Run Your Fastest Dopey in 2026

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Written By Ali Marty

Season 2 of Running to the Castle Podcast w/ Dr. Ali Marty

Episode 91 PR Dopey 2026 runDisney Races

In this episode of Running to the Castle you’ll learn how to improve your speed and pace so you can run faster at the Dopey Challenge in Disney World in 2026.

Some important aspects of getting faster include

  • Work on your speed

  • You’ll need specific speed workouts

  • Practice back to back days and running on tired legs

  • Get stronger

  • Run your easy runs slow so you have the energy to run hard on the shorter speed work days

  • Use cross training to your benefit to improve your stamina without all the pounding on your joints

  • Stay injury-free. You can’t train if you’re seriously injured

  • Bonus tip: carb load the week before Dopey and practice it during your training runs

For runners wanting to finish runDisney stronger and faster join the Stronger. Faster. Finisher. Program. The place to get stronger so you stop getting injured, get faster so you beat the balloon ladies and improve your stamina so you can go the distance.

Ali Marty

Hi! I’m Ali. I’ve been in the health and wellness space since graduating with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2012. I worked in the typical outpatient clinic with active men and women with orthopedic injuries (shin splints, Achilles tendonitis, muscle and ligament tears, knee pain, IT Band pain, plantar fasciitis, and hip and knee arthritis until 2018 at which point I started Mobile Physical Therapy in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the past few years I’ve transitioned to helping women running runDisney races after they’ve had an injury and they want to finish strong and enjoy the rest of their runcation.

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