Marathon Weekend 2025

[FFigawi]

SAFD: Celebrating after the races is a multi-day affair. Sunday is anything from Disney Springs to Jiko, depending on what we feel like. Monday is DATW. Tuesday ends the entire event on a high note at Victoria & Albert's.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

SAFD:
I've taken the habit of celebrating after each half marathon with a mimosa at a different restaurant.

So far I've done WBG, Homecomin', Whispering Canyon Café, GF Café and Cape May Café.

I'm not doing the Half at MW this year, only the 10k and Full. What will I do??

2 mimosas!

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

SAFD: I'm usually solo so I don't really do anything to celebrate except hit a park and allow myself to eat whatever I'm craving.

This!

 

[RunWI1265]

SAFD: The only consistent thing I've done post-race every marathon Sunday is watch the Packer game. Besides that I'm in either in Epcot or MK for the rest of the night.

 

[Psymonds]

Good afternoon RunDisney All-Stars! Welcome to this week's edition of Sundays are for Disney (SAFD). Registration for Marathon Weekend is largely done and dusted and we now enter that long wait for the event to arrive, so let's dream a bit. When you get done running your race(s), be they 5k, marathon, Dopey or anything in between, what's your favorite place to celebrate your accomplishment?

SAFD: This isn't really a great SAFD for me, as I'm usually there solo and don't do anything special to celebrate. Depending on how I feel, I'll generally chew and see if there are any appealing table service reservations available. This past year, I went into Epcot and had dinner at the Rose and Crown before heading back to rest up for DATW.

well... it's not my choice as the marathon day is my Wife's birthday. She has requested a certain dinner, but I will definitely have a shower and a beer before heading up to the MK to meet the rest of the fam.

 

[nancipants]

SAFD: I don't have any traditions yet. I've been considering where I want to eat after the marathon. It'll be my first marathon and my birthday, so I feel like I have to go all out! Of course, since it's my first marathon I have no idea how I'll feel afterward and I might want to crawl into a hole and die.

 

[PrincessV]

SAFD: Honestly, all I want to do after a race is chill and relax the rest of the day with NO commitments for anything special. For me, the race is the “celebration” - the culmination of the journey to get there. So once it’s done, I’m mentally done with it and ready to move on to whatever's next in my life, which may be laundry just as easily as going to a theme park. I’m boring like that lol! The best post-Dopey evening I ever had was when a friend brought me some takeout and we sat outside at a picnic table talking for a couple hours before I went to bed at 8pm.

 

[Herding_Cats]

SAFD: Honestly, all I want to do after a race is chill and relax the rest of the day with NO commitments for anything special.

Agree. As much as I like the idea of doing some big celebratory thing, once I'm done with a big race I want to have 0 expectations for myself for the rest of the day.

 

[kristenabelle]

Garden Grill the night of the weekend's big race (day-of the race, but at night...? lol) has been my new tradition. Shuffle over to Epcot and eat an entire bowl of mashed potatoes. Character interactions over there are the absolute best, too!

 

[PrincessV]

Agree. As much as I like the idea of doing some big celebratory thing, once I'm done with a big race I want to have 0 expectations for myself for the rest of the day.

Right?! For years, I planned and participated in these big group dinners to end a race weekend and truthfully, I was tired, hungry but also had little appetite, and internally really cranky. COVID really did me a solid by limiting my willingness to do anything social post-race because I discovered quickly that I’d really rather be alone with a TV lol!

 

[DisneyParrothead]

SAFD: I do small things to celebrate, though I did treat myself to a foot massage after the ten-miler last year. I'm considering a massage after I do the Fairytale Challenge next year. I haven't done a half since MW 2014, and I had to walk it because of injury. I had been planning a resort day between the 10K and half, but now I'm considering a resort day after the half so I don't have to hobble anywhere on a deadline. If I book a massage, I'll Uber to GF.

 

[Let's Get Kronk]

SAFD: My goals after the marathon are usually just to eat and drink everything. Lol. After Goofy in 2023 I did BOG at MK. The meal was nice enough but I didn't realize until we got to MK that the dinner was my only opportunity to drink. I had a couple cocktails during dinner and then we did castle pics at night, which was pretty cool. But I really just wanted to walk around with a beer and I couldn't at MK.

This past year for Dopey I was with my running group who flew in from all over the country and we did DATW in Epcot on Sunday together. It was perfect. I usually got a snack of sorts in each country and a drink and we just had the best time. Monday morning is medal pics in MK now and then usually one more park before I fly out that evening.

This year, I really want to make it a point to go to Beaches & Cream after the marathon. I've had it scheduled a couple times and cancelled it. It would be the perfect post-race meal before DATW.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

Garden Grill the night of the weekend's big race (day-of the race, but at night...? lol) has been my new tradition. Shuffle over to Epcot and eat an entire bowl of mashed potatoes. Character interactions over there are the absolute best, too!

I love this! I’ve always wanted to try Garden Grill, but usually go to Epcot during festivals and want to eat at the food booths. With no festival going on I wouldn’t feel like I was missing out on food booths and would be hungry enough for a big meal! I don’t know if I’d make it until dinner though…

 

[AJollyHoliday]

I have not done the Disney marathon and won't be doing it this year, but I usually do the 10k and half. Post 10k, we don't usually do anything in particular. Maybe eat in the room then head off to Epcot because we can take our time, chill in the DVC lounge, and then eat a great dinner. For post 1/2 celebration, we usually try to eat breakfast some place fun. Typically it was 1900 Park Fare because it was one of the best breakfast buffets and it had Mary Poppins. I am so sad that with the reopening, she will not be there. This past princess race, we did breakfast at Boma because we were at AKL Kidani. For our dinner, we usually are in MK for the day and so eat at Skipper Canteen or we may hop over to Epcot for another special dinner. I have to think through what we want to do this year.

 

[superchime]

SAFD: After making and cancelling so many reservations I finally realized I am also in the "no commitment" camp. My post-race dinner usually ends up being vegan fish and chips from the Rose and Crown bar.

 

[jrsharp21]

SAFD: I don't have any big celebration after the runs are completed. On Sunday, after the marathon, I usually meet up with my family at Epcot and it turns into eating around the world. My family likes to torture me and they usually in the very back of World Showcase when I arrive back at the park. By the time I get to them, I have usually stopped at four or five food stands. For whatever reason, I always have to have one of those giant donuts. LOL.