Thank you for highlighting the picture etiquette! Sooo many times someone has jumped in front of me just as i was approaching the photographer. It’s just not a nice thing to do. Hope to see you there. It’s 5k and Half for me this time.

Howdy!. I am really exited, the time is almost here!!!. I am running the Challenge for the first time,. Very nervous. Wishing everyone safe travels, a wonderful- happy- magical weekend.

I’m excited for the next season. Excited for Halloween 2025! Have it on my calendar for registration. I just hope they have an oogie boogie bash during the weekend maybe on the Sunday, so I don’t have to make two trips. Oh yeah and have a magical run Manny!

Maybe they don't want it interfering with Christmas parties since the runs would have started on the 7th next year.

Thank you for doing the packing list! It is incredibly helpful!

I won’t be there until Saturday. (My cousin and I are flying in Saturday morning.) We are staying at Art of Animation. Hope I get to say hi in person. Blessings!🫶

Thank you for the information!

I remember that rain- puddles all over the 5k course. But we made the best of it and had so much fun!

Hope to see you at post race party and half marathon - first half marathon 😊 Don't arrive until Saturday- sorry I'll miss the AK Triceratops spin time

I love the groot medal. It’s different and the colors pop.

I've watched a few videos of the marathon runs and noticed that they give the bananas during the run. I've started incorporating bananas into my long run days to see what happens. Thank you for all of the tips and tricks, it is much appreciated!

Hi Manny! Thanks for all the helpful videos! Do you know - if my friend adds me to her friends & family group and she joins the virtual queue from her account, would I get a notification on my account when it's my time to go in (vs only in her account)? Essentially, I am wondering if I would be able to enter if she wasn't right next to me. Thank you.

I’ve seen a lot of general Disney fans excited for the Brooks shoe collab, not just runDisney fans. I really hope they sell them online and not exclusively at the expo otherwise resellers are going to cause even more chaos than normal.

Do you know how early you can purchase run Disney merchandise for pick up and when those brooks shoes will be available?

I think the shoes are cool, but I didn’t buy any when the had the partnership with New Balance. I think I’m more excited that the shirt quality might be better since Brooks will be providing them now. I really love the Champion race day shirts. The new ones look and feel weird.

So much new news this week!

It was so much fun hanging with you last year! I’m hoping to go again this year 🎉

OMGOOOSSSHHHH How cool was that! at the end of your running video , I noticed Bambi!!! lol a baby dear, right? That was cool.

Hi Manny, Hi everyone! See you all real soon!!!! talking about Brooks coming to Disney 2025, personally, I am used to my running shoe, (Saucony), I am trying for the first time Hoka, and Asics. I still love saucony. With Brook,s I will check out merchandise. let's see what they got! lol

I would probably think about getting shoes but I have a size that isn’t easy to find, so I doubt they’d even carry it. I wear a men’s 7 4E or 6E. Currently I wear either New Balance or Under armor.

Hi Manny! Thanks for the info ~ looking forward to seeing you around in a couple weeks!

This is my first time doing the Disney runs and I was wondering if we get swept on the course, do we still get out medals?

Thank you so much for showing all your Disney medals, they are pretty cool. I'm takin ideas, this will be my 3rd W&D half marathon and first challenge. I will be putting all my medals on display in my family room, i just don't know how. lol Soon to accomplish. Will show when i do. lol. Looking forward to seeing you all. Hope everyone in Florida is safe. See y'all real soon!

Right now my medal is sitting in a drawer next to my desk. I want to get a shadow box for it but I am not sure what size to get. I think I’ll figure that out after January half marathon weekend as I’d like to make a shadow box with both.

Thank you for the video, it had a ton of useful information! The gift card is a neat treat!

Thank you for publicly acknowledging the tragedy of the runner who passed away. Seems to me that since the event any mention of him has been scrubbed from discussions about the event. Also, in all the vlogs I’ve watched- I understand that people are relating their own personal experience- it seems odd that the death is never even mentioned. Without blaming ANYONE, his death was a tragedy and I believe he should be acknowledged and remembered. So very sad.

Look for the winnebagooooss! And spotlights. I didn't know we would get a giftcard also, pretty nice.

This is a much better half-marathon course, but if you don't get to mile 12 by 09:15 then, my guess is, it's going to be a hard cut and sweep so they can open the park with minimal to no runners in it.

Please keep these training videos coming. Love your videos and they have motivated me to sign up for my first Disney race. I’ll be doing wine and dine weekend with my brother this November. Really just going for the experience this year but hoping to improve for future races! Again big fan of your videos ❤

I'm diggin the extra time in Magic Kingdom. I like the new route. Good to mix it up. I hope they mix it up every year going forward.

