Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Starts Today
More than 56,000 runners, including Reality TV stars and wounded military veterans, will be at the happiest place on earth this weekend for the Walt Disney World Marathon.
The 56,000 total runners, a new Disney marathon record, includes more than 26,500 registered runners for the half marathon, 16,500 for the marathon and 8,000 for the Family Fiesta 5K featuring the Three Caballeros – 3,000 more runners than last year. Approximately 6,500 runners will compete in Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge which involves running the half marathon on Saturday and the full marathon on Sunday – 39.3 miles. And about 3,000 young runners will join in the fun and participate in the Mickey Mile and Marathon Kids Fest events on Friday and Saturday.
Ethan Zohn (Survivor / Amazing Race), Jenna Morasca (Survivor / Amazing Race) and Trista and Ryan Sutter (The Bachelor) are among the celebrities entered in the weekend of events.
Workout guru Tony Horton, founder of the P90X workout, will be on hand to prepare runners for their race.
Here’s the full schedule:
Disney’s Health & Fitness Expo
Thursday, January 5, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Friday, January 6, 2012
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Saturday, January 7, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
Walt Disney World® Marathon Weekend Events
Pasta in the Park Party
Thursday, January 5, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Epcot®
Disney Family Fiesta 5K featuring the Three Caballeros
Friday, January 6, 2012
6:30 a.m.
Epcot®
Disney Kids’ Races
Friday, January 6, 2012 – Saturday, January 7, 2012
11:00 a.m.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Track & Field Complex
Mickey Mile
Friday, January 6, 2012
12:30 p.m.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Track & Field Complex
Walt Disney World® Half Marathon presented by CIGNA
Saturday, January 7, 2012
5:30 a.m.
Start/Finish: Epcot®
Walt Disney World® Marathon Relay presented by CIGNA
Sunday, January 8, 2012
5:30 a.m.
Runner 1 Start: Epcot®
Runner 1 Finish/Runner 2 Start: Magic Kingdom® Park – Pluto Parking Lot
Runner 2 Finish: Epcot®
Walt Disney World® Marathon presented by CIGNA
Sunday, January 8, 2012
5:30 a.m.
Start/Finish: Epcot®
Here’s some photo’s from this morning as competitors registered for their event and also attended the Expo:
More photos at Facebook.com/FloridaLeisure
