TeeterTots
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- Sep 9, 2014
Great photos! Love the course....well, maybe the first part looks boring. Getting excited!
Disney is being green! I know they use those same mile markers all weekend and just switch out the numbers but that's funny that it was in the exact same order as when you did it!Yay 10K!!!
I have to say, based on my experience with this course ... it looks a lot less sad when it's not crazy raining. (I happen to really like the course ... despite the extended shower I experienced last year)
Also, the mile 2, 3, 5, and 6 mile markers are the same as last year. Way to recycle, Disney! (I don't know if I mean that in a good way or not)
That's really the only BB-8 pun I have, so...I love that people made BB-8 related comments to you during the race. That really is an awesome shirt (sorry, I don't really do BB-8 puns)!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right??Another awesome finish picture!! That pose clearly just works for you.
Oh, the first part is totally boring. It's sort of cool running under the tollbooths but otherwise...zzzzzzzGreat photos! Love the course....well, maybe the first part looks boring. Getting excited!
I do like the 10K cours! Epcot is awesome, obviously, and I love the Epcot resort area. Solid course for sure!Fantastic job on the 10K. I love all your pictures especially around the Boardwalk area. That's one reason I really want to do the 10K one year to enjoy that area while it's all lit up and still dark out.
The BB8 top made for a great race outfit.
Joining in! I've read all your reports, but this is the first time "live"
I swear I normally do not do that with the expos. If I hadn't have had the car there's no way I would've gone there more than once.Great report so far as always - fun getting to hear the details of your trip, including all those expo runs! Sounds like me and my local Marshalls
Ah! I'm excited for Princess weekend!I'm gearing up for the PHM - so it's also fun to see the details of the races from that perspective.
Yeah, it was so gross! Not a fan!Oh, and random hairs in hotel rooms are my worst nightmare! So glad you moved on, but also gave some good feedback!
T-Rex was maybe on a break or busted by WDW Security by then I guess!Congrats again in the 10K! I agree that it's a great course. I stopped for the duck tales meet and no one else after that. I didn't see the t-Rex out when I went by. I did see the sign "I made a sign" I thought that was pretty funny. I agree that the medal is better in person, it was bigger and heavier than I thought it would be.
Ah, I know! I can't believe we were right next to one another!I just wish I had known I was actually running right with you during the race...oh well. The course is funny, you spend the first four miles thinking about how boring the Epcot Parking Lot Tour is, then you spend the last two miles thinking about how awesome the course is.
Thanks! Yep, that's a preferred-/Boardwalk-view studio. There are standard-view rooms as well, but when I went to rent points the standard rooms were gone. I think the couch pulls out into a sofa bed and of course the Murphy bed folds down in front of the TV, so it sleeps 5.Great job on the 10k!
Is that a studio at the Boardwalk? (I'm trying to convince my husband to come with me to 2018 marathon and bring our will-be-3-year-old and trying to figure out a room type that would work best).
The debate about this began almost immediately, and it’s still going on. According to some, anyone with a Goofy, Dopey, or half marathon medal shouldn’t keep them because since the race was canceled, the medals were not “earned,” and that Coast-to-Coast/Castle to Chateau should be invalid for this year. Honestly, I don’t know what to think about this and it’s such a bizarre situation that I don’t even think I can word my thoughts in a coherent way. Of course...like I said, I don’t even really know what my thoughts are! <-- me since Friday night
I’m probably going to get some judgey responses/thoughts for this, but...I know a lot of people ended up running 13.1 the next day anyway to feel like they “earned” the medals. And I just didn’t feel the need to do that. I think maybe because I have run more than a few half marathons, 2 Goofys and 1 Dopey already that I guess I didn’t feel like I needed to prove to anyone, myself included, that I could do it - because I HAVE already done it. If the challenge had proceeded on as scheduled, I would have finished it. I KNOW I would have.
Definitely try Sanaa! It's one of my favorite TS locations at WDW!I didn't make it to the meet up. With being in such a large group this week we just had so much going on. I hope someone plans something next year and I'll plan on going to that one.
Great pictures at AK! It's my favorite park because of all the details and just how it looks so natural.
