Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Excited for princess half! Milichal Ru

Search Blogs Recent Entries Best Entries Best Blogs Blog List PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel PassPorter's Walt Disney World Resort (Florida) Making More Magic: Everything Else at Walt Disney World! Running at Walt Disney World
About This Page: This is a discussion on Princess Half was AMAZING!!!! within the Running at Walt Disney World, part of the PassPorter Community - Boards & Forums on Walt Disney World, phoenix hotel Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel; I've been seriously MIA from PP lately- between life and training phoenix hotel there just hasn't been much time for much else!
... Member Name Remember phoenix hotel Me? Password FAQ Chat Members Calendar Mark Forums Read Welcome! We're happy you've found the PassPorter Community -- the friendliest place to plan your vacation to Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, and the world in general! You are now viewing the PassPorter Message phoenix hotel Board Community as a guest , which gives you limited access. As our guest, feel free to browse our messages by selecting the forum you want to visit from the list below.
To post messages and ask questions, join our FREE community today and you'll get access to tools and resources phoenix hotel not available to guests, such as our vacation countown timers, "living" avatars, private messaging system, database searches, downloads, and a special PassPorter discount code. Registration is fast, simple, and completely free. Just click the Join Our Community link.
If you think you've already joined, log in below now. If you don't remember your member name or password, please visit our Member Name and Password Recovery page. You are also welcome to contact us .
Thought I'd also share my Princess experience. Mine seems very similar to Misty's. I was in corral F so luckily I had a nice buffer with the pace. But I have been really struggling with my feet lately (getting older is the pits!) so my pace was much slower phoenix hotel than what I was hoping for. I also didn't stop for any characters, bathrooms or first aid, although I did grab a stick of Vaseline between miles and 9 and 10 and very haphazardly tried to alleviate the rubbing that was happening on my upper arms and my shirt. phoenix hotel My 5k and 10k splits were pretty good but I slowed down considerably during the last 4 miles or so. When I got to the top of the ramp at mile 10, I could see the bus picking up people so I put everything I had into high gear and went as hard as I could for as long as I could. Once I made it to 11, I knew I was safe. Then I spotted the last hill (not terrible steep, but after 11 miles, it seemed insurmountable) and I really really wanted to quit. Somehow, no idea how, I soldiered on and once I made it into Epcot, I knew I was going to finish it.
1. It's a lot of people, which is good and bad. It was nice to be with other people the whole time, especially on those long stretches of road. And honestly, there was a sense of girl power- so so many women out there pounding the pavement together was really inspiring. The bad side- the bottlenecks. I was fully stopped coming through the castle, which for me is a problem because if I stop, I have a really hard to getting going again. Main Street was impossible to do more than walk down and as I was training, phoenix hotel I had visions of running down it so I was a little sad about that.
2. I'm not crazy about the course. I wish there were more in the parks like Disneyland, but I know that's phoenix hotel hard to really change. I really also struggled with the on-ramps, both at the beginning between 1 and 2 and towards the end at mile 10. The road slants phoenix hotel (obviously) but it really threw off my gait. And as Misty pointed phoenix hotel out, the hill right before the Contemporary and then at mile 10 were PAINFUL.
3. I caught the first bus that morning at 3am so it was a lot of waiting around. I heard some chatter in the corral that some people almost didn't get on a bus because there were so many people who were trying to get over around 3:30am. The waiting was excruciating- I just wanted to get on with it.
Originally phoenix hotel Posted by Milichal I was in corral f, too! I half to agree about the hills/ramps. And I am super jealous of your sig pic! Where did you meet Rapunzel? We met her that evening at MK at the Princess M G
I hear ya about the bottlenecks. In all my Disney races, phoenix hotel even being the very last corral, I've never had the bottleneck at the castle - except this year (for the January race). It's very frustrating. Even though we ran different races, the crowding issue seems to be the same. Disney must be adding more race entries every year or something. I think it's time for them to cap it!
I loved to hear about your kicking it into high gear before mile 11. Awesome! Bet you didn't know you had it in you, right? That's where all that training comes in handy. Nice job!! Congratulations!! Love the picture with Rapunzel and your well earned medal.
