Official Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend - The Dark Side 2017

Can anyone join that pre-race meet up? Kinda new here and don't want to impose or make an uncomfortable situation if its a shout out for those that know each other. DS and I are at CBR and my nerves tend to get the best of me before runs.
 
I leave 4 weeks from tomorrow. Magical Express tags arrived last week and MagicBands shipped this weekend. :cool1: I really don't want to rush time, because it's incredible that we're already to mid-March, but it really cannot come soon enough.




Yep, my money is on next week at the earliest (and probably late week if it is next week), but I wouldn't be surprised to not see it until the following week either. Hoping it is next week though, since that will be 3 weeks out and doesn't seem like it should be too early. At least runDisney posted the 1-month post on social media today, so we know they're giving it some attention!

EDIT: Looking through the Princess Weekend thread, I see that their waivers and corrals went up on February 2 this year, so that was 3 weeks out. And the event guide was even earlier than that (January 27). So I'm really hoping for some info by next week!
I received my DME tags yesterday! Got real excited, verified all info and then sent the itinerary and necessary tags along to DS and his GF in NY who are staying with us. Now all I'm looking for is that event guide I had asked about. But as usual I jumped ahead a bit in the timeline.
 
Can anyone join that pre-race meet up? Kinda new here and don't want to impose or make an uncomfortable situation if its a shout out for those that know each other. DS and I are at CBR and my nerves tend to get the best of me before runs.

Absolutely! I met one of my current BFFs (@Keels ) during a race weekend meet up at Disneyland!
 

QUOTE="Bulldogmommy, post: 57309312, member: 587255"]Looks like bunches of us are at CBR (and all the refrub drama)... beyond ready to see any hint of our course... 30 days! Trip paid in full today :)[/QUOTE]
Paid trip this past Sunday so I know how you feel! Now time to get buckle down on securing confidence about getting these runs done. I still don't know what I was thinking (or actually wasn't thinking straight when my DS mentioned doing a half upon crossing the 10k line last year) o_O when I acknowledged his challenge. Honestly, twice his age and I still won't back down from a challenge from him. I just don't know how he is able to push my buttons. :headache: LOL Gotta love 'em!
 
QUOTE="Bulldogmommy, post: 57309312, member: 587255"]Looks like bunches of us are at CBR (and all the refrub drama)... beyond ready to see any hint of our course... 30 days! Trip paid in full today :)
Paid trip this past Sunday so I know how you feel! Now time to get buckle down on securing confidence about getting these runs done. I still don't know what I was thinking (or actually wasn't thinking straight when my DS mentioned doing a half upon crossing the 10k line last year) o_O when I acknowledged his challenge. Honestly, twice his age and I still won't back down from a challenge from him. I just don't know how he is able to push my buttons. :headache: LOL Gotta love 'em![/QUOTE]

Here's my crazy thing... this trip is actually my "reward" for completing my full marathon in February! How do we celebrate? By running a 5K, 10K, and half back to back of course!... now, after the full we are hopping on the RCCL Oasis of the seas for a week! Can't wait
 
Dying to know the course!!

Are there any other races where the course is a total secret like some of these disney races? lol
 
I'm crossing my fingers it's warm as well, but I know the Princess last year was chilly before sunrise. I'll have to get DS on the Amazon site to see what he can find. How about at the Expo anywhere?

I get mine at Bass Pro Shop or Cabela's, if you have one of those close by.
 
I am thinking keys to the kingdom would be fun. That way I would get a real comparison between DL and wdw. I don't know wdw nearly as well as DL. I've only ever been to wdw twice. DL at least 500 times (I counted once).

We are doing Keys to the Kingdom on Friday morning. I'm very excited about it.
 
If anyone hasn't seen this guy's blog, check it out... It's pretty fun speculating with him over possible routes, etc. Totally appreciate you "dark side challenger" http://www.darksidechallenger.com/
I saw his site a while ago as well as it being discussed some pages back, but once it was pointed out he used a bib mule for who knows why on https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2017/02/cheating-at-disney-to-avoid-balloon.html I lost any respect for him and his blog. I don't like how he put his map on USATF either as I've seen it confuse people thinking it was legit. But anyway, Just looking at other RunDisney courses, especially the marathon route posted here just a day or so ago and you can come up with good ideas as well, there's only so many ways they can get from TTC to EPCOT for the half or 10k

Dying to know the course!!
Are there any other races where the course is a total secret like some of these disney races? lol
We didn't know the Wine & Dine half course until the tracking site came up and had the map. This year Wine & Dine has no info on their 5k or half as well. They like to be sneaky!
 
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If anyone hasn't seen this guy's blog, check it out... It's pretty fun speculating with him over possible routes, etc. Totally appreciate you "dark side challenger" http://www.darksidechallenger.com/

That guy actually is in hot water among various groups - he got caught not following the rules and outed on one of the race theive blogs
 
Finally was able to book our first day of fastpasses this morning! I still got everything at the times I waned, so that worked out perfectly. Question though - for the Biergarten in Germany, can you just have a beer or do you need to do the whole buffet? Also, if you are just stopping for a drink, do you need reservations or not?
 












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