Official 2017 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend!

[roxymama]

I apologize if this has been asked but is there a popular opinion on airport to fly into if I take southwest. I'd be coming from Chicago and my sis from Austin. I have points so flight would be free or close to it.

 

[VickiHD]

I apologize if this has been asked but is there a popular opinion on airport to fly into if I take southwest. I'd be coming from Chicago and my sis from Austin. I have points so flight would be free or close to it.

Orange County (SNA) is the closest and easy to navigate.

 

[Ariel484]

I apologize if this has been asked but is there a popular opinion on airport to fly into if I take southwest. I'd be coming from Chicago and my sis from Austin. I have points so flight would be free or close to it.

Orange County (SNA) is the closest and easy to navigate.

I've heard SNA is better but LAX has worked out better for me time- and price-wise. I'm hoping to try SNA for Tink this time, though...a shorter drive sounds pretty nice!

 

[Belle Ella]

Making this trip solo - my first to DL and my birthday weekend! Since staying on-site is not an option what are your favorite good neighbor hotels for race weekends? So far I'm torn between the BW Stoval, Hilton, Sheraton Park and Fairfield

BW Stovall is my only experience from what you've listed. Been staying there the last few DL races I've done with a couple of friends. It's where we'll be again so I would definitely recommend it.

 

[jolaf408]

Making this trip solo - my first to DL and my birthday weekend! Since staying on-site is not an option what are your favorite good neighbor hotels for race weekends? So far I'm torn between the BW Stoval, Hilton, Sheraton Park and Fairfield

My friends and I are fond of Embassy Suites ... mainly because I think they're pretty generous with their free breakfast buffet. They even had a shuttle the race that weekend, though it left at 3:45am -_-

@Ariel484 you can mark me down for the Pixie dust Challenge!

My first Tinkerbell Run, and I'm pretty stoked since I underestimated the popularity of the Disney Princess Half-Marathon runs and missed out on that. See you guys there!

 

[Ariel484]

Don't forget - regular registration begins tomorrow at noon EST!

During early registration, the kids races, 5K and 10K sold out (in that order, I believe). This DOES NOT mean that these races are completely sold out, just that the early spots (about 5-10% of the total number of bibs available for each race) filled up.

Make sure your Active.com account is ready to go - especially your birthdate, as Active sometimes has a bug where your DOB will be off by a day or a year. And be ready to go at noon EST, ESPECIALLY if you're registering for the kids races, 10K or 5K.

Good luck, everyone!!

 

[kirstie101]

OK, so if all three of us will be at RnR in San Jose ... I know it's gonna be busy but we need to do something that might signify us out to one another in case. Are you guys staying at a hotel or are you coming in locally?

I'm staying Saturday night and I think Im at the Westin. I wasn't in charge of the travel plans so thats the only reason I dont know for sure. Guess I should find out! As of now I'm in corral 16 but I'm gonna try to get moved up to 15 at the expo to be with @courtneybeth for the start! We should try to meet up in the morning if you have time or saturday night!

 

[courtneybeth]

I'm staying Saturday night and I think Im at the Westin. I wasn't in charge of the travel plans so thats the only reason I dont know for sure. Guess I should find out! As of now I'm in corral 16 but I'm gonna try to get moved up to 15 at the expo to be with @courtneybeth for the start! We should try to meet up in the morning if you have time or saturday night!

@Belle Ella -- I'm at the 4 Points Sheraton Hotel and doing the 5K / HM remix that weekend. I arrive on Friday morning and am taking off at around 3pm on Sunday. I'm moving up to Corral 15 at the expo with @kirstie101.

We should totally find a way to meet up and say hello! I am focusing on RNR Montreal at the moment (leaving Friday night - omg!) - so I haven't really thought about much as to what i'm wearing, plans, meeting up and all that for San Jose. Woops. (Earning Heavy Medal #10 this weekend... then it's just 5 more until I Hall of Fame. So close!)

 

[Belle Ella]

I'm staying Saturday night and I think Im at the Westin. I wasn't in charge of the travel plans so thats the only reason I dont know for sure. Guess I should find out! As of now I'm in corral 16 but I'm gonna try to get moved up to 15 at the expo to be with @courtneybeth for the start! We should try to meet up in the morning if you have time or saturday night!