I have yet to do Sanaa but everyone raves about it. Maybe I can finally try it next trip.
When they put out the 5PM update saying there would be another update at 7PM that's wen I started to worry a but more. Then as we got closer to 7 people were talking about the signs that said delayed and a possible cancellation. I think the Dis and Twitter are where I say the cancellation first from people posting the signs in the resorts. It was a shock. I like you thought we would get a shortened course. I also like you thought runDisney did as good as they could've handling it.
Thanks! I love AK too. So relaxing and beautiful there. I'm like you, a little worried about what Pandora will possibly do...I should probably watch Avatar before I worry though.Love your hair in those shots, girl!! I also just love AK - never really understood why more people don't give it the love it deserves. Maybe Pandora will help with that although I confess to be a little worried that it will alter the park too much, but I gotta say looking at the construction going on there it looks impressive.
Sorry to have missed the Dis meet at Hurricane Hannah's though.
Yes! You and I both had rough 2016s with training...definitely mixed feelings over the cancellation, but relief was my biggest response.And, I mirror everything you say about the cancellation. After the shock wore off, I also ended up relieved about it. You know what a rough training season I'd had and I just felt totally unprepared for the weekend and while, like you, I know I could have done it, I was not driven to do the 13.1 on my own. The marathon ended up being a really tough race for me so I think it was the right call for me not to run it, but I sure admire those who did.
Yeah, and I guess they must've decided to call it so early to try to notify as many people as possible? What a mess this must have been for them...I'm just imagining them huddled in a conference room somewhere in Celebration all day glued to the Weather Channel or something.And, like you, I have only praise for how rD handled the whole thing. It was a crappy call to have to make and the decision to refund that money was above and beyond. I did a rough calculation of how much I thought the refunds amounted to and it was somewhere north of like $4.5M. That's a whole lot of money to just hand back to people especially given that they'd already spent all the money to put the race on. It was still a bummer and I do feel awful for those who were counting on doing that race for any number of reasons, but given that I was seeing lightening and hearing thunder at 7 in the morning, there's no doubt it was the right call to make.
Now I remember! Yes yes, our glorious tans!Was great meeting everyone on Friday afternoon at Hurricane Hannah's...and for the record I did talk to you! I think we compared our tans or something I don't hate you sun, why do you hate me??
go eat at Sanaa. Right now. You and your family can thank me later!Animal Kingdom is my fave park too! I can ride Kilimanjaro Safari over and over and over and over...love it.
Disney dining confession...I have never eaten at Sanaa I always want to and have unfortunately never been able to convince the family. Maybe I need a better family haha
I think most of us runners agree that while disappointing, the cancellation was the right call and that Disney did a nice job with notifications, refunds/tickets/deferrals, etc. It's the non-runners that seem to be the most angry about it from what I have read, which...Totally bummed by the cancellation, but completely understood the why behind it. runDisney went above and beyond with the way they handled it and took care of the runners...I think I was as surprised by that as much as the fact that it was cancelled. My wife and I did run a half on our own on the Saturday (and the little guy even joined us for the first 11K), but I don't think I would have bothered if it wasn't our first Dopey.
It WAS! Pricey but good!That ice cream looks delicious! Yum!
Everyone was so nice - thankfully a couple of people were nice enough to start conversations with me and that instantly made me more comfortable.I bet the Dis meet was fun! I too would have been bashful! Especially alone. In a group I'm chatty but alone is another story. I will not be to shy to say hello next month should i see you!
Thanks Everyone must eat at Sanaa! It's so good!Bummer for missing Minnie! You are so photogenic! Her loss! Sad to say I've never eaten at Saana! My husband isn't an adventurous eater, but I feel like I've had the bread service in club level (or something similar at least).
It got super crazy when someone posted a picture of the "delayed" sign! From there I was just glued to my phone all night - just what you want in Disney, right?I can only imagine the anticipation waiting to hear from runDisney Friday night. It was quite thrilling reading along at home, that's for sure!
I'd have to say I would've been relieved too had I been in your running shoes. You're darn right you deserved that medal because the training is the true test.
Thanks!Nice idea to hit up the creamery for a treat and then to be able to sleep in! Score!
