I ran it 4 years ago as my first marathon. I had a blast and by mile 23 was saying I want to do this again!! My only goal was to finish, I had no time goal. Enjoy every park and soak it all in. This will be an event you will never forget. I am going back in Jan. to do the Goofy Challenge and as a celebration of 5 years of marathoning. Also, my husband will be doing his first marathon. He was only able to see me at the 10 mile mark. According to him spectators getting around is difficult because so amny roads are closed. He was at the finishline but, was unable to see me finish because of all the people. I would sit down with your family and look at the course and pick a place for them to see you. If I remember right the 10 mile maker was an excellant spot, it was just before you go into the magic kingdom. I was able to see them very easily as they were able to spot me easily too!!! Enjoy it! And have fun with it!!!! Hopefully you are staying on resort grounds and will be able to take the shuttle to the start line. When I did it 4 years ago, my shuttle bus got lost and we barely made it to the cutoff for the bag drop! I was nervous about not getting there but a vetern sitting with me reassured me we would get there with time to spare.
Good Luck!

I'm doing Disney through Team in Training. Here is some info that was shared among our team.....

..............It would appear that the sport drink is going to be (LemonLime) PowerAde with some blue and red along the course. Gels are ClifShots. I?m gonna try to verify that. Don?t want any surprises on the digestive system on race day. Other info you might be interested in:

Event website:

http://disneyworldsports.disney.go.com/dwws/en_US/marathon/listing?name=MarathonEventListingPage2&bhcp=1[/URL" target="_blank">

Course maps:

http://www.marathonguide.com/coursemaps/marathonmap.cfm?MIDD=481080113[/URL" target="_blank">

http://www.explorethemagic.com/images/maps/07MarathonCourseMap.pdf[/URL" target="_blank">

Thought this one is sort of interesting, it is from a guys Garmin GPS he ran with at last years event. Almost no evalvation changes:

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/397546[/URL" target="_blank">

Unofficial Site:

http://www.disneyrunning.com[/URL" target="_blank">




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The WDW 2007 Marathon was my first, and supposed to be my last, marathon. But after running it I decided that I had to do it again, and now I'm preparing for the 2009 Goofy.

I think what really makes this marathon special is the course. Just as you are getting tired of the 3 mile stretch of road you've been running, you enter a theme park or other area of interest. In particular, the last 5 miles or so, where you need the most encouragement, consists of running through the Disney Studios theme park, the EPCOT resorts area, and then finally EPCOT, with spectators cheering you on almost the entire time.



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