Marathon Weekend 2026

[FFigawi]

Agreed. I'm not setting any land speed records, but I do enjoy running, and I enjoy running pain free. I do run in Kinvaras as well as the Altras, but I miss the NB Minimus. And my five fingers.

New Balance still sells the Minimus. They’re not quite zero drop anymore, but pretty close.

https://www.newbalance.com/minimus/

 

[PrincessV]

Thanks so much for this! It makes so much sense to me. Especially about how each foot is different. I feel like the only foot/leg I have issues with is the one that “pronates”. So maybe forcing me to try to stabilize it, is just too much. The other thought…I’m a big walker. At least 4 miles every day. And I wear normal shoes with zero issues. I get that walking and running uses different muscles and biomechanics but at some level, if my need for a stability shoe is so great(according to shoe salesmen) I would think I would need them all the time, not just for running, right? And I clearly don’t.

FWIW I subscribe to the shoe choice theory of Buy What Feels Best. This approach has never, ever let me down. Any time I’ve tried a shoe and thought, “it’s okay - XYZ isn’t perfect - but maybe it’ll get better with wear…” it’s been a failure. There are very few shoes that have felt perfect from the moment I slipped them on - but every single one of them turned out to be perfect from first to last step in them, both for walking and running.

 

[LSUlakes]

Altra Escalante is the best I've come up with. Zero drop, 24mm stack, wide toe box.

I currently run in Asics, Gel-Cumulus shoes. I do kinda need some cushion and ever since having knee surgery, these are the shoes that I have had zero issues with. I am on my third pair now. I am only getting about 350 miles on them and around 300-320 miles I can tell its getting close to time to retire them. But as long as my knee doesnt hurt, I will keep trucking along with them.

 

[Zutroy]

Interesting. And frustrating. I’ve spent a lot of $$$ on stability shoes.

Anytime someone walks into a store and gets “fitted” by employees, they always seem to get sold stability shoes. There are a number of problems with the “gait analysis” these stores use to sell you shoes. They use unscientific methods like getting your foot wet and then stepping on paper to see your arch, or videoing you running on a treadmill. The problem is that proper running form comes from your core, hips, glutes, and then carries down to your feet, and these methods do not address actual running mechanics. There is nothing inherently wrong with pronation, and if there is a problem with form, a shoe isn’t going to fix it. Often pronation is a symptom of muscle weakness causing the foot to roll inward. A stability shoe is treating the symptom without addressing the root cause.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

IT Band: worst concert ever!

I'll see myself out...

 

[Zutroy]

New Balance still sells the Minimus. They’re not quite zero drop anymore, but pretty close.

https://www.newbalance.com/minimus/

Oh no, look at how they massacred my boy! The Minimus was one of my favorite running shoes of all time. I still have the first and second gen MR00 models from 2012. Now I guess NB is marketing the Minimus as a weight lifting shoe? Makes sense, since I used the OG model with the zero drop and no foam for squats and deadlifts at the gym. But a Minimus should be a nothing upper on a slim slab of vibram rubber and nothing else.

 

[Herding_Cats]

Partial medal reveal? (10k, Goofy, Dopey, C2C)

I think someone is going to be in trouble......

 

[fatmanatee]

I was just going to come here to post this. Also might have a DL leak? Let me see if this pic comes through in higher res:

 

[Herding_Cats]

someone on sm cropped it down and has good resolution still....

 

[Herding_Cats]

But also....this means they HAVE the stuff. Or at least some of it. So a shipping delay is unlikely to be a reason for them to have not posted them yet.

 

[fatmanatee]

Biggest worry, particularly given the issues with the DL Halloween medals, is that something isn't right with these medals.

Interesting that they might be going with the book theme for some but not all of them. And CTC with a slider going from one castle to the other is cute.

 

[MerlinandtheMouse]

Biggest worry, particularly given the issues with the DL Halloween medals, is that something isn't right with these medals.

Interesting that they might be going with the book theme for some but not all of them. And CTC with a slider going from one castle to the other is cute.

All 3 shown are books no? 10K is just flat and CnD are standing on top of it coming out of it that way.

 

[fatmanatee]

All 3 shown are books no? 10K is just flat and CnD are standing on top of it coming out of it that way.

Ah i didn’t see the book at the bottom. I meant sort of that they would have the same open book background that the other two medals had though. Maybe they do flat book for the individual races and the background for the challenges.

 

[Zutroy]

But also....this means they HAVE the stuff. Or at least some of it. So a shipping delay is unlikely to be a reason for them to have not posted them yet.

All the medals are made in China, which means that the medals were designed months ago. The typical timeline for a product from China to go from initial concept to delivery is 9-12 months. Shipping by ocean freighter alone takes one month. I’m wondering if the tariffs have something to do with the delay, where RD is waiting out the clock to see if the import taxes go down by the time they take delivery.

 

[Herding_Cats]

All the medals are made in China, which means that the medals were designed months ago. The typical timeline for a product from China to go from initial concept to delivery is 9-12 months. Shipping by ocean freighter alone takes one month. I’m wondering if the tariffs have something to do with the delay, where RD is waiting out the clock to see if the import taxes go down by the time they take delivery.

yeah i understand that. but it appears they already have at least MOST of the pins?

 

[Naomeri]

I was just going to come here to post this. Also might have a DL leak? Let me see if this pic comes through in higher res:

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Looks like there's also Princess Weekend pins in there, though they're not the usual medal replicas. I kind of like the idea of the characters wearing medals

 

[FFigawi]

Those medals are not going anywhere but into a box if that’s the final design. Not impressed with the designs.

 

[AZMermaid]

Love the coast to coast! I was low key worried because someone somewhere said it’s not mentioned on the RD site. I never checked to verify it though.

I’m “just” doing the marathon so no preview yet but yeah…. Not loving the book ones. All of us who said simple… this is not!

 

[Z-Knight]

someone on sm cropped it down and has good resolution still....

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These look good though...I actually kind of like them. But I like any Dopey medals...lol

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

Interesting how they have some of the medal replica pins there but not all and that they would show them before the official medal reveal. That being said, I think the 10K is cute. Can’t wait to see the rest, and I kind of hope the others have the book open at the bottom like the 10K. I think it makes sense to have the individual races follow that pattern with the challenges being open books behind. Hopefully the full reveal is soon!