If we suspicion Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge was crazy (running both Disney’s marathon and half marathon), things are about to get Dopey. The 2014 Disney Marathon Weekend, Jan. 8-12, will enhance to 5 days and will embody a 10K, along with a Family Fun Run 5K, a Disney Half Marathon, a Disney Marathon and Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge. Add those all together and we have a Dopey Challenge – run all 4 events in unbroken days (48.6 miles) to acquire 6 medals.

After a Disney Family Fun Run 5K on Thursday, runDisney’s new Walt Disney World 10K, a 6.2-mile timed event, takes place Friday, during Epcot.  Runners completing a competition will accept a Minnie Mouse desirous medal.

As in past years, a Walt Disney World Half Marathon will be run on Saturday followed by a Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday. Runners who finish both – Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge – will accept a special Goofy-themed medal. Add on a 5K and a 10K and runners can acquire 4 medals, one for any competition completed, and a Goofy and new Dopey Challenge medals, for a sum transport of 6 medals.

Inaddition to those 4 races, a Disney Marathon Weekend will underline runDisney Kids Races and a Mickey Mile, that both take place during a ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.  Special ticketed breakfasts with characters will be Thursday and Friday following a Family Fun Run 5K and 10K during Epcot, Pasta in a Park parties during Epcot and runners can applaud their accomplishments from a weekend during a Cool Down Party during Downtown Disney on Sunday.   

The stretched five-day competition weekend starts on Wednesday with a start of Disney’s Health and Fitness Expo, giving runners additional time to collect adult competition packets, emporium for a latest using attire and technology, and accommodate experts such as runDisney central training consultant Jeff Galloway and runDisney nutritionist Tara Gidus.  The expo is giveaway and open to a public.

Online registration for all Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events opens Apr 9, though runners can enter early by signing adult for a Runner’s World Challenge starting Apr 2.  This singular event allows runners to register for a Half Marathon, Marathon, Goofy Challenge or Dopey Challenge, accept customized training skeleton from Runner’s World repository editors and suffer VIP practice via weekend.  

For some-more information and to register for Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events and other runDisney races, go to www.runDisney.com.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Disney’s Health and Fitness Expo
Jan. 8 – 11
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
 
Disney’s Family Fun Run 5K
Jan. 9, 6:30 am
Epcot
 
runDisney Kids Races and Mickey Mile
Jan. 9, 10 11
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
 
Pasta in a Park Parties
Jan. 9, 10 11
Epcot
 
runDisney Family Reunion Breakfast
Jan. 9 10
Epcot
 
Walt Disney World 10K
Jan. 10, 5:30 am
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex

Walt Disney World Half Marathon
Jan. 11, 5:30 am
Epcot
 
Walt Disney World Marathon
Jan. 12, 5:30 am
Epcot
 
Cool Down Party
Jan. 12
Downtown Disney