Fun topic! I have not yet run in a costume (aside from a sparkle skirt once at a small race.) I've been toying with the idea of Mary Poppins jolly holiday outfit but am concerned about a white costume and running (will it get really dirty?/will I sweat through it?), etc. I have a million ideas that basically come down to shorts+sparkle skirt+tank top...just in the appropriate colors of a character...kinda basic but girly. My race only touches Epcot, so I've been leaning towards Epcot characters...like Mary Poppins, Alice, Belle, Snow White...etc.
I'd love to hear people's tips.
I had a hair-brained idea once to wear the old 1980's Epcot style "future" character costume with the silver and rainbows...but I know I'll never actually make it. I wonder if people would even get the reference?
My sister went as Princess Leia for the Wine and Dine half last year- well, it rained the whole race so sweat showing wasn't an issue, anyway
I think The most common think I do for the sleeves on my running costumes is to use a tank top and then sew sleeves onto them but only make them half sleeves where the underarm isn't closed to provide ventilation.
Yeah, for the costumes I sometimes debate over what to be. On the one hand, shout outs on the course are a lot of fun, but on the other hand, the pictures are a lot longer lasting, so at the end of the day I susally decide to go with what I want in pictures most. It's all for myself anyway, right?
@pxefig those are great! Clearly you put a lot of time and love into those costumes.
I almost feel silly posting these here...I wouldn't consider them costumes, exactly. My style is more to find running clothes that I think sort of represent characters/themes of a race and go from there. Almost nothing is handmade because I am not that creative or talented.
Having that said...I was very happy with my "Minnie" look from this year's marathon. Black Nike tank, SweatyBand (red with white polka dots and a bow printed on it, though you can't see the bow in this picture) and SparkleSkirt:
But I think even more than that one, I loved the outfits that my friend and I wore for the 2014 Jingle Jingle 5K. Rather than go the Christmas route, we went with more of a jungle/Animal Kingdom theme.
Doing a bad thing and screenshotting the MarathonFoto window (though I really like this picture and will probably buy it). So...my friend has on a SparkleSkirt (called Everest), and a RawThreads "Believe in Yetis" top. I have a SparkleSkirt (called Rainforest) and that same black Nike tank as above. As for the ears...mine are Minnie ears I bought at Christmas and BFF's are regular black sequined Minnie ears. BFF removed the red bows from both of ours and made us both customized bows to attach to the ears. They both have zebra print (to match the bibs) and mine has blue tulle...but my friend's have fake fur, so hers are way more awesome.
I just love these outfits.
EDIT: Forgot to put what I am working on now. I'm going to actually put more effort in for a few upcoming races...
Disneyland 5K: 2 BFFs and I are going as Mouseketeers. We ordered shirts from Zazzle and I have a blue SparkleSkirt...just need Disneyland ears.
Disneyland 10K: 2 BFFs and I are going as a trio of villains...just a SparkleSkirt and a RawThreads top
Disneyland Half Marathon: The one I am actually putting effort into...60th anniversary Minnie.
For Princess Weekend I have a Daisy outfit almost totally ready to go and am contemplating Flounder as well. That one may be tougher just because I cannot for the life of me find a cheap yellow running top.
Don't feel silly posting those! These are great ideas! I always love reading your training journals and seeing the outfit reveal! Those furry Minnie ears are AMAZING
60th Minnie! That's great! Are you doing the diamond collar and all of that?
I did Mousketeer for the marathon- just did a drifit shirt with an iron on and a sparkle skirt. And, as a side note, it was pretty awesome to have a shirt with my name in giant red letters on it for my first full- made it VERY easy for people to cheer for me
I went as Bonnie from Toy Story 3 for the Tink 10K this year.
My favorite part of my costume was that I was able to make a pink tutu which also worked as a running belt. In addition to the standard directions for a tutu using an elastic waistband and knotted tulle, I added 2 color coordinating neoprene sunglasses cases from the dollar store. They were attached by cutting holes in the back to use to thread the elastic through (neoprene doesn't ravel). They were perfect to carry snacks, a phone and of course, my sunglasses.
