orlandothebeagle
Gotta love the beagles.
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Oh, no.... they do not actually "race" the 5K. There is nothing official about it... no numbers or clocks at all. But, the times I've seen it and the time my DH ran it, there will always be a few "fasties" in the front who want to run it fast and make it a race for themselves... my DH was in that category.There are a couple cast members that run it. There is usually one cast member that is a pretty good runner who usually will keep up with the people in the front... the people who want to run hard and fast and try to race it for themselves. But, then there are other cast members who do a slow jog, and then there cast members who are walkers.... so there is a cast member for every category to make it fun and low key.
It's super casual, super fun, and there is nothing official about it... it's pretty much just a group 5K run and honestly, the majority of the people I've seen run it (I've only seen it twice) are just doing a casual jog, not even wearing running gear (just wearing like shorts and tank tops), and just having a good time.
But, there will be those few people in the front who will want to make it a race for themselves and those people usually kind of compete against each other (TOTALLY fun compete thing... my DH and the guy who finished just before him totally had fun together... they were just using each other to push harder).
Oh, and from what I heard, the one really fun thing (and it's totally optional) is the turn-around point is the adult only beach, and my DH and a few others that were the faster runners along with the cast member that stuck with the people in the front, they ran on the beach, jumped in the ocean for a second, got totally wet to cool off, and then ran back. haha!!
But, I could barely walk during that time because I had just injured my ankle, and I remember by the time I got off the ship and was hobbling down the walkway to get to the beach, even like 40 minutes after the 5K started, there were slow joggers and walkers still coming back from the 5K.
And, what was even more fun is some of the people getting off the ship would be cheering every single person on who was coming back from the 5K, even the walkers and slow joggers.
So, no.... TOTALLY not a "race" type thing... very casual, very fun, laid back, non-competitive. But, just the fast people in the front are the ones who might want to be competetive, but that is general a very small percentage out of the whole group doing the 5K.
Oh, also... one neat thing they DO do is at some point in time during the day at Castaway Cay, they send to your stateroom a certificate saying you officially completed the Castaway Cay 5K (and there is no times listed or winners or anything... just a cool certificate for you to have to show that you did it!!)
You'll have a great time!! It'll be a ton of fun!!
I'll be doing it, either as a walker or a slow jogger. I am certain I will not be fast by January (pre-injury, I would have been in the front of the pack with the "fasties", but at this point, I just would love to be able to run slow even a little bit!! I'll get there!). My DH told me that he'll do the CC 5K with me, even if I have to walk it... he said he'll go my pace to show his support to me. Awww... what a great guy.
He also thinks it'd be a good idea for me to take the elevators on the ship for our PC cruise!! haha! It was the stairs on the Magic where I injured my ankle!But, I'm SOOOO cautious now on stairs that I don't think I'd hurt myself again on stairs, so I plan to use the stairs on the Wonder... I like using the stairs because it makes me feel like I'm getting some exercise... buring some calories while I'm taking in all those calories from the amazing food!!!! yum!!
-Kathy
Thanks for that, looking forward to it again, I always take the stairs as well.
I have another half marathon in octobr then I am going to try and get my 5k time up a bit
Im laughing cause i donr do speed, ask Len
