The resort had the Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend in November. The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend is the second in-person running event held at Disney World since the pandemic began. They will be running every day, with their final race being the Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday. Since her guide Tidd lives in Florida, the two communicated over text messages and emails during their training, sending each other words of encouragement. The cones were very hard, railings, ups and downs in the road, curves.” “Bodies in front of me can be hard (to see) sometimes. “Especially in the parks - it’s very dark in places,” she said. She can see about 15 feet ahead of her but other things along the course can present challenges. “It’s easier than me having to try to navigate by myself,” Swope said. But for her safety, since she’ll be surrounded by thousands of runners at Disney, she’s using a guide.
She traveled all the way from Iowa for the event and will be aided by her guide Apryl Tidd every step of the way.įor each of the races, Swope trained on a treadmill. One of those runners is Kayla Swope, who is visually-impaired. Some runners will be participating in all of the races over the event weekend in what’s called the Dopey Challenge. Some were dressed as popular Disney characters, while others were wearing matching outfits. Runners, and those cheering them on, arrived at Epcot early on Thursday for the 5K. This weekend’s lineup includes multiple races such as the 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon. The marquee running event has returned from a one-year break after the in-person version was canceled last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The in-person event was canceled last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thousands of runners have returned for the event.
The Walt Disney World Half Marathon Weekend is back at Disney World.
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