Marathon Weekend 2027

[Herding_Cats]

You married an enabler, well done!

I really did choose well. Gonna be 21 years of wedded bliss next week!

If you're going to be down there anyways, is there a reason why you *don't* want to run just one race?

My Achilles during PW were really unhappy with me during the 10k. And I’m not motivated to run right now, so I don’t want to sign up for something. If I change my mind down the line I may look into a charity bib of some sort (IF we decide that going again is not a terrible choice for our budget) but I’m also anticipating those being hard to come by with the anniversary. I’d rather try to get a bib for DS3 and spectate for him on the course.

Unless he's fast enough to be out front, just tell him to follow the parade.

A 15yo following the parade….

Yeah. My kids are waaay too competitive for that. I think I’d have to borderline threaten him to do picture stops.

If we end up going and somehow snagging a bib for him, we will definitely be watching YT videos from previous weekends about pre-race areas, corrals, course stuff, finish chute, etc because he is very much a kid that likes to know what to expect.

I've always had plenty of people telling me where to go....

and how to get there.

 

[garneska]

@Herding_Cats i know we are all enablers here, but i think having DS3 run the half and you hanging out to watch is fantastic. You can't always run or run what you want and being at the event is so much fun.

 

[3princesandaprincess]

Made the call and we are officially in for Goofy 2026!!

@Herding_Cats - watching your DS run sounds like a great plan! How wonderful that he has parents who understand and support his love of running!

 

[FlyingDonut]

If we end up going and somehow snagging a bib for him, we will definitely be watching YT videos from previous weekends about pre-race areas, corrals, course stuff, finish chute, etc because he is very much a kid that likes to know what to expect.

Could he run with the pacers? He could meet them at the expo beforehand to know who to look for (might have to go to the expo twice to see the expo schedule)

 

[WillRunForPizza]

Could he run with the pacers? He could meet them at the expo beforehand to know who to look for (might have to go to the expo twice to see the expo schedule)

IIRC the fastest pacers are for a 1:45 half, which I'm guessing is significantly slower than Herding Cats' DS could run

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

I really did choose well. Gonna be 21 years of wedded bliss next week!

You got married when you were 14 ??

 

[GollyGadget]

If we end up going and somehow snagging a bib for him, we will definitely be watching YT videos from previous weekends about pre-race areas, corrals, course stuff, finish chute, etc because he is very much a kid that likes to know what to expect.

I suggest looking for mousegens videos. The experience in corral A is significantly different from most of the YT videos I’ve seen. There might be some other options, that’s just the one I know.

In that regard, the corral situation is also less stressful. He could do a warm up in the staging area and pop in the corral at the last minute and be relatively unaffected by crowds. Things tend to thin out pretty quickly for the half & full. No reason to scurry all the way to the front unless he’s legitimately trying to win the thing.

My mom always goes to watch me run down Main Street. The way she talks about, it’s literally one of her favorite experiences in life. I hope you get the opportunity someday.

 

[Herding_Cats]

DH and I had a long discussion last night. And now I need to finish our taxes (because if we owe all of my planning will be moot) and then talk to DS3 because if he doesn't even want to run, that may shift things a little for us. He may like the idea, but even his brother who has run 4 years of track and 5 years of XC doesn't want to run a half.

 

[Mr_Incr3dible]

DH and I had a long discussion last night. And now I need to finish our taxes (because if we owe all of my planning will be moot) and then talk to DS3 because if he doesn't even want to run, that may shift things a little for us. He may like the idea, but even his brother who has run 4 years of track and 5 years of XC doesn't want to run a half.

Tell them all the cool kids are doing it....

 

[jrsharp21]

I suggest looking for mousegens videos. The experience in corral A is significantly different from most of the YT videos I’ve seen. There might be some other options, that’s just the one I know.

In that regard, the corral situation is also less stressful. He could do a warm up in the staging area and pop in the corral at the last minute and be relatively unaffected by crowds. Things tend to thin out pretty quickly for the half & full. No reason to scurry all the way to the front unless he’s legitimately trying to win the thing.

My mom always goes to watch me run down Main Street. The way she talks about, it’s literally one of her favorite experiences in life. I hope you get the opportunity someday.

I seem to always end up standing next to the Mousegens crew in corral A. At MW I was always right behind them in the corral. At DL HM, I was right next to the couple of them that were there.

 

[camaker]

I want to throw an idea out there in advance of this week's SAFD to see if it's worth pursuing. The last couple of years we've run our own March Madness tournament to determine our favorite Disney attraction (2024) and dining establishment (2025). I've enjoyed doing that and was thinking of doing it again this year for Disney movies.

Two questions for everyone. First and foremost, does this sound like fun you'd like to participate in? Second, how would you like to see it structured? My initial thought was to have it as brackets of Disney and Pixar animated films. I know we've got a lot of Marvel and Star Wars fans, though, so I'm willing to try to work those movies in, too, but I don't know it they're worth an entire bracket each, but 3 brackets (Disney, Pixar and Star Wars/Marvel) doesn't work well.

My vote is to keep it to the animated movies this year and maybe do SW v Marvel or similar next year, but I'm open to alternate approaches.

