Where'sPiglet?
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2007
Hello there!
I wasn't planning on going back to Disney until about 2012.
But let me be tell you... PLANS and LIFE are two entirely different things.
When I started planning this trip, it wasn't because I really wanted to go to WDW. I know, it sounds terrible. But really, I've had the opportunity to go quite frequently the last few years. My most recent trip was in December 2008. The last few trips had been short weekend trips, and I told myself (after each one ) that the next one would be a nice, week-long, relaxing trip. I was tired of the insane pace of a weekend trip and the next one was going to be a week or nothing. HA!
After two years of two (ahem, short) Disney trips each, I didn't go to DLR or WDW in 2009. ALL year. However, this wasn't even the motivation for going in 2010. The motivation was that I felt like I was getting lazy. Really. I wanted to find SOMETHING that would motivate me to get off the computer , out of the house, and getting some exercise. (Do you see where this is going?!?)
Sometime around October 09, I found out about the Princess Half Marathon in WDW at the beginning of March 2010. I talked with a friend of mine who had already done a few Disney half and full marathons, including the Inaugural Princess Half Marathon in Spring 2009.
After some discussion and a bit of hesitation on my part, we both signed up to do the Princess Half Marathon. I really was not totally sure what I had gotten myself into. I wasn't totally out of shape, but I really wasn't in shape either. I used to live in NYC, and walked a LOT, but after moving to the New Orleans, I go places in my car!
I kept this trip largely a secret. I quietly added the little "3/10 All Star Sports" to my signature, but I never added a ticker or mentioned it on here until a few days before I left! I was nervous about this 13.1 miles of walking/running thing that I'd signed up to do! In order to complete the race and get a finisher's medal, you had to maintain a 16 minute/mile pace throughout the course. When I first started training back in October, I was at about a 16:30 pace. I was not so sure about this thing. But I kept training and little by little, that per mile time came down, and by the time of the trip I was confident I could finish in time.
Side note: The photos in this report were originally hosted by Webshots, which closed down and deleted all the photos in December 2012. The photos are now hosted by SmugMug and I've gone through and changed all the links so the photos are now visible again.
This report describes my experience in my first half marathon in 2010 at Disney World. I wrote it partly for myself so I can relive the memories. I also wrote it with the thought that it might help others who will be doing their first half marathon at Disney to know a little bit of what to expect, even though some details of the event may change throughout the years. I hope you enjoy!
I wasn't planning on going back to Disney until about 2012.
But let me be tell you... PLANS and LIFE are two entirely different things.
When I started planning this trip, it wasn't because I really wanted to go to WDW. I know, it sounds terrible. But really, I've had the opportunity to go quite frequently the last few years. My most recent trip was in December 2008. The last few trips had been short weekend trips, and I told myself (after each one ) that the next one would be a nice, week-long, relaxing trip. I was tired of the insane pace of a weekend trip and the next one was going to be a week or nothing. HA!
After two years of two (ahem, short) Disney trips each, I didn't go to DLR or WDW in 2009. ALL year. However, this wasn't even the motivation for going in 2010. The motivation was that I felt like I was getting lazy. Really. I wanted to find SOMETHING that would motivate me to get off the computer , out of the house, and getting some exercise. (Do you see where this is going?!?)
Sometime around October 09, I found out about the Princess Half Marathon in WDW at the beginning of March 2010. I talked with a friend of mine who had already done a few Disney half and full marathons, including the Inaugural Princess Half Marathon in Spring 2009.
After some discussion and a bit of hesitation on my part, we both signed up to do the Princess Half Marathon. I really was not totally sure what I had gotten myself into. I wasn't totally out of shape, but I really wasn't in shape either. I used to live in NYC, and walked a LOT, but after moving to the New Orleans, I go places in my car!
I kept this trip largely a secret. I quietly added the little "3/10 All Star Sports" to my signature, but I never added a ticker or mentioned it on here until a few days before I left! I was nervous about this 13.1 miles of walking/running thing that I'd signed up to do! In order to complete the race and get a finisher's medal, you had to maintain a 16 minute/mile pace throughout the course. When I first started training back in October, I was at about a 16:30 pace. I was not so sure about this thing. But I kept training and little by little, that per mile time came down, and by the time of the trip I was confident I could finish in time.
Side note: The photos in this report were originally hosted by Webshots, which closed down and deleted all the photos in December 2012. The photos are now hosted by SmugMug and I've gone through and changed all the links so the photos are now visible again.
This report describes my experience in my first half marathon in 2010 at Disney World. I wrote it partly for myself so I can relive the memories. I also wrote it with the thought that it might help others who will be doing their first half marathon at Disney to know a little bit of what to expect, even though some details of the event may change throughout the years. I hope you enjoy!