Marathon Weekend 2026

[fatmanatee]

Below is the **2025** (NOT THIS YEAR'S!!!) list from the marathon.

There tends to be a list that gets passed around (sans mile markers) late the night before or the morning-of the race. It's not always accurate. They will get posted in here if someone sees one.

Realizing that the link to the list sent back to the other thread, whoops lol.

 

[JediKnightXan]

Thank you!!! Wow there are a lot more then I would have guessed there would be. Thank you again!

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I see posts in various forums from people worried about phone battery life and possibly even carrying an external battery with them on the marathon. I'm sure no one on our rD forums needs to see this, but just in case...

For me, I hate carrying any extra weight, and it is a very rare occurrence that I don’t have plenty of battery at the end of a normal day. So my 2-cents worth:

1. I don’t have a ton of apps on my phone in the first place. If I don’t need it, I prefer not to have it there.

2. Turn off the wi-fi, particularly during the Half and the Full. If wi-fi is on, your phone is constantly trying to find wi-fi signals, which are going to be mostly other phones out on the open road parts of the course.

3. Go into your phone and see what apps are using the most battery, and start turning off tracking and notifications and automatic whatever. Instructions for an iPhone are below; Android has a similar feature. FWIW, I was using a local radio station’s app for traffic and weather and it was bringing my former Android phone to its knees. I have no clue how much tracking and keystroke logging must have been built into that app, but removing it greatly improved that phone’s performance and battery life.

4. Moderate how much time you spend on your phone in the corrals. Having the screen lit is a big power hog.

That isn’t to say that can I do a race and then go to the end of a long day in the parks without any recharge, but I can comfortably make it through the races. Likewise, I can spend a regular day in the parks without a recharge. YMMV

For Garmin watches: Having walk/run notifications on uses a lot more battery than with them off. My Garmin watch made it through a Thanksgiving half with no trouble with walk/run turned on, but I neglected to note how much battery was left afterwards, so I’m not sure for a Full. I can also say that by the 8 or 9 mile mark, between the cold and the vehicle traffic on the parkway, I wasn’t really noticing or abiding by the run/walk alerts; maybe the relative quiet of WDW will mean being able to stick to the pace intervals better. So if you are concerned about watch battery life, or don’t have one, see if you can glom onto a pace group, or do a walk break at the end of each song (appx 3.5 minutes if you are listening to music) as alternatives.

Good luck and see you at the races.

How to check iPhone apps battery usage:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on Battery.
3. You'll see a graph and a list of apps and services, showing their battery consumption by percentage for the last 24 hours.
4. To see more detail, tap View All Battery Usage to view usage for the last 10 days or tap on individual apps for a breakdown.
5. Toggle between Battery Usage (percentage) and Show Activity (time) to see screen-on vs. background usage.

 

[Naomeri]

I see posts in various forums from people worried about phone battery life and possibly even carrying an external battery with them on the marathon. I'm sure no one on our rD forums needs to see this, but just in case...

For me, I hate carrying any extra weight, and it is a very rare occurrence that I don’t have plenty of battery at the end of a normal day. So my 2-cents worth:

1. I don’t have a ton of apps on my phone in the first place. If I don’t need it, I prefer not to have it there.

2. Turn off the wi-fi, particularly during the Half and the Full. If wi-fi is on, your phone is constantly trying to find wi-fi signals, which are going to be mostly other phones out on the open road parts of the course.

3. Go into your phone and see what apps are using the most battery, and start turning off tracking and notifications and automatic whatever. Instructions for an iPhone are below; Android has a similar feature. FWIW, I was using a local radio station’s app for traffic and weather and it was bringing my former Android phone to its knees. I have no clue how much tracking and keystroke logging must have been built into that app, but removing it greatly improved that phone’s performance and battery life.