 

[Fenway1970]

I want to throw an idea out there in advance of this week's SAFD to see if it's worth pursuing. The last couple of years we've run our own March Madness tournament to determine our favorite Disney attraction (2024) and dining establishment (2025). I've enjoyed doing that and was thinking of doing it again this year for Disney movies.

Two questions for everyone. First and foremost, does this sound like fun you'd like to participate in? Second, how would you like to see it structured? My initial thought was to have it as brackets of Disney and Pixar animated films. I know we've got a lot of Marvel and Star Wars fans, though, so I'm willing to try to work those movies in, too, but I don't know it they're worth an entire bracket each, but 3 brackets (Disney, Pixar and Star Wars/Marvel) doesn't work well.

My vote is to keep it to the animated movies this year and maybe do SW v Marvel or similar next year, but I'm open to alternate approaches.

Are you trying to come up with 16 per bracket? I think you could scrape together 16 worthy entries in the MCU for that, but yeah the SW bracket is gonna be 3 powerhouses versus a bunch of scrubs.

Instead of exclusively SW you could make it a "Lucasfilm" bracket which would bring in the Indiana Jones movies, plus some one-off favorites like Willow and Labyrinth. Could probably cobble together 16 that way. Just a thought.

 

[nancipants]

I definitely love the idea of another bracket!

Could we do animation vs. live action films?

 

[smileyanna]

Made the call and we are officially in for Goofy 2026!!

Hooray for Team Goofy! So exciting!

 

[garneska]

@camaker definitely in for the bracket challenge. I like movies. How many are you going with 16 or 32. with movies i think you could do 32. Maybe 8 Disney Classic (1937 to 1988) 8 Disney Renaissance (1989- 1999), 8 Disney Post Renaissance (2000 - present) and either 8 Pixar or you could split Disney classic since it is a lot of years.

 

[accm]

I want to throw an idea out there in advance of this week's SAFD to see if it's worth pursuing. The last couple of years we've run our own March Madness tournament to determine our favorite Disney attraction (2024) and dining establishment (2025). I've enjoyed doing that and was thinking of doing it again this year for Disney movies.

Two questions for everyone. First and foremost, does this sound like fun you'd like to participate in? Second, how would you like to see it structured? My initial thought was to have it as brackets of Disney and Pixar animated films. I know we've got a lot of Marvel and Star Wars fans, though, so I'm willing to try to work those movies in, too, but I don't know it they're worth an entire bracket each, but 3 brackets (Disney, Pixar and Star Wars/Marvel) doesn't work well.

My vote is to keep it to the animated movies this year and maybe do SW v Marvel or similar next year, but I'm open to alternate approaches.

I think that's a really cool idea!! Maybe instead of dividing it between Disney vs Pixar vs SW vs Marvel, divide it by time period, and anything that's now owned by Disney is fair game.

 

[3princesandaprincess]

I love the movie idea!!

@camaker definitely in for the bracket challenge. I like movies. How many are you going with 16 or 32. with movies i think you could do 32. Maybe 8 Disney Classic (1937 to 1988) 8 Disney Renaissance (1989- 1999), 8 Disney Post Renaissance (2000 - present) and either 8 Pixar or you could split Disney classic since it is a lot of years.

And this seems like a great way to divide!

 

[Novatrix]

@camaker Love the idea in any iteration.

To throw yet another idea into the ring for brackets, I just like the symmetry of 2 animated categories and 2 live action categories.

1. Traditional Hand drawn Animation (including Don Bluth films now owned by Disney)
2. CGI (both Pixar and Disney)
3. Disney Live Action (Ex. Mary Poppins, Pirates of the Caribbean, live action remakes, Old Yeller, Parent Trap, 2,000 Leagues Under the Sea, ect.)
4. Disney Acquired Live Action IP (Ex. Star Wars, Avengers, Aliens, the Muppets, Indiana Jones, ect.)

 

[Naomeri]

I think Disney Animation vs Pixar is a good bracket for this year, and maybe next year we open it up to live action Disney movies, but exclude the remakes of animated films (since most of those aren't worth it anyway)

 

[marty3d]

@camaker Love the idea in any iteration.

To throw yet another idea into the ring for brackets, I just like the symmetry of 2 animated categories and 2 live action categories.

1. Traditional Hand drawn Animation (including Don Bluth films now owned by Disney)
2. CGI (both Pixar and Disney)
3. Disney Live Action (Ex. Pirates of the Caribbean, live action remakes, Old Yeller, Parent Trap, 2,000 Leagues Under the Sea, ect.)
4. Disney Acquired Live Action IP (Ex. Star Wars, Avengers, Aliens, the Muppets, Indiana Jones, ect.)

Another vote for traditional animation vs CGI. And I think some of the movies that started straddling thr CGi line should fall under traditional so long as at least some of the movie was hand animated.

@camaker great idea here! I’ve been looking forward to March Madness! Now this could be the most difficult March Madness yet.

Going to put one thing out there - should we limit it to movies that were made after Disney acquired the IP? I feel original trilogy SW and Indiana Jones might have an edge over movies made after Disney acquired them.

Of course I’m just making that suggestion because Raiders is my favorite movie of all time and I kind of don’t want it competing with some of my favorite Disney animated movies