Everything in ‘runDisney’
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Wine & Dine “Meet Up and Eat Up”
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Sept. 30. 2011) — Walt Disney World uncorked a social media “Meet Up and Eat Up” just in time for the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend Friday at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. Participants were selected via Disney social media channels including the […]
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New Disney Entertainment at Largest Nighttime Half Marathon
Epcot attractions to be open for first time along with expanded food and wine offerings and extra Disney characters at post-race Finish Line Party; Sold-out field of 12,000-plus expected LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2011) – A capacity field of runners will experience new food and wine options as well as have exclusive access […]
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Celebrities Drew Carey and Megyn Price Headline Soldout Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend
More than 20,500 runners taking part in Labor Day weekend races as part of runDisney series; Half Marathon finishers to recieve new medal; Kids race participants recieve Los Angeles Angels Game Tickets. ANAHEIM, Calif. (Aug. 24, 2011) — Hollywood actors Drew Carey and Megyn Price are expected to be among the throng of runners and fans […]
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Disney Marathon Relay Medal Released
Runners who want to participate in the 26.2 mile Disney Marathon can now join a buddy and sign up for the Disney Marathon Relay. Both runners receive official half-marathon times as well as a combined team time, plus the inaugural Marathon Relay Chip and Dale medal – the first new character medal for Disney Marathon Weekend […]
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Donald Duck Commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the WDW Half Marathon
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Aug. 8, 2011) — The 2012 Walt Disney World Half Marathon will offer a new feature – a special edition 15th anniversary commemorative medal. All participants who complete the course will receive the Donald Duck-themed medal. Disney Marathon Weekend is anchored by the Walt Disney World Marathon, in which more than […]
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Jennifer Hanley-Pinto Crowned Winner of Disney’s Princess Half Marathon
Victory is Jacksonville runner’s first at Disney; half-marathon caps weekend of events that draws event-record 22,000 participants to Walt Disney World LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2011) — Holding off challengers virtually the entire race Sunday, Jennifer Hanley-Pinto of Jacksonville, Fla. survived long enough to cross the finish line first to win Disney’s Princess Half […]
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Disney’s Princess Half Marathon Reaches All-Time High with Registered Runners
More than 22,000 runners make this race weekend one of the country’s largest women’s specific endurance events LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 21, 2011) — A record number of runners will slip off their glass slippers and step into running shoes for Disney’s Princess Half Marathon Weekend presented by Lady Foot Locker at Walt Disney Resort, […]
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Costa Establishes New Era With Surprising Walt Disney World Marathon Victory
Brazilian snaps fellow countryman’s 6-race win streak for first Disney marathon win; perennial champion Bastos finishes 15th; Thorvilson captures women’s title; field of more than 17,000 competes in the 26.2-mile event through Walt Disney World theme parks LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Jan. 9, 2011) — In perhaps the biggest upset in Walt Disney World Marathon history, […]
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Florida Runners Toast Dominance At Inaugural Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon
Washington, D.C. Competitor Is Top Woman Finisher Among Sold Out Field of More Than 11,000 Runners LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Oct. 2, 2010) — Anton Van Zyl from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Matthew Dobson from Jay, Fla., were the first two finishers Saturday night in the inaugural Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon at Walt Disney […]
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Marathon Training Guru Jeff Galloway Named Official Training Consultant For Newly Branded runDisney Race Series
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2010) — Jeff Galloway, one of America’s foremost marathon trainers, has been named the official training consultant to Disney’s series of endurance events, which has been rebranded runDisney. Galloway, a 1972 Olympian and founder of the popular Galloway Marathon Training Program, will offer his running and training expertise to beginners […]