Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
Amy congrats on your time, you did fantastic!Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
I think it's great that you got with run with Jeff Galloway. Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
Good job, your time is great. I run slower on my long runs too. I can't keep the same pace as I do on my short runs.
Amy congrats on your time, you did fantastic!
I have ATT, I am hoping for good cell phone coverage at the Princess.
I am sorry to hear about your disappointments.
i hope you'll still do the princess! hopefully the fact that it was the inaugural race it had something to do with the disorganization.
Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
I thought that the Princess was very organized and the Disneyland Half was as well even with there being considerably more runners - we had corrals down two streets because there were so many more than at the Princess. I am sure that the WDW Marathon will be incredibly organized. Sorry your experience wasn't a great one but your time was great and it sounds like the atmosphere was very nice. Regardless, it is up to you if you will let that experience ruin your chances of running at Disney again. I think personally that your expectations were a bit too high. No race is perfect and there are always going to be things that can be done better. I hope your cat helps you recuperate.
I am sure that there would be some logistics issues with it being the first time they offered that race. I don't know why the clock being broken at mile 11 would have been such a big deal...as long as you are keeping your pace all other miles it shouldn't be something that would ruin a race. JMHO. We always meet up at the baggage pick-up because so many people using cellphones at the same time is not something that works anywhere although at the Princess I had no issues but at DL I did. I always drive to the races, so I have no idea how the bus service is - except that I always beat them!
Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
Just back in NYC. It is COLD here.
We had a fantastic trip. Running with Jeff Galloway on Friday was amazing. He is such a cool guy.
Finished the race in 2:20:28. Yes, 28 seconds SLOWER than Philadelphia. At least I'm consistent. I'm not too broken up about it, considering that I was sick all of last week, and had spent most of yesterday walking around EPCOT.
Running through DHS and DAK was pretty fun. There were issues at the start though, and many of us were running on the grass alongside the highway, due to people who had lined up incorrectly. The crowd (cast members and volunteer) support was really super, and they had the Osborne Lights all lit up for us in DHS. It was pretty surreal.
The mile 11 clock was broken. This made me very unhappy.
The finish line party was not fun, IMHO. WAY too many people, many of whom had been drinking for hours before the runners got there. It took me an hour to find my boyfriend, because the cell service was awful.
At this point, I'm not 100% sold on the Princess. Disney didn't do the greatest job organizationally. I only waited 15 minutes for a bus from my host resort to the start, but plenty of people waited an hour, and arrived shortly before the start of the race.
We'll see. At the moment, I'm looking forward to some down time with my cat
I have not run the princess but am 100% sure that your experience will be better. I have run 19 Disney events and have written race reports in some form or fashion for all 19. Only the 19th, the W&D was a totally negative report. I found little to be satisfied with. I was talking with our intern yesterday and he mentioned it sounded like a bad design. I thought for a second and answered back bad execution, the design was mostly good.
) dates for our next trip. And the Princess would fall right into some dates that we're considering. But I want to go on my own. I want to take a trip, just me, stay in a hotel room, just me, and tour the parks, just me. No kids to feed, no feeling guilty about wanting to go on a ride that makes dh sick, no getting angry at how long it takes him to get ready in the morning (at his rate, HE's the one that should be running a "princess race"
)...just be selfish for once and do something for me.
) I've never run a race before. But I know that even walking it, I can do this. If I start training now, I'll definitely be in better shape for the race. Hmm, I wonder if my friends would "sponsor" me, aka pay for my trip? I have 377 Facebook friends. Maybe they should all be kicking in $5 to let me have fun!