4. Moderate how much time you spend on your phone in the corrals. Having the screen lit is a big power hog.

That isn’t to say that can I do a race and then go to the end of a long day in the parks without any recharge, but I can comfortably make it through the races. Likewise, I can spend a regular day in the parks without a recharge. YMMV

For Garmin watches: Having walk/run notifications on uses a lot more battery than with them off. My Garmin watch made it through a Thanksgiving half with no trouble with walk/run turned on, but I neglected to note how much battery was left afterwards, so I’m not sure for a Full. I can also say that by the 8 or 9 mile mark, between the cold and the vehicle traffic on the parkway, I wasn’t really noticing or abiding by the run/walk alerts; maybe the relative quiet of WDW will mean being able to stick to the pace intervals better. So if you are concerned about watch battery life, or don’t have one, see if you can glom onto a pace group, or do a walk break at the end of each song (appx 3.5 minutes if you are listening to music) as alternatives.

Good luck and see you at the races.

How to check iPhone apps battery usage:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on Battery.
3. You'll see a graph and a list of apps and services, showing their battery consumption by percentage for the last 24 hours.
4. To see more detail, tap View All Battery Usage to view usage for the last 10 days or tap on individual apps for a breakdown.
5. Toggle between Battery Usage (percentage) and Show Activity (time) to see screen-on vs. background usage.

I would add: make sure your phone isn't randomly trying to wake up in your pocket by turning off "tap to wake"
iPhone instructions:
1) Open settings
2) Open accessibility
3) Open Touch under the Physical and Motor section
4) Turn off Tap or Swipe to Wake

This will also prevent your sweaty leg from randomly changing/pausing your music through your sweaty leggings

 

[StarGirl11]

Yeah this weather forecast has me scrambling to try and figure out what to do. Because its not so simple with handcycles. 50s is long sleeves for us normally and its going to be cloudy if the forecast holds. So cloudy and no chance to warm up for us.

Either way just look for the bright pink handcycle on the course. Since I'm pretty sure I'm the only one. Profile fic isn't entirely accurate to how I look since I lost almost 80 pounds since then.

(Also hi again. I keep saying I needed to post more but life kept happening. A lot.)

 

[Herding_Cats]

Up at 4:15am to be in the car by 5! About half way to the airport at this point. I had a hard time falling asleep last night (even with a muscle relaxer) so good luck to me making it through the fireworks and parade tonight in MK

 

[nancipants]

I would add: make sure your phone isn't randomly trying to wake up in your pocket by turning off "tap to wake"
iPhone instructions:
1) Open settings
2) Open accessibility
3) Open Touch under the Physical and Motor section
4) Turn off Tap or Swipe to Wake

This will also prevent your sweaty leg from randomly changing/pausing your music through your sweaty leggings

THIS IS SO USEFUL!!!

I do need an extra battery though.

Note that if spectators are trying to track you via phone, you’ll probably want to keep wi-fi on.

 

[nancipants]

Up at 4:15am to be in the car by 5! About half way to the airport at this point. I had a hard time falling asleep last night (even with a muscle relaxer) so good luck to me making it through the fireworks and parade tonight in MK

Safe travels!

 

[nancipants]

Would not mind locking this in.

 

[StarGirl11]

Up at 4:15am to be in the car by 5! About half way to the airport at this point. I had a hard time falling asleep last night (even with a muscle relaxer) so good luck to me making it through the fireworks and parade tonight in MK

Mood I’ve been up since 2 for my 5 am flight. Slept almost the entire plane rides

Would not mind locking this in.

Ooh that would be perfect since I wouldn’t have to worry so much about overheating

 

[The Expert]

Great info @Mr_Incr3dible -- thanks for sharing. Here are the instructions for Android:

Battery use
Settings --> Battery
Here you can see what apps are using it but also set up battery saving modes.

Touch to wake
Settings --> Display
Check that Touch sensitivity is OFF and Accidental touch protection is ON.

