Disney Princess Half Marathon

I'm actually doing my first run Disney in February.

I'm doing the Princess Half Marathon.

And we're both training for a trail run in December.

And so he's been scoping out some places to run while we're on this half of the trip.

So Danger Riz from St. Louis, [laughs] checking in.

Next trip, end of February for the Princess Half Marathon.

Said they used the DVC Rental Store for the hotel, or as we call it, resort.

And, uh, love listening to you guys to stay hyped, so that's exciting.

That first Princess Race Weekend included a 5K and a half marathon.

The half marathon was just called the Princess Half Marathon, and the 5K was the Royal Family 5K.

About 11,000 runners participated in that very first Princess Marathon Weekend, and it's really difficult to overstate the extent to which Princess Marathon Weekend has changed the demographic of runDisney, and probably the demographic of running in general.

You can actually look at the demographics for who was running the marathon before Princess and after Princess.

And when they first released the princess lineup, Tinker Bell was actually included in the princess lineup, but then when they did the Fairy Collection in 2005, they pulled Tinker Bell to be a part of that instead.

So we're gonna put a feather in that and come back to it later.

In 2014, we hear that similar story again, where a 10K, then the Enchanted 10K, was added to Princess Half Marathon Weekend.

And with that they added a challenge, then called the Glass Slipper Challenge, where you could run the 10K and the half marathon for a total of, let's say it together, 19.3 miles.

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Uh, I loved the recap you did of the Disney Princess Half Marathon.

Uh, I run that every year, and you were questioning if we like it when elites come or professionals come, and I don't care what Strava says, you're both professionals.

[laughs]

We actually found out the last one failed.

We went to Disney World for my 30th birthday, and I was going to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon.

And I was like, well...

I guess if I'm pregnant, I won't run it.

I will never ever forget the feeling of turning into Magic Kingdom and down Main Street to the throngs of cheering people as I ran toward the castle during my very first Princess Half Marathon.

Welcome back, my fellow runner friend, to episode two of the Castle Run Podcast.

Today, we're skipping ahead to chapter three of The RunDisney Companion, which is Choosing Your Race.

There is a Wine & Dine race weekend at the end of October or beginning of November, depending on the calendar year.

Marathon Weekend, which is the flagship weekend of the season, is at the beginning of January, generally right after the new year.

The Princess Race Weekend is toward the end of February, sometimes dipping into the very beginning of March, like it does this year.

And then finally, the Springtime Surprise Race Weekend takes place in early to mid-April.

Also different among the race weekends is what the longest race of the race weekend is.

That's what I was trying to figure out.

This is where I get to toss my shade at the Walt Disney World and Princess Half Marathon.

At least it's not that course.

There's no Main Street.