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LP: Mike & Mike The Mess at ESPN Wide World of Sports
Doobie goes to this morning's live broadcast of Mike and Mike in the Morning from ESPN Wide World of Sports. Today's showed featuring the live running of The Mess - Mike Greenberg's payoff for losing their annual NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Wager.
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Posted: Fri 5/3/2013 1:44p • permalink • Discuss It
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Princess Half Marathon Weekend Adds New Race, New Challenge and New Medals
Building on the success of its women-focused events, runDisney is broadening the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort next year by adding a 10K and a new two-race challenge. The Princess 10K gives runners of various levels more opportunities to run through Disney theme parks and receive a specially-designed finisher medal. And runners looking for an even bigger challenge can sign up for the 10K on Saturday and the Half Marathon on Sunday (19.3 miles total) to earn the inaugural Disney Glass Slipper Challenge Medal to go along with medals from each individual race.
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Posted: Mon 4/29/2013 12:43p • permalink • Discuss It
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Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Registration Opens at Noon Eastern Today; Read About the Changes
Registration will open today at Noon Eastern for the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna. In addition to adding the Dopey Challenge, the Walt Disney World 10K featuring Minnie Mouse and all new medals for the news races, Half Marathon, Marathon and Goofy Challenge, runDisney is making additional enhancements to improve the race experience.
- Men’s and women’s cut tech shirts available for the 10K, half, full, Dopey Challenge and Goofy Challenge
- Lowering our weekend capacity by 2,000 runners, mostly in the half marathon
- Proof of time required from more runners
- Runners in the half marathon must supply proof of time if 3:15 or less
- Runners in the full marathon must supply proof of time if 6:30 or less
- More detailed information required for proof of time to allow better verification
- More corrals allowing us to better place runners with similar abilities together and therefore spreading out the field on the course
- No corral changes based on proof of time will be made after November 1
Here's a video with Faron Kelley, Director of Communication and Marketing forDisney Sports, talking about some of these changes.
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Posted: Tue 4/9/2013 7:37a • permalink • Discuss It
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Tower of Terror 10-Miler Weekend (Oct 4 and 5) Now on Sale
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We invite you - if you dare - to join us for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ 10-Miler Weekend October 4-5, 2013! Haunted by Disney villains at every turn, the 10-Miler course will take you on a thrilling journey through ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and Disney's Hollywood Studios before finishing in the shadow of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™.
The fun doesn't end at the finish line, in fact it's just getting started with the Disney Villains Hollywood Bash! After the race, party all night long with some of your favorite Disney villains as you enjoy exclusive access to some of Disney's Hollywood Studios favorite attractions, including Rock 'n' Roller Coaster® Starring Aerosmith, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™, and Toy Story Mania!
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Posted: Thu 2/14/2013 9:02a • permalink • Discuss It
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Adriano Bastos Regains Walt Disney World Marathon Title
The Official Disney Parks Blog writes about last weekend's Walt Disney World Marathon including the victory of Brazilian Adriano Bastos for the seventh time in nine years and eighth overall.
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Posted: Mon 1/14/2013 9:31a • permalink • Discuss It
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is launching his first football academy next summer, the Drew Brees Passing Academy and Tournament for high school players at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando.
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Posted: Thu 12/13/2012 2:31p • permalink • Discuss It
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Anton Van Zyl of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. won the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon again on Saturday night and he has the pictures to prove it.
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Posted: Tue 11/13/2012 10:21a • permalink • Discuss It
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20th Anniversary WDW Marathon Weekend Sells Out Marathon, Half Marathon and Goofy Challenge
Just days after the 20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon presented by Cigna sold out, the Disney Half Marathon and Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge reached capacity. In all, an event record of more than 58,000 runners from the U.S. and other countries have signed up to participate in the Jan. 10-13 event, including 27,000 for the half marathon and of those runners a record 10,000 for Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge (running the half marathon on Saturday and the marathon onSunday – 39.3 miles!). The marathon, which sold out last week, will involve more than 25,000 runners, another event record.
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Posted: Wed 9/12/2012 12:56p • permalink • Discuss It
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2013 Walt Disney World Marathon Sold Out
Disney has announced the 20th anniversary Walt Disney World anniversary set for January 13, 2013 is now sold out.
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Posted: Mon 9/10/2012 11:52a • permalink • Discuss It
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Several additional celebrities are joining in the fun of the 20th anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna. Comedian and The Price Is Right host Drew Carey, actor Gilles Marini (Sex in the City: The Movie, Switched at Birth andDancing with the Stars), Access Hollywood co-host Kit Hoover, reality TV stars Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca (Survivor, The Amazing Race and Everyday Health) and actor Sean Astin (The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings and Rudy) are participating in the historic runDisney race weekend, Jan. 10-13.
