Is It Possible to Get Faster for Dopey 2026 in December 2025
Season 2 of Running to the Castle Podcast w/ Dr. Ali Marty
Episode 176 How Slow Runners Get Faster for Dopey runDisney Races
In this episode of Running to the Castle Dr. Ali answers a listeners question if it’s possible to actually get faster with 5 weeks left before Dopey 2026 race.
Dr. Ali dives into the nuance of yes, it is, and no it’s not, possible to get faster about 1 month before Dopey 2026.
She discusses aspects such as what has training looked like in the past 5 months leading up to this race, with the caveat that if you’ve done zero training it’s not going to be possible to make leaps and bounds improvements in the final month.
Though, she mentions that if training has gone OK and for runners who have trained relatively consistently and gotten up to about 14 or 15 mile long runs with steady mileage build up, and no pain, then yes it could be possible.
Dr. Ali mentions her signature Finisher Framework that she uses to get her Stronger.Faster.Finisher. clients across the finish line without feeling broken and breaks down the 3-4 categories she looks at when helping a runner get faster.
