There were five of us out on this run. I was quick to comment that on this runDisney run we were the character stops. If someone wanted to stop to take a picture all they had to do was say so. Chances were good that we all wanted to take a picture! So there are a lot of photos in this post. Most are mine, but some of them are Marcia Barton's my runDisney loving companion for all of DisneyRunFest2012.
Our running team for the evening:
Erin Williams – for the love of Disney running on FB; @lovedisneyrun on Twitter; and http://lovedisneyrunning.blogspot.com/
Marcia Barton - @TravelRunEat on Twitter and Travelruneat.blogspot.com
Rachel Wright - @runnerstales on Twitter and http://runnerstales.com
Kirsten Reutebuch - Facebook & Twitter
Jen Kelly - Facebook
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| Who wouldn't want to run in the happiest place on earth? |
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| Meeting before the run in the lobby of the Contemporary. The staff was great about all of this! We were in and out quite a few times over the course of the evening. |
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| Out front waiting for our fifth runner to join us. |
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| On the run toward Magic Kingdom Always be polite running along the walkways. Passing a happy family on the way to the park! |
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| We were chatting about all things runDisney the whole way. |
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| This was the moment when I knew we were going to be making a few photo stops. "Can you take our picture?" |
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| One of my favorite shots! It is easy to get through bag check when you are running! (Never run through bag check!) |
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| The finer details in life! |
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| Coming back around the Contemporary to head towards the Transportation Center |
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| This section of the run was along the road...so caution was in order, but traffic was accommodating. What a background eh? |
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| And there I am taking the photo above...thank Marcia for catching me in action! |
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| It was nice to have a moment off the shoulder. We all wanted a real running path through here and Rachel (the engineer in the group) is going to plan the additions we desire: a new path here, a bridge crossing there. She can be the Fairy Godmother of runDisney loving runners. |
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| Marcia in the lead taking on the traffic with a wave and a smile! |
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| Coming through the Transportation Center |
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| The welcome arches always make me happy! |
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| Go ladies go! |
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| On to the Polynesian! I love this photo! Another top pick from the run! |
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| You know runners...it is all about their watches! |
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| Which way should we go...which way should we go...look at that pool! |
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| Love the theme details at the Polynesian! |
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| Who could miss going to the chapel? We all took our turn - Rachel! |
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| Kirsten! |
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| Jen! |
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| Marcia! |
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| & me - Erin! (I love my RunningSkirt by the way) |
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| Now let's explore the Grand Floridian! |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Potty break / Tweet fest in the Grand Floridian lobby |
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| Even though we are wet and in our running gear I did not feel as out of place as I thought I might! I love this hotel! There were quite a few little Princesses roaming around! |
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| Night falling on the lagoon |
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| They need to build a bridge over there and complete a running path all the way around the lagoon! Please! |
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| I love gaining perspective on a run...that is where we started. |
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| Out front at the Grand Floridian! |
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| Had to hunt for this sign. It was all the way out on the road. |
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| Bring up the lights! |
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| Rather than risk the road on the way back to the Contemporary we jumped on the Monorail at the Transportation Center. Don't you wish you could have a handy monorail for your ride back when it gets too dark outside! |
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| Party on the Monorail! |
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| We were this close to getting our picture with Mickey ...we settled for the photo setup in the lobby of Chef Mickey's. |
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| Great restaurant, but we were headed to the Polynesian for Drinks, Desserts & Fireworks! |
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| So you think Florida is flat? Any questions? |
This was hands down one of my favorite runs as Disney World ever! It combined so many amazing places and I was doing it all with such a great group of runDisney loving ladies. Given that it had all come together so quickly I could not believe what a fantastic time we were having. I really was having the time of my life and there was still tons more to come!
We once again ducked into the restroom at the Contemporary to change out of our wet running gear and get ready for the Polynesian. Kirsten had already called in a night at the Transportation Center and headed home to get ready for a morning test. So there were four of us remaining. Once changed we headed for the Polynesian. We gathered in the lobby with our leis waiting for Rachel only to realize that she had a change of plans and was headed home as well.
More on Drinks, Desserts & Fireworks at the Polynesian in the next post.
The full itinerary can be found at http://lovedisneyrunning.blogspot.com/2012/07/disney-run-fest-july-16-17-2012.html
Thanks for reading along folks more tomorrow! Night!
How exciting!! I loved reading about your first group run! Can't wait to read more! (I love RS, too! We have the same one!) :0)
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen! I am going to need to order more RunningSkirts! I first saw them at Rock 'n' Roll Providence. I was volunteering for the race having not decided that I really wanted to race it until the week of...at which point it was $105 for the half. So I volunteered! Anyway I went to the expo to meet Heather Montgomery and checked out the RunningSkirts. I did not buy one that day for me...but bought both of my girls each one. They wore them all year for various things (including soccer practice). I got mine a few months ago and wear it in my regular rotation of running gear. I am a big supporter now!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun time! Looks like you ladies had so much fun!
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