Love the half outfit!
They're sequined all over - black ears with a red bow that has white polka-dots. I'll take a better pic later.Thoughts:
What ears are you wearing to visit Pluto in the MK? They look cute but I can't make out what is on them.
Um - that's a GREAT idea!You can totally buy gingerbread flavoring...bring it in your purse via a flask wherever you go and then give people weird looks when you pour it into you coffee???? Never-mind, that's a terrible idea.
OMG it was so good! Comtempo Cafe is a gem!That flatbread at Contempo fed me for like three days on our last trip. I was a bit obsessed with it.
Me too! It's soooo pretty!I LOVE BOG AT NIGHT! We got pummeled with rain on the way out of our dinner last year, so I want a do over this Fall.
BEE BEE 8 OMG I love this!!You could totally wear that BB8 shirt with your bee skirt and then you would transform into BEE BEE 8?????!!!!
It is looking nowhere near like that today, I can assure you.Your hair GIRL!!!!
Those are all my random thoughts. Excited to read about your marathon.
I agree! I wasn't expecting the compensation options from them AT ALL - that was a very pleasant surprise. I was expecting them to give out the medals though - since they were already there anyway - and keeping it as part of the challenges, though. Just based on what they did for the shortened Wine & Dine half.I flip back and forth on this also. On the one hand, you've invested a LOT of time and money into preparing for (and getting to) the Dopey Challenge, that it would be heartbreaking to be told at the 11th hour that it was all for nothing and you have to try again next year. On the other hand, there are a million other scenarios that could have had the same result (last minute illness, injury, missed flights, etc) that Disney would not (and IMO should not) have to honor.
Truth!!Then of course there are the C2C, Castle to Chateau, and Castaway Cay challenges (is this still a thing?) that require even more money and travel time that might be too late to cancel. One could also definitely argue if you're planning all of these vacations just to earn a worthless medal then you are crazy and Disney owes you nothing other than refunding that small portion of your vacation money.
Yes to changing your mind a thousand times - I have been back and forth over it so many times. In the end, I think that the reason I am okay with it is the part of your response that I bolded - if the race had not been canceled, I would have been there. I would have finished it, and I would have finished the marathon (and MAN would that have been painful if I had run the half the previous day!). My husband's opinion is that I did what runDisney allowed me to do and they gave me the medals, so in their eyes I did the challenge and therefor earned the medals. I'm not even totally sure if I agree with that. And the sweeping that you bring up is interesting - personally I wouldn't want the medal if I started the race and then got swept - but here they canceled the race and somehow I'm okay with keeping the medals??? I just don't know. My brain hurts.I think I've figured out how I would personally feel about the medals.
If I had signed up for a last minute race that I wasn't really putting a lot of blood sweat and tears into the training and it got cancelled, I probably wouldn't go out of the way to pick up the medal if it was offered even if that race cost me $$.
If I HAD trained my booty off and the race was cancelled (I'm just mentally thinking about my last BIG non-disney race and about my upcoming disney race) then I would accept the medal because that's how much the training means to me. And I'd make up the distance at home the best I knew how to. I'd find a way to earn it on my own terms. It would hang on my medal rack with a mental asterick.
In the case of Dopey/Goofy, I think it's different...y'all did so much back to back crazy distance training, and woke up two days early already to race...you all earned that. I don't care what anyone else says. I mean, you woke up and ran that marathon after a WEIRD shift in your plans. You earned it.
Now if it feels weird hanging on your medals rack (not meaning, you @Ariel484 , meaning the universal "you")...how about this for a good solution? Take the ribbon off the half medal and turn it into an xmas ornament. Now it's a reminder of a story you had while on vacation. A momento. Or make a fridge magnet out of it? Or ironic earrings? Put it in your photo album.
I don't think we can treat this debate in the same category as the "Should someone get a medal if they didn't show up to run" because that to me is DIFFERENT. Y'all would have shown up. As far as the "Should someone get a medal if they are swept"...I'm still super on the fence on that one because the reasons for being swept are so different that I tend to just side with the "let the few bad apples get their medals so the good apples can have them too" side.
I don't know...I'll change my mind a thousand times on the topic.