How emotional do you get?

[bunnyfoo]

The start of the Minnie when they played the national anthem made me a little teary. I wasn't expecting that! I thought I thought I'd have a hard time running through MGM and Epcot but a lot of the volunteers made me smile. I think it might be different when I run through MK and see the castle. The castle always makes me choke up a little

 

[sunshine girl]

I am extremely emotional. I have been known to cry during America's Funniest Home Videos, if that tells you anything about how bad I can be! My boyfriend luckily finds it endearing (or so he has led me to believe. I bet he's secretly like, "oh God, here she goes again with the waterworks, what is it THIS time?"...! just kidding.).

I did the 1/2 marathon in 2007, and I remember coming into the Magic Kingdom... it was super hot that year with high humidity, but still I got the chills (goosebumps and all!). However I didn't really feel like crying, I was just too excited to be there. I carried a little disposable camera with me, and I was snapping photos as I ran - maybe that was enough distraction to keep me from weeping! I stopped and took photos with some of the characters, and that was super fun. Good luck to you!

 

[hockeygirl]

The WDW marathon this year was my first marathon, and I had dreamed about doing it for so long. Every year I said I was going to sign up and I never did it until last year. Every training run I did I thought about how it would feel to run up main st, and many times I would get teary eyed.

Well the day of the marathon I was a mess....I cried just before the start of the race, because I was so happy that I made it that far! I then cried when I turned to run up Main St...there was SOOOOO many people there cheering, and it was AMAZING!!!!!

I got the most emotional when I put that AWESOME Mickey medal around my neck!!! That was the BEST feeling in the world, because there was a lot of people in my family that questioned why I wanted to run a marathon, and that it was going to be to hard on my body....and putting that medal around my neck meant that I FINISHED a marathon, and noone can ever take that from me!!

Don't worry about getting emotional...enjoy every minute of the race because you will remember it always!!!

 

[jeanneg]

Turning the corner onto Main Street and seeing the cheering throngs of people was the most amazing experience ever. I didn't cry, but I was grinning from ear to ear. I kept telling myself "I EARNED this!" I had done all the work and the actual marathon was the reward. I was doing my "victory" lap! Even now, if I having a particularly hard training session, I try to visualize I am back on Main Street and suddenly, I am grinning again.

 

[JustSmile]

You guys are the best!