For the love of Disney running...: Donald Half

Tonight I needed a little motivation to get out there and run. So I grabbed a favorite runDisney shirt and thought that would be enough to motivate me. Boy was it ever! My yellow Donald shirt from this years half marathon inspired me to turn my whole run into a color run: I was hunting YELLOW! The results: 6.5 miles and 21 oh so yellow photos!

Donald was my inspiration!

Check out all of this yellow!

I decided not to put the shirt in the picture after the first one.

Construction site along my route

I had to pick pump 4! It's a Dopey Challenge thing!

The wheels on the bus...

Car bumper sticker...it was parked!

I took a how am I going to get myself out there running evening and turned it into a color run a la Donald! It is amazing what you see on your run when you challenge yourself to look around! Which color will I do next? I don't know, but my runDisney race shirts are pretty colorful!

Please let me know if you are inspired to do a color run of your own and which color you choose to hunt!

Here we go!

The Donald Half!

The first leg of the Goofy Challenge!

Let's get this show on the road!

I made my Alice in Wonderland inspired runner friendly costume for this race. I don't think I will ever do an apron again. Functionally it did not impact my running, but it was a pain for pictures. When I remembered I felt the need to fix it since it shifted right and left. I was thrilled Alice recognized my efforts!

There they are folks! The medals hanging at the ready. They are just waiting for us!

We headed over to the finish line first thing in the morning for a little finish line inspiration!
The added plus of making this your first stop race morning are the clean finish line porta-potties!
(with Jen P.)

Check out my dry hair! It did not last long.

Morning meet up

The line to meet characters near the stage.

DJ doing his thing! Interestingly enough people were not dancing or warming up.

Originally I was up into corral B, but I showed a lower 1/2 time at runner relations at the expo
and was switched to the A corral for the half and the full!

Crowd moving toward the start area

National Anthem time

Goofy, Mickey and Donald getting their groove on in their track suits.

With Donald's count down were are off!

Fireworks and all!

Those darn Pirates!

Caution! Speed Bumps Ahead!

Huge banners out on the road

Chip and Dale near the speedway

Oh my...the flood lights!

At the Transportation Center right before the real bathrooms!

I love running under this arch! This is my "we are almost there" moment!

Turning left after the Contemporary and about to head into MK!

Let's do this...MAIN STREET!

Tomorrowland

Fantasyland

Don't be afraid to make up your own photo spots! Just grab a WDW staff member or spectator in the area and ask them if they can take your picture. (They always say yes, but you must have your own camera/phone.)