Originally Posted By BellesLibrarian My friend and I have decided to run in Disneyland's Half Marathon next year. Can anyone tell me when and how to register for it? We'd hate for all our training to go to waste because we don't register in time! Thanks, all!
Originally Posted By utahjosh From the official site: Disneyland® Half Marathon Weekend Friday, September 2, 2011 – Sunday, September 4, 2011 Save the Date! Registration for the 2011 Disneyland Half Marathon will open January 3, 2011. <a href="http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/events/rundisney/disneyland-half-marathon/" target="_blank">http://espnwwos.disney.go.com/...arathon/</a>
Originally Posted By BellesLibrarian Thanks! I'll bookmark the site. (Sorry about the delay in replying, we've had some internet issues.)
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Last year it filled by Memorial Day weekend. So while you do have some time to register, you can't wait forever.
Originally Posted By BellesLibrarian I'm planning on registering when it opens on January 3rd. Glad to see it doesn't fill up immediately, though. Looking for temps above freezing to help with training. Hard to get motivation to go out and run when it is only 19 degrees outside.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall ^belle i don't know how you people in other parts of the country train for races, being from socal. I ran 12 miles in the rain in 58F weather, and that's about as extreme as I will do....hahaha. high 40s is about the coldest weather I will run in (phoenix and nyc marathons). Good luck with your training
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Last year, I found a coupon code for $20 off the registration fee. I'm in search of one again this year and will post if I find one. Might be worth waiting a little while to register and see if there is a code out there, as it is the most expensive Half I do. I'm with sunNrailfall. I have a tough time getting up in those 40 deg mornings here in Phoenix to train. Although my training for the Disneyland Half is during a Phoenix summer, so I guess I run in the other extreme.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall @kidz: $20 off would be awesome! I hope they don't raise the cost again. I am legacy runner, so now I HAVE to do them all...hehehe, it's a fun race though!
Originally Posted By VickiHD Has anyone had any luck finding a coupon for registration??? I've looked and can't find a thing.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s The only 'discount' is if you register before February 1st (and yes, they raised the price again). I've searched several forums and so far everyone is asking and no one is finding...
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Sorry, the discount is $10 off before Feb. 6th (not Feb 1st) when the price goes up to $135.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'm thinking about planning a trip out there and doing the 5K. I really, really hope you get to run through Disneyland for at least a little part of the 5K...
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall Yeah. I went ahead and signed up. At least they didn't raise it as much as the previous year(it had gone up $20, this year just $5). The 5k usually goes through both parks. It's fun, no times!
Originally Posted By -em I'm seriously planning on running the 1/2... Josh there is plenty of time to train if you want to in a bit the Disney run site should have the 20week training plan which is 30 min twice a week and a longer run once a week
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm thinking about doing the DL 1/2 too. I'm very seriously considering trying to do the Goofy Challenge at WDW next January (a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday), and I think it would be good to get another race in along the way. I'm not a runner by any means, so I don't intend to really run any of the races, but I think that finishing them within the allotted time would still be pretty cool. And if I do the Goofy next year, I'll have to do the DL half too, to get the Coast-to-Coast medal. If I'm crazy enough to register for the Goofy one, I think I'll just have to do the one in DL too...
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall ferret> I ran the goofy challenge in 2009 (and got the coast to coast the same year after DL1/2) you have plenty of time if you start now to be ready even if you haven't run any races thus far. You should sign up as soon as registration goes up, because it sells out pretty quickly. It's a lot of miles, but a lot of fun. You may want to try Jeff Galloway's plan (probably what "-em" is referring to. His training plans are great for beginners through experienced runners.) You can do it! I think you should go for it!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I knew that the registration fills up quickly, so I've been keeping an eye on it. It looks like registration doesn't open until March, so I still have some time before I need to start watching it every day (but hopefully by then they will have an exact day announced). I was planning on doing some other races along the way to help the training out, since there are a ton in the soCal area. And I would ceratinly hope that a full year would be enough time to get ready for the big days. : ) And as much as I would love to do the Food and Wine 1/2 this year (or even just go to the Food and Wine Festival at all), I don't think I can take that much time off work. I would definitely rather do the more rediculous one; anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall sounds great! you can run the rock and roll half marathon in san diego in june and then the rock and roll half marathon in la in october-then you get a third medal for doing 2 rock and roll halves you can even do the DL1/2 this year. just some ideas. i found it helpful to do back to back long runs during training for goofy-to get ready for the fatigue of back to back races. most importantly get fitted for the right shoe at a running store, it makes all the difference in training.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Talked to a Disney Running CM at the Phoenix rock-n-roll expo this weekend. She said that she is unware of any coupon codes out there, but I did save $10 on the processing fee by signing up at the expo. I told her I was hoping for a break in price, especially for those that have supported it for years (like you Legacy Runners). No dice, except for of course signing up early. The course map they were showing was exactly the same as last year, but did say "subject to change". She also said that they are working on a spring-race, maybe for spring 2012, at Disneyland. No more details than that.
