Friday, March 4, 2016

Walt Disney World 2016 Princess Run

This year the Princess run was made up of many different events: Run Expo, 5k, 10k, Half Marathon, and the Glass Slipper Challenge.

Run Expo:

The runDisney Health & Fitness expo is held at the Wide World of Sports Thursday to Saturday of Princess run weekend. It is basically headquarters for every single little thing you would need to prepare for race weekend. Any person who is running MUST attend the Expo to pick up your race number, gEAR bag, and shirt. Besides those items there is official merchandise, the latest fitness apparel, and tons of nutritional products available for purchase. My favorite thing was that they had TONS of sparkly headbands. Of course I bought one to match my run outfit. :P

Disney Princess 5K presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:

This run was scheduled for Friday morning. The 5K course was through EPCOT with many characters on course cheering you on! The course started in the parking lot, we entered EPCOT through the World Showcase, and made a trip through Future World before heading out of the park and to the finish line. This is more of a laid back run as it is not timed and many people stop to take pictures as they run through EPCOT. I definitely stopped to take a few as well:




This was the only race I participated in this time, but it was definitely an opportunity of a lifetime.


Disney Princess Enchanted 10K presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:

This run was scheduled for Saturday morning. This 10K course was through EPCOT Resorts area. Unlike the 5K, this race is a timed event. For more information on this race, checkout: http://www.rundisney.com/princess-half-marathon/


Disney Princess Half Marathon presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:

This run was scheduled for Sunday morning. This 13.1 mile course takes you through both Magic Kingdom Park and EPCOT. This race is also a timed event. If you plan on not participating in this run, make sure you allow A LOT of extra travel time to get where you have to go. We had breakfast plans for 8:40am at 1900 Park Fare and didn’t get there until 9:15am due to the traffic caused by the half marathon. Luckily they were understanding, but we definitely should have left much earlier.


Disney Glass Slipper presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:

A 19.3 mile adventure held over two days. This challenge is completed by finishing BOTH the Half Marathon and the Enchanted 10K within the pacing requirements. You’ll receive an additional Glass Slipper Medal in addition to the medals you receive from the two separate races. I would definitely love to go for this one day, better start training!
Besides the expo and all of the running events there are many other aspects to Princess Run Weekend. Those other events include: Ever After Party at Disney Springs, Pasta in the Park Party, Half Marathon Weekend Breakfast, and the Race Retreat. For more information on these events visit http://www.rundisney.com/princess-half-marathon/.


The Princess Run isn’t the only run you can be a part of! Here is a whole list of runDisney events in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland and where you can find more information!




Thanks for following along and have a magical day!

Shannon J


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