DS and I were also in Wave 3 which I was thrilled about. I was so worried that we would be in the back.
Hay bales we annoying, I tried stepping on them but they were soft so I hurdled the last group.
About 1/2 way I was getting a pretty bad stitch in my side so we slowed down a little.
Walked the tires, I was not going to fall!!!
About mile 2 I wanted to quit. But then I saw my new friend Heather who was in wave 1, she was headed in the opposite direction headed back into the park from the service road. She said it wasn't much further til we turned back, so that really motivated me!
Something else that motivated me was the fact that as we ran across to bridge in Asia towards the front of the park, I saw runners still coming over the bridge to Africa. I was certain I was going to be swept so that really helped spur me on.
Mile 3 was actually the easiest. I was slow, I jogged because if I walked my shins burned but walkers were passing me. But I managed to slow my mind down and the next thing I knew we saw flashing lights, we were back in the parking lot!!!
Cargo nets, UGH: I had thought about skipping it but I decided that I did the other ones so I was doing this one too. It was tough but I got through it and DS was waiting right there for me.
Clue one was so easy we got it right away. The problem was figuring out where to go. We went passed the oasis so we had to back track. It was kind of chaotic but we got our second clue.
The second clue was sooooo stupid and hard!! People were getting angry and fast. We found help, solved it and ran to Camp Minnie Mickey for the 3rd clue. This is where I got ticked! People were so confused that the man that was supposed to hand out the 3rd clue didn't because he was to busy helping other people solve the clue. I got a little snippy and it got his attention. Not my finest moment I tell you.
As soon as I handed DS the clue he got it, it was stretched letters.
Off to Harambe for the fourth clue. Again, solved it right away so we booked it to Asia for the last clue. It turned out to be a combination of the first 4 clues, solved it really easily. We booked it to the finish line which was right before the Everest Fast passes. They asked us the answer to the final clue which I shouted as we ran to the finish line.
We made it!!! The clock said something like 1:34: and change. Which means we ran it all in something like 1:24. We got our medals, which are awesome!!!!! Picked up powerade, which is nasty!!!! Bananas and water.
I called hubby, texted BFF and rested.
We went over to Restaurantosaurus to get our bag, found Heather again. Rode Dinosaur (didn't care for it), said good bye to Heather, rode Everest twice, then headed back to the room. We were exhausted and hurting.
so stats:
We placed 617 out of 785 for the co-ed teams
Race time - 46:24; hunt time - 38:04; total time - 1:24:28
I would do it again, but I think they need to redesign the gathering of clues. It was crazy!! Clue 2 burned probably 15 minutes. Knowing the park really well had it's advantages, a lot of people got turned around if they didn't know where they were going.
Wasn't crazy about the party. It was just ok. We did 2 rides but were so beat from spending the day at MGM that we cut out and went back to the room.
I was sorely disappointed in All Star Sports, to the point that I asked for a transfer to AKL. We were stuck right by the pool in the baseball section and the first night I was woken up 3 times by screaming kids. They should have had us in a far off building like the tennis rooms, away from the crowds.
We are planning on doing the Wine and Dine 5K with the kids. It looks like they've moved that one over to AK as well. Wish it were at Epcot but it's ok. And it looks like it's a morning race.
Hope his foot gets better soon!! 
He said it feels better tonight - we are going to run again on Wednesday and we'll see how it goes. We're definitely still doing a walk/run ... probabyl 1/3 walk and 2/3 run. But we're beating the 16min/mile pace by quite a bit, so we're good!!
