ZellyB
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2010
Hi, fellow Disboard folks and RunDisney enthusiasts and welcome to my little trip report about our recent Disney/Universal trip and completion of our first (and possibly last 
) Goofy Challenge.
This weekend represented the third marathon weekend in a row for me and my husband, Chris. Our previous two weekends were to run the Marathon race (and, no, I refuse to say ONLY the marathon). Seriously where else but at Disney do people say things like only a marathon? It's nutso.
I came to running pretty late in life after getting hooked on the Jeff Galloway Run Walk Run method of doing long-distance races. As of this marathon weekend, I've completed 4 half-marathons and 4 marathons which still astonishes me to say given how I vowed for many years that I hated running. HA! Boy, how things have changed.
In this report, you'll also be seeing my husband and running partner, Chris.
Pictured here with me after our first Disney marathon.
Our first year was just the two of us and last year we ran along with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. This year we decided to pull our two youngest kids out of school to come along on the trip.
Meet Paige and Sophie, our 11-year old twins. Pictured here in front of the Racing Pigs event at our local fair this summer.
My oldest son, Drake, is a junior in high school and he just couldn't afford to miss out on that much school, so he had to stay home.
We also brought along my sister, Damaris. She played nanny for us during the weekend while we were running.
She's been called various names by nieces and nephews including Moo Moo and Mar Mar, so for this trip she ended up with the new title of Nanny McMarMoo.
This trip would be 8 days in total with 4 park days at Disney and 2 park days at Universal. Next time I plan a trip like this I need to remember that I'm 50 years old and don't have nearly the stamina that I used to have. I need a vacation after my vacation!
So, that's our cast of characters along on this Goofy journey.
Next up...The Journey to Disney and the Expo.
) Goofy Challenge.This weekend represented the third marathon weekend in a row for me and my husband, Chris. Our previous two weekends were to run the Marathon race (and, no, I refuse to say ONLY the marathon). Seriously where else but at Disney do people say things like only a marathon? It's nutso.
I came to running pretty late in life after getting hooked on the Jeff Galloway Run Walk Run method of doing long-distance races. As of this marathon weekend, I've completed 4 half-marathons and 4 marathons which still astonishes me to say given how I vowed for many years that I hated running. HA! Boy, how things have changed.
In this report, you'll also be seeing my husband and running partner, Chris.
Pictured here with me after our first Disney marathon.
Our first year was just the two of us and last year we ran along with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. This year we decided to pull our two youngest kids out of school to come along on the trip.
Meet Paige and Sophie, our 11-year old twins. Pictured here in front of the Racing Pigs event at our local fair this summer.
My oldest son, Drake, is a junior in high school and he just couldn't afford to miss out on that much school, so he had to stay home.
We also brought along my sister, Damaris. She played nanny for us during the weekend while we were running.
She's been called various names by nieces and nephews including Moo Moo and Mar Mar, so for this trip she ended up with the new title of Nanny McMarMoo.
This trip would be 8 days in total with 4 park days at Disney and 2 park days at Universal. Next time I plan a trip like this I need to remember that I'm 50 years old and don't have nearly the stamina that I used to have. I need a vacation after my vacation!
So, that's our cast of characters along on this Goofy journey.
Next up...The Journey to Disney and the Expo.
This was another small airport, so we had our bags and were quickly on our way to Orlando. It took just about an hour and a half or so and we were pulling into Wide World of Sports for packet pick-up. This was the earliest we had ever made it to the expo, so I was hopeful that we would have good choices on merchandise still. 
Ridiculous how much I love it. At first I was unhappy because I wanted a good shot of Goofy on it, since, you know, I ran Goofy. But, the lady at the table showed me a lot and just none of them were great. She said she'd already gone through the entire box several times because a lot of people wanted a good Goofy placement and there just weren't that many. I didn't take a picture of the back, but there's a good shot of Goofy on the back and I really liked the way Minnie and Mickey were placed, so I went with it. It's tough on the wristlet because it's so small.
