Official Tinker Bell Half Marathon Check-In ** May 5-8, 2016 ** 5th Anniversary

[Belle Ella]

Tinker Bell Half Marathon
Mothers Day Weekend
May 5-8, 2016

Will you be participating in any of the events of 5th running of the Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend? The celebration is going to be even bigger and better this year. Drop by here so we can share tips, encouragement, and planning details with one another!

From the official website of the Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend:

Registration for the 2015 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend presented by PANDORA Jewelry is now open! Register today!

Tinker Bell Half Marathon
70%

$215 between August 26 and September 8, 2015
$230 on or after September 9, 2015

Pixie Dust Challenge
SOLD OUT

$355 between August 26 and September 8, 2015
$380 on or after September 9, 2015

Tinker Bell 10K
SOLD OUT

Never Land 5K
SOLD OUT

runDisney Kids Races
SOLD OUT

Thursday, May 5

runDisney Health & Fitness Expo
Disneyland Hotel Exhibit Hall


Friday, May 6

Never Land 5K
Follow the second star to the right and straight on till morning!
5:00 am
Start/Finish: Disneyland Resort

runDisney Health & Fitness Expo
Disneyland Hotel Exhibit Hall


Saturday, May 7

Tinker Bell 10K
5:30 am
Start/Finish: Disneyland Resort

runDisney Kids Races
Every kid's a winner if you just "believe!"
Location: Simba Parking Lot near Downtown Disney District

runDisney Health & Fitness Expo
Disneyland Hotel Exhibit Hall


Sunday, May 8

Tinker Bell Half Marathon
You can run, you can run, you can run!
5:30 am
Start/Finish: Disneyland Resort

 

[Belle Ella]

Our DISneyland Runners

Tinker Bell Half Marathon

● ashleyrm - PDC
● ashleysev
● beck_AK - PDC
● Belle Ella
● ced140
● Chiomaca - PDC
● Crazy4Disney06
● Davids-Coco - PDC
● dec2009mama - PDC
● Diamondintheruff
● FanoftheD - PDC
● huggybuff - PDC
● kelly 1 - PDC
● Kender - PDC
● kim3339
● Kiwigirls
● liesel - PDC
● ludari
● lynann
● MommaoffherRocker
● only1mouse - PDC
● Pinktink11
● Terapin - PDC
● The_Banking_Scot
● ThumperWabbt - PDC
● 4Vals - PDC

Tinker Bell 10K

● ashleyrm - PDC
● beck_AK - PDC
● Chiomaca - PDC
● cleophus12
● courtneybeth
● Davids-Coco - PDC
● dec2009mama - PDC
● ejcraft
● FanoftheD - PDC
● FoundNemoLostDori
● hiroMYhero
● huggybuff - PDC
● kelly 1 - PDC
● Kender - PDC
● kim3339 - PDC
● kirstie101
● Kiwigirls
● liesel - PDC
● only1mouse - PDC
● Terapin - PDC
● ThumperWabbt - PDC
● 4Vals - PDC

Never Land 5K

● huggybuff
● kim3339
● Kiwigirls
● lurkergirl​

 

[kim3339]

Yay! I'm in for the 3 races again as long as I get in. Thanks for setting up the thread!

 

[courtneybeth]

Need some advice about what race(s) to sign up for. Hubs and I have been training for 5Ks and are doing Disney 5K in September and Avengers 5K in November to see how we're doing with pacing.

With the nearly six-month gap between the last 5K and this race, should we just sign up for the 10K as part of our training? Or, should we sign up for the 5K and be 'safe' ... or the crazier option: do both?

 

[Nicolette11785]

My first Disney race! I will be doing to 5K with my 10 year old son. So excited!

 

[Nicolette11785]

Does anyone know how fast the 5K races have been selling out lately? I am going to go online to register right when it opens but it's my first time and I don't know the process. I don't want to risk it being sold out within minutes. Also can I register 2 people at a time? I would need to register for both my son and I and I would hate for it to be sold out before I can do the second registration.

It is such a stressful process

 

[kim3339]

Need some advice about what race(s) to sign up for. Hubs and I have been training for 5Ks and are doing Disney 5K in September and Avengers 5K in November to see how we're doing with pacing.

With the nearly six-month gap between the last 5K and this race, should we just sign up for the 10K as part of our training? Or, should we sign up for the 5K and be 'safe' ... or the crazier option: do both?