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Posted: Thu 8/16/2012 1:14p • permalink • Discuss It
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Commemorative 20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Medal Unveiled
Today, runDisney revealed the much anticipated commemorative 20th anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon medal giving runners extra incentive to finish the 26.2 mile course. The medal’s unique design features a classic circular shape and two spinning elements, including a medallion with classic and modern images of Mickey Mouse, and two inspirational quotes from Walt Disney himself.
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Posted: Tue 8/14/2012 8:57a • permalink • Discuss It
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Video: Biggest Loser Host Alison Sweeney Enters Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
The Biggest Loser host Alison Sweeney headlines a list of celebrities who will be a part of the 20thanniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna.
Sweeney, an aspiring author (she has two books coming out in the next couple of years) and well-known for her role on Days of Our Lives in addition to The Biggest Loser, is entered in the Disney half marathon during the Disney Marathon Weekend, Jan. 10-13, 2013 at Walt Disney World Resort near
Sweeney is an avid runner who has competed in various marathons and half marathons around the country, however the Disney half marathon will be her first runDisney event. Sweeney is expected to attend the race along with her husband and two children.
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Posted: Tue 7/17/2012 2:06p • permalink • Discuss It
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Commemorative Medal Awarded for 5th Anniversary Disney’s Princess Half Marathon
Runners nationwide have their first chance today to go after a commemorative new medal that will be awarded to finishers of the 2013 Disney’s Princess Half Marathon. Registration for the race weekend opens today and all finishers will receive a one-of-a-kind medal to mark the fifth anniversary of the women-focused event at Walt Disney World Resort, Feb. 22-24, 2013. Runners can sign up for the race at www.rundisney.com and the commemorative tiara medal will be revealed in the coming months.
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Posted: Tue 7/10/2012 11:12a • permalink • Discuss It
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Runner’s World and runDisney Partner on VIP Experience for 20th Anniversary WDW Marathon Weekend
Imagine a weekend where you run through Disney theme parks, experience Disney entertainment and are rewarded with a unique Disney medal, all while running side-by-side withRunner’s World editors who helped you train and encouraged you along the way.
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Posted: Tue 7/10/2012 10:11a • permalink • Discuss It
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Disneyland Resort Tinker Bell Half Marathon Registration Opens Today
Starting today, runners interested in earning their ‘fairy wings’’ can sign up for the Tinker Bell Half Marathon at Disneyland Resort in January.
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Posted: Tue 6/12/2012 9:39a • permalink • Discuss It
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Runners to Race Around the High Banks and Bases As Part of 20th Anniversary WDW Marathon Course
Runners in the 20th anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon in 2013 will have the unique experience of running along a speedway and through a baseball stadium - in addition to Disney’s four theme parks - as part the latest enhancements designed to celebrate the event’s two decades of existence.
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Posted: Thu 5/17/2012 8:08a • permalink • Discuss It
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New Elements Await Runners as 20th Anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon Registration Opens
Runners competing in the 20 anniversary Walt Disney World Marathon – registration opens today - will experience several unique features, including a special 20th anniversary medal, new entertainment elements and a new post-race party. To mark two decades of the Walt Disney World Marathon, the 2013 marathon, which anchors the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna, will have enhanced entertainment at Mile Marker 20 to celebrate the 20th anniversary. And the finishers will take home a specially-designed 20 anniversary Mickey Mouse medal, plus they can celebrate their achievement at a new post-race party at Downtown Disney.
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Posted: Tue 4/10/2012 3:16p • permalink • Discuss It
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Wide World of Sports Celebrates 15 Years
Yesterday ESPN Wide World of Sports celebrated its 15th birthday. The Official Disney Parks Blog took a look back.
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Posted: Thu 3/29/2012 5:19a • permalink • Discuss It
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Rachel Booth Wins the Princess Half Marathon
Rachel Booth of Mandevilla, LA won Sunday's Princess Marathon at Walt Disney World. She also is the reigning two-time winner of the Disneyland Half Marathon in Anaheim.
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Posted: Tue 2/28/2012 4:37a • permalink • Discuss It
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Another Sold Out Field to Compete in Princess Half Marathon Weekend at WDW
For the fourth straight year, a capacity field is expected to take part this weekend in Disney’s Princess Half Marathon Weekend, the largest women-specific event in the nation.
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Posted: Wed 2/22/2012 12:05p • permalink • Discuss It
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