2025 runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Medals Revealed

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2025 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend medals

Posted: Monday August 19, 2024 11:20am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The runDisney 2025 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, set for January 8-12, 2025, has unveiled the finisher medals for its upcoming races.

The event continues its tradition of incorporating Disney characters into the race experience, with this year’s medals designed to evoke a sense of nostalgia and celebrate Disney’s classic era.

Walt Disney World 5K Medal

The Walt Disney World 5K will kick off the marathon weekend, featuring a medal themed around Pluto.

Walt Disney World 5K medal

Walt Disney World 10K Medal

Runners in the Walt Disney World 10K will cover 6.2 miles and earn a medal showcasing Chip ‘n Dale.

Walt Disney World 10K medal

Walt Disney World Half Marathon Medal

The Walt Disney World Half Marathon offers a 13.1-mile course, with Donald Duck and Daisy Duck featured on the finisher medal.

Walt Disney World Half Marathon medal

Walt Disney World Marathon Medal

The main event, the Walt Disney World Marathon, covers 26.2 miles and will feature Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse on the finisher medal.

Walt Disney World Marathon Medal

Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge Medal

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge, a race that combines the half marathon and full marathon for a total of 39.3 miles.

Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge medal

Dopey Challenge Medal

The Dopey Challenge, requiring participants to complete all four races (5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon) for a total of 48.6 miles, offers a medal featuring Dopey from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Dopey Challenge medal

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Rteetz25 days ago

I like that they are all a set. Some years you get 5 of 6 that are a set and 1 that is completely different. I don't hate any of them. I think the half is my favorite.

surfsupdon25 days ago

And I really like it!

Surferboy56725 days ago

I kinda like it, Goofy medal seems like the best one to me. Half is a super nice medal don’t mind the marathon medal. I think I prefer the Dopey medal I got this year.

Rose&Crown25 days ago

Actually like the half a lot better

wdwmagic25 days ago

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Rose&Crown25 days ago

Not a fan of the marathon medal

Spoonful of SugarApr 21, 2024

Thank you so much for this reply and information. I will def look into Whispering Canyon - have heard good things about this one...and what a good idea to try this for breakfast while "working around" the road issues! Appreciate your insights! :)

the.dreamfinderApr 21, 2024

It would depend on where you are staying, as the road closures make things hard. If you aren’t staying at a MK resort, you should be fine on Saturday with HS as the major road closures are on World Drive and into Epcot. If you’re at a Skyliner or Crescent Lake resort, you will have no problems getting to DHS. For Sunday, that’s going to be tough. rD has a 7 hour course limit for the full marathon, so MK will be difficult to reach unless you’re on the monorail loop or WL/FW launches. However, the marathon isn’t an out and back on world drive, so world drive reopening around 8:30-9am will ease traffic. If you can get to WL or FW and take their launches, Whispering Canyon Cafe could be a breakfast option that gets you in with a Uber/Lyft at WL. The big takeaway is that Sunday will be worse than Saturday and you will need to find means of transportation that take you around the road closures and ideally on a mode of transportation to MK that isn’t a car or bus.

Spoonful of SugarApr 20, 2024

Hello! Congratulations to all who are taking on the January 2025 WDW races! I am (ashamedly) not one of you, but my DSister is - 10K!! Newbie here...so I am posting this question here, but please direct me to the "non-runner" forum if needed. Not meaning to hijack this forum with non-runner questions, but not finding where I should ask this question. Here goes. I have been given the happy task of touring the parks with my dear nieces during the mornings of the half and full - they want to do early entry both on Sat and Sun - how do the parks work for HS on Saturday during ETPE and on Sunday at MK for ETPE? Thank you for all your help.

pdude81Apr 10, 2024

Ah ok. The races themselves mentioned USATF. Thanks, that helps me avoid wasting my time on a few contenders!

RteetzApr 10, 2024

This was listed on the half and full marathon pages. I also saw it under FAQ on the question, Can runDisney races serve as POT for other runDisney races?

pdude81Apr 10, 2024

It wasn't in the race policies tab for marathon weekend, so I went to the FAQ for the whole rD site and didn't see it there either. I always remembered seeing USATF somewhere though. Which page is that from? Posting my screenshots below. I just didn't look hard enough I guess __

RteetzApr 10, 2024

You had me go check. Where are you seeing that it doesn’t need to be USATF?

pdude81Apr 10, 2024

I'm noticing the POT section of race policies no longer specifies a race needs to be USATF certified. That might be helpful given I thought I'd have through late Sept to find something and now it's got to be before the end of June. Event when I go to the FAQ it no longer mentions USATF. Not sure when that vanished but it makes it easier. I've had to hunt down race directors before to double check.