@Belle Ella -- I'm at the 4 Points Sheraton Hotel and doing the 5K / HM remix that weekend. I arrive on Friday morning and am taking off at around 3pm on Sunday. I'm moving up to Corral 15 at the expo with @kirstie101.

We should totally find a way to meet up and say hello! I am focusing on RNR Montreal at the moment (leaving Friday night - omg!) - so I haven't really thought about much as to what i'm wearing, plans, meeting up and all that for San Jose. Woops. (Earning Heavy Medal #10 this weekend... then it's just 5 more until I Hall of Fame. So close!)

I really need to go back and double check where we are staying. I think at the Hilton, but I honestly can't remember! Ooops. And I finally figured out why I couldn't view my confirmation sheet - but checked that and I'm in corral 13. Used my PR time but know I won't be anywhere near that for this event. It's all kind of last minute and I'm trying to get over a cold right now so haven't done much by way of training. So ... I'll probably talk to my cousin about starting further back. Who knows.

Once I can figure more about our plan I'll let you guys know and we can try and arrange something!

 

[Ariel484]

Don't forget - regular registration begins tomorrow at noon EST!

During early registration, the kids races, 5K and 10K sold out (in that order, I believe). This DOES NOT mean that these races are completely sold out, just that the early spots (about 5-10% of the total number of bibs available for each race) filled up.

Make sure your Active.com account is ready to go - especially your birthdate, as Active sometimes has a bug where your DOB will be off by a day or a year. And be ready to go at noon EST, ESPECIALLY if you're registering for the kids races, 10K or 5K.

Good luck, everyone!!

^^today

Opens in 3.5ish hours.

 

[roxymama]

My first half marathon!!!! so I'm new to proof of time for this distance. I'll most likely be using my 10k PR of 1:05:13 which is a 10:28 pace, but the macmillan calculator shows projected half would be 11:04 pace for a half. I have a few other chances to get a better time but not banking on it right now. Do I choose a 10:30-11:00 or a 11:00-11:30 on my registration today? And then when I submit my actual proof I can change my projected finish time?

Thanks for listening to my newbie half question

 

[Ariel484]

My first half marathon!!!! so I'm new to proof of time for this distance. I'll most likely be using my 10k PR of 1:05:13 which is a 10:28 pace, but the macmillan calculator shows projected half would be 11:04 pace for a half. I have a few other chances to get a better time but not banking on it right now. Do I choose a 10:30-11:00 or a 11:00-11:30 on my registration today? And then when I submit my actual proof I can change my projected finish time?

Thanks for listening to my newbie half question

You'll put in your time that you ran and a link to those results.

For the half you put in an anticipated finish time, not the pace. So whatever Macmillan gave you would be fine to put in. There's a drop-down of times to choose from (2:45, 2:40, etc.).

 

[roxymama]

You'll put in your time that you ran and a link to those results.

For the half you put in an anticipated finish time, not the pace. So whatever Macmillan gave you would be fine to put in. There's a drop-down of times to choose from (2:45, 2:40, etc.).

Ok, that makes a lot of sense! It found my projected finish time on that calculator site. I'm glad I asked.

 

[NeverLand16]

I'm getting nervous. I hope I get in.

I have stayed at BW Stovall before and do recommend it.

 

[roxymama]

Me toooo!! 15 minutes!

 

[roxymama]

Will the "register" button just appear on the rundisney page or is there a sneaky backdoor link somewhere?

 

[StarGirl11]

Registered early at the expo for Pixie Dust. Thought I would pipe in with something I learned at the expo. Active does take American Express but for whatever reason doesn't list it.

 

[Ariel484]

This is the link. It's not live yet.

https://endurancecui.active.com/new...96d648e580&e4rt=Safetynet&_p=5777123198219695

 

[Ariel484]

I JUST got out of a meeting. Perfect timing!

 

[StarGirl11]

Got the OK to register myself for the 5k. So that's what I'll be doing.