Marathon Weekend 2022

[Barca33Runner]

51. “Free” shirts

 

[Baloo in MI]

52. Walking out of my hotel room at 3am to see the streams of runners headed to the busses and feeling a connection with total strangers!

 

[Baloo in MI]

53. Hearing the choir just before the finish!

 

[Baloo in MI]

54. All the signs in the crowd that make me laugh like “What kind of parade us this?”

 

[Baloo in MI]

55. The positivity!

 

[FFigawi]

56. The @DopeyBadger spreadsheet o' fun with all the paces, expected times to be at certain locations, etc.

 

[hauntedcity]

57. Deliriously belting out Disney songs (for example, duetting Love Is An Open Door with my wife) at maximum volume around Mile 25 of the World Showcase. At mile 25, I probably couldn't tell you my own name, but I remember every lyric of every Disney song.

 

[Cabius]

58. A reason to start running, and to keep running, because I know that running up Main Street will be worth it in the end.

 

[DisneyParrothead]

59. Having Almost There shuffle on to my iPod when I’m in EPCOT during my first half! I got a bit emotional because I was almost there

 

[cburnett11]

60. Taking a pic with the grave diggers in AK parking lot

 

[cburnett11]

61. Simultaneously hitting play right at the start on Spotify with my wife so that we can each listen to the WDW Marathon playlist she made when we ran the marathon together with appropriate music synced to the theme parks and areas based on our expected pace.

 

[Bree]

61. Simultaneously hitting play right at the start on Spotify with my wife so that we can each listen to the WDW Marathon playlist she made when we ran the marathon together with appropriate music synced to the theme parks and areas based on our expected pace.

That’s impressive I just have one ginormous playlist on Spotify named “Running” that I listen to on shuffle

 

[Sleepless Knight]

62. Finishing the lyrics to famous Disney songs that other runners are singing when they do not expect you to and then love it. During the 2018 Dark Side Half Marathon, a runner was singing I Just Can't Wait to Be King in Animal Kingdom. Immediately after she sang "everybody look left, everybody look right, everywhere you look I'm standing in the spotlight" I replied "Well not yet!" and she laughed hysterically.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

63. Singing along to Let's Go Fly a Kite in World Showcase during my first marathon realizing I was about to finish it and wondering if I was experiencing a runners high or hallucinating.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

3. Singing Baby Shark in a parking lot at 4:30 am with thousands of other people. Doo doo doo doo doo doo

My sister knows what the instant Party in the USA comes on at the Expo or before the race, I will immediately start to sing Weird Al's Party in the CIA.

41. Reading about all things Disney sanitation while running past the sanitation plant.

Whenever I run past the sanitation plant, I always think of Han Solo saying "what a wonderful smell you've discovered."

 

[GuinnessRunner]

64. Texts from faster runners giving you the low down on upcoming character stops.

 

[DISRNR1000]

65. 25th anniversary Mickey ears hat at the finish.

 

[DISRNR1000]

66. Arriving at the race in the dark of the morning via monorail and taking the loop around Epcot with butterflies in my stomach.

 

[DISRNR1000]

67. The first set of spectators cheering after crossing the Starting line.

 

[DISRNR1000]

68. People offering congratulations as you walk around after the race with your medal - sometimes days after.