This past weekend, I ran my 3rd half marathon at the happiest place on earth: Walt Disney World!
Just before mile 2!
I went with two of my cousins and we stayed at the Pop Century Resort. Inspired by so many wonderful tweets and blog posts from years past, I decided months ago that I would run my first Disney Princess Half-Marathon. The race was so more fun than I could have imagined. This is one of those races that you run for the experience, not for a personal record or to be competitive. There were over 25,000 runners total out there. Some had elaborate princess and villain costumes. I even spotted a dalmatian (from 101 Dalmations) and R2-D2. I didn’t get too dressed up this year, but, I did put on a Tiana crown. I am glad it stayed on for the entire race and I didn’t have a headache from the bobby pins.
I used Urban Decay lip stain under my lip gloss for photos. I think it helped make the photos look more fab (in the beginning of the race at least).
Most of the lines to take photos were really long. So before the race I promised myself that I would stop for a photo with Tiana, but beyond that I didn’t have my heart set on any other princess photos. In fact, some of the photo lines were so long it was ridiculous! I ended up getting photos with Tiana, Mulan and Princess Atta from A Bug’s Life. (I definitely had to look up Princess Atta, I don’t really remember all the details about A Bug’s Life by any means..) I was disappointed that there wasn’t a Pocahontas on the route 🙁 however, there were so many princesses, villains, princes and other supporting characters it was cool.
Prince Naveen, Louis, and I with Princess Tiana
with Mushu and Mulan
I love how they played Girl on Fire at the halfway mark. The words to that song really kept me moving!
Just a thought: How do some people end races looking so cool, calm and collected? Obviously, that’s not my mission in life. After dinner, my cousin and I went over to Disney’s Polynesian Resort for dinner. It was well worth the trip! I enjoyed salmon with black rice and Swiss chard. It was beyond good.
Definitely one of the best meals that I had during the visit. I was not a fan of the food at Pop Century Resort or the food that we had at Magic Kingdom. We did have a wonderful pre-race meal at House of Blues in Downtown Disney.
I hope that I get to do the Disney Princess again next year. I thought the race was well organized and fun. Yes, it was very crowded but I felt like the employees and volunteers worked hard to keep things running smoothly. We had lots of great cheerleaders along the race route. My favorite was the gospel choir right at the end of the race to help motivate us around the last corner. I want to make it a larger trip for family/friends if I go in the future! I also want to try a different resort and get really dressed up like a princess. I have been wearing my FitBit that Verizon Wireless sent to me for an entire week and I plan to review it soon:
Have you heard anything about the FitBit yet? I have lots of big things to share! Stay tuned 🙂
