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RunDisney Cancels All Races At Disneyland

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on October 19, 2017
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Yesterday it was announced through multiple sources that RunDisney will be cancelling all running events at Disneyland starting in 2018.  The claims in the articles is that the cancellations are due to the ongoing construction that is taking place, such as Star Wars Land (Star Wars: At Galaxy’s Edge).

Here are some links discussing the topic:
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Theme Park Insider
WDW Info

I am hoping that this is for the construction, and not using it as an excuse to delay the inevitable.  I was looking forward to one day getting my Kessler’s Challenge medal for doing all the Star Wars races in Florida and California.  I guess only time will tell as to the future of these events.

Hopefully, during this delay RunDisney will revisit many of their endeavors and work on quality, better events, etc. as they have been lacking in the past few years.

Hopefully this will not be my only Disneyland RunDisney medal!

For all my California running friends, come run with us in Florida!  You are welcomed!

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2017 RunDisney Star Wars Half Marathon – Dark Side Weekend Medals Revealed

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 8, 2016
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Yesterday on the Star Wars site, they revealed the 2017 RunDisney Star Wars Half Marathon – Dark Side medals.  This event takes place at Walt Disney World in Florida in April 2017.  I am so excited I signed up for the Dark Side Challenge, which means I will run the 10k & Half Marathon in back to back days, thus earning me three medals.  I will end up with a StormTrooper for the 10K, a Kylo Ren for the Half Marathon, and a Death Star for the Dark Side Challenge!

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2017 Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend – Dark Side Collection

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Kids Races Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Kids Races Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side 5K Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side 5K Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side 10K Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side 10K Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon Medal

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Challenge Medal for completing the 10k & Half Marathon

2017 Star Wars Dark Side Challenge Medal for completing the 10k & Half Marathon

Kessel Run (awarded to those who run the Light Side and Dark Side Half Marathons in CA & FL)

Kessel Run (awarded to those who run the Light Side and Dark Side Half Marathons in CA & FL)

FIT2RUN’S MAGICAL WALT DISNEY WORLD MARATHON SWEEPSTAKES!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on August 5, 2016
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Enter2Win a Magical Race-cation in FIT2RUN’S MAGICAL MARATHON SWEEPSTAKES!

 

Fit2Run, The Runner’s Superstore wants to give you a Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend vacation you’ll never forget at the Walt Disney World® Resort and create memories that will last a lifetime for one lucky winner and their guest at the most Magical place on Earth! Visit http://www.fit2run.com for official contest details and to enter Aug. 1 – Sept. 5, 2016 and follow us at #F2RMarathonSweepstakes and tag @fit2run_florida.

 

 

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Walt Disney Records Creates Playlists for runDisney Events!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on August 1, 2016
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Are you looking to spice up your running playlist? Have you always wanted to create a playlist that corresponds to the runDisney race you’ve signed up for? Good news for you! Walt Disney Records has created playlists for the next 3 runDisney Half Marathon Weekends!

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First up is a playlist for the 2016 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. There are 30 songs on this list! Here are the first 10…

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2016 Inaugural Star Wars – The Dark Side Half Marathon Race Recap

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on April 26, 2016
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On April 17, 2016 I ran the Inaugural RunDisney Star Wars – The Dark Side Half Marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida.  After not doing a RunDisney event for two years because they have just got so expensive, being a Star Wars Junkie, this race had me from the announcement.

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To see my post on the recap of the race expo, go here.

The race weekend consisted of Kid’s Races, 5k, 10k, and the half marathon.  There were also two challenge events.  There was the Dark Side Challenge which was accomplished if you completed the 10k and half marathon events.  There was also the Kessler Challenge.  This was the biggie.  It was for those runners that completed both the challenges for the Star Wars – The Light Side at Disneyland and the Star Wars – The Dark Side at Walt Disney World.  I only ran the half marathon so that will be the remainder of this recap.

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2016 Inaugural Star Wars – The Dark Side Half Marathon Race Expo

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on April 25, 2016
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Star Wars Half Here
On April 17, 2016 I ran the Inaugural RunDisney Star Wars – The Dark Side Half Marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida.  After not doing a RunDisney event for two years because they have just got so expensive, being a Star Wars Junkie, this race had me from the announcement.

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The race weekend started on Thursday and included Kids Races, 5k, 10k, and the half marathon.  Since I only participated in the half marathon, we drove down on Friday and stayed until Monday.  When we arrived on Friday, we went to the race expo at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.

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ESPN Wide World of Sports

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Me with the Race Medal Backdrop

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Star War van rocking out Star Wars themed music

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Top Tips for Registering For A RunDisney Race

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on April 20, 2016
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This was an article I received from my daily “DIS” written by Elaine Edwards on April 18, 2016.  I get asked these questions a lot and thought I would pass this along.  This is an article discussing the science behind registering for Disney races.  When RunDisney opens registration for their races, they usually sell out on that day.  So you have to have decided if you are going to do the event prior to the registration date, or you will not get in or participate.  So, click on the event calendar below to link to the article with all the details.

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RunDisney 2016 Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon Medals Revealed

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 5, 2015
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Yesterday, RunDisney presented the much anticipated medals for the Inaugural 2016 Star Wars Dark Side Race Weekend medals for the April races at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Can you feel the power of the force? That’s because these are the medals you‘ve been looking for. The 2016 Star Wars™ Half Marathon – The Dark Side finisher medals have just been released.

All of them are pretty exciting; however, the half marathon medal is a little disappointing.  Granted we cannot see the other side of the spinner, but it is a little bland for such a much anticipated event.  It will make it all better if Darth Vader is on the other side.

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No matter the case of the medal, I am so excited to run the Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon in April 2016.

There is still time to ensure you take one home for yourself. Limited space is available for the half marathon race on April 17th. Secure your spot in this inaugural 13.1 mile thrilling race through the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida. Click the link above to join us.

 

 

 

 

Walt Disney World Star Wars Weekend (2015-05-29)

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on June 4, 2015
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Star Wars Weekend 2015

This past weekend we traveled down to Walt Disney World for Star Wars Weekend.  We go to Disney World often, but had never attended Star Wars Weekend before.

Star Wars Weekend lasts for five weekends from the middle of May to the middle of June.  This was the third weekend that we attended.  Star Wars Weekend is always in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  The park opened at 8:00 am, so we got there about 7:15 am and were back about the ticket windows, so it was not that bad to get in.

Because we got in early, we were able to do the rope drop.  This was quite entertaining by two Storm Troopers.

Afterward, we made a mad dash to the Star Wars merchandising, which was special stuff for SWW that you could only get there.

 

Following the shopping, we had time to kill before the Star Wars Motorcade Parade, so we went and got our Star Wars cupcakes.

The parade was at 11 am; however, people began lining the streets around 9am.  So about 9:45 we found us a seat and just rested and waited for the parade.  All of the parade pictures are in the album that is linked lower in the post.

Here is a link to the album of all the pictures from the weekend.

After the parade was over, we left the park and went park hopping.  We returned about 8pm for the special Star Wars Fireworks Show that happened at 9:30pm.  Here is a video from the 2014 show, but it was still quite similar.

All in all it was worth the wait.  We enjoyed Star Wars Weekend, but probably will not do it again.  It was just already too hot down in Florida.  We made a run of no Disney from Memorial Day to Labor Day any longer.  But I can now saw we have done Star Wars Weekend and check that one off the bucket list.

There are 2 more weekends if you want to go check it out.