Race for the Taste and Twilight Zone 13k not returning 2010

jakeman · Aug 21, 2009

From my email today:

October 2009 is your last chance to run Disney's Race for the Taste 10K & 3K and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ 13K and 5K! These races will not be returning in 2010.

That means it's the last chance to earn medals for these events before they head into the Disney Race medal vault!

Run both the 10K and 13K, and you will also be awarded the Fall Race Challenge medal! Experience the taste and terror of Disney's Endurance Series this fall and take home limited edition finisher medals and lasting memories!

Specially priced hotel rooms and theme park tickets are available for race participants, but you must book by September 10 to receive the special race rates. Visit Travel Details at disneyraceforthetaste.com and towerofterror13K.com for more information.

This fall, look for an upcoming announcement on future Disney races!

CaptainMichael · Aug 21, 2009

What a bummer

I guess I'll never get a chance to run either of them.

jakeman · Aug 21, 2009

I wouldn't be surprised if another marathon pops up around the fall time.

Glad we are running in Race for the Taste for the first time (and last I guess) this year.

maggiegrace1 · Aug 21, 2009

jakeman said:
I wouldn't be surprised if another marathon pops up around the fall time.

Glad we are running in Race for the Taste for the first time (and last I guess) this year.

Are you really?..You and your lovely wife?

That is so cool..I would love to do that..if I would get my booty back into running again I would like to do a Disney marathon..well half at least..:lol:

I will expect to see pictures..

DisneyMusician2 · Aug 21, 2009

I hope they are replacing them with something else! It would be very disappointing to lose two great races.

Wouldn't mind seeing an Easter race....

Figment82 · Aug 21, 2009

I just registered for both of them.

I did both last year and had a blast, I'll be sorry to see them go after this year...

EPCOT Explorer · Aug 21, 2009

More cost cutting!

That's a shame seeing that some of the proceeds went to a good cause.

Main Street USA · Aug 21, 2009

EPCOT Explorer said:
More cost cutting! That's a shame seeing that some of the proceeds went to a good cause.

Not sure how this would be considered cost cutting. They make money off of both of these races every year.

Anyway, yeah, bummer. I ran the 13k in it's inaugural year and I'm also headed down to do it again this year...and I also did the 10k last year. Had a lot of fun at both.

a2grafix · Aug 21, 2009

Drat. I was considering entering and running in the Tower of Terror 13K race in 2010.

Kamikaze · Aug 21, 2009

DisneyMusician2 said:
I hope they are replacing them with something else! It would be very disappointing to lose two great races.

Wouldn't mind seeing an Easter race....

Too busy. They put the races around times when the crowds aren't extreme already.

EPCOT Explorer · Aug 21, 2009

Main Street USA said:
Not sure how this would be considered cost cutting. They make money off of both of these races every year.

Anyway, yeah, bummer. I ran the 13k in it's inaugural year and I'm also headed down to do it again this year...and I also did the 10k last year. Had a lot of fun at both.

So, what do you call it?:lookaroun:lol:

DisneyMusician2 · Aug 21, 2009

Kamikaze said:
Too busy. They put the races around times when the crowds aren't extreme already.

I know, but I never get to run the races now that I am on a teacher's schedule.

Just miss it.

CaptainMichael · Aug 22, 2009

EPCOT Explorer said:
So, what do you call it?:lookaroun:lol:

The OP made it sound like they may be replacing the races with something else. The ToT race was started in 07 to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the opening of ToT.

ultramm · Aug 22, 2009

I did ToT in 2007 & will be doing RFTT this year.

ToT barely filled before the race after a great first year. Disney wants new races that fill fast. Most runners do 1st year for that new medal and don't do them again(except marathon weekend).

I believe they are going to replace both with a Fall Half Marathon that will run from Richard Petty along the last 1/2 of the marathon course. That was to be the Princess Half course originally. It is already USATF certified so they need a new race to use the course! My guess it will be a "Pirates" themed race to match the 2011 release of Pirate's #4 movie!

heartodisney · Aug 22, 2009

Do they do any type of bike rides?

jakeman · Aug 23, 2009

EPCOT Explorer said:
More cost cutting! That's a shame seeing that some of the proceeds went to a good cause.

Perhaps you missed this part:

jakeman said:
This fall, look for an upcoming announcement on future Disney races!

I wouldn't read too much into it until after the announcement.

I'll echo what other's have said, a half or full marathon in the begining of November would be my bet. Crowds are light and weather is nice, only problem is the proximity to the January one.

EPCOT Explorer · Aug 23, 2009

jakeman said:
Perhaps you missed this part:

I wouldn't read too much into it until after the announcement.

I'll echo what other's have said, a half or full marathon in the begining of November would be my bet. Crowds are light and weather is nice, only problem is the proximity to the January one.

CaptainMichael said:
The OP made it sound like they may be replacing the races with something else. The ToT race was started in 07 to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the opening of ToT.

Ahhh...So what's the problem? It seems as though they are just replacing them.

Will the running be any different?:lookaroun:lol:

CaptainMichael · Aug 23, 2009

EPCOT Explorer said:
Ahhh...So what's the problem? It seems as though they are just replacing them.

Will the running be any different?:lookaroun:lol:

Like others have said, new races are more enticing. It's good that they're not letting the races get stagnant (although I'd like to have a chance to run the ToT 13K). We're always complaining about not having enough new offerings, and it looks like WWoS is delivering something new. Perhaps we'll get the EPCOT or Space Mountain 1/2 Marathon or something cool.

I would love to see more races in the spring, or just make the ESPN run more substantial. A Star Wars Weekend run could be fun also.

jakeman · Aug 23, 2009

EPCOT Explorer said:
Ahhh...So what's the problem? It seems as though they are just replacing them.

Will the running be any different?:lookaroun:lol:

No problem. I just thought it was news that they weren't coming back, that's all.

Aside from the marketing, these races probably cost about the same no matter when or what theme they are.

By rotating or replacing them (which is the assumption) regularly it gives runners more incentive to take multiple trips a year.

MKCP 1985 · Aug 23, 2009

I am really sad to see the Tower of Terror 13K discontinued. It is the most "themed" race you will ever do. The first year had some birthing pains but last year's race was perfect.

If I didn't have a scheduling conflict, I'd be back there this year without question.

If you have the opportunity to do the full 13K in October, jump on it and bring a disposable camera. You won't regret it!

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