I also attached a clasp (repurposed from a lanyard from the dollar store) in a coordinating color so that I could remove the tutu without have to step out of it (which can be a bonus when using porta potties).
-- Suzanne
Bonnie! Oh my goodness, that must have been so cute! That idea is genius for the tutu! Going to the bathroom in those things is ALWAYS a major undertaking for me!
I'm planning on the following for the Dopey Challenge (hopefully I can hit my fundraising targets)
5k: full stormtrooper armor (no helmet, they're banned)
10k: DARTH VADER
Half: BOBA FETT
Full: Metal Bikini Leia (yes I'm a guy, I'll make it tasteful)
Those are all awesome! I sooooo hope to see you in your Slave Leia costume!
@pxefig - I love your costumes and I LOVE this thread!!
I love "dressing up" for things - I think it's a by-product of the six years I spent working in entertainment at WDW back in high school along with being a theatre kid. So, OF COURSE I'm going to come up with costumes! I may obsess over them a little bit TOO much, but ... it means I'm not obsessing over something else that would annoy my husband.
Anyway - I'm working on two sets of costumes right now, so I'll come back and post pictures when I'm done. I've got four (possibly 5! if things work out) upcoming Disney race weekends, so that means lots of costumes to think up!
I love crafting, so I'm lucky to have quite a bit of "technology" already to help me produce this stuff. Like, I do all my own graphics for tanks and then I cut them with my Silhouette Cameo cutter on heat-transfer vinyl (HTV) and then heat press them. I love to sew, so I've purchased one sparkle/sequin skirt just to see how it was constructed and now I make my own. And I'm using my embroidery machine to embroider a "hidden Mickey" on all my skirts. See? Like I said. I need to obsess. And I'm an awful Type-A control freak.
So, here's kinda what I have planned and what I'm working on!
Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend:
5K - "World of Color": pink tech running tee with the Mickey's Fun Wheel Logo, black sequin running skirt with sheer multi-color confetti foil tulle overlay
Half Marathon - Mouseketeer: white tech running tee with Keels on the front and the Mickey Mouse Club logo on the sleeve, royal blue sequin running skirt, Disneyland mouse ears attached to my running hat
Wine & Dine Half Marathon:
Half Marathon - World Showcase Drinking Team Captain: white tech running tee with Country Flag Mouse Ears arranged on the front in order of the World Showcase, on the back in block type it will say World Showcase Drinking Team, a large 15 (think like the back of a sports jersey) and a C on the sleeve with a gunmetal/silver sequin running skirt
Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend:
Since running Dopey is a pretty personal journey to me, I think my "costumes" are going to be pretty personal to me as well. Only longtime WDWers (or my entertainment department friends) will probably get it, but I'll go ahead and explain it here. I will be running in outfits that pay homage to a couple of roles I played in parades at the MK during my tenure there in the late 90's-early 2000's - 'Remember the Magic' and 'SpectroMagic'.
5K - SpectroMagic Butterfly
10K - SpectroMagic Ostrich
Half Marathon - Undecided (narrowing it down from a couple ideas)
Full Marathon - 'Remember the Magic' Parade coach
Princess Half Marathon Weekend:
5K - Undecided ... will probably wait to see the 5K medal
10K - "Rags" Cinderella
Half Marathon - "Riches" Cinderella
How cool to have lived so close to be able to have WDW as a high school job! When I graduated high school, I packed up the car, kissed my parents good bye and moved from Minnesota to WDW. I worked at WDW for a few years before I joined the Navy. Those were some fun times.
Yes, I put a lot of thought into the costumes. It's something to look forward to, and I also keep an eye on sales to get all the pieces an cheaply as possible, so really, I'm saving money by knowing what I want to be way ahead of time, right? I'm so impressed you do your own graphics. I didn't know HTV was even a thing! I'll have to look into that. Iron on has been my standard go to. My friend, Dara, (one of my fellow Mousketeers) has one of those embroidery machines so I think once I had her put "On your left" in glow in the dark thread on the back of my Avengers Half Captain America costume.
