Marathon Weekend 2025

[Herding_Cats]

Ooooooh. Bets on if they have a Moana character stop by the Water attraction in Epcot for the half??

 

[pluto377]

Bummed there's not more park time for the half. Really wishing I had got into the 10K too...

 

[jmasgat]

QUESTION TIME: How do you feel about running mantras? Do you use one?

I am generally not a mantra person (in running or in life), but I do have a couple things that occur to me during runs. One is "Breath, Buns, Bhandas" which I use when I'm doing hill work as a reminder to breathe, use my glute muscles to propel me up the hill, and keep a solid core. The other one is a general purpose one that goes something like "you only have x more reps/miles/minutes to go (where x is a small number). Anyone can make it through x". That one is courtesy of a former yoga teacher.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

Do the marathon corrals normally go to G?

 

[Herding_Cats]

Character pics have been moved out of the rundisney merch building and into the bib pickup building???

OK. I looked closer and read again.
NUMBER pics will be in the merch building.
CHARACTER pics will be in the bib pickup building. So that's new.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Do the marathon corrals normally go to G?

I think they've only gone to F post-covid.

 

[camaker]

Character pics have been moved out of the rundisney merch building and into the bib pickup building???

There were character pics in the bib pickup building during W&D.

 

[StarGirl11]

Well. HM course goes "backward" for MK. Will be verrrrry interested to see what the crowding is like.

5k course should have some great PP opportunities for pics in front of SE.

HM and Marathon start groups go all the way up to G

Probably for logistics since they have the full following the same route in and out.

Also I totally did a fist pump when I saw that. Means we’re also taking the Contemporary the ‘easier way’ in comparison.

Curious to hear what the new cone alleys will look like with these routes.

Ooooooh. Bets on if they have a Moana character stop by the Water attraction in Epcot for the half??

That would make sense

Also I just about cackled when I looked at the map and realized for the first time we’re not going by Tiana’s which means we’re not doing that weird hill jig. I know some people are going to be disappointed but I’m estatic to not half to go up that thing on wheels.

Character pics have been moved out of the rundisney merch building and into the bib pickup building???

I forgot the bib and shirt pick up are in separate places. And got concerned because those lines can be messy.

Actually really like the move because it’s more convenient. Means if your merch time isn’t for a bit you can kill time with those lines

Also I know theyve had it in the bib pickup area before. Guess they’re just moving it back

 

[sandam1]

I'm not a huge fan of hitting cone alley that early in the half. The crowding there is going to rival the International Squeezeway. Although the good news is that we won't be running that part into the rising sun.

 

[sandam1]

QUESTION TIME: How do you feel about running mantras? Do you use one?

Mine is "run just this next interval" when I'm getting tired and want to walk through a run interval.

 

[StarGirl11]

I'm not a huge fan of hitting cone alley that early in the half. The crowding there is going to rival the International Squeezeway. Although the good news is that we won't be running that part into the rising sun.

It actually might be better hitting it early because some of that is probably because you’ve got people stopping in MK. The exit might still be a problem but it’s significantly shorter

Could be wrong though I honestly barely remember the speedway. But looking at the old maps we used to hit it after MK not before

 

[sandam1]

Could be wrong though I honestly barely remember the speedway. But looking at the old maps we used to hit it after MK not before

Sorry, I was referring to the stretch between Boardwalk and Hollywood Studios from the W&D half course.

 

[StarGirl11]

Sorry, I was referring to the stretch between Boardwalk and Hollywood Studios from the W&D half course.

Oh yeah no that’s a mess no matter when you hit it . It’s slightly better being in front with my experience on wheels but it’s still a mess. Only way I can think that will ever get fixed specifically is if they moved us to roads on that part which would be a whole other mess I feel like

Plus as messy as it is I still like it.

Still think cone alley has the potential to be better here because in comparison to both of those it’s still early enough that there’s only been a handful of stops.

Especially since I think we might lose a couple of stops since I think we’ll be in the opposite lane?

 

[GuinnessRunner]

Anyone guess this early for the guide?? and not a Tuesday?

The House always wins

 

[kps7795]

The House always wins

In this case, the Mouse always wins.

 

[StarGirl11]

Also realizing for the first time that we are going up the Fantasmic hill and not down it. Which mixed feelings

One hand: No having to yell for room on a downhill water stop. Might still have to deal with it at the 10 miler but I’ll take it

On the other hand: Now we’re going up that stupid hill.

And in someways the downhill is still bad it’s just a diff variant of bad.

Also really wish RD had put an inlet to see the jog through DHS to be able to get a better mental map of that part.

 

[azrivest]

Character pics have been moved out of the rundisney merch building and into the bib pickup building???

OK. I looked closer and read again.
NUMBER pics will be in the merch building.
CHARACTER pics will be in the bib pickup building. So that's new.

Good move. They were so easy to miss and the lighting is terrible in there.

 

[StarGirl11]

Also I’m super happy that the 10k doesn’t normally have a stop until around when you hit mile 1 and even then I probably won’t have anyone other than another wheel in front of me. Because trying to make a U-turn in a narrow lane on a handcycle would be all sorts of not fun.

I already accepted there might be a few times where I have to come up to where the front of a line is. Explain to the CM I’m not trying to cut I just can’t go back and turn around and I’m willing to wait however long is reasonable before I go. Hopefully the CMs cooperate

 

[nancipants]

They had characters in the bib pickup building during Springtime Surprise and it was much nicer in there, I thought.



If you're like me and your fueling plan is tied to water stops, I made a list for the marathon:
Mile 1
Mile 3
Mile 5.5
Mile 6.5
Mile 8.25
Mile 10.5
Mile 11.5
Mile 13.5
Mile 14.5
Mile 16.5
Mile 17.5
Mile 18.5
Mile 19.25
Mile 19.75
Mile 21.25
Mile 23.25
Mile 23.75
Mile 24.5


Food stops:
Mile 6.5
Mile 13.25
Mile 17.25
Mile 21.5
Mile 23.5

 

[Naomeri]

They had characters in the bib pickup building during Springtime Surprise and it was much nicer in there, I thought.



If you're like me and your fueling plan is tied to water stops, I made a list for the marathon:
Mile 1
Mile 3
Mile 5.5
Mile 6.5
Mile 8.25
Mile 10.5
Mile 11.5
Mile 13.5
Mile 14.5
Mile 16.5
Mile 17.5
Mile 18.5
Mile 19.25
Mile 19.75
Mile 21.25
Mile 23.25
Mile 23.75
Mile 24.5


Food stops:
Mile 6.5
Mile 13.25
Mile 17.25
Mile 21.5
Mile 23.5

This is super helpful!