Marathon Weekend 2026

[garneska]

We had breakfast at Ale & Compass this morning and are already in the turnpike heading home. It was a great weekend. Enjoyed all the time with friends. Successfully reached goal number 1, to not wreck myself.

See everyone next year and talk to you all on the boards!

 

[dobball23]

We made it back to PA from Florida this morning. We left the Celebration area yesterday around 2 p.m. after my parents graciously brought our dog to us from their place in Fort Myers. We pulled into our driveway at 5:30 a.m. After a quick 90-minute nap, I headed to work. I think I'd rather be at Marathon Weekend.

Thank you to everyone for being so welcoming and making the RunDisney weekend fun! Anyone who has nerves about attending a meetup...just do it!

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I made it back at 11:30 last night; the drive was thankfully uneventful once I got past the turnpike congestion (is that redundant?). So glad that stayed for DATW. It was the first time I've ever done that in any capacity, so happy to finally do so, and to get to talk to more of you in person.
And my coffee tastes pretty good this morning....

 

[3princesandaprincess]

It was wonderful to meet so many of you this weekend! Thank yall for welcoming DH & I! It was the perfect addition to an amazing weekend. Loved seeing a familiar face here and there on the course! Congrats to all who ran!

 

[jmasgat]

p.s. I uploaded all the versions of the group photo Leo took yesterday to my OneDrive here: DATW 2026
It may prompt you to log in, but you don't need to in order to access and download the files.

You know, I made it through the weekend without that much FOMO til I saw these pictures!

 

[marty3d]

Checked out of Pop and will be working from the Boardwalk for the next few hours. If anyone is still around feel free to interrupt me if you see me.

And also for next year I’m going back to a Crescent lake resort. While I like Pop, with most of our activities taking place around Beach club or Epcot it’s just much more convenient.

Not a bad view to work from.

 

[jrsharp21]

Looks like DATW was a great success! One of these years I will need to stay a day longer. The flight back home to Houston yesterday was packed with runners. Pretty cool to see everyone in their swag. My wife and I were chit chatting about the week and she mentioned on how she thought this was the best MW, running wise, that I had done. She asked if I was still thinking about skipping next year. Well, um dear, I already have my Dopey bib secured for next year. LOL. She said she kind of figured I already had that in the works. So already looking forward to 2027 MW. But I have Disneyland HM and Princess HM weekends to look forward to over the next few weeks.

 

[accm]

I’m so glad I got over myself and joined DATW! For those on the fence, you should definitely come next time! Everyone was so welcoming and friendly. I just feel bad that I definitely do not remember everyone’s names I guess it’s just an excuse to join the morning meet ups next time!

We’re sitting at the airport to go home. We still have 1 adult QS and 6 child QS credits. If anyone is still on property and wants something, send me a message and I’ll mobile order it for you. The free kids dining plan makes it a no brainer for us, but it’s wayyy too much food for us.

 

[pluto377]

At Mco treating myself to McDonald’s! Not looking forward to going to work tonight after such a wonderful week away. It was so great seeing everyone and hanging out. Countdown to next year is on!

Also on the topic of rude runners I was behind a girl in a photo line at mk and she dropped her half medal. I was like, oh no I hope it didn’t chip. And she responded, oh these medals don’t really matter to me anyway only my marathon majors ones do. Um ok?

 

[FFigawi]

There’s always one. She could learn a lot from the guy I gave my Goofy medal to. He couldn’t get in to Goofy and entered the half & full separately instead. He finished barely in front of the balloon ladies and was overjoyed to be able to have a Goofy medal.