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I was doing some cleaning and found a box of old marathon weekend race programs. They handed these out one year at the Expo with the photographer locations on the course. And I found a dozen of the cell phone credit card/ID holder sleeves.

I try to go as minimal as possible for any races. With WDW in January, keep an eye on the weather. I like to be warm/comfortable at teh start, but once the fireworks go off, I try to ditch as much as I can. For warmer weather, once the race starts, it's sunglasses, visor, watch, race belt and...

Just curious what your thought was running an in-person vs. virtual. Personally, I find it much more difficult running a virtual event, especially a full marathon. If you can run a half, you can probably run the Disney full in-person. The atmosphere is exciting and you can;t replicate that...

To everyone running this coming weekend at WDW: Good luck and congratulations! Safe travels, stay healthy and most importantly, soak in the atmosphere and have fun. Whether you are a first-timer running the 5K or a Perfectly Dopey runner, there are few other places that offer the experience that...

One year, we went to MK on Sunday night after doing Goofy and I got stuck on Space Mt. I literally couldn't get out of the ride vehicle. Always felt better walking around the parks and keep moving after running. Standing in line for rides, not so much. Luckily, most of the newer rides are...

If you complete the given distance within the required time, then you've earned the medal. It shouldn't matter if you ran, walked, both, neither, crawled, skipped rope, juggled, dribbled a basketball, etc.. Virtual runs are one discussion, but as far as in-person races go, I feel like...

I've never done the Galloway training plan, but in 2018, for Goofy, I used the timer and ran with a Galloway pace group for the marathon. I made it until WWoS before I dropped off. Definitely was an effective strategy because I had only really trained for the half. I've never seen or heard of...

I think the question is: If someone does a training run of 13.1 miles, how does that differ from someone who runs a virtual half marathon? Is it because you'd paid for the medal? If it doesn't matter where or when you run, then I'm trying to understand why all the virtual runners are getting...

I tend to agree, but people can have their own opinions, too. For me, personally, I'm just not buying a Disney medal and a shirt for running around my neighborhood when I could do it anytime for free. I prefer to run at WDW during the actual race. I like the Expo, the pre-race, race...

Personally, I do not do runDisney events for the medal or shirt. For me it's about the experience - the expo, meeting other runners, a specific course, date, time and the privilege of an experience that I otherwise can't get anywhere else. Whether it's 5k, 10k, 13.1, 26.2, 39.3, 48.6, it's a...

I think Higdon will prepare you better, but Galloway might be the better race strategy, if that makes sense. I was really surprised at the overall time results and the way I felt using regimented run/walk for a race.

Old Key West, Kidani Village or Port Orleans French Quarter all worked well. OKW was a little bit of a walk outside to the main building. At Kidani, the walk could be quite long (we were in the very last villa one year), but it's indoors. Generally, only a handful of people waiting for the...

We did both for DHS (only 2 adults). First did the ILL for ROTR, then made G+ for MFSR and TOT. We got there at rope drop (early entry for resort guests) and went straight to MMRR and did stand-by (about 2 minute wait). Were able to do G+ later in the day for TSMM, because all the SDD were...

During a recent trip, I found Genie+ and ILL to be a little confusing and the app definitely had some glitches, like not remembering the park you were at or had reservations for that day. But overall, I found it to be significantly better than FP+ was on my last visit (2018). I found it much...

I had a very positive experience with Genie+ in May. The only issue I found frustrating was going on the app and not being able to select specific time for later in the day. Only ILL attractions allowed you to choose a time, but I found it was well worth it to pay the additional $15. We...

Genie + selections will work anywhere after 7:00 AM, provided you have a resort reservation, checking in the same day, a park reservation for that day and have wifi or cellular data access. We made LL selections from the Philadelphia airport.

I had a similar situation. Our flight was not arriving until 1:00 PM and when I went onto the MDE app at 7:00 AM, all of the LL selections were for before we would arrive. So, I just waited and checked back while waiting at the airport for something later in the day to become available. ILL...

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. WDW Swan and Dolphin can be misleading, as they are not technically WDW Resort Hotels and do not include the benefits of staying "on proprty." So, that would be the explanation for why the room key and the 7:00 am selections would not work. I just back...