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Race Reports for Walt Disney World Half Marathon 2010

[1]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: WDW Marathon weekend is all about having a good time. Most people will not get PBs here. Lots of photo ops and pretty heavy crowds until mile 8ish. Bottom line is you are coming to have a good time and get a really cool and coveted medal. You should do this at least once to experience it.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I thought the race was well organized and fun. Running through the parks was cool. Although they could have made a few better provisions for the weather. It had been like that all week so it wasn't exactly a surprise. A tent and some heaters would have gone a long way towards making waiting in the parking lot a little more bearable. Post event food was below average - no bagels, nothing hot to drink.
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Did this race with my husband who had never even done a 5K. It was nice to do it together.
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[4]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Only problem with Disney events is the way they stage runners before the start, which leaves them standing for up to two hours before they move to the start line.
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[5]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Just too many walkers that get in the way. I would do this race again to have fun, but it was my first and I was really trying to do my best, I do feel I could have shaved at least 5 min off my time if not for all the walkers and the slowing down and dodging i had to contend with.
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Race rating (2)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Pretty course. Too crowded. Insufficient indoor facilities to get out of cold, wind, and rain. Poor post race food selection and poor cooldown areas (also lack of cover from rain and wind)
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[7]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Definitely a good race but think next year we will do the PF Chang in Phoenix....
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[8]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Worst thing was bag check. Need big improvement when bad weather like this year. Also, a few hundred propane heaters placed strategically around the finish/staging area would be nice when it's below 40 degrees!
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[9]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race was very organized considering its size. Lots of water stops with plenty of volunteers. Post race food was pretty lame considering the size and cost. Bagels and fruit and maybe pizza (i saw the boxes but didn't see it on the table). It would have been nice to have my favorite post race recovery drink, hot chocolate!
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[10]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Where in the heck were the chocolate chip cookies and some freaking chicken soup? I mean, there are only like 200 restaurants on the property. Don't you think they could manage a hot post race cup of soup in the freezing temps. And who doesn't have cookies after a race....SERIOUSLY!!!
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[11]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?No
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The event took place in a sleet/drizzle mix and it was quite cool/cold. I think that the post-event activities would have been very very good had the weather cooperated. The only hitch was at baggage pick up where there was a long line. Runners were getting very uncomfortable as their core temperatures dropped (it was 30 when I got back to the hotel).
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Do this race once, just to do it.
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[13]
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Race rating (3)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Not Disney's fault the weather was horrible. But it affected my running in a major way. Strong headwinds...ran with three times the amount of clothing and sniffling the whole way to the finish.....
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