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NEW YORK, Apr 9, 2013—The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna registration non-stop currently during noon EST. All of a weekend’s races from Jan 8-12, 2014 are approaching to sell-out quickly, generally a new Walt Disney World 10K and Dopey Challenge, that runDisney anticipates filling-up in a day according to a orator there.

Last month, runDisney announced as new to a competition weekend a Walt Disney World 10K and Dopey Challenge, an eventuality that dares runners to finish 4 races on 4 uninterrupted days for a sum of 48.6 miles: a Family Fun Run 5K on Thursday, a new Walt Disney World 10K on Friday, a Walt Disney World Half Marathon on Saturday, and the Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday.

As registration opens, Disney’s using bend has announced another line-up of changes for a 2014 book of a competition meant to raise a altogether knowledge for runners.

“I run a races myself. It’s a best approach to see what kind of practice that your guest are getting,” pronounced Faron Kelley, Director of Communication and Marketing for Disney Sports, in a video addressed to runners. “It gets a small parsimonious out there. we consider we all comprehend that and we’ve listened that from you.”

As a result, runDisney is implementing a few new changes to assistance give runners some-more room to breath.

“We’re going to take a integrate thousand reduction runners over a competition weekend, perplexing to make certain that, really, there’s some-more space on a course,” Kelley added.

Specifically, Disney is obscure a sum series of entrants for a weekend by 2,000 runners, allocated mostly to a half marathon, that perceived a many curtain feedback about crowding. This is an surprising pierce in a day and age when half-marathons and marathons are some-more popular, and some-more crowded, than ever. Most races like to see year-over-year growth, though runDisney has always placed an importance on curtain experience.

“When we see there are issues, we make changes to make that better,” runDisney competition executive Jon Hughes pronounced when interviewed about a behind-the-scenes formulation for Disney races.

Disney is shortening a series of runners for a Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend by 2,000, taken mostly from a Walt Disney World Half Marathon, shown here in 2013. (Photo: runDisney)

In addition, a immeasurable infancy of runners contingency supply a explanation of time. Any curtain who skeleton to finish a half marathon in 3:15 or reduction or a marathon in 6:30 or reduction contingency determine their expected time. Kelley pronounced this will assistance safeguard that runners of identical abilities will be corralled together with fewer bottlenecks combining on course. No corral changes formed on explanation of time will authorised after Nov 1.

Finally, and maybe many importantly, Disney is adding additional corrals to widespread runners via a march some-more uniformly and to assistance palliate crowding.

For a initial time in 20 years, some-more women than group ran a 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon, accounting for 57 percent of a field. It’s a growing trend in a sport.

“We’ve got to take caring of a ladies,” Kelley said.

So this year, women’s cut tech shirts will be accessible for a 10K, half, full, Dopey Challenge and Goofy Challenge in further to a common unisex tech shirts that runners accept as partial of a registration kit.

Showing off competition “bling” has turn de rigueur with a blast amicable media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. So Disney is conceptualizing new medals for all of a weekend’s races, including a half marathon, marathon and Goofy’s Race and A Half Challenge. Dopey Challenge runners will get a award desirous by a dwarf himself and Walt Disney World 10K finishers will accept a award fashioned after Minnie Mouse.

Finally, runDisney announced that a 2014 marathon march will sojourn a same as a 2013 Walt Disney World Marathon, that enclosed a addition of a Walt Disney World Speedway and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to a competition track for a 20^th anniversary jubilee of a race. Both valid to be renouned enhancements to a march among runners.

The Family Fun Run 5K and Walt Disney World Half Marathon courses will also be a same as final year. Details for a new Walt Disney World 10K march in Epcot are still being finalized.

For some-more information or to register for all a weekend’s races, revisit runDisney.com.

Karla Bruning is horde of On The Run, New York Road Runners’ web uncover about running. She has finished 6 marathons, dual triathlons and trains with a New York Harriers. Follow Karla’s “Notes From a Running Nerd” during RunKarlaRun.com, Facebook and Twitter@KBruning.

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