Disneyland Half Marathon 2024

[fatmanatee]

Well-spotted! I had seen a reference to kids’ races on the rD page for the weekend, but nothing concrete like this. That’s exciting for everyone with kids!

It’s from the DL website announcement, I hadn’t seen anything from the site RD linked to when I first saw it on Twitter (to be fair, I wasn’t looking for the kids races).

https://disneyland.disney.go.com/ne...he latest,registrations are subject to change.

 

[Kender]

I don't recall any rain for the whole weekend in 2017. I did the 10K and Half and it was perfection!

Please note my comment you quoted says 2016. It didn't rain in 2017 during the 10k.

 

[nekonekoneko]

Did we completely miss this? All of the details, including one very notable addition that has been missing from WDW races.

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Very good eye! Thank you! I updated the first post with the dates, including the kids races.

 

[The Expert]

Please note my comment you quoted says 2016. It didn't rain in 2017 during the 10k.

Yep, got that! I just thought it might help the OP who mentioned rain to put a year to their experience.

 

[1lilspark]

I wonder if kids races will resume with W&D

 

[Kender]

Yep, got that! I just thought it might help the OP who mentioned rain to put a year to their experience.

Just making sure you caught that . Sorry to pester about it!

I did Tink only the years it was moved to May from January so only 3 years of it (2015-2017) and I can only speak to those 3 years.

Now January? I would have to look that up . But early May is a great month for running in SoCal. It can be warm, but it's not usually quite as bad as it could be. Love when it's a foggy morning race day!

 

[ValW]

Just wanted to clarify for questions regarding Club runDisney and Disneyland Half registration:

 

[DLgal]

Most likely. As I said, nothing I would buy into. It would just be a fair gesture to others.

They offered so little information beyond "would be returning in 2024" at D23 Expo that even if someone registered for CrD back in October when it reopened for the new season (only a handful of weeks after announcement about West Coast races returning), there was a chance it wouldn't be valid for those races at all.

I'll be very curious what they end up doing going forward. But I agree they're likely to just let current CrD go forward as is without messing yet with any other potential new tier until later.




Tink 10k 2016? It sprinkled for like an hour if even that. Went back in my photo memories and I still have the screenshot of my weather app too showing only a couple hours of 40% rain from 6-8am.

Honestly even that little sprinkle was great, though. Kept it from being too warm.

Okay. I have the photos where the ground was wet for the entire course. I almost fell twice on slippery ground. Given a preference, I'd prefer it to be dry.

 

[fatmanatee]

I’d guess they had some idea that DL races might be back and they’d have to decide on whether to include them when they announced this season’s CrD benefits last year.

 

[Naomeri]

Just wanted to clarify for questions regarding Club runDisney and Disneyland Half registration:

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Thanks for finding and posting this

 

[luv2cheer92]

It rained the whole morning of the 10k...

There was more than one year where Tink was in May. Entirely possible for it to have been perfect one of those years.

 

[Kender]

Okay. I have the photos where the ground was wet for the entire course. I almost fell twice on slippery ground. Given a preference, I'd prefer it to be dry.

Interesting. The ground is mostly dry in my photos from that race. I can see a little water near the retaining wall in front of the plant Mickey, but only right next to the wall. Totally dry in front where I was standing and in all other pictures. I'm not saying it didn't rain, just that it only sprinkled from my personal experience and my photo records.

Maybe parallel universes? Definitely trippy.

Totally get not wanting to run in the rain. I don't mind it since I have the gear for it, but it can be unpleasant to put it lightly. I did a Hot Chocolate race in SF that poured so hard with big winds that they changed our course (we were supposed to run by the bay, but was changed due to safety reasons).

Anywho, for what it's worth, that was the one and only time in 3 years I saw any rain during a Tink race held in May.

 

[DLgal]

Interesting. The ground is mostly dry in my photos from that race. I can see a little water near the retaining wall in front of the plant Mickey, but only right next to the wall. Totally dry in front where I was standing and in all other pictures. I'm not saying it didn't rain, just that it only sprinkled from my personal experience and my photo records.

Maybe parallel universes? Definitely trippy.

Totally get not wanting to run in the rain. I don't mind it since I have the gear for it, but it can be unpleasant to put it lightly. I did a Hot Chocolate race in SF that poured so hard with big winds that they changed our course (we were supposed to run by the bay, but was changed due to safety reasons).

Anywho, for what it's worth, that was the one and only time in 3 years I saw any rain during a Tink race held in May.

From May 5, 2016

Tink 10k

 

[Kender]

From May 5, 2016

Tink 10k

Same exact race, same day . Most of the course was dry when I went through.

My hair and clothing are completely dry in all photos too (even with the light sprinkle). Only one I have with a little sprinkle was taken at 5:05am before the sun was even up.

Like I said: parallel universes lol! I definitely did not run a fully soaked course in the rain that day. Maybe I was done earlier than you and I missed it? Because I would definitely remember getting soaked if it rained that much on me. I have some very wet photos of myself from WDW Marathon Weekend 2016 during the 10k

EDIT: also race was May 7, 2016. Not May 5. May 5 was the first day of the run expo, though.

 

[SheHulk]

Once the dates were announced, I figured I'm definitely out because this weekend is just not good for my work schedule. But I texted a friend who recently moved to LA, and asked if she wanted to run a half in Disneyland in January. She said she was in, so now I may have to try to make this work. Getting us both in is going to be a challenge though: I said, OK, registration is Feb 14, and it's going to be like trying to get Springsteen tickets: You have to jump on it at the second it opens. Her response: "Really? For a race?" She is not into Disney and I don't expect she will have the motivation to be sitting there refreshing her browser like you will probably have to do for this one. I have absolutely no confidence we will both get in though, even if we both did try our hardest, so I'm still not sure whether to pursue it. All of that to say, I'm a "maybe" for the half. I guess we are all "maybe"s because who knows who will get in (unless you are Club rD).

 

[DLgal]

Once the dates were announced, I figured I'm definitely out because this weekend is just not good for my work schedule. But I texted a friend who recently moved to LA, and asked if she wanted to run a half in Disneyland in January. She said she was in, so now I may have to try to make this work. Getting us both in is going to be a challenge though: I said, OK, registration is Feb 14, and it's going to be like trying to get Springsteen tickets: You have to jump on it at the second it opens. Her response: "Really? For a race?" She is not into Disney and I don't expect she will have the motivation to be sitting there refreshing her browser like you will probably have to do for this one. I have absolutely no confidence we will both get in though, even if we both did try our hardest, so I'm still not sure whether to pursue it. All of that to say, I'm a "maybe" for the half. I guess we are all "maybe"s because who knows who will get in (unless you are Club rD).

Can't you register 2 people at the same time, or one right after the other? That is how I always did it for my husband and I in the past.

 

[SheHulk]

Can't you register 2 people at the same time, or one right after the other? That is how I always did it for my husband and I in the past.

oh maybe! I don’t know, I’ve never done it. I guess still you have the issue of maybe the first person getting in but not the second?

 

[jpeterson]

oh maybe! I don’t know, I’ve never done it. I guess still you have the issue of maybe the first person getting in but not the second?

If you register together and pay at the same time you either both get in or neither gets in.

 

[SheHulk]

If you register together and pay at the same time you either both get in or neither gets in.

Oh thats great!

 

[ShoeCello]

When are proofs of time normally due for rD races? At race registration? Or after?