With already being ready for the 5k by next month and Nov, you should be more than fine for Tink and the 10k. You'll have a great base to build upon and there are even 10k training programs that are as short as 6 weeks. Now as for both... I say do it! But I'm a total enabler and biased b/c the Tink 5k is my fave race by far (you start by the castle in DL and the whole course is in the park). The 5k is more of a fun run and as long as you're moving forward you'll be fine and w/ it being a fun run, if you get worried about the 10k the next morning, just take your time and enjoy the race and character stops.

Does anyone know how fast the 5K races have been selling out lately? I am going to go online to register right when it opens but it's my first time and I don't know the process. I don't want to risk it being sold out within minutes. Also can I register 2 people at a time? I would need to register for both my son and I and I would hate for it to be sold out before I can do the second registration.

It is such a stressful process

This one usually sells pretty fast (just don't remember how fast) and w/ the anniversary year it'll go a little quicker. But if you're registering just for the 5k you should be fine. If you're registering for the challenge and the 5k, go challenge 1st then 5k. B/c you're registering your son, you can reg him as well.; if it's for an adult over 18, they now need to reg themselves. I would get on the rD Tink reg section of the site at 8:50 (Pacific time) or so and just keep hitting the refresh button. Another tip would be to open a word document if you're on a desktop and type out your credit card # in advance so you can double check it to make sure it's right w/o any stress and then paste it when you're checking out.

 

[courtneybeth]

I noticed that they don't really bother about time for the 5K races - I did the Disneyland 5K about five years ago and people were walking it in about 90 minutes and they didn't care.

I was thinking the 5K would be a good warm-up for the 10K to get ready. thanks for the advice - putting the money out there is great motivation to do the race.

 

[hiroMYhero]

Thanks Belle Ella for this thread and all the info. My friend Anna and I will be in for the 10K!!

 

[ejcraft]

This will be my first Disney Race, I, my daughter and my sister will be signing up for the 10K, can't wait , but seriously hope I can get us all registered at the same time, my plan is to have 3 laptops up and going with the info, is it better to go thru run disney or thru Active.com/

 

[kim3339]

This will be my first Disney Race, I, my daughter and my sister will be signing up for the 10K, can't wait , but seriously hope I can get us all registered at the same time, my plan is to have 3 laptops up and going with the info, is it better to go thru run disney or thru Active.com/

I always have active up and am logged in, but do the registering through the rD link on their page. Heads up though, for your sister if she isn't registering, you'll have to do a separate login name for her. They changed it a few races back. You can do kids, but anyone over 18 has to be on a separate registration.

 

[huggybuff]

I'm in for the PDC! Just hoping I can get the days off I need when it comes down to it. *fingers crossed*

 

[kim3339]

APers and DVCers ~ everybody get in today?

In for 5k and PDC for me.

 

[lurkergirl]

Yes and the stress of registering is killing me! At least this time I managed to actually not mess up the "are you registered for Active?"-question. For the Star Wars, I kept putting in my information under the wrong box, then cursing because it didn't work. Hee.

But in for the 5K...this feels almost as bad as the D23 Expo Sorcerers registration.

 

[courtneybeth]

I just registered me and the hubs for our first 10K. I am both excited and terrified. The lure of the shiny medal is what is motivating us

 

[dec2009mama]

APer here!!!
I got in for PDC, hubby for 5K and little one for kid race! Its our second year running Tink!!

 

[Terapin]

Both me and my partner are registered for the PDC! I love the back to back races!

 

[ThumperWabbt]

I'm in for PDC and the Spouse Thingy for the 10K. Considering I'm a walker and not a runner...I should consider training, eh?

 

[ThumperWabbt]

I just registered me and the hubs for our first 10K. I am both excited and terrified. The lure of the shiny medal is what is motivating us

The shiny things are most of why I want to do it, too!

 

[courtneybeth]

I'm in for PDC and the Spouse Thingy for the 10K. Considering I'm a walker and not a runner...I should consider training, eh?

No time like the present! We're going to conquer a Couch210K program once we get past the Disneyland 5K. We're using that to set our baseline (no practice - haha) and then improve from there. Avengers 5K will give us a good idea of where we are. Unfortunately we missed the Star Wars 5K signup, so we're basically on our own from December to May.