For Marathoners...Goofy's Challenge!

That is pretty cool.  When I did the Disney marathon, the half was the same day.  If either of the other two medals are as cool as the Mickey Mouse Marathon medal.....it will be well worth it!!!  definitely my favorite medal of my marathons!

Damn, I was thinking of doing RNRAZ, now you've got me leaning toward Disney......

That would be an interesting double to tri.  I've done marathons on back to back weekends, and though the second was pretty painful, it wasn't all that bad.  Now if I could just convince my wife...I might be in....

Chris

That is F-ing Goofy.

I did the marathon in 2001, went back in 2003 to get my duck medal. Couldn't handle 39.3 in two days though.

Absotively. I'll try to scan it when I get home and post a pic.

That Goofy medal is enough to make me want to do it.  I'm not necessarily prone to doing crazy things to earn cool schwag, but this may qualify.

Dennis,

Disney was my first marathon, so it will always be memorable to me, but really I would only rate it a 6 on a scale of 10. Two biggest drawbacks:

• There are some long, absolutely dead spots on the course. These are nearly devoid of spectators and scenery, unless you really want to see the humongous Disney wastewater treatment plant.
• The race organizers want you in the staging area at 3 am for a 6am start, meaning you have to wait three hours in the dark in near-freezing temperatures with nothing to do.

As with everything Disney, the race is relatively expensive ($95), you do get the nice medal but a very cheap, plainish Tshirt. It's also difficult to get to the start from outside of the Disney grounds, and even more difficult for spectators to get around on the course to cheer you on. I'm not sure if they've increased the limits (now that they do the half on Saturday), but registration for the race usually closes by the summer.

Positives: it is very well organized and supported, it's a real trip running through the theme parks, and it is flat except for a few overpasses.

marathonguide.com is a good place to read comments on most marathons. Here's comments on Disney:

http://www.marathonguide.com/races/racedetails.cfm?MIDD=481050109#comments

That sounds awesome. Is this the first year that they're doing this challenge?

I've got the official Red Light from the wife for 2006. We've got a little one on the way for October, so the timing's just not right for making a quick trip down to FLA for the holidaze, but I'm busy working on her for 2007.

Good luck!