Tag: running
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Inspiration Every Mile of 2012 Walt Disney World Marathon Races
During this first full weekend of 2012, distance runners from around the world flocked to Walt Disney World for what has become one of the largest weekend of races in the country. Over 56,000 people registered for one of the Disney races including: 8,000 in Friday’s Family Fiesta 5K, 26,500 in Saturday’s half marathon, and…
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Give Kids The World Gingerbread Run Coming November 5, 2011
If you’re in the Orlando area at the beginning of November, you have a rare chance to tour Give Kids The World Village without being a volunteer or guest. On November 5, GKTW will stage their first 5K Gingerbread Run to raise money to provide children with life-threatening illnesses a weeklong, cost-free vacation to Central Florida. …
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New Disneyland Half Marathon Incites Vehement Response
Tuesday, April 19, runDisney announced the newest race in their endurance series. The Tinker Bell Half Marathon will debut in Disneyland on Sunday, January 29, 2012. As September’s Disneyland Half Marathon filled in record time, the new California race will be another option for those looking to run through Walt Disney’s original theme park. Similar to…
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ESPN’s Trey Wingo Runs Through Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Part of the activities of ESPN: The Weekend included the Champion 5k race held Saturday, March 5th through the streets of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. runDisney billed this race as a blending of Sports and Hollywood, and there were certainly plenty of athletes as well as ESPN personalities on hand. In fact, ESPN broadcaster Trey Wingo shot video along…
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Record Field “Survives” Disney’s Princess Half Marathon
Quick on the heels of January’s Walt Disney World Marathon weekend comes Disney’s Princess Half Marathon. Early Sunday morning, February 27th, a record field of over 17,000 princesses laced up their running shoes (or glass slippers) to run or walk from Epcot to the Magic Kingdom and back. The field also included two past winners of the reality television show…
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runDisney and Run (or Walk) to the Finish With an Olympian
Interview with runDisney Training Consultant Jeff Galloway Last year the Disney Endurance Series rebranded itself as runDisney, and with the change brought in Olympian Jeff Galloway as the official training consultant for their series of events. Galloway competed in the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, and has served as coach to over 200,000 runners and…
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Video: Run Along in the 2011 Walt Disney World Half Marathon
Saturday, January 8 the Walt Disney World Half Marathon took place. An early morning tour of 2 of the 4 Disney theme parks, the half marathon course started right outside Epcot, went up to and through the Magic Kingdom, and ended back at Epcot. 27,000 runners (a new record) signed up for the race, and you…