runDisney returns to Disneyland in 2024

the.dreamfinder

the.dreamfinder

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Had a great Half. Shaved over three minutes from my half PB.

Will say there were few character M&Gs, which I could see disappointing folks. I did not experience any logistical problems pre race.

My only personal complaint would be that they should have had more merch and made more of it available in advance for pickup. They had soo many spirit jerseys yet there ran out of jackets in the most common sizes. We had a pretty full itinerary in LA before heading down to Anaheim and spending time and money to get merch early was a lower priority.
 
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MoonRakerSCM

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Yessir, it was a cluster at mile 3. Took me 5 minutes to get through there.

A tight pathway, a sharp turn, an unfortunate mile marker, and a downright irresponsibly placed water station. This coupled with Disney's shoving through all the runners through the start in record time causing congestion across the entire course, it was a culmination of everything wrong with their cheap attempt at doing a rundisney event for pennies on the dollar this year.
 
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MoonRakerSCM

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Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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We just got home from a fantastic, although exhausting, weekend. We only did the 5k and 10k but those instantly became 2 of my favorite RD courses, especially the 10k. Loved that the first mile was outside the park (to spread everyone out a bit) and then the rest was nearly all park.

We didn’t have any issues with the corrals, logistics, etc. It took about 20 minutes to get through security at the 10k but we still had plenty of time to find our corral before the races started.

Our only real complaints from the weekend were the virtual queue for the expo (refreshed maybe 1 second after 7am and we were in group 135) and the merchandise was pretty ugly (imho), that saved me a bunch of money so I guess I’m ok with that.

This weekend reminded me why I prefered the DL races to the WDW races, more sleep, less time getting to and from the races, and more time running in the parks rather than roads and parking lots.
 
RunningKoen

RunningKoen

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I had a blast during the half. Untrained but ran steadily and with a negative split. Finished just over 2:30 and I’m happy with that.

The parts through the parks looked stunning.

I was in the earlier part of corral C and with a 11 min/mile pace avoided the drama at mile 3. (Didn’t stop for photo’s).

Course was nice!
Lack of characters though.

I got a big race done in every park where runDisney host a race :)
 

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Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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RunningKoen said:
I was in the earlier part of corral C and with a 11 min/mile pace avoided the drama at mile 3. (Didn’t stop for photo’s).
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We often talk about how RunDisney feels like completely different races depending on where you start, I’ve started in A a couple times and marvel at the wide open paths and every character stop being a minute or less, this week we were in B and the 5k started ok open but after a few fairly long character lines we were in large crowds the majority of it, B for the 10k was amazing, a little congested but always enough space to run your own pace fairly easily, with character stops we often end up in the back by the end but we’ve started with friends near the back a few times and that was a different beast, shoulder to shoulder and hard to do anything but follow the pack, not a fun experience for me at all.

For competitive people like myself the front corrals are the only place to be, getting stuck behind walls of people drives me absolutely crazy, but for social runners like my GF the back is a better experience in many ways, in the front everyone’s focusing on PRs and their own race, in the back there is more talking and encouragement going on and people are becoming friends.
 
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DCBaker

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Here's an update from runDisney on Disneyland races:

Due to upcoming construction impacts, runDisney races at the Disneyland® Resort will be placed on hiatus in 2026 after the conclusion of the 2026 Disneyland® Half Marathon Weekend presented by HONDA. We will continue to offer races at Walt Disney World® Resort, as well as virtual offerings.
 
LAKid53

LAKid53

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DCBaker said:
Here's an update from runDisney on Disneyland races:

Due to upcoming construction impacts, runDisney races at the Disneyland® Resort will be placed on hiatus in 2026 after the conclusion of the 2026 Disneyland® Half Marathon Weekend presented by HONDA. We will continue to offer races at Walt Disney World® Resort, as well as virtual offerings.
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What is the construction going on?
 
Rteetz

Rteetz

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LAKid53 said:
What is the construction going on?
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Well we have Coco, Pandora and Avengers as announced projects for the resort. Then there is the whole Disneyland forward project. This is to significantly expand the resort footprint. In that, the current staging lot would become a new parking structure I believe. Other surface lots would be used for hotels, dining and park expansions. Not sure where they could stage a race going forward.
 
LAKid53

LAKid53

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Rteetz said:
Well we have Coco, Pandora and Avengers as announced projects for the resort. Then there is the whole Disneyland forward project. This is to significantly expand the resort footprint. In that, the current staging lot would become a new parking structure I believe. Other surface lots would be used for hotels, dining and park expansions. Not sure where they could stage a race going forward.
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Certainly sounds like that would be difficult to do.
 
DznyGrlSD

DznyGrlSD

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In the Parks
Yes
this was the FASTEST I've ever been able to register for rD. I had 3 devices going. On my phone I joined about 5 minutes prior to 10am (which typically NEVER works) and i was registered on that device by 1030a. My next browser that I joined RIGHT AT 10am still has 12 minutes left and my 3rd browser/pc was at over an hour before i quit that one.

See you in January for the 5k, 10k & half. I did NOT sign up for yoga again.
 
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MoonRakerSCM

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Signed up for the 5 and 10k because friends are doing them (also with a wee one doing the kids run). Buddies aren't doing the half so forget it.

I have a feeling that the signup was easier not due to Disney improving things, but there is simply a lack of interest in the races these days (compared to previous years) due to how horrible RunDisney Anaheim is.

I recall people saying the past race or two here weren't selling out within minutes like they used to and you could still sign up months later.
 

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