__________________ Tanya Every click helps feed .6 bowls of food to rescued animals. Give a quick click every day and help animals in shelters! www.theanimalrescuesite.com My Countdown Counting down to: Mother ~ Daughter birthday trip! 40 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes My PassPorter Bookshelf
My Previous Trips Visited WDW 4 times while little from 1979 to 1990 ~ Jan. 1998, Doubletree phoenix hotel ~ Nov. 1998, Disney Institute ~ Sept. 2000, E. Caribbean Disney Magic ~ July 2001, Courtyard Downtown Disney ~ March 2003, Comfort Inn ~ June 2004, POR ~ Jan. 2006, POFQ ~ May 2007, All Star Vacation home ~ Jan. 2008, POFQ Half Marathon ~ Sept. 2008, SSR ~ Nov. 2009, CBR ~ March 2010, AsMu Princess Half Marathon ~ Sept. 2010, Disneyland Half Marathon ~ Nov. 2010, CSR ~ Jan. 2011 WDW Marathon ~ Oct. 2011 Wine Dine Half Marathon, POR ~ Jan. 2012 Relay Marathon, POP ~ May 2012 Expedition Everest Challenge, CBR Pirate room ~ Sept. 2012 Sheraton LBV ~ Nov. 2012 Wyndham Bonnet Creek ~ Jan. 2013 Goofy Challenge, POR Royal Room ~
My Previous Trips WDW POR Sept. 2001, Poly. April 2004, BC Feb. 2005, BWApril 2006, BW Nov. 2006, BC Feb. 2007, BW Nov. 2007, BW Nov. 2008, BLT May 2009, SSpr Aug. 2009, BW BLT Nov. 2009, BLT May 2010, Poly. Aug. 2010, BW BLT Nov. 2010, AK Club Level DCL 2011, BC Sept. 2011, BW Nov. 2011, BLT DCL May, 2012, BW Nov. 2012
Robin aka Fortissimo Guide for: Planning Your Adventure: Your Plans , Getting There and Back , and Central Florida phoenix hotel Attractions My Countdown Counting down to: LifeTime Fitness Indoor Tri - even if I have to walk the run Swimming, Biking, and hopefully running so I can eat pancakes when I am done! My PassPorter Bookshelf
My Previous Trips DLR 6/1976 3/1986. WDW offsite Sept. 1985, Jan. 1988, Dec/Jan 1990/91, July, 1999. Enough of the off-site stays! CBR June 2000; PO-R June 2002; POP, CBR and Daytona Beach June 2005; 40th b-day celebration PO-R AKL, June 2006; POFQ, Daytona (to watch Stinky win Nationals!) and back to the Fish (Dolphin) 2007.
Congratulations! Good for you on kicking it in to make sure you were safe. It is amazing what we can do when especially motivated. The bottlenecks are frustrating but I have now started to remind myself that those parks were not made for marathons anyway. I guess if they didn't have that spectator section on Main Street it would open up some. But that is a cool spot to have everyone cheering. I am glad to hear the overall experience was a happy one and you are doing more Disney races. I am jealous!! Congrats!
__________________ phoenix hotel Misty My Countdown Counting down to: TOT 10 miler 211 days, 12 hours, 40 minutes My Previous Trips WDW 95 All Star Sports,97 Port Orleans RS,99 Port Orleans RS,00 Port Orleans RS,01 FW Cabins,04 Port Orleans RS,05 POP 07 ASM, 08 FW cabins, 09 POFQ, 10 POP, 11 POP, 12 CB, 13 POP
I am a runner because I run. Not because I run fast. Not because I run far. I am a runner phoenix hotel because I say I am. And no one can tell me I'm not. -- John Bingham My Countdown Counting down to: Dumbo Double Dare Baby!!!! 174 days, 16 hours, 40 minutes My Previous Trips 1989 Carribean Beach Resort, 1993 Grand Floridian, 1999 Fort Wilderness Lodge, 2000 Yacht Club, 2001 Yacht Club, 2002 Yacht Club, 2003 Yacht Club, 2004 Yacht Club (Sept) and Grand Floridian MVMCP (Dec), 2005 Beach Club MNSSHP, 2006 Yacht Club, 2007 Disney Cruise and Yacht Club, 2008 Boardwalk Inn (May) Yacht Club (Sept), 2010 Yacht Club (August), 2011 Yacht Club, 2012 Yacht Club (May Expedition Everest Race), 2012 Boardwalk Inn (November Wine and Dine Half Marathon!!)
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules
Similar phoenix hotel Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Excited for princess half! Milichal Running at Walt Disney World 36 01-23-2013 10:27 PM Just registered for the Princess Half tinkerbell24601 Running at Walt Disney World 13 08-28-2012 09:20 PM Photopass during Princess Half? Angela1312 Running at Walt Disney World 1 01-28-2012 08:45 PM Transportation to and from Princess Half Twinky2 Running at Walt Disney World 4 08-17-2011 11:10 PM Tell me about the Princess Half Mommy2alittleprincess Running at Walt Disney World 5 04-18-2011 03:33 PM All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:19 PM . Contact Us -