Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon completed last night!
It was an amazing, incredible experience. Disney sure knows how to throw an unbelievable race and party! I couldn't agree more with those who have said that every runner needs to run at least one Disney race at some point in their running lives.
I'll post a full recap later with many, many, many photos. In the meantime, here are a few summary pictures:
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| The starting line. When each starting corral was released, they shot off fireworks! |
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| Running past the Tree of Life in the Animal Kingdom |
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| Passing Mickey's sorcerer hat at Disney's Hollywood Studios |
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| Runners in front of Spaceship Earth (Adam and I call it "the giant golf ball") at Epcot |
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| Lots of photo ops with lovable Disney characters along the course! Here I am with Lilo and Stitch. |
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| The post-race party at Epcot, which takes place on the final night of Disney's International Food and Wine Festival |
More to come!
Glad you had fun!!! It makes me more excited for Princess (not that its possible).
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kayla! I am super excited for you to run Princess, too, even more so now after my own Disney race experience. Because of this, Princess may have just been added to my race to-do list for the future. =)
DeleteCool pictures, looking forward to your racap of all of the running magic and wine craziness at Disney! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Pete! I have SO MUCH to share about the experience - even more than my first marathon, LOL! More to come as soon as I can get it all out into words. =)
DeleteCongrats! I love how magical Disney races are!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Lindsay! I had gone back and reread your recap from the Goofy challenge and remember what you told me about your experience after Anne's sausage party. I agree completely with all of your thoughts on Disney races!
DeleteYay! Congrats! You make a compelling case for a Disney race. Still holding out though.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Marcia! I definitely vote for you to do a Disney race at some point. I think you and your family would LOVE it! Especially your kids. =)
DeleteOh my goodness, how fun! I can't wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Katie! I have a TON of detail to share about this experience - even more detail than about my first marathon, LOL. Working on the full recap and hope to have it up as soon as I can get it all out in words!
DeleteCongrats! Did you have any issues or concerns with the race being at night? I'd love to try that race but I've been a bit nervous as I'm concerned I'd be too tired when I finish at 10 pm-ish to enjoy the post race party!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Lauren! I was very, VERY nervous about the race's timing so late at night - especially since the race itself actually didn't even START until 10:00 PM (believe it or not, right!?!?!) I'll talk about it more in my recap, but in short it didn't end up being a problem. Although - there was definitely aftermath the next day! Will also talk to you about it more the next time we catch up. =)
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