ANOTHER BUCKET LIST ITEM COMPLETED!

Stephanie and I have been trying to sign up for a Disney Half Marathon for 3 years - they always sell out way to fast - like the day of!! Finally - we were able to get in on one - we opted out of the half and went for the 10k instead because of the ridiculous prices, but it was the best race I have ever done and probably will ever do. We got Jared and Blake to sign up with us and we made it a couples weekend. Best money spent - best time ever. We flew out Friday morning, got our rental car and headed straight for the Disney Expo - we had 2 goals - get our race stuff and buy the Disney running shoes you can only buy at the races - mission accomplished!








After the expo we headed to our hotel, dropped off our loot and luggage and headed out to the park! We didn't stay all night because we had to get up at 4am to be ready to run the race by 5:30am! The start of the race was so motivating and so Disney - the theme was Star Wars and they spared no expense - including fireworks going off before each new leg started - everything was true to Disney style! We were giddy with excitement. We wanted the boys to not stress about staying with us so they took off and Jared finished first, Blake was right behind him and then Stephanie and I took our time - ran the whole race and stopped for lots of photo ops!

We started in Downtown Disney, ran along the outside of the park, came back through a tunnel with Darth Vader lights and his breathing and entered the park - it was amazing! The race was only 6 miles and we never trained for it and we ran it so good, but its so hard not to when you are running through Disneyland and California Adventure - you are so happy you don't even realize how fast you are going and you are running with the biggest smile on your face! 

 









We finished the race, got our medals, took our pictures and got our Disney Run snack packs! Then we headed back to the hotel to shower and get ready for the day. We headed to a breakfast buffet and then hit the park until 11pm - we fell short of our midnight goal - oh well! They even talked me into riding California Screamin' twice - ya not my favorite, but oh well :)







The next day we hit slept in and then hit the park again until we had to leave to the airport. We just wanted to eat and ride 2 rides and thats what we did. It was an awesome weekend - so good - we plan on going again in 2 years!


I don't normally do things like this because they always seem to fall on a dance weekend, but I had booked this 6 months in advance - luckily for me I have great dance friends and Liz Orona gladly took Emma for the weekend and took care of and got her ready and I never stressed about it because I knew she was in good hands!
"Your Song"

"Big, Blonde and Beautiful"

"Nearer to Thee"