 

[camaker]

Good morning RunDisney All-Stars! Welcome to this week's edition of Sundays are for Disney (SAFD). It's here! I can't believe we've made it all the way to race week! It doesn't seem that long ago that we parted company after MW 2025. When and how are you heading to Disney and what are your plans when you get there?

SAFD: I'm flying down from NC on Tuesday morning. My flight is at 7am, landing at 9am. I'll Uber to CBR, drop my luggage off and head straight in to the Magic Kingdom. After lunch I'll head over to Epcot where I have one of my two dining reservations of the trip at Via Napoli for dinner. Wednesday I plan to hit Animal Kingdom and head over to the Expo around mid-afternoon, hopefully after the insanity of the initial rush has died down. I look forward to seeing as many folks as possible at meet-ups. Safe travels, everyone!

 

[Herding_Cats]

SAFD:
We are driving to Detroit this morning and flying down to MCO, landing at around 3pm. We have everything set up to skip the counter for the rental car and a VTP reserved for the tolls. Hoping to be in the gates of MK by 4:30.

We are staying at Riviera until Tuesday and then moving into a 1br at SSR. We have a few meal reservations, and LL for Friday and next Monday. We have more park days than usual, but that should work out just fine because we can take pool breaks without the pressure to see and do all the things.

 

[marty3d]

SAFD:
I fly down Thursday. Leaving at 9am and assuming no delays, I land at 3. Taking Uber to All Star Sports, dropping off my bags and getting on the first bus I can to the expo. Depending on timing and how I feel I’ll grab a quick dinner at the hotel. Friday will be hectic. Moving from All Star to POP, heading to Epcot for Breakfast, then to mini-golf and HH. (Backup plan if there are delays Thursday is that I hit the expo after HH but that would mess up my dinner plans).

Edited because apparently I didn't have enough coffee this morning and confused myself about where I was staying. Obviously no skyliner from All Star

 

[Smooth_Whiskey]

SAFD: I cry in the shower because I'm not headed to WDW for MW.

 

[Baloo in MI]

SAFD:
Sitting at the Detroit airport as I type, waiting on a delayed flight. We head to OKW via Mears and have an ADR at Ragland Road this evening. A couple park days before things get rolling with the Expo on Wednesday.

It was hard to leave my dog this morning, wish we could bring him, but am so excited to get my 10th Dopey going!!! Safe travels to all!

 

[3princesandaprincess]

SAFD: We will be driving down Wednesday. Hopefully will be in WDW by 2pm, and will drop our luggage at Pop. Then to the expo and maybe DS for dinner. We aren’t doing parks until after the marathon, so planning some resort hopping and fun meals.

 

[garneska]

SAFD: we will drive down on Thursday. Should get there around 2. Heading straight to the expo, then onto BWI. We have dinner at Topolino’s. Friday we are going to AK then the HH meet. Saturday is my race and then a full day at Epcot. Sunday is cheering and recovery. Monday is Epcot for DATW. Tuesday we head back.

 

[Goofed98]

SAFD: flying out from Phoenix on Tuesday morning, hit MCO at 4:30. Meeting my brother and his family at the airport for an uber to Boardwalk. Mom and dad will already be there (getting in early to hit the store for essentials: water, bourbon). Dropping bags and heading to the Yachtsman for dinner (side note: any opinions on the Yachtsman? We used to eat at Shula’s, but branching out since that’s gone).

AK on Wednesday morning before the expo Wednesday afternoon. I’m running dopey, my brother is joining for the 5 and 10k. Can’t wait!

 

[Erika10021]

SAFD: we fly out of Philadelphia on Tuesday, arriving around 11. We're dropping bags at the Poly and then heading to the Magic Kingdom for a couple of hours. Then dinner at Wailulu the first day. We'll head to the expo early on Wednesday. We're doing the Dopey and have a crazy amount of dining reservations. This trip is all about the running and eating. We didn't even book any lightning lanes. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the light pole!!