DisneyLAND bound!!

[WDWFAN9]

I know what you mean about that medal envy. I am proud of & love my Donald medal but boy do I want a Mickey. It only seems right that this "Disney Freak" have a Mickey medal for her collection.

Pat- congrats on registering for the full. I am still contemplating on if I can commit the training time & if my ankles will take it (I have tendonitis) If I do, maybe me, you & Cam can hang out & have so much fun cruising those 26.2 miles that we dont even notice how long will have been walking

Sounds like a plan to me!! My goal for the full is to finish with a chip time of just under 7hrs. Like John Bingham said last Jan (according to LisalovesPooh) "If Disney gives you 7hrs, why be in such a hurry to finish?"

I am hoping to have a faster pace for DL though.....because I am considering the Minnie 15k in May and the 15 minute pace is a little faster than I am used to, but it is something to work towards. Just not for the full. I want to be sure I finish and can get that Mickey medal!!

Can you believe how quickly Sept is coming up? It is practically the 4th of July, the next thing you know it will be time to head to CA. I have got to find the time to do some DL research. Mousesavers had a link to a ticket seller with 4 day DL hoppers for $164ea, and a $10 shipping charge per order. That is about the best I've found. I'm also thinking about doing the Fantasmic dessert thing, it is pretty pricey, but you get elevated seating on a balcony. I'm sure I'm not exactly remembering that correctly, gotta get to that research!!

Take care everyone

 

[TiffJ]

Pat, we are thinking along the same lines. And yes, John Bingham does say to enjoy the race & not rush through it. I am reading "Courage to Start" right now. My only goald would be to finish ahead of the buses.

I think we are going to get the 4 day passes too & I am also considering the Fantasmic dessert buffet.

It is coming up super fast. The next 2 weeks I will be at church for VBS. Then I'm going to turn around & it will be July. Kids go back to school Aug 2nd so this summer is already flying by. I haven't bought my DL guidebook yet either.

 

[DianeL]

The SouvinEAR ChampionChips for the 1/2 Marathon are up for sale (I think the link is available thru WideWorld of Sports otherwise my link is at home)....

Anyways I'm torn. Do I buy it or not? Who else is buying one for the race? I like the idea of having my own chip simply because who wouldn't want to run with THE Mouse on your foot? I can't remember who else said they had bought one either this year or in a past year.

What if I get to the Expo and I wave it over the scanner and it doesn't work? Will Disney have a spare for me?

Any thoughts? Pros? Cons?

What's the current countdown? I did 2 LWs over the weekend. Saturday was 8 and Sunday was 6. The heat was horrible and I hope it isn't that bad in Sept. My park course is pretty well shaded and I was dreading the sunny areas on the way back. Today is a off day for exercise then back to either a short 3.5 with the dog or DH on Tuesday or the ellpi machine.

Hope everyone else is staying cool during their training!!!

 

[WDWFAN9]

Hi Diane,

I have no idea about the chip. Other than it being Mickey what would be the point? I'll have to check it out.

As far as the countdown......90 days. It WILL be here soon. I can't wait

 

[debm]

Anybody have their own chip? I think it would be cool to have it---but that's probably about it. Also, I hated the fact that I had to stop immediately after the Minnie to get theirs off my shoe. I had been running for too long to just abrubtly stop. I actually told the guy to "WAIT!" Then I figured I had better just get it off then. It's just that they did it like 5 feet after crossing the finish---at least it felt that way to me. If I had my own would it really make a difference?

 

[littlegreydonkey]

CAn't wade in on the chip debate as I don't know anyone who owns their own (which I spose as most of my friends run halfs or marathons actually says a lot - although admittedly, none of them have been offered a mouse shaped one) but just thought I'd reassure Diane that I am staying cool during my training - in fact, it's freezing here. The coldest winter I've had since I left England 5years ago - I'm not happy. Apparently the wind is blowing straight up off the ski fields and it's not warming up on the way here. Grrr, I hate cold weather. Still it's the shortest day tomorrow so it's all up from here, hooray. Anyway, I have nothing useful to say, just passing time while I wait for tonights professor in England to answer his phone!! Helen

 

[keenercam]

