Marathon Weekend 2025

[fatmanatee]

Oh btw, for those who remember my Apple Watch battery issues from NYC, hit 10 percent at mile 23. Hadn’t looked into battery saving recs and actually tried to look into it during the race but decided to just save my run so I had something. I swear I’ll get this fixed one day!

Anyway, recorded about half a mile too much.

 

[Naomeri]

As an example of how much better today’s course treated me, compared to yesterday: my official half split (so including character stops) was 3:32, and my total moving time from yesterday’s half was 3:23 (so, not including characters stops)

 

[PrincessV]

I wasn’t allowed to bring my sign into EP, though plenty of others had signs (I was sternly told “NO SIGNS IN THE PARK!!”), and somehow missed seeing my friend go by, but had a great time seeing so many marathoners, Goofys, and Dopeys get it done! And reading your updates here, I’m in tears. I’M SO PROUD OF YOU ALL! Huge congratulations to everyone who toed the line this weekend.

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Congrats to everyone who ran this weekend! I second @PrincessV - I have been loving reading all of your great stories about the weekend. You can do hard things!

 

[kps7795]

As an example of how much better today’s course treated me, compared to yesterday: my official half split (so including character stops) was 3:32, and my total moving time from yesterday’s half was 3:23 (so, not including characters stops)

Great job!

 

[kps7795]

I went through at 7:45 and it was marked at 20. I asked too and they said yes 20. If I didn’t have marathon brain I probably would have realized 15 mins into early opening that didn’t make sense but I also didn’t want to chance standing in the cold for 20 mins.

I was there close to you apparently. The wait time was pretty close actually. I timed it to get there at 7:30 and got on the ride at 7:43. I look forward to having more time to tell that story.

 

[DisneyMountainWoman]

I did my first Dopey!!!
When I saw my whole family including my son in Epcot I started crying and continued all the way to the end. I am soo proud of myself. I really never thought I could do this for the longest time and now I did it!!

Thanks to everyone I saw on course. They made made me smile.

I took my time. Stopping when I wanted to for a while taking pics and just enjoying it. Well other than the zig and zagging... from the congestion.

Loved the characters this marathon run! Including that star wars area.
I got a pic with an animal again.. a donkey this time. I love that they do that.

I did not get to do any rides... by the time I got there they were waving people off and honestly my feet were hurting.

When I stopped to take a pic at Everest with a photopass photographer. I saw the 6:30 pacing group go by and decided to join them to help me get through the evil part of the course Blizzard beach. That was such a smart move... I had to pass on the some characters with short lines which hurt me... but in the end I knew it was better to stay with the pacing group through the suck. Which soo helped me.

Once I got into HS I waited in the brother bear line and went to the bathroom soo left them.

My mom got vodka and lemonade from the Jofferys stand in Epcot and then brought a zoo cup to poor it into so I could run and drink at the same time. Best idea ever! U can see the cup my hand


Stats:
Time 7:04 hours to run it...
6:37 of actual moving time... I stopped at a decent amount of characters, photo passes and bathrooms.
I ran over 27.21...
So much zig zagging.

Overall I am soo happy I did this... I do not plan on doing it again... the timing is just really bad for my work schedule. But soo happy I did it. Also for those looking to do this... I was also happy I did my first marathon before I did Dopey. It gave me alot of confidence knowing I could do it.. maybe not fast but I can do it. I was stronger this time than I was in 2023.

Also if u have the chance to get a Cabin at Copper Creek with your own private hot tub... do it! The best decision we made. I am sitting here and typing in the hot tub just fyi

Also another great tip, we booked a MK photographer. It cost 99 and was so wonderful to have your own private photographer and not have to wait in lines.

Also loved eating at Storybook dining tonight. It was soo much fun. Filled with all of Dopey people getting our pics with Dopey and our medals.

Next goal for me is to try again to get POT... and get registered for Wine and Dine. I am going to be sticking to the half challenges for now. They are more my speed

 

[StarGirl11]

Yeah, CM told me “lots of cheaters”, basically groups going in SR, not minding getting split up and expecting shorter waits but RnRC isn’t exactly designed to be used well with SR and it REALLY doesn’t help if groups are using it. I was surprised that the situation was that bad though, I feel like at that point just don’t do single rider.

