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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:
OCRegister
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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First Look at the 2017 Star Wars (Light Side) Courses!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on December 22, 2016
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Greg over at WhyIRunDisney has provided the route updates for the races for the Star Wars – The Light Side Half Marathon Weekend in Disneyland.

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Sorry I’ve been MIA. I’ve been a little under the weather lately. I’m seriously hoping this cold goes away soon! In the mean time, many online have fount the new courses for the 2017 Star Wars Half Marathon and Star Wars 10K races happening at the Disneyland Resort in January. So, I thought I’d post them to give you all a look.

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If you’re looking forward to getting this cool medal at the Star Wars 10K, here’s what the new route looks like (and it is new)…

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In the previous two years, the Star Wars 10K headed off towards Ball Road. There was this pattern. The Star Wars and Tink races headed towards Ball Road. The Disneyland and Avengers courses headed towards Katella Avenue. I can’t help but wonder if starting off the races heading towards Katella Avenue, but turning into backstage DCA before getting there, is going to be…

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The Force was Strong on Star Wars Half Marathon Week!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on January 18, 2016
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Check out my friend Greg’s review of the Star Wars Half Marathon – The Light Side!

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The 2016 Star Wars Half Marathon Week has now come and gone. It was another magical runDisney race week that left me with three more medals and a ton of fun memories along the way. Before I get into all the details of the race weekend, let’s first look at how the workouts/running went in the week first.

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Since this was a race week, I decided to keep the pace for my mid-week runs slower than usual. On Tuesday, I went with run/walk intervals of run 30 seconds, walk 60 seconds for miles 1 and 3. Then, in mile 2, I switched to run 30 seconds, walk 90 seconds. It was cold outside for this run. All I really wanted with this run was to finish it in under 36 minutes. On top of being a little tired to start this run, I knew I was running with shoes that…

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Star Wars Weekend Medal Reveal

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on November 9, 2014
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While I am in Savannah running the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon, my running partner, Becky, is running the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon.  While at the expo, she noticed they they had the medals available for the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend.  So I thought I would share them with you.

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RunDisney’s Reveal Of Star Wars Half Marathon…. Poor!

Posted by DoombuggyRunner on May 29, 2014
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So yesterday RunDisney unveiled their latest half marathon weekend, which I have to say, have been hoping for since I started running.  Yesterday, they unveiled Star Wars weekend, for January 15-18, 2015 in Disneyland.  Well there are so many things wrong with this unveil that I will lightly cover as they affect me, but My N-Guilt Life does such a better job.  Now don’t get me wrong, this race weekend will sell out within a few hours of being released to the general public, but Disney is really beginning to monopolize and take advantage of their reliable runners and visitors.  Here is another similar story of issues Disney has created, with my new friend Why I RunDisney.

First Issue
RunDisney released the announcement on May 28th.  They open registration next week!  What?????  Unlike Disney and it padded pockets of money, runners typically cannot come up with $195 for a half marathon or $320 for the Rebel Challenge in 2 weeks!  Let’s get realistic here!

Second Issue
Why unveil this now, why not months ago?  You knew about it!  I just forked out $1000s of dollars for me and my family to fly out to California to run in the Disneyland Half in August!  This is disappointing, and now takes me out of the race that I would have much rather run, Star Wars!  Why not unveil it back at the Marathon Weekend in January, when runners had time to make choices.  Everyone knew it was coming, just when.  So you surprised no one.  You need to work on your marketing methodology!

Final Issue (that I will put to post, even though there are many more)
Most half marathons around the country are in the $100 range.  I know, I am trying to do a half in all 50 states!  There is no reason for $195/$320 for a race!  You are already getting runners & their families money in other avenues.  Most of us go to the parks, buy food & souvenirs, etc.  Why gouge us even further.  Yes, again, I know it will sell out, like they always do, but really?  I hope this doesn’t one day bite you, and us runners just up and boycott you!  In fact, after Disneyland, this may be my last Disney race for awhile.  After being a DVC Member, Annual Passholder, among other things, you have priced this guy out of your races.  Give me a reason to come back!

Removing myself from the “soapbox”!

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