I pray that all is well with your family! I'm excited about the longer run through the park!

Moving the start time earlier for the marathon, also helps with the heat because you can be further along before the sun comes up.

HI Manny! Next year I will run the Princess Challenge with my husband for Autism Speaks. My daughter is in the spectrum so this is near and dear to my heart. We don't have social media so it is not easy to get donations but we are still chugging alone.

I’m doing this next year. How long does it take between releasing of corrals? I think I’m going to be the last corrals

1. Thank you for addressing the deceased runner with grace Many. ❤ 2. I think this course was much better than January 2024, much better hydration stations in the park & out. 3. I’m training for my marathon in January and PRd for my 1/2 marathon time & I walked after mile 10..BUT, I feel for safety they should have shortened the race. Our healthcare professionals got the heavy lift for so many down runners. The utilization of so much medical can affect future races. We love all the responders who were out there for us. ❤

The Halloween merch is pretty cool, I absolutely like that a lot! And I'm running my first marathon and RunDisney run in January 2025, maybe I'll see you there!

My first Run Disney experience!!!! I had a blast!! I have followed your you tube for a while and want to thank you for all the helpful tid bits and advice. For my age group ( 65-69) I finished with a much better time than I ever expected!!! Thanks again for all you do and look forward to doing this event again in 2025.

The sideshow circus was Sid from Toy Story. I love Oogie Boogie Bash as you get tons of candy and see lots of characters. This year it wasn't in the cards for me to go, but perhaps next year.

you are so lucky you CAN hit up the bathrooms in the park. I skip those b/c there is always a long line. BUT, the plus side... is that the pottys after the castle (in MK anyhow, not socal) are super clean cuz everyone uses the bathrooms in the park! LOL

I felt the expo was much better this time. I was surprised how early our group was called. We were group 21 and we got called at 10:03. I also felt that they had more merchandise. Plenty of medal replica pins in sight. My major complaint this weekend was definitely the lack of water stations. With the heatwave, they should’ve definitely added another station in the 5k and 10k and 2-3 on the half. Also, I heard the water stations ran out of water for the latter corrals on the half. That happened in January, I would’ve hoped it would have been addressed this go around. So let’s hope that situation is solved in February of next year.

During the 10k I appreciated the various cast members making announcements for runners to be on the left, walkers on the right. I didn't appreciate how few people seemed to actually be following that rule. Especially near the end (when going under the tunnel) a lot more people were walking and nearly blocking the whole path. I had to bob and weave quite a lot and almost ran into people several times. The heat didn't bother me too much and I had lots of fun and proved to some people I could accomplish this. I love that my medal and hat glow in the dark. Got my one character photo with the hitchhiking ghosts, which I was lucky to get as they cut off the line shortly after me. And I got to see Manny at mile marker 6, which made my day. I hope they do Halloween again next year.

Running through Angel stadium and having your name announced added to the half marathon experience

Good recap. that would be so disappointing to not get any pictures after the run because of the bib, especially since they are included. I saw the 3rd shifters on the videos which was really neat! And great picture with Pete!

Manny, thank you for making my first RunDisney experience so magical! It was incredible to train while watching your videos, then to meet you at the event! I had the time of my life and I cannot express my gratitude to you enough for all of your expertise and encouragement! I am now a proud 10K finisher because of you! And now I get to go find a new dream…. Maybe I’ll see you at the 10miler at WDW in a couple of years!

Coach ❤I was running next to you for a few minutes in the half marathon. I lost you in DCA in cars land. You run very very finish. I was in group I and managed to finish in 2hrs and 02 minutes. Thanks for all the running tips ❤

3rd shift’s was the best, real old school disney magic, they cheered for is snd we cheered them.

if you were at the back half of the 5k the ran out if water which wasn’t acceptable, thank goodness i brought water and refilled in galaxy edge, because of the humidity everyone was sweating and needed the water. Otherwise the race was great.

I don’t understand how people do these races and not find out all the information needed. They just go run. Before my first race, I was trying to read everything I could. Get all the info that was available. That’s when I came across your vlogs. I learned some of the runners etiquette from you. And I passed it on to my daughter. ‘Runners to the left, walkers to the right’ was engraved in my mind! We had a fun race. Thanks for all you do. 😊

My only gripe with the 5K was the water station was on the runner side so it created a bottle neck. Since it was hot and humid I felt they should have added a second a second station. But apart from that I’m looking forward to January. I never went to the expo as when my queue came up I was just too exhausted and had preordered what I really wanted. I agree the Backstage area was so dark, I was glad I had the sense to bring glow sticks to wear as a visual aide.

Not me crying when unheard Kelsey hope cheering you on!