Yeah I know I feel the same.

So marathon was complete. It took four tries to become a marathoner again. But I finally have done it. Honestly with the luck I’ve had at the fulls I was worried something might happen to stop me from finishing.

And I was half right. Something did happen it just didn’t stop me from finishing. My backrest slipped somewhere around 14 and 15 and I ended up with it fully down. And while there are cycles built for fully inclining. Mine isn’t one of them so I was having to hoist myself up to pedal.

You can actually see black marks on my shirt from my shoulders hitting the wheels. That’s how bad it was.

Thanks to a medical bike they were able to get it slightly back into position. Not all the way but at least to manageable. Which I’ll take since I don’t know whether or not I would have finished if I had been stuck in that position.

This is also why my second half splits are so much slower. Though all things considered a 6:11 marathon isn’t bad. Considering I was stopping for everything I could see

Also finally saw that weird character spot exiting Epcot. And just…why is that there? Like that’s so tucked in that you can only know it’s there if you’re looking for it. Doesn’t seem like a good spot for a stop.

It was lovely running into several of you on the course and after. Sorry if I didn’t remember everyone’s usernames at first. Memory recall on day 4 of a Dopey isn’t the best.

I did get to Everest though. CMs were great about it. I had enough time RnRc but took one look at the crowd and where I was and decided I didn’t want to try and get over.

Look forward to being back in 26 with any luck for another Dopey. Though this won’t be the last RunDisney race of the season.

 

[Naomeri]

This is my only finish line picture to show up so far, and I’m yelling at the people in front of me because they had a friend waiting at the finish line (in a Spider-Man costume) to walk backwards across the finish line in front of them to video their crossing—completely blocking the view of the PhotoPass people

 

[Herding_Cats]

@DisneyMountainWoman YOU LOOKED AMAZING!!!

It appears that @Naomeri made the rundisney video montage right a the the beginning you can see her running (back to the camera, but I’m pretty certain that’s her skirt!)

 

[midnighter40]

Did anyone see jogging jack ?

 

[Z-Knight]

Did anyone see jogging jack ?

for sure...no pics of him but he was there

 

[StarGirl11]

Did anyone see jogging jack ?

Yep I was with him and the 5:30 pace group right after Animal Kingdom up until Blizzard Beach.

 

[disneyrunnergrl]

Had a great race and then stayed at the finish line until the final finishers again. Did this last year too and cannot recommend it enough if you ever get the chance to do it! I finished around 9:15 and have no voice left from all the screaming but worth it!!

 

[Novatrix]

Did anyone see jogging jack ?

He started at the very back of B corral. I noticed him while we were waiting around before the start. Interestingly, I was being nosy, and tried to look up his bib number to see his pace and his results didn't come up.

 

[MissLiss279]

Did anyone see jogging jack ?

I think I saw him entering Blizzard Beach as I was exiting?? Or it could have been Animal Kingdom… somewhere you could see runners going the opposite direction.

 

[nancipants]

He started at the very back of B corral. I noticed him while we were waiting around before the start. Interestingly, I was being nosy, and tried to look up his bib number to see his pace and his results didn't come up.

I think you can hide your results. I’ve looked up a few influencer type people and found no tracking data/results.

 

[StarGirl11]

Also Blizzard Beach was a cake walk after the MK parking lot that was so disorienting you didn’t know where you were in relation to the end

 

[Novatrix]

In other news, I'm very ticked off at Boardwalk housekeeping right now. I had arranged a time with central housekeeping earlier for when I'd be out of the room so they can do their silly checks, get back to the room after dinner and finally fall asleep after the race only to have a housekeeper come barging into my room less than 15 minutes after I fall asleep. Why the heck are they doing room checks at 7:20pm?!!

 

[StarGirl11]

In other news, I'm very ticked off at Boardwalk housekeeping right now. I had arranged a time with central housekeeping earlier for when I'd be out of the room so they can do their silly checks, get back to the room after dinner and finally fall asleep after the race only to have a housekeeper come barging into my room less than 15 minutes after I fall asleep. Why the heck are they doing room checks at 7:20pm?!!

I would have a convo with the front desk about that honestly