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RunDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend is the newest Disney running event, and it debuted last weekend at Walt Disney World in Florida. The race joins Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon, Walt Disney World Marathon, and Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekends in Walt Disney World’s running season. The surprise? A different theme each year.
“We want it to be a surprise and delight for our guests,” says Heidi Pickert, manager of sports development for RunDisney. “To add new fun elements and give some appeal to different audiences. Not rinsing and repeating the same model over four race weekends.”
For Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary, the 2022 weekend celebrated “Yestermorrow,” with fresh takes on retired races of yore—Expedition Everest 5K, Race For The Taste 10K, and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10-Miler. “Our runners have been asking to bring those races out of the vault,” Pickert says….
