Tinker Bell ½ Marathon Weekend ~ 2014 Check-in!

[Skpnw]

I'm at Hojo's as well and Im planning on leaving at 4:00 to walk over.
DD was supposed to be doing the kids race as well but she's sick I'm hoping she can still make the trip with me but the race definitely isn't going to work out for us.

Great. Want to meet in the lobby around 3:50-3:55 (wow, that sounds early....)?

 

[JDBlair]

Thanks! I just got back from one of my interval runs - it felt great. 3.84 miles in 45 minutes is okay by me.

Unfortunately, I can't find anything about runner tracking.
Anyone?

The information normally comes out a couple of days closer to the event. I also will call my husband at the 10 mile mark to give him an ETA just in case the texts aren't going through. He has never missed finding me.

 

[JDBlair]

For those of you running with 'wings', please remember that you are wider than normal. Don't try to 'squeeze by' others as you end up slapping other runners with your wings. It's not so fun when you're the one getting 'slapped'.

Ain't that the God's honest truth?! It's also really hard to pass runners who are wearing wings and Tink will be FULL of girls in wings. My wings are super short and they're not of the Fairy variety!

 

[jessicaerv]

For those of you running with 'wings', please remember that you are wider than normal. Don't try to 'squeeze by' others as you end up slapping other runners with your wings. It's not so fun when you're the one getting 'slapped'.

See? And here I would have thought that someone was smacking my *** as they ran past me. I would have felt soooo hot! Thanks for raining on that hypothetical parade.




ETA: Oops. My second asterisking. Tushy. The asterisks are for tushy. LOL.

 

[edna mode]

I'm putting a pair of tinkerbell doll wings on my hat because my big wings were just too hard to manage. I'm loaded up with antibiotics because I caught my daughter's bronchitis. I've lost my voice entirely and I have 2 days of lecturing to do on Th & F. Big Bummer. Squeezed in 4.5 miles this afternoon.

It's completely normal to be worried about a big race, but the other poster who said don't forget to have fun it right. As a walker, I'm in the E corral and will need the entire time to make it to the finish. I have a bad left knee, but have been doing 5-6 miles every day without pain. I'm driving the course tomorrow and hope to get in 7-8 miles walking along part of the route as well. If my knee doesn't let me make it to 13.1 I'll be thrilled to make it to the 10 mile. No matter what, it will be fun and I've gotten some fantastic excercise. The adrenaline will carry you a long way on a fun run like this one especially with fairies out in full force sprinkling pixy dut.

Even though they say 16 minutes, they are counting on people stopping to take pictures and the back up at several of the turns and tunnels backstage are a serious slowdown. At the DL weekend 2011, the slowdowns were so bad at the 5K that they rerouted us thru the castle and we skipped Tomorrowland entirely. I hope to see Darth Vadar and the storm troopers this time.

 

[kirstie101]

Great. Want to meet in the lobby around 3:50-3:55 (wow, that sounds early....)?

That sounds ridiculously early! But yes, I'll be there waiting for anyone who wants to meet up and walk over!

 

[hokuspocus]

So excited to find this website! Tink will be my first 1/2 marathon and only my second time at Disneyland, we (dh and I) have annual passes to WDW but are on the wrong side of the country to visit Disneyland usually. Any tips, ideas, things to see while we are there?? Also I got dh the cheer squad package, can he walk over to the race with me? And how far is it really from the hojo's? We get in Friday morning and leave Tuesday night, is one day per park good? or we were thinking of doing the 3-day park hopper. Sorry for all the questions I'm just not familiar with Disneyland, if anyone has questions about WDW I can answer those!

 

[PrincessMira]

Ain't that the God's honest truth?! It's also really hard to pass runners who are wearing wings and Tink will be FULL of girls in wings. My wings are super short and they're not of the Fairy variety!

It's been fun reading everyone's posts. But the above poster is correct, the sheer amount of wings last year was a bit much.

