the finish line!

I totally get that. In my current profile picture I am wearing the I Did It! sweaty headband for the challenge, but even though I didn't think I would have a problem finishing, it still felt weird. I just wanted a new headband. Haha.

 

[KSellers88]

Now y'all have me on ebay looking for pins from all the previous runDisney events I have done. All I normally buy is a Christmas ornament, but I could put the pins on my gym bag/bookbag. I had the Princess button on there and the Marathon weekend luggage tag but pins would look better I think.

 

[lhermiston]

On the topic of merchandise, I was a bit superstitious to buy anything even saying the word "marathon" prior to completing it (it was my first). I made my mother-in-law buy the 26.2 sweaty band headband for me. She thought I was acting a little crazy about the whole thing, but I said please, don't ask questions, I feel I can't get something that says "I did it," if I didn't do it yet, so here is my $15 to buy it now, and then give it to me on Sunday, after I cross the finish line!

I’m the same way. For me, it felt like asking for trouble to buy merch for a race I hadn’t completed.

 

[steph0808]

Who wants to choose which race I run for the 2019 Marathon Weekend?!

I'm 90% sure I will be going in 2019.

I'm thinking the half - though I love the full (did in 2013 and 2018).

Maybe a slow full with lots of pictures....

Or a challenge... (I want to, but not really. I need a vacation, not a trip waking up at 2:30 multiple days in a row...)

 

[cavepig]

While we're on the topic of merch, do the coffee mugs usually sell out? If so, I might have to beg one of you Dopeys to pick one up for me

I can't remember if they had a marathon coffee mug ever, I have no pics in my picture stash, but could have missed it. They have had the generic RunDisney one in the past I know. They have the Tervis's and wine glasses and I just looked at pictures I took & they still had some of those in the tent selling merch post race on Sunday.

On the topic of things to buy - do they sell keychains with a replica of the medals or the "I Did It" on it? I saw the pin bundle that has these designs, but really want a keychain.

No keychains, just the replica pins.

 

[rteetz]

Who wants to choose which race I run for the 2019 Marathon Weekend?!

I'm 90% sure I will be going in 2019.

I'm thinking the half - though I love the full (did in 2013 and 2018).

Maybe a slow full with lots of pictures....

Or a challenge... (I want to, but not really. I need a vacation, not a trip waking up at 2:30 multiple days in a row...)

Goofy best of both worlds!

 

[PrincessV]

Who wants to choose which race I run for the 2019 Marathon Weekend?!

I'm 90% sure I will be going in 2019.

I'm thinking the half - though I love the full (did in 2013 and 2018).

Maybe a slow full with lots of pictures....

Or a challenge... (I want to, but not really. I need a vacation, not a trip waking up at 2:30 multiple days in a row...)

FWIW I went with full over half with this rationale: they're the same price and if race day comes and I'm not feeling it, I can always just do half of it, but if I register for the half and feel great, I can't keep going for 26.2.

I can't remember if they had a marathon coffee mug ever,

They
have some years. I had the 2014 mug, and got one this yea,r too. I think they had them in 2015, but not 2016 or 2017. Both the mugs I got were marathon weekend themed with the race weekend name, characters and year.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

WHOA WHAT. You sold your medals?! I know this is a very to each their own topic, but I could never. Haha.

The only things that I have ever purchased at the expo was a headband, a wine glass, and always a Mickey plush for Bay when she does a kids race. Oh, and I bought a Coast to Coast magnet after Wine and Dine.... and someone stole it off my car.

That's why my runDisney Kessel Run magnet will never go on my car. I get to enjoy it immensely on my fridge.

I don't think I could sell my medals unless I made enough to make running Dopey a self-sustained adventure, but I doubt they'd fetch that much.

I'd be very interested to meet someone who buys medals, though.

As a fan of certain Disney properties or franchises, I might consider buying a runDisney medal if I could not actually attend the race and really wanted the medal. Because of work there are races that I cannot attend. But even in such a scenario I would run a virtual race myself to "earn" it. This whole thing applies to basically two race weekends, Star Wars and Princess, but only if Princess featured a Sleeping Beauty medal since that's my favorite animated film. Sometimes being a collector and being a runner intertwine for me. Even then, I would not get an I did it item for something like that and I would not pay an exorbitant amount of money for it.

On the topic of merchandise, I was a bit superstitious to buy anything even saying the word "marathon" prior to completing it (it was my first). I made my mother-in-law buy the 26.2 sweaty band headband for me. She thought I was acting a little crazy about the whole thing, but I said please, don't ask questions, I feel I can't get something that says "I did it," if I didn't do it yet, so here is my $15 to buy it now, and then give it to me on Sunday, after I cross the finish line!

