THANK YOU to WISHers out on the course!!

[Destination:Athlete]

While I didn't introduce myself, I have to give a HUGE thank you to the wishers out on the course today...from twizzlers to pretzels, it definitely helped me finish my first marathon.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chimera]

While I didn't introduce myself, I have to give a HUGE thank you to the wishers out on the course today...from twizzlers to pretzels, it definitely helped me finish my first marathon.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

You're very welcome! Hope you had a great race and we'll see you out there again next year!

 

[Yogamama]

Congrats on the finish!!!

 

[gotrojansgo]

Agreed!!! I saw the Twizzler ladies (and men) and gave a shout-out...don't know if you heard me slash I was blocked in by a big group of people, but your support was AWESOME!

 

[Rupert B Puppenstein]

I have to agree! It was great to see all of you! It was the perfect spot to lift our spirits and give us a much needed sugar high! Can't thank you all enough!!

 

[DrMomof3]

I ran the half and met some awesome WISHers on the course!I'm so grateful for the encouragement and support. This was not only my 1st half marathon but my 1st race. I felt like I found some great friends to help me through!

Amanda

 

[MaryJ]

I want to say thank you as well. I had been thinking for about a mile or so after leaving the Magic Kingdom, that I should have eaten a bit more before I ran the half, and there someone was with pretzels saying "Take the all!" Can't say how happy and proud I am to be part of this group!

 

[John VN]

Another thank you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Your faces, goodies and cheering was awesome.

For myself, the ORANGE slice was the best and come next year I will make sure to grab more than one.

 

[Embroidery Grandma]

I also would like to thank all of you for your support

Kathy

 

[Dennyha]

The WISHer's on the course are the best.

 

[KateB]

I loved seeing some faces that belong to some names. The twizzlers were awesome during the half. I was also so encouraged by the person standing on the bridge yelling down to everyone. I smiled at my DH & said "Hey! A fellow DisBoarder!"

I also LOVED the back of the WISH shirts! I wish I had gotten one. I told my students when I got back & they found that the statement also applies to the goals that they make for school.

THANK YOU!!!

 

[corinnak]

Kate, that was Thunder Matt on the bridge.

I was outside DHS and at water stop 7 for the Marathon, and I must say it was a pleasure cheering for and providing powerade to so many amazing athletes! Even with the chill of the early morning, it was one of the best parts of my trip!

 

[Disfan11]

The Princess 1/2 will be my first Disney run.
How will I know the Wish runners and supporters?
Should I have something on me to show that I read the boards?

 

[dumbo_buddy]

The Princess 1/2 will be my first Disney run.
How will I know the Wish runners and supporters?
Should I have something on me to show that I read the boards?

same for me! should i put "dumbo_buddy" on my forehead?? haha! should we just look for green shirts and said "i'm a diser too!!" ??

i'm going down to the race by myself and it would be really nice to have people cheer for me (or at least let me think they are cheering for me!)

dis rocks!

 

[ksoehrlein]

I'd like to chime in as well. Thank you, WISHers, for helping me through my first Goofy. Just when I was starving but couldn't stomach the thought of something sweet, you were there with pretzels. when I wanted sweet, but was tired of my Sport Beans, you were there with Twizzlers. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

[corinnak]

The Princess 1/2 will be my first Disney run.
How will I know the Wish runners and supporters?
Should I have something on me to show that I read the boards?

same for me! should i put "dumbo_buddy" on my forehead?? haha! should we just look for green shirts and said "i'm a diser too!!" ??

i'm going down to the race by myself and it would be really nice to have people cheer for me (or at least let me think they are cheering for me!)

dis rocks!

Here's the hard thing about the Princess - it is a fun, fun race, but marathon weekend tends to have a lot more WISH scream-teamers because it has two BIG events - a lot of people race in either the half or the full (we aren't ALL Goofy!!) and cheer for or volunteer for the race they aren't running. Because the Princess is SO close to January, I would not even expect a very large percentage of January participants to come down again, though a few of us will be there. Last year, there were one or two family members out cheering, but there wasn't that sort of on-course support at all, I'm afraid, and I am not expecting it this year, either.

If there isn't already, I'll start a Princess Meet-Up thread. It didn't go the best last year because people didn't recognize us, apparently, in spite of our bright green shirts. We'll make sure that doesn't happen again, I hope!

In terms of how you can be recognized on the course, the best thing is to have WISH racing gear - I'm not sure there is an order going in any time soon, though. If there are people interested in hats, that's maybe a possibility, as there is an order that never got enough people for January.

This is a little off topic, though, so I'll start a thread and/or post a link to existing thread after I get the kids to school!

 

[groovygirls]

A HUGE thank you from me as well!!!! I can't thank you all enough for all your help and support.
"Do you need any thing?"
"Can I get you anything?"
"Looking good and you are almost done!"
Bless you for the licorice, pretzels, and orange slices plus all your cheering.

AMAZING AND THANK YOU!!!!
Joanne (first Goofy completed and will be back next year for another goofy!)

 

[jbucci]

Just wanted to throw in my HUGE THANKS as well.

I am so honored to be a part of this amazing group of people. Your smiling faces, cheering and support with food were life saving through the race.

At risk of leaving out important people I'll do a few individual shout outs:
Massive thanks to Pat and Jim for coming down just to cheer and be there for us; Terri for being on that boring bridge by McDonalds; Corinna for being my running support to EPCOT--can't thank you enough for knowing just what I needed; Denny for the huge help and companionship on the course; Matt for being on the overpass; Kathy C. for the trash bag and being my corral buddy; Kathy V for all of the photos; I know I'm skipping people but I also know you are kind enough to forgive my lapse.

Thanks again to everyone-- can't wait for next year!!!

 

[rubato]

Thank you so much everyone. I didn't wear any green, but was running with Vicky, who was. The Skittles were great. The Twizzlers were great. But, the encouragement was the best!

 

[TnTsParty]

I also want to say a BIG thank you to the WISHers out on the course both days. I run for a charity so I wear their shirt instead of the WISH shirt but I called out to WISHers on the sidelines and am so appreciative of those who had Twizzlers out. I only took the Twizzlers on Sunday when I was struggling.

A BIG thank you to Racey Tracy and the others who were standing outside HS (MGM as I still refer to it as) thanks for the picture and THANKS for the Twizzlers.

WISH is a big part of the reason I got started and continue to run I will always treasure my friends I have made being a part of WISH. So THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU