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  • runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Recap
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World Half Marathon Recap

    ByLisa January 10, 2026June 21, 2026

    If you want to see the 5K recap, you can find it HERE. The 10K recap is HERE. And my comprehensive guide for the weekend is HERE. Another race down!! This morning’s half marathon, starting at 5 a.m. and featuring lovebirds Donald Duck and Daisy Duck, marked the third race of Walt Disney World’s 2026…

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  • runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World 10K Recap
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World 10K Recap

    ByLisa January 9, 2026June 21, 2026

    If you want to see the 5K recap, you can find it HERE, and my comprehensive guide for the weekend is HERE. 2 down!! This morning’s 10K went “nuts for 6.2 mysterious miles led by super sleuth Chip and his trusty friend Dale.” I don’t know what it was about this course that made it…

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  • runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World 5K Recap
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    runDisney: 2026 Walt Disney World 5K Recap

    ByLisa January 8, 2026June 21, 2026

    3.1 down, 45.5 to go!! We kicked off Marathon Weekend this morning with the Walt Disney World 5K. The event was themed to out-of-this-world sci-fi fun and hosted by astropup Pluto. You can find my comprehensive guide to this race weekend right HERE. Walt Disney World 5K – Arrival and Pre-Race Characters I left the…

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  • 2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend – Full Marathon Recap (The Ugly One)
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend – Full Marathon Recap (The Ugly One)

    ByLisa January 21, 2025January 21, 2025

    Keep reading through the history stuff I promise this one gets good. A History of Marathon Weekend and the Dopey & Goofy Challenges We had three races in our back pocket—the 5K, the 10K, and the half marathon—for a total of 22.4 miles. It was time for the last little race of the weekend: The…

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  • 2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend 10K Recap
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend 10K Recap

    ByLisa January 16, 2025January 16, 2025

    Introduction Another race under our belts!! After running the 5K on Thursday morning we moved on to the 10K on Friday, January 10th. The Marathon Weekend 10K was themed to Chip & Dale per usual but with a somewhat revamped course through EPCOT and around the Boardwalk Resorts and Crescent Lake that we loved as…

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  • Kicking Off the 2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend 5K Recap
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    Kicking Off the 2025 Dopey Challenge: runDisney Marathon Weekend 5K Recap

    ByLisa January 9, 2025June 21, 2026

    Introduction It’s finally here!! runDisney’s 2025 Marathon Weekend kicked off this morning with the Marathon Weekend 5K–a Pluto- (dog, not former planet) themed race around EPCOT on a new course that turned out to be a blast. runDisney 2025 Marathon Weekend 5K Course Map If you’re running other races this weekend, you can find my…

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  • A note from the start of the (runDisney) training season. {{And a love letter to marathon training.}}
    Life | runDisney | Running

    A note from the start of the (runDisney) training season. {{And a love letter to marathon training.}}

    ByLisa September 10, 2024September 10, 2024

    Training officially started today for my 2024-’25 (runDisney) running season. My first major race of the season will probably be runDisney’s Wine & Dine (short of any spontaneous local ones I throw in along the way) but I always gear my training to January’s Dopey Challenge since that’s the biggest race set of the season…

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  • Anatomy of a Dopey Challenge: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend 2024 Full Recap
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    Anatomy of a Dopey Challenge: Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend 2024 Full Recap

    ByLisa January 9, 2024January 10, 2024

    Marathon Weekend 2024:  Expo – Wednesday, January 3rd through Saturday, January 6th 5K – Thursday, January 4th starting at 5 a.m. 10K – Friday, January 5th starting at 5 a.m. Half Marathon (changed to 7.1 miles) – Saturday, January 6th starting at 5 a.m. (moved to 4:45 a.m.) Full Marathon – Sunday, January 7th starting…

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  • Complete Full Marathon Recap: runDisney WDW Marathon Weekend 2023
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    Complete Full Marathon Recap: runDisney WDW Marathon Weekend 2023

    ByLisa January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

    Date & Time: Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 5 a.m. Course Map: At last we come to the final race of Walt Disney World’s 2023 runDisney Marathon Weekend – the marathon itself.  Because so many runners do the Goofy Challenge (the half marathon and full marathon – 39.3 total miles) or the Dopey Challenge (the…

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  • Complete 5K Recap!! – WDW Marathon Weekend 2023
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    Complete 5K Recap!! – WDW Marathon Weekend 2023

    ByLisa January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

    It’s after 7 p.m. and my alarm is set for 2 for the next race, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet – but I didn’t want to end the night without writing about runDisney’s 2023 Marathon Weekend 5K while it was fresh in my mind!!  Date: January 5, 2023 – 5 a.m….

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Took the kids out to celebrate. ☺️ They’ve been so Took the kids out to celebrate. ☺️ They’ve been so patient these last few months. If you like the book, thank THEM. 

p.s. They’re a lot more expensive to feed than they used to be. 😂🥰
The runDisney Companion. 🏰 🏃🏻‍♀️ Available now. Li The runDisney Companion. 🏰 🏃🏻‍♀️ Available now. Link in bio.
Ever wonder how much time you actually have to enj Ever wonder how much time you actually have to enjoy the course? 🏰🏃🏻‍♀️ 

The runDisney Companion launches August 7th. Find out more at therundisneycompanion.com. 

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SIX RAVENS IS OPEN. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ A week and SIX RAVENS IS OPEN. 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

A week and change ago, my boys and I were invited to preview Steve Lewis’s newest creation at Disney Springs: a savory new sibling to Gideon’s Bakehouse filled with original characters, Gothic lore, and an opening menu built around house-made Coffyns. And now I can finally share it with you. 

What is a Coffyn? A soft, house-made yeast roll enclosing a savory meal, a popular pastry from hundreds of years ago. It was peasant food, bread stuffed with whatever was available and portable enough to carry to work.

We tried:

🐦‍⬛ The Villain of Valentina, a chicken Coffyn with enough garlic to keep you extremely safe from vampires. Delicious. But not recommended for first dates.

🐦‍⬛ The Imperial Idol, filled with curry-seasoned chicken and served with a creamy, herb-forward sauce.

🐦‍⬛ The Peasant’s Patty, a cheeseburger-style Coffyn that Tyson inhaled before I could get a decent photo.

We also tried the smashed potatoes with Steve’s honey mustard creation, an exclusive-to-Six-Ravens root beer designed not to sit on your palate and overwhelm the other flavors, and an absurdly rich raspberry-and-chocolate tart.

Like Gideon’s, the food is only one part of the experience. Every door handle, mural, and package tells a story. Steve already has plans for the characters you meet inside—including the Oracle watching over the registers.

He went on about tomatoes once being called Wolf Peaches.

It is that old-school “everything speaks” approach that we don’t get enough of these days.

Swipe through for our first look inside and everything we ate and drank.

Six Ravens and Gideon’s sitting side by side at Disney Springs are going to be a force to be reckoned with.

We were invited to attend a preview of Six Ravens. I was not paid for this coverage, and all opinions are my own.

#sixravens #disneysprings #gideonsbakehouse #disneyfood
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