I got started on making my own stuff when I was looking at costumes and tutus on etsy and seeing how expensive they were and I thought surely I could make it myself. So I have started sewing (and running for that matter) because of runDisney. The most elaborate thing I've sewn is the StarLord jacket I did for the Avengers 5k last year. I was in over my head pretty much the whole time. I'm honestly surprised it didn't fall apart when I was running!
The Dopey costumes sound like they are going to be pretty fantastic!
Love this thread topic! I do the same thing ~ rD for fun and other races to race.
The costume is my favorite is my Matterhorn one from Avengers that I'm wearing again for DL. I got a white tech shirt from Target, printed out the logo from the sleds for the front and the safety saying for the back to iron on. Then I printed out pics of the monorail, bobsled, Mickey and Goofy climbing the Matterhorn to cut out and pin on to the shirt. I wore it w/ a silver sparkle skirt.
The ones I'm working on now are my 60th themed shirt for the DL 5k. I found a really cool image of the castle for the front and printed out original ride posters for the back. The problem I'm having w/ this shirt is which posters do I want and how big do I want each one to be. I decorated a pair of ears for the 24 hour celebration that I'm wearing too. I'm also trying to make a Mickey Ear headband for my 10k outfit.
For SW, I'm thinking Boba Fett, but probably won't start that until Dec.
I LOVE the posters idea. I could see the debate- if they get too small people won't be able to see them while you are running, but only a couple of large ones might look clunky. Do you have pics of your Matterhorn one? It sounds really cool!
Haha, awesome. Us guys need to step up like this guy. Unfortunately I don't have any costume skills and find running tough as it is without having a costume on. More power to you.
More power to all of us for running, right? I love runDisney for this. I would have never become a distance runner without Disney for motivation! I think the Disney race I have seen the most people dressed up at was Avengers. Seemed like pretty much everyone had at least a super hero shirt of some kind on- guys included!
@Keels - If I had to guess I would think the 5k medal might be Ariel based on the fact that one of the in-training shirts has a seahorse in the background and another has a shell.
Yeah, that was my though too when I saw those in training shirts.
I also love the costumes - they're one of my favorite things about Disney races. People are so creative!
My first Disney race was the Royal Family 5K in 2013, and my friend and I just wore Sparkle skirts with black tanks and tiaras, very simple. The Wine & Dine Half 2013 was next and I just wore a Raw Threads shirt and sparkle skirt - I was the Red (wine) Queen. Next race was TOT2014 and I got a bit bolder by creating an actual costume for Megara from Hercules. Then Star Wars Half I was Endor Trooper Leia (another actual costume), and then for Princess Half, I repurposed my Megara costume for Rapunzel, which was my most intricate costume to date, complete with Pascal on my shoulder. That one was memorable because when I stopped to take a photo of the Heroes from the side of the road, Flynn Rider spotted me and shot me The Smolder. Magical runDisney moment!
I've got Dopey coming up and working on costumes, but not quite ready to share yet. Then hopefully Pixie Dust Challenge for Tink weekend (I will be very anxious next Tuesday around noon!). It's so much fun to create running costumes that structurally work, figuring out how to make them comfy and non-chafing, but also easily recognizable!
Megara is one of my must-do costumes! I have a whole board on pinterest about ideas for her costume. It seems like it would be a good warm weather race costume since it's pretty much a fancy tank top. Endor Leia- did you wear the helmet? Was it hot? Red Wine Queen- that's pretty darn awesome.
And Flynn gave you The Smolder?! I am so jealous!! Rapunzel is also much most elaborate costume to date. I love love it so much that I pretty much trot out the light up braid all the time. It's been in two half marathons and several run in the dark 5ks. I'd be lying if I said I've never worn it while folding laundry ...
