GuinnessRunner
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 16, 2018
SAFD: I was an adult onset runner and after a couple years running and doing a HM, I decided that I wanted to do a marathon "just once." That was when magazines were still a thing and I remember seeing the ad in Runners World of people running through the castle. At the time we only had two kids and already were going to WDW once or twice a year since we could drive from Atlanta pretty easily. I was pretty confident there was no way I could actually survive a marathon so figured what better place to go than WDW! Plus it gave an easy excuse to convince my family to come down to chear me on as well. While I finished, that first marathon didn't go according to plan, which led to me planning the next one, which led to planning the next one after that, etc.
What keeps me coming back? The only RD event I have done (other than the Race for the Taste 10-K back in the days before W&D) is MW and I will say that every time I run down main street for the half or full, it's like the first time all over again. I crave for that feeling again almost as soon as the weekend is over. I have done races in other places and while runners in general are a friendly bunch, there is something special about the runners at a Disney race as is evidenced by the people on this board. It has a feeling like extended family unlike any race I have ever been at. As the kids have gotten a little older, MW has mostly turned into a solo trip for me now and I cannot imagine doing that any place else.
What keeps me coming back? The only RD event I have done (other than the Race for the Taste 10-K back in the days before W&D) is MW and I will say that every time I run down main street for the half or full, it's like the first time all over again. I crave for that feeling again almost as soon as the weekend is over. I have done races in other places and while runners in general are a friendly bunch, there is something special about the runners at a Disney race as is evidenced by the people on this board. It has a feeling like extended family unlike any race I have ever been at. As the kids have gotten a little older, MW has mostly turned into a solo trip for me now and I cannot imagine doing that any place else.