Twoboysnmygirl
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- Aug 31, 2008
You did it!!! Congrats!!
You did it!!! Congrats!!
You crossed that finish line. And that is awesome! Good job!
I think the mental is the worst part of running.... you overcame and you conquered.
Now we both can conquer the Princess!!!
I'm just tired reading all about your running. Regardless of your self deprication, you did a fantastic job to finish before the pacers. I couldn't even complete a run like that. Kudos to you.
It sounds like you guys paced yourselves well both food and energy wise during the weekend. Good luck on the PHM. I seem to know a few folks running in that one as well.
Congrats! You pushed through and finished, that is awesome!
Your experience reminds me a lot of my first half marathon. I was very hard on myself during the race, so worried about others' perception of my finishing time, and hurt so much afterwards. It took me awhile after the race to get back into running, but I finally did and have enjoyed running a lot more since then.
Good luck on the Glass Slipper Challenge! I enjoy reading your TRs and am looking forward to the next.
That is really good to hear about how my experience was similar to yours on being hard on yourself and hurting emotionally afterwards. If it wasn't for already having paid so much for Glass Slipper, I probably wouldn't have gone for it. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue the long distance running after this depending on how Glass Slipper goes. For Wine & Dine, I'm doing the 5K in the morning while my husband will do the Half. My husband wants to do the Rebel Challenge again & I have until June to decide if I'm going to go for it or not again.
Thank you for enjoying my TRs I think I'm going to do a dining report for my 2 Feb Trips as I have too many others going on the trips to worry about posting their photos on the internet (Trip #1 is with my husband's coworkers & Trip #2 is with my coworker) along with the fact that I'm not going to carry around the DSLR either. I'll be back to Trip Reports for Star Wars Weekends & our long Food & Wine trip though!
I'm in the same boat, trying to figure out if I will do Star Wars next year. My husband and I did the Rebel Challenge, too. It was our first half marathon in 2 years and we had also said we weren't going to do more Disney races because of the cost. But, when Star Wars was announced there was no question that we would do it (I'm a big Star Wars fan). Now my sister wants to a do a Disney half and picked out Wine and Dine. But she can't do it until 2016, so I'm contemplating doing Star Wars again so I get a Coast to Coast medal. Run Disney is totally sucking me back in
Well it's good to see this all wrapped up with a happy ending.
You have a lot of fun trips coming up! Will you be doing TRs for any of them?
Just joined in and read your whole update. We are thinking of making our first trip out west to DLR so trying to read up on trip reports like yours.
I am definitely not a runner (other than when chased) but if there was anything that could get me to try a race it is the prospect of one at a Disney park.
Big congratulations to you for completing both races! That is quite the accomplishment especially with the ankle injury you had to deal with.
Glad to hear you thought Paradise Pier was good and did feel in the "Disney Bubble" as if we do stay on site that will probably be the place.
Excited to read a lot of your dining takes - though disappointed your didn't enjoy Blue Bayou and that service at Napa Rose was so bad. Glad you enjoyed Carthay Circle and Steakhouse 55 though. Also your ravioli at Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta looked really good.
Biggest takeaway for me was that they have Brother Thelonious at Sonoma Terrace
Great job with the trip report and thank you for sharing!
Congratulations on doing such a challenge! I have barely managed 2 5k's and have signed up for a 10K this Labor Day weekend for the Half Marathon Weekend but I am super nervous about it. MAYBE I'll work up to a half some day... but probably not!!
Congratulations! Saw your post on the SWW thread (which I'm over 30 pages behind, eek!). I also was in California for SWHMW, but I only ran the half. Really enjoyed your recap, especially since I thought I must have missed some character stops, but evidently not. Seems like the 10K had more, but I suppose they wanted to keep everyone moving since the parks were within the first 5 miles. The OC crowds were fantastic, especially in Garden Grove area. Just phenomenal.
And funnily enough, I also ran PHM for my C2C, both were so much fun! I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post my blog links here, otherwise I would.
Totally wish I could do SWHMW again in January, but I'm doing Dopey and not sure my pocketbook and legs could take it.
Great job, really enjoyable read, too.