2015 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend ** Check-In ** May 7-10, 2015

[Belle Ella]

See you tomorrow! So excited

I am officially done with work for the weekend. Now to have fun and play. I'm eating and getting ready to had back to the Expo for some KT Tape, then dinner, then SLEEP. I am exhausted right now.

 

[Itinkso]

@Belle Ella: thank you for all your great info in this thread! BFF and I had a great time running the 5K this morning... we're heading back to the parks in a few minutes!

Enjoy your events!!

 

[kirstie101]

Good luck this weekend everyone! Have fun!!!!

 

[VickiHD]

Hope the 5k runners had a good time this AM.

Having a super early evening tonight!!!
Hope everyone has a good run tomorrow.
PDC here I come !!!!!!!

 

[Belle Ella]

Early night for me as well. Making my playlist for tomorrow. Still need to figure out what time I'm leaving my apartment to drive in. I want to be at the start of my corral!

 

[VickiHD]

Early night for me as well. Making my playlist for tomorrow. Still need to figure out what time I'm leaving my apartment to drive in. I want to be at the start of my corral!

New playlist ......thanks for reminding me I've got to do that.
Went to Marris for a late lunch early dinner and I'm stuffed!!!
Must get things ready for tomorrow morning.

 

[Belle Ella]

Yum, haven't been to Marri's in awhile! Hope it was good.

What corral are you in again?

 

[VickiHD]

Yum, haven't been to Marri's in awhile! Hope it was good.

What corral are you in again?

Really good !!! And we saw our favorite Marries waitress. Pre-race traditions!!!
Corral E/E (thanks to knee issues last year).
You??

 

[Belle Ella]

I'm in C for the 10K and the half.

Racking my brain right now to remember if they have extra safety pins available at the bag check area. I hadn't looked in my gear bag until now and I didn't get any. I don't own safety pins, and I can't get back to the expo tonight to grab more. Sigh. This is actually stressing me out more than it should.

I really should be falling asleep right now.

 

[VickiHD]

I have extra ones.....I'm paranoid so I have extra since one year I didn't have any.
I can leave them at the front desk of our hotel for you if you like and you can pick them up?

 

[Belle Ella]

I've had a couple people offer from the FB group. I think I've got my bases covered. Just annoyed that I didn't check earlier when I could still pick some up from the Expo. Nothing like going to run a 10K without being able to attach your bib.

 

[VickiHD]

Good as long as your cover!!!

 

[kelly 1]

I'm in C for the 10K and the half.

Racking my brain right now to remember if they have extra safety pins available at the bag check area. I hadn't looked in my gear bag until now and I didn't get any. I don't own safety pins, and I can't get back to the expo tonight to grab more. Sigh. This is actually stressing me out more than it should.

I really should be falling asleep right now.

In the future check out Race Dots they are magnetic race number positioning system. No more safety pins! They work great just a bit of a pain to get on. Bib Number does not move. My girl friend made a new Playlist for me interesting to hear what she has done. Early to bed! Sleep well ! Can see finish line out out window in Disneyland hotel Frontier Tower .

 

[VickiHD]

Wishing everyone Pixie Dust Dreams.....and don't forget to set the alarms!!!!

 

[Miranda]

I'm still on east coast time even though I have been going to bed on west coast times, so of course I was wide awake this morning at 4am. I guess that that will serve me well tomorrow morning!

I totally need to check out those Race Dots... I hate putting safety pins through my shirts!

I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous people at the premiere tomorrow night... we have reservations at Naples. But I'm guessing it will be insane over by the theater area. We saw them setting up for the arrival/carpet area yesterday though!

How early do you guys get there to line up for the corrals? We are at the Anabella which is right at the end of the corral area (I assume? The blue netting stuff that goes all the way down the street?) but I'm not sure about the procedure to actually get in place. Do I just walk in the back there and try to start moving up? I don't want to be standing for a really long time before the race starts, but I do want to move my way up to the front of G. I need all the time buffer I can get!

Hope everyone running this morning has a great run! One of the people I'm here with is doing the Pixie Dust and running this morning, too.

 

[Belle Ella]

Race Dots ... I'll have to look into those. Everything went well this morning and someone was able to bring me extras! Whew.

As for the corrals, they should open at 4am tomorrow (today was 4:30) so it just depends on where you like to be in the corral. I hate being anywhere but right at the gate/rope so I get there super duper early!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I hope everyone who did the 10k today had a good time.

Thanks for all the encouragement earlier in the thread. I finished the 10k today. I'm a little nervous for tomorrow. My pace from the runDisney official site shows my pace at 16:25mm. I'm not sure if that makes me ineligible for the PDC medal even if I finish the half tomorrow without getting swept. The course today was so crowded it was difficult to go as fast as I wanted in places.

I can't figure out if you must finish both below 16mm or just finish. The people at the finish who were saying we don't need armbands were also saying when they check your picture they check that you finished the 10k within pace. I know there were PDC bibs behind me, too.

 

[Belle Ella]

Aw, good luck tomorrow! Just keep telling yourself you can do it. Find a buddy on the course and encourage each other!

I am officially signing off for the rest of the weekend. Please remember to stop by Tangaroa Terrace at 2:30 today! Wear a blue ribbon/bracelet/something on your wrist if you can. I unfortunately lost mine, but I'll be there wearing my purple starburst running capris if that helps any. Hope to see a few of you there!

 

[kelly 1]

I hope everyone who did the 10k today had a good time.

Thanks for all the encouragement earlier in the thread. I finished the 10k today. I'm a little nervous for tomorrow. My pace from the runDisney official site shows my pace at 16:25mm. I'm not sure if that makes me ineligible for the PDC medal even if I finish the half tomorrow without getting swept. The course today was so crowded it was difficult to go as fast as I wanted in places.

I can't figure out if you must finish both below 16mm or just finish. The people at the finish who were saying we don't need armbands were also saying when they check your picture they check that you finished the 10k within pace. I know there were PDC bibs behind me, too.

You can do it! Just stay positive and not let it get in your head. Yes look for a buddy. Today I ran alone but put my sites on a girl and she was my pace bunny. Good luck!

 

[goldmay]

I can't figure out if you must finish both below 16mm or just finish. The people at the finish who were saying we don't need armbands were also saying when they check your picture they check that you finished the 10k within pace. I know there were PDC bibs behind me, too.

Congrats on finishing! I also finished but fell behind the 16:00 pace. Hopefully we still have a chance to earn the challenge medal. It was my main reason for doing the half again this year, so without it I'd be pretty demotivated.