Pat, I know it is a lot of work, but are you willing to update the roster in the first post to include other information? I'd love to know who is walking and who is running so that maybe the WISH walkers can plan on a strategy to walk together if anyone wants to.
keenercam (Cam)-- mostly walking -- CCI 9/15-9/22
keenho (Howard)-- running -- CCI 9/15-9/22
Cam & Howard's DS13 -- WISH scream team member extraordinaire

Also, can we put a list up front of any kids that are going? It might make it easier to coordinate kid-friendly activities and I would LOVE for my DS13 to find someone to hang out with while Howard and I do the Half. We bought him a WISH SCREAM TEAM tee shirt and he is very "into" being on the course to cheer us on. I just want to figure out how to let him do that safely.

One last thing (yeah, we all know I am a pain in the neck) -- we are arriving LAX on Friday 9/15 and if anyone is travelling alone and arriving roughly the same time and needs a ride to the resort, we'd love to coordinate on that.

Getting really excited about this now.

BTW, Pat, if you would rather I start a new thread on any of this, I will. I just LOVE having everyone posting here. It really feels like family. :

 

[keenercam]

BTW, on the chip thing -- when I asked DH about buying it for the 2006 Half, neither of us anticipated needing it or being able to use it for other races. I didn't have a whole lot of faith in myself that I'd be doing enough races to warrant having one.

It might be fun, but I don't think it decreases the registration cost or anything to have your own, and I can think of a lot of things to spend my $$ on since Disney doesnt' charge extra for the chips for our events.

Hi, Tiff! I hope you have fun at VBS! What a great way to spend the next 2 weeks. How is your training going?

I am thrilled to be in the 2nd week of the MfM Walk a Half program and am proud of myself for sticking to it. I, like Pat, am training for something below 15 minute miles since I was able to do that for the Minnie and want to work on constantly improving my pace. I am really hoping to add some short jogging intervals to my walking, too.

Rhonda (who, unfortunately, will not be doing the DL 1/2 with me ) was kind enough to give me her guidebooks and I am almost through Birnbaum's. The resort seems very manageable and walkable. I haven't had any luck finding a 4 day pass rate lower than the vendor listed on mousesavers. My passport to savings membership goes only to a 3 day hopper and I am not sure it is upgradeable once we are there, so I don't want to take a chance on doing that. I really like that the vendor on mousesaver has the bonus feature, which I think is early entry one morning to one park. That would be fun!

Is anyone else looking at doing any tours? I'd love to do the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour.

I am thinking Saturday may be a good day for a character breakfast and then a relaxed stroll through DL so look at parts of the course and to see the castle! Hopefully spending Saturday afternoon with WISHers at DTD for early dinner and then a relaxing evening and early to bed. I thought Sunday might be a good day to go exploring in the rental car after the 1/2 so that we can rest up a bit. I intend to jam pack the following 3 days with park hopping/exploration.

I think I have to spend some serious time on the DL board to find out about ADR timing, etc.

 

[Kristi1357]

Is anyone else looking at doing any tours? I'd love to do the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour.

We did this tour in 2003 when I was at DL pregnant with DS. It was great! Since you have the time, and are interested - I'd definately do it!

 

[WDWFAN9]

Hi Cam,

I will be glad to include additional information to the first post.

I've never heard of the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour, but it sounds cool. DH and I have done a couple of WDW tours where you go behind the scenes, very neat! We are flying into LA on 9/11 and heading to Sequoia National Park for a couple of nights. Our reservations at CCI begin Thursday, but I'm thinking we might want to be near DL on Weds evening so we can start out bright and early at DL on Thursday. We'd better finalize our plans.

Unfortunately we leave for home on Monday morning, so we won't have much opportunity to wear our castle medals in the parks. Darn!! That is one thing that surprised me last Jan - how many people wore their medals, and how many people commented on them. After I cleaned up when I finished the half I put on the official half marathon shirt and my beautiful Donald medal and headed to Epcot to email pictures to my family (see siggie). I kind of felt a little self-conscious, and figured I'd take the medal off after the pictures, but so many people congratulated me, and since I was in WDW alone it was a great conversation starter. Even a couple of days later many people were wearing medals, and I was blown away when people with Goofy medals would call out "congratulations" to me. It was so cool.

