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  • 2026 Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon Weekend artwork
    Disney | Race Guides | runDisney | Running

    The Complete Guide to runDisney’s 2026 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend

    ByLisa September 30, 2026September 30, 2026

    Plan Wine & Dine 2026 with race times, course maps, Expo and bib pickup details, transportation, 5K start groups, and the EPCOT post-race party.

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  • runDisney’s New 5K, Explained: What’s Changing at Wine & Dine 2026
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    runDisney’s New 5K, Explained: What’s Changing at Wine & Dine 2026

    ByLisa September 24, 2026September 24, 2026

    runDisney’s 5K is much bigger at Wine & Dine 2026. What’s changing (start groups, timing chips, arrival times, Expo) and what it means for race morning.

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  • Top Ten Ways to Ruin Your runDisney Race Weekend
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    Top Ten Ways to Ruin Your runDisney Race Weekend

    ByLisa August 8, 2026August 8, 2026

    Ten surprisingly easy ways to derail a runDisney race weekend—from chasing a PR and skimping on sleep to underestimating the logistics. Plus, how to avoid every one of them.

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  • How to Register for a runDisney Race
    Disney | runDisney | Running

    How to Register for a runDisney Race

    ByLisa June 21, 2026July 6, 2026

    runDisney just moved the 2027 Springtime Surprise Weekend up a week. It’s now April 8–11, 2027. But the date that matters for now is still the same: Registration.  General registration opens Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. Eastern on runDisney.com. (Club runDisney Gold- and Platinum-level members can register a week earlier, on June 30th.)…

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  • runDisney Springtime Surprise 2026: Springtime Surprise 5K Recap
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    runDisney Springtime Surprise 2026: Springtime Surprise 5K Recap

    ByLisa April 17, 2026June 21, 2026

    This was just the loveliest race morning!  Today was the first race of runDisney’s 2026 Springtime Surprise Weekend: the 5K. The overarching theme for the weekend is friendship duos. Partners in crime, if you will, and that theming is giving the weekend as a whole the nicest vibes. I went over to Expo yesterday morning…

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  • The Complete Guide to runDisney’s 2026 Springtime Surprise Weekend
    Disney | Race Guides | runDisney | Running

    The Complete Guide to runDisney’s 2026 Springtime Surprise Weekend

    ByLisa April 13, 2026July 5, 2026

    Everything you need to know as a runner or spectator during runDisney’s 2026 Springtime Surprise Race Weekend in one place.

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  • runDisney 2026 – Disney Princess Half Marathon Recap: Ten Years Running
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    runDisney 2026 – Disney Princess Half Marathon Recap: Ten Years Running

    ByLisa March 1, 2026March 1, 2026

    Another race weekend is behind us. Dopey feels like it just happened. I can’t even wrap my head around Princess being over now, too.  The Lead Up This was the first time in ten years that I only ran one of the races of a race weekend. My very first runDisney race was the 2016…

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  • The Complete Guide to runDisney’s 2026 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend
    Disney | Race Guides | runDisney | Running

    The Complete Guide to runDisney’s 2026 Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend

    ByLisa February 23, 2026July 5, 2026

    Everything you need to know as a runner or spectator during runDisney’s 2026 Marathon Weekend in one place.

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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
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    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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In honor of today’s costumes & gear episode, I thi In honor of today’s costumes & gear episode, I think it’s time I came clean and told you I’ve worn the same dress in like 8 different colors to a LOT of races. 

It comes with shorts that have pockets and built in support. And when they don’t have the color I need I buy the white one and dye it with @ritdye. 🌈 👗 

If ever an affiliate link was earned. 😂 thecastlerun.com/dress and my whole Amazon gear list is at thecastlerun.com/gear

Full episode is at thecastlerun.com/costumesandgear and I’ll share it in stories and bio to make life easier.
The first mile of runDisney’s Wine & Dine half got The first mile of runDisney’s Wine & Dine half got me so excited about the rest of the season. 🏃🏻‍♀️ I recapped the whole weekend (including 5k thoughts) on last week’s The Castle Run Podcast.
Did you run the W&D 5K? How did it go? Brief paus Did you run the W&D 5K? How did it go?

Brief pause in our trek through The runDisney Companion this week to spend a little time recapping Wine & Dine. I talk through the 10K and half and then spend a little time with my thoughts on the new 5k format and the changes that came with it. Would love to hear your thoughts too. 

But spoiler alert going in: not one person was swept at the 5K and not one course was cut short. You are all amazing. 🩵

How were your races? 

thecastlerun.com/WD26 #rundisney
A lot of you told me this was super helpful for Wi A lot of you told me this was super helpful for Wine & Dine, so I thought I’d share it out again as we round the bend toward marathon. A tool to help you see how your moving pace and your start time (as compared to the last wave’s) can interact on race day to determine how much time you have for characters and other stops along the way. 

All the common sense qualifiers apply: this doesn’t guarantee anything, Disney requires that everyone keep the 16 min/mile pace, and keeping moving makes for a better experience for everyone. And always listen to CMs and volunteers on and off the course. 

How this applies to the 5Ks will likely continue to develop, but for now I would use the last wave of your corral group rather than the last wave of the very last corral.

Don’t know what times to use? You can play with the same times from Marathon Weekend 2026 on my site. The calculator is at thecastlerun.com/cushion.
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