Princess Half Marathon Trip Part 3

After the race we went back to the room to get ready for the day. We headed to Epcot for lunch in Mexico - yum! We got a few pictures and fast passes for later in the day before making our way to World Showcase for lunch. We had already done pretty much everything we wanted to do on Friday night, so we did our favorite things a second time and walked around World Showcase for the first time this trip. 

I love this picture! 

We didn't really do much in World Showcase but did stop to take a picture of Lady and the Tramp. :) It seems we hit all the countries at the wrong time and missed shows and performances. We were all kind of zoned out, too, so none of us really wanted to shop in the countries. 

We decided to go ahead and get the free character picture and then take a quick trip to Magic Kingdom for some Castle pictures with our medals. 

I think we did a few attractions, but it is all a blur now! 

We headed back to Epcot for our dinner reservation at the Coral Reef.

A quick stop for a picture before dinner.

Dinner was fairly good and the dessert was wonderful - always a good dessert here! 

When we got up from sitting, we all had difficulty moving! ha! 

We may have used our Soarin' fastpass before dinner and had a Test Track fast pass to use after. 

Three of us headed to use the fastpasses before calling it a night! 

I once again am a total goofball and enjoy making crazy faces for this camera! 

I probably could have lasted another hour to watch the fireworks there but everyone else was ready to go to bed after running the race and running around the parks. I also missed my favorite childhood ride for the first time ever, but no need to dwell on that now. There will be another time. 

Early to bed for Hollywood Studios in the morning. :) 

Princess Half Marathon Trip Part 2

The morning of the big race day finally arrived! We had mostly everything ready the night before so we could just get up and go. I can't remember what time we got up but we were on the bus by 3am if not earlier. I woke up congested and still with a scratchy throat - my voice was a little bit better at this point. Also woke up with stomach pain - to the point that I could not walk, but that was taken care of with some medicine so that I could move around with minimal pain. At least I slept well and was full of energy for the most part. 

On the bus to the race! 

One of the many spelling errors along the race path. 

They had a DJ for a dance party pre race. 

Ready to run! 

Snow White! 

We were in corral D together. 

Up at the starting line! Listening to the Fairy Godmother and some other Disney guys.

The starting line!! 

I ordered a CD of all of my race photos and got some pretty cool pictures like this one! 

I stopped for all the mile markers. The times are off since I was in the 4th group to start. I was slow, but not that slow! 

They had random things to look at throughout the race. 

For Amanda! 

I did almost cry running down Main Street with everyone cheering. 

Lost a lot of time for this picture - the first volunteer did not take a picture, so I had to stop again. 

Silly! I wanted several character pictures but had not stopped for any until I got to him. Glad I did stop along the way because I think I would have been disappointed to go to a Disney race and not have any pictures from it. Next year, I would love to stop for even more! 

This picture is hilarious to me - for one, I am acting like a total goofball and for two, look at the others in the picture. Cinderella for one is talking on her cell phone. 

This was on my list of character stops! So glad they were all out! 

I stopped and took several of these pics of just the characters to save time, but I did not post them all. 

Another one on my list!! They were not all out when I got in line, so I was so excited to have them all there when it was my turn for a picture. Probably one of my favorite pictures from the race. 

Woohoo!!! Half way there! 

Awesome!!

no line for this one, so I said - why not!?!?

Somewhere around this point, the on/off ramps did me in and my legs could not take much more. The ramps were tilted to the side which was just not a good thing for my legs. Had to keep going though! 

Forced smile - maybe! 

So tired!!! 

Another character on my list to see!! She was fun! 

Crossing the finish line - clearly I was too tired to lift my arms any higher! ha! Will do better next time! 

I did it!!! Woohoo!!!!! 

They didn't stop for as many pictures, so they had to wait for me! :) 

Did pretty well for being sick! :) 

Here are video clips from before and during the race. At the beginning I tried to get a video of us walking the red carpet but just barely got it - you blink and you miss it! Most of it is a little bit bumpy since I was running at times while taking video. Also, you can hear me sniffle - so sorry! :) I was not crying - for the record. :) 

Enjoy!!!