Disneyland Half Marathon 2024

[DopeyBadger]

WAFDL: Now that's it's spring, and this weather should be getting warmer (sorry anyone living west of The Mississippi), do you have any organized races to start the season? I'll count Springtime Surprise next weekend.

Mine's more like the end of the season coming up. I perform better when the Temp and Dew is less than 100 (around 55F or less temps). That turn usually happens around May 1st here in WI. My racing schedule has been:

Princess 5k - 2:05 with G
Princess 10k - 42:53
Princess HM - 1:40:21
Shamrock Shuffle 10k - 42:42
First Call HM - 1:33:55

And remaining I have Parkinson's HM on 4/15 and Non-Cancelled HM on 4/29. After the spring racing season is over, G and I have some 5ks together on 5/27, 6/4 and 6/17.

 

[eminemilie]

WAFLE- Technically I have nothing scheduled for between now and DL 5k/10k. However, I just found a bunch of local races that I am looking into signing up for between now and then.

As an aside, just wanted to mention to people it might be worth looking into flying into San Diego instead of John Wayne/Orange County (SNA) or LAX, especially if you are renting a car. We had our flights booked to SNA and had been thinking about adding a short trip to San Diego. When we looked up tickets they were half the price through airline points on Delta. The drive is under 2 hours, which frankly is less time than it took us to go from LAX to the rental car place to our hotel in Anaheim near Honda Center on our last trip.

 

[FFigawi]

WAFDL: the season is pretty much over. Nothing on my event calendar except for the MS150 bike ride in Texas later this month and a weeklong cycling ride across part of Europe in June. Time to start planning for next season, I guess.

 

[Grabnar]

WAFDL: Now that's it's spring, and this weather should be getting warmer (sorry anyone living west of The Mississippi), do you have any organized races to start the season? I'll count Springtime Surprise next weekend.

WAFDL: Nothing until July when I have the "Hottest, flattest half marathon in Texas"

 

[nekonekoneko]

WAFDL: Nothing until July when I have the "Hottest, flattest half marathon in Texas"

I never thought I'd hear the words "marathon," "July," and "Texas" in the same sentence.

 

[Grabnar]

I never thought I'd hear the words "marathon," "July," and "Texas" in the same sentence.

It's in the middle of a bunch of cornfields too so it's insanely humid too

I lost like 5 lbs of water over the course of the race in '21 lol

https://www.athleteguild.com/route/new-braunfels-tx/stars-and-stripes-half
In case anyone wants to join

 

[LilyJC]

WAFDL: Here in So Cal, our race season is pretty much year round! We choose to take a break typically June/July-September, but we could find some toasty summer events if we desired. We have:
April: Springtime Surprise Challenge
May: OC 1/2 marathon, La Jolla 1/2 marathon
September: Surf City 10 miler
October: Long Beach 1/2 (don’t love this one, but have to do it to get our Beach Cities challenge medal!)
November: Big Bear 1/2 marathon

I fought my FOMO and decided not to do Wine & Dine. Still a tiny bit bummed, but it was nice to get those DVC points back I guess

 

[Neon Cactus]

It's in the middle of a bunch of cornfields too so it's insanely humid too

I lost like 5 lbs of water over the course of the race in '21 lol

https://www.athleteguild.com/route/new-braunfels-tx/stars-and-stripes-half
In case anyone wants to join

I’ve been looking at that! I was looking at the 10k though.

 

[Neon Cactus]

WAFDL: I’m doing the Half Marathon challenge at Flying Pig in May, Wine and Dine and possibly Irving or Dallas in December.

 

[Grabnar]

I’ve been looking at that! I was looking at the 10k though.

It’s the only in person race I’ve done because I started running during 2020, but it was an ok experience. It was pretty well-organized, the medal and shirt were nice, and you got food from the drive-in and a beer from a local brewery. Overall 3.5/5 just because the course was a bit boring without crowd support and I forgot headphones

 

[RunningPrince]

Asterisk RunningPrince and GF please on first page - we're both in for the WDW Half so C2C here we go!

 

[Disneyhanna]

Officially in for Dopey to Dumbo! Congrats to everyone else attempting the C2C madness, especially to those of us local to neither park

 

[Grabnar]

Officially in for Dopey to Dumbo! Congrats to everyone else attempting the C2C madness, especially to those of us local to neither park

Congrats!

We need to come up with a name for us, maybe that can be the next WAFDL question!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Congrats!

We need to come up with a name for us, maybe that can be the next WAFDL question!

In the days where Star Wars race weekend fell on this weekend, there were the Dopey Rebels.

I kind of like Dopey Dumbo, but it doesn't account for the 5K.

Either way, it will be a memorable 71 miles.

 

[nekonekoneko]

Heck, why not? It's a timely question, and because I was stuck in today's registration hoopla, I haven't had time to really think of anything.

WAFDL (one day early): What should we call the Dopey-DL5k-Dumbo people? I think we had some names we made earlier, but I can't dig them out.

 

[nekonekoneko]

C2C Run 71?

 

[Disneyhanna]

Congrats!

We need to come up with a name for us, maybe that can be the next WAFDL question!

Dumpey 2024

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Dopey Dumbo 71?

That way, anyone who is more sane and is doing Dopey to Dumbo without the 5K can still join in the fun and enjoy their extra sleep.

 

[camaker]

How about just Club 71?

 

[nekonekoneko]

Dopey Dumbo 71?

That way, anyone who is more sane and is doing Dopey to Dumbo without the 5K can still join in the fun and enjoy their extra sleep.

Or you could be crazy like my wife... The Dopey-Yoga-DL5k-Dumbo mega-sized combo, with a side of fries.