 

[keenercam]

Thanks, Kristi!

 

[TiffJ]

Woo hoo, its getting sooo close I can't wait. I've already starting accumulating things to bring with me. (as all DIS overplaner/overpackers do )

Cam-thanks for asking, prep work for VBS this week is going great! DS is also in science camp so we are doing alot of running around. That tour sounds really cool! From what I've read DL is much more compact & easy to get around

Pat- OMG 89 days

I'm also in the 2nd week of MFM plan & its going great! Feels good to be back on a program

 

[littlegreydonkey]

Hey Pat, to start the list, I'm running the half. No kids, just Tim on cheerleading duty (although if he has his way he'll still be in bed with his free breakfast when I finish!). Also, is anyone going to be at the CCI Thursday evening, that I could ring. I wouldn't mind having someone to call when I get into the car/shuttle so the driver thinks someone is expecting me. Sorry, old London habit that I haven't got out of when I get in a cab (I've done fake calls before now). Helen

 

[WDWFAN9]

Hey Helen,

What time are you arriving at CCI? DH and I will be checking in early in the morning and spending the day at DL. Don't have any idea what time we will get back to the hotel, but I'll be glad to give you my cell phone number and you can call me even if I am still in the park.

 

[TiffJ]

Yea! Several of us will be there Thur. Mom & I will be getting in around noon on Thur so it looks like you'll have a group of people waiting for you Helen

 

[keenercam]

Yea! Several of us will be there Thur. Mom & I will be getting in around noon on Thur so it looks like you'll have a group of people waiting for you Helen

I'm soooo jealous!! I wanna be with you guys as soon as possible. As if it isn't bad enough already that DS is going to miss 6 DAYS!!! of school.

I think we should be to the resort by about 3 on Friday. If anyone wants to PM me their cell phone numbers, I"d LOOOOOOOVVVEEEE to call everyone I know when I land for the first time on west coast USA soil! (The furthest west I've ever been is Indiana). I have a whole list of WISHers phone numbers in my cell phone. They are all under W and start "WISH so-and-so". It is so energizing just looking at them! Okay, I am getting goofy.

Been at work since 7:15 am to prepare for an 11:00 hearing. Back in touch later. Great morning, all!

 

[littlegreydonkey]

That's great - tim doesn't arrive till late afternoon the next day so I'm a bit nervous about the whole LAX to CCI thing - I'll be fine once I get there.

I am currently having major fat moment. Just eaten half a pizza - now normally I wouldn't beat myself up over that, but halfway through the pizza Ithought. I don't want any more of this - so what did I do, place it to one side? cover it with washing up liquid so I wouldn't be tempted? No I ate it! Now feel v v heavy and a little bit sick! And it's too cold and dark to go walk it off. Oh well, have to run a bit faster tomorrow! Just the 2 miles to do then, I love 2 mile runs - admittedly as I didn't have time to go today, I have to do the 2 miles after a one hour weight's workout with my trainer when he tries to kill me (and counteract things like the pizza) but it'll still only be a 20 minute run not a 2 hour one. Helen

 

[Kristi1357]

We'll be flying in on Thursday evening, but to John Wayne airport. I am so glad we could fly in there since it's alot closer to DL.

Everyone take care and keep up the training! I am off to Ocean City, MD tomorrow. I am bound & determined to stick to my training for DL. My 12 week plan starts Monday. I can't wait to wog on the Boardwalk in the morning next week!

 

[beentherealot]

hi everyone

please add me to the list!

i've done two wdw full and one wdw half marathons. when i saw the dl half announced, i just had to run it! (-:

this is the first time i've glanced through the thread. anything special planned or that i should know about?
thanks

 

[lap3]

hi everyone

please add me to the list!

i've done two wdw full and one wdw half marathons. when i saw the dl half announced, i just had to run it! (-:

this is the first time i've glanced through the thread. anything special planned or that i should know about?
thanks

We've been talking about having a DIS meet on the Saturday before the race. The time and place haven't been decided yet. I mentioned the Rainforest Cafe and a few people like that idea. Others have mentioned places in DTD. I'm up for whichever. It looks like you're a DL veteran. Do you have any suggestions you'd like to throw out there?

Danny