Disneyworld Marathon

[~T~]

Hi,
My mom is OhMom and she just wanted to let you all know that her and my grandma and all of the other walkers are now finished with the marathon, and she finished in 3 hours and 20 minutes and is comin home Tuesday.

 

[nativetxn]

Great news! I'm so proud of of our marathon WISHers. Thanks for letting us know, T.

Katholyn

 

[Minniespal]

Wonderful news.

 

[plutosmyfav]

Thanks T!!!

I've been on pins and needles all morning wondering about our WISH Walkers! I can't wait to hear all the details

Sundie

 

[johde]

Congratulation all you wish walkers. You are such inspirations on what can be done if you put your mind to it.

 

[TammyNC]

I have to say that I am glad the 1/2 is over and now I'm resting (you can see what relaxes me). I saw several WISHer's along the way and cheerleaders too. We enjoyed our time with everyone at Jellyrolls, The Boardwalk Bakery and then Trails End Buffet last night. It was very inspiring to see so many of the WISHer's all together.

Molli, Bev, Melanie, Nikki and Annie did great. They all finished before I did, but were there waiting once I got through all of the lines for pictures, food, etc. They are all great encouragers and I'm proud of them and everyone else that even attempted the 1/2 or full.

 

[nativetxn]

Did you run across KarenNY, Tammy? I'm curious as to how she did. I have no doubt that she did well.

Katholyn

 

[Lani]

I have to say that I am glad the 1/2 is over and now I'm resting (you can see what relaxes me). I saw several WISHer's along the way and cheerleaders too. We enjoyed our time with everyone at Jellyrolls, The Boardwalk Bakery and then Trails End Buffet last night. It was very inspiring to see so many of the WISHer's all together.

Hi Tammy -- I was there with a large group of folks from John Bingham's Team Disney-Penguin mailing list, and saw everyone in their DIS green outfits!

Glad to hear you finished successfully! (I posted another thread about how some W.I.S.H. Walkers were not allowed to finish! boo!)

 

[KathyTX]

Yay!!

I'm thrilled for ohMom, AlreadyExcitedGrammy, TammyNC, Melanie, Nikki, Annie and all the other WISHers who were marathoning.

I can't wait to hear all the results, all the stories, and see all the photos!

 

[CarolA]

Congratulations to all!

 

[TammyNC]

Thanks for all the kind words. I have to say that I have met so many this weekend, I truly can't remember who was who. I know that is sad to say, but it gets a little overwhelming and confusing when you start putting real names with tag names. Hopefully she will check in soon.

I did hear about some that were swept and shouldn't have been. I don't know all the details and as I said somewhere else, hopefully we'll get the full scoop when they get back to their computers.

I have to say thanks to everyone for being an inspiration and motivation to do this. I can't believe I even mentioned to DH this morning that with training, I bet I could do better next year and not be quite as sore. We'll see if I feel that I can commit.

 

[ZerasPride]

Congratulations to all our WISH friends on a successful marathon! We are so proud of all of you!

 

[Mom of Sleepy Bashful and BabyDoc]

Congrats to all you WISHers................hope all went well. I hate thinking any of our people were in that mess.

Cheryl N.WI.............I'm sure that you finished. I'm so proud of you. let me know all the details!!

 

[perfectmatch300]

We met a lot of the WISH marathoners at Trails End the other night & they are all ready to go! It war great meeting everyone. I appreciate the updates, as I'm anxious to hear about the experiences they had.
Katholyn, KarenNY was at Trails End on Sat, but I do not know how she did with the marathon.

 

[catherine]

CONGRATULATIONS to all of our WISHers who did the marathons. You are all awesome. What an inspiration you all are!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I did hear about some that were swept and shouldn't have been. I don't know all the details and as I said somewhere else, hopefully we'll get the full scoop when they get back to their computers.

I think there was something strange with that race--more runners than last year...yet this year...it took only 13 minutes from 1st runner to last runner to cross the start. Last year--the race results have people up to 7:15--meaning a 15 minute 1st to last over the start. With more runners--sounds totally suspicious.

AND--my GPS was wayyy off...by mile 7--I had us past mile 7, but Disney didn't...and it just got worse. I think by the end, I had between half and three quarters of a mile of extra milage on my GPS. Which makes no sense. I guess longer distances increase the inaccuracy of the GPS.

I'm not saying Disney wasn't cheating or anything--but it sounds really odd.

And then they did a count down to run me in and the announcer said I made the mat before the clock "officially stopped (though the overhead timer was still running)--but I didn't log an official race time and am not recognized officially a finisher of the race though I do have a finishers medal as do the hundreds behind me--unless they closed the gate to EPCOT.

And there were literally hundreds of people behind me after I passed mile 21--it was a turnaround stretch of road that was 1 mile out and 1 mile back. I saw NO sweeper van and people still walking INCLUDING a half marathon who I don't know how was allowed passed the half when I was told and rules state that NOONE would be allowed passed the half if they were wearing the half marathon number.

I should be proud that I finished--but when my GPS started showing greater distance than actually traveled AND an unauthorized athlete was on the course and they shouldn't have been AND the announcer said I made it, but I didn't--it just TINKS my bell.

And if our WISHers got swept and they think they SHOULDN't have been--well I believe them over the race personnell!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just my 2 cents!

 

[anniet]

Hey T-

Your Mom is a GREAT half-marathoner, but she screams like a five year old on the Tower of Terror!

 

[KarenNY]

The best part of participating in the 1/2 Marathon was spending some time with some wonderful WISHers
I walked/jogged with my DD Lisa and Heather(TXBelle) who we met at TE Sat night.
We were part of the group who were on the altered course in the MK (we didn't go up Main St).
I looked for my results on the DisneyMarathon site but couldn't find my name. I guess we crossed the finish after the mat was turned off even though the timer was still ticking. We did get our Donald medals.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

congratulations to all of the marathoners. You guys worked so hard and you all are winners and inspirations to me!

 

[TammyNC]

This is jimmytammy. I am TammyNC's DH. I wanted to let you know how proud I am of your Mom, your Grandma, AnnieT, MelanieC and Tammy along with all the other WISH marathoners who participated in this marathon. It took a lot of grit, determination, skill, and willpower for them do do what they did.
Your Mom and your Grandma are very special ladies and you are lucky to have them. But you probably already know that. And Tammy and I are glad to have them as friends. Thank you for sharing them with us for a few short days.
Take care and we hope to see you in WDW real soon!

Jimmy