Lol Guatemala! I have never seen that. I used body glide and the worked fine.
Great character pictures! When I went through WWoS I got Chip and Dale only, Donald went in a few people ahead of me.
At least you knew you had that buffer!
I bet Guatemala was hurting by the end of the race.
Yes, knowing the buffer is there is always a good thing!
You may not have felt it at the time but you WERE looking strong when I ran with you! You were cruising along nice and steady making it look easy...much better than other runners around you. Glad you realized it once I told you! Also, I have never been called a "sparkly gazelle" before, that made me laugh out loud
Thanks Mike! I knew I liked you.
Finally getting a chance to catch up on your TR - lots of random thoughts...
1) Ewwww, blech, and ugh about your hotel room at All Star! I know you don't expect a Poly room at an All Star price, but STILL it should at least be clean!! Good thing it was just one night.
Oh totally. Initially the room was nicer than I expected until I got a close look.
2) Sorry you weren't able to get character pics on the 5K - I love the characters in their World Showcase outfits!
3) Ahhh Boardwalk - your pics are beautiful! We have stayed there several times using DVC points and love it!
I love the Boardwalk so much. It was so quiet and relaxing that weekend!
4) Yikes on the crowds at MK! Leftover new years' crowds I guess?
I guess so! Good to remember for future marathon weekends!!
5) Expo merchandise - looks like you did just fine without waiting in that nightmare of a line! I got the HM shoes too at the Star Wars expo last weekend. I am in love
Yes, this was an eye-opener on how big a difference it makes to wait and go later!
I freaking love those HM shoes!!
6) Love your race pics from the 5K and the 10K - I have BB8 shirt envy big time! I tried bidding on one on ebay and thought I had it...then outbid in the last 10 seconds
That has happened to me in eBay. I think people have sniper programs or something to help them.
7) Ice cream sampler?? What the what?? That's awesome!
Yes! Perfect for someone like me who is so indecisive.
8) The half marathon debacle...I am in the camp that felt like rD went above and beyond to make it right. Just feel bad for everyone - athletes AND rD employees that had to deal with the fall out of that mess.
I feel the same. I see a lot of complaining on Facebook and other message boards - we're getting compensation when we didn't have to. What's to complain about??
9) I love how you much fun you have on your own - I did the Star Wars challenge last weekend on my own, and so many people couldn't believe I was there by myself. I was visiting family in SoCal but doing the races on my own. I had a blast and I even love doing the parks by myself.
10) Crazy cold weather for the full! Can't believe all the layers! In Florida! I guess January in Florida is just completely unpredictable. Great pics so far! Still smiling big at mile 20! Looking forward to the rest, as always thank you for taking the time to share it all with us!
I really liked being solo for a race weekend. There were times where I got a little lonely but overall it was great to be able to be 100% in charge of scheduling and whatnot.
Thanks for reading so far!!
You got a pic with Sports Donald! Jealous! It was only the 'Munks for me (but they were cute, so not complaining...much). I do love my Ducks though. Lol. Great update so far! I didn't think ESPN was bad either - the characters make all the difference. I would NOT have wanted to run it without them though. Boring.
It was SO much better than when I went through in 2013 and 2015. They had pretty much nothing then. Not cool!!
Nice multi tasking of ditching your layers in line. I was wearing compression leggings that required practically the jaws of life to get off.
I was finally free of them in a med tent just before 17. (I didn't ditch them though, as they were not throwaways). Your butterfly outfit is AMAZING! You looked super cute!
Can't wait for the big finish!
Haha! Had to multi-task since I was going so slowly...I didn't want to lose any extra time!! Thanks for reading
Guatemala!! Dude, karma will get you.
But, you got an amazing shot after he got out of the way. Your outfit was on point! You look amazing in that. So glad you are running strong and feeling good at this point with only one spasm.
Karma got him right in the nips!
ACK! How did I not see Mickey and Minnie. I swear I don't think they were out when I ran by or I know we would have stopped.
We did see Chip and Dale, but no Donald out and since we've gotten C & D before in their referee outfits we didn't stop.
Maybe they weren't!! When I was in line the CM said they were about to head in for 5 minutes...I bet that's when you went by.
And, thanks for the shout-out about our Joy and Sadness photo op, but I think you look pretty amazing there too!!
Your picture > my picture. Let's be honest!!
Oh wow I bet Mr. Guatemala was hurting later on that day. The hubby had to be introduced to body glide while he was training for the half and it was a very hilarious conversation! I didn't mind WWoS but I didn't need care for the road getting in there and leaving. The constant change of scenery there was nice because I am not a huge fan of the long stretches of highway where it's nothing but a sea of people. Did you happen to see anyone cross the highway before we made into WWoS? I saw at least three or four people who basically determined they weren't going to deal with miles 17-21!
I bet he was! Hope he packed some Neosporin.
Yes, Bodyglide is KEY!!
I did NOT see anyone cross the median
You've lost most of your layers at this point. Glad to see there were great photo-ops. I will say if I had been Mr. Guatemala I would not have been in such a photographic mood. Even though everyone knows that happens I'm not sure it's the photo you want to show off to your family and friends.
Yes, it felt better and better to lose those layers!
I'm wondering if Mr. Guatemala didn't realize what had happened just yet. That had to have been a painful post-race shower!
Seriously?!?! Chris and I always joke around about cutting across the median and pretending like we ran the whole way, but I can't imagine anybody actually doing it!!
Maybe they were just having a bad day! I know for sure they missed that last timing mat at mile 20 though!
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie - I'm always like "man that would be so easy..." but never like I'd ACTUALLY do it, you know?!
I guess a person could have cut the course there AND at that mile 11ish out-and-back. I just don't get it though. How in good conscience do you accept the medal after doing that??
It would be obvious from their splits if they did cut that much of the course and Disney has gone in before and DQ'd results...I bet these people don't care though as long as they have the medal/attention of "finishing." But at least they can't use the results for proof of time if they get busted.