I skipped buying the I did it shirt for my very first half for that reason. I've since bought I did it items before actually doing it, but only because I know I can return them if injury causes failure. I never wear or display any I did it items until such time as I have actually done it.

Maybe. I strongly suspect the guy who bought my inaugural Dark Side Challenge medal was a SW collector (based on his eBay profile) and was only interested in it from that angle. Paid me way more than I expected to get, then probably sold it for even more, lol! I'm just alwyas happy to get some registration $$ back and make donations to my favorite charities

As a collector myself, I get that but I also have a rule. I'm not paying an exorbitant amount of money for such an item. At some point, buying unique items like race medals for a race I did/could not run becomes pointless if that cost was a good portion of what it would have actually cost to run said race. Now, if Princess has a Sleeping Beauty medal, I may reach out to you if you ran it and want to sell. But I also wouldn't blame you if you decided to go the ebay route.

Who wants to choose which race I run for the 2019 Marathon Weekend?!

I'm 90% sure I will be going in 2019.

I'm thinking the half - though I love the full (did in 2013 and 2018).

Maybe a slow full with lots of pictures....

Or a challenge... (I want to, but not really. I need a vacation, not a trip waking up at 2:30 multiple days in a row...)

Give yourself to the Goofy side of the Force. It's only two days instead of 4.

 

[Carrie24]

Thank you so much for sharing! I feel the gift card situation is making it more complicated to sort out than credit cards.

I also used the “contact page” to email them last Thursday afternoon, so they have all my contact info. I did include the last 4 digits of the GC in my email. Their response was “please know that any pending charges from attempted registrations will fall off in the coming days” but it did not give any other timeframe.

I’m pretty miffed, but trying to be patient.

Did you get your refund yet? I was about to call today and then noticed a refund on the credit card I was ultimately able to register successfully with. It's a strange way to issue the refund but at least all of the money is returned. Maybe it's easier to keep the gift card money and refunded the CC payment. Now I need to go buy more gift cards with that money for our trip in November!

Hope you're squared away as well!

 

[cavepig]

FWIW I went with full over half with this rationale: they're the same price and if race day comes and I'm not feeling it, I can always just do half of it, but if I register for the half and feel great, I can't keep going for 26.2.


They
have some years. I had the 2014 mug, and got one this yea,r too. I think they had them in 2015, but not 2016 or 2017. Both the mugs I got were marathon weekend themed with the race weekend name, characters and year.

Do you have pictures of the mugs? Why on earth did I never get one. I'll cross fingers they have one in 2019 to fix my missing them in the past!

 

[PCFriar80]

Still on the topic of merchandise, I have a couple of 2017 half marathon car magnets "I did it" that are still in their original wrapping......well because I really didn't "do it" because of the cancellation. I will wear the 2017 shirt, but the medal and luggage tag are tucked away somewhere....

 

[pixarmom]

My two cents regarding stuff and transportation:

1. Stuff. I used to buy a couple things at the expos but now I commemorate races with purchases from rawthreads, etsy, ugg and harveys seatbelt bags. For one of the princess half weekends, I bought new minnie mouse ugg slippers instead of official merch. My husband gave me a really simple etched stemless wine glass from etsy for the dopey. I've used disney races as an excuse to buy a harvey's purse occasionally! And I have lots of hoodies, tanks and t-shirts from rawthreads. Those generally hold up better than the official disney merchandise I've purchased in the past. The remaining exception: @mateojr usually gets a running mickey plush. Guessing he will ask for one for the 10K! Guessing he will get one because the 10K shirts don't come in kids' sizes (boo!) so looking for something fun to commemorate his race!

2. Transportation. I love to walk after a race, so I would prefer to walk through Epcot or walk over to the monorail and take that. But recently, the bus has always been more convenient. It's right there at the finish, and we've had either no wait or a very short wait. And even though I feel like walking, getting my family through security is not as simple as hopping on the bus. And I feel like they have been waiting around for me long enough, so I don't want to increase their wait time.

 

[jennamfeo]

That's why my runDisney Kessel Run magnet will never go on my car. I get to enjoy it immensely on my fridge.

And that's where my Dopey one will be -- on the fridge. Haha.

 

[SarahDisney]

Oh yeah, my AP magnet is on the fridge. Not that I have a car, but ... I want that sucker somewhere that I know it won't disappear.

 

[pluto377]

I'm not big on buying stuff, but this year, since I'm doing Dopey (most likely for the only time), I'd like to pick up something that says I did it.

My favorite souvenir is actually from when I did the NY Marathon. It's a nice light jacket, perfect for fall and spring. Unfortunately I've gained so much weight since those days that it doesn't fit anymore. I'm hoping to fit into it for this fall's training...