Enjoy your time in the parks. Some of my favorite pictures are of my BFF running partner and I with the characters and castle in the background.

I'm assuming they'll do a meet up with Jeff Galloway on Friday. Be sure to follow the Disney Parks blog to see if you can get one of the spots..... The come back here and post about. I wasn't fast enough last year and would love to hear about the experience

Good luck to all!

 

[kindakrazy2]

I'm assuming they'll do a meet up with Jeff Galloway on Friday. Be sure to follow the Disney Parks blog to see if you can get one of the spots..... The come back here and post about. I wasn't fast enough last year and would love to hear about the experience

Good luck to all!

The meet up has already been filled. It was full within 3 mins of it being posted on the blog. Sadly, I wasn't fast enough.

 

[kindakrazy2]

See? And here I would have thought that someone was smacking my *** as they ran past me. I would have felt soooo hot! Thanks for raining on that hypothetical parade.




ETA: Oops. My second asterisking. Tushy. The asterisks are for tushy. LOL.

Me too Jessica! I would have been feeling really good about myself! LOL!

Extra pixie dust for us!

 

[PrincessMira]

The meet up has already been filled. It was full within 3 mins of it being posted on the blog. Sadly, I wasn't fast enough.

Dang it! I'm going to watch that blog like crazy for the next one.

 

[JDBlair]

Dang it! I'm going to watch that blog like crazy for the next one.

If you follow runDisney on Twitter, they notify everyone when the blog announcement is about to post!

 

[specialks]

Okay, so is there a meetup walkover from HoJos? I've never stayed on the Harbor side and don't exactly know how to get to the corrals. I'm really familiar w DLR, so could someone tell me how to walk to the corrals from HoJos?

 

[kirstie101]

Getting from Hojo's to the corrals is pretty easy and I'm going to say a 15-20 minute walk depending how fast we're moving. I find its quickest to cross Harbor right at Hojo's then we'll walk down to the Pedestrian entrance to DL. From there we just walk straight through the esplanade and downtown disney til we reach the DL hotel and then we'll turn left to head towards the corrals.
I'll be in the Hojo's lobby at 3:55 and will hang out til 4:00 and then I'll head over. Hope to see some of you Hojo's folks there!

 

[StarGirl11]

Are there any meetups over the weekend? Like on Friday preferably (I am getting together with my runner friend on Saturday and we are going to get DCA together after lunch).

 

[longhorns2]

Checking in on the sick kiddos... how they doing this morning?

 

[JDBlair]

Checking in on the sick kiddos... how they doing this morning?

I don't know if I'm included in "kiddos" but this is day 2 of being home. I am trying not to push myself and am trying to rest a ton. This is awful but I'm trying not to freak out about the race...yet.

 

[kirstie101]

Checking in on the sick kiddos... how they doing this morning?

Thanks girlie! DD woke up with no fever so fingers crossed it stays that way! So far I'm feeling fine so hoping the bug skipped me!

 

[BabieDuckie]

It sounds like a lot of people are staying at HoJos which is where I originally booked my reservation. Had to change to DoubleTree Suites at the last minute. The first complimentary shuttle of the day on race day is at 3:30 am. Not sure how long it takes to get from DoubleTree to the entrance, but any suggestions on when I should plan on leaving the hotel? Don't wanna get there too early, but want to make sure I get to the front of my corral (last corral).

 

[Califgirl]

See? And here I would have thought that someone was smacking my *** as they ran past me. I would have felt soooo hot! Thanks for raining on that hypothetical parade.




ETA: Oops. My second asterisking. Tushy. The asterisks are for tushy. LOL.

Didn't mean to rain on your parade.
It's just that many people don't realize that they become 'wider' when wearing their costumes.

And I never get slapped with them on my ah..tushy. I always manage to get it in the face. (I'm short and some of the wings stick out @ shoulder height on the runners)