Princess runners visit Cinderella after the Princess Half Marathon

What would the Princess Half Marathon be without Princesses?  On that note we were off to Magic Kingdom to thank a few Princesses!  Cinderella herself was receiving visitors and we were thrilled to share our day fit for a Princess with her!

Marcia had to see Rapunzel! She was dressed as Rapunzel for the half!

Lena and I were dressed as Aurora for the half!
Jen was out of luck...Snow White was not receiving visitors!

The lovely Cinderella! I ran as Cinderella for my first Princess Half in 2011!

So what does it look like when a bunch of Princesses visit the Princesses?  Well check this out!

The whole room was filled with Princesses of all ages! It was fantastic!  We even met a couple of our other Princess friends waiting to see the Princesses!  (Nicole it was great to see you here there and everywhere.)  It was crazy Princess amazing!  Congratulations to everyone who volunteers, supported runners and raced Princess weekend!  

Princess Runners dash to Magic Kingdom to greet Mickey Mouse and show off our bling

After an amazing race day four Princesses set out to find Mickey Mouse at Magic Kingdom! Hello and thank you were in order for an amazing race weekend!

Mickey was his fantastic self of course and the perfect host throughout the weekend! The photographer was so sweet! She really played along and enjoyed the moment with us!

Thank you goes out to all my Princess pals race weekend! You ladies made the weekend fabulous! Lena, Jen and Marcia you are tops in my book!  Minnie hugs for all of you!

runDisneyPrincess Half Character Stop - How to Video

I had a great idea for the Princess Half Marathon...I would try and shoot video of a character stop for anyone who wanted to see how simple they are.  Of course the act of shooting the video actually made it more complicated!  The camera guys did not quite grasp what I was doing, but rolled with the punches just the same.  As long as the line kept moving and so did I they were not phased by what I was doing. runDisney runners are crazy!  Why wouldn't one of them shot a video of the photographers taking their picture!

That's right Mr. Disney Staff Photographer in your blue shirt...I am taking a video of you taking a picture of me!  runDisney runners are a crazy and strange bunch, but we have a lot of fun along the road!

So let's see the video already!  Wait...check it out!  There is my camera taking the above picture of me!  Is anyone getting dizzy yet?



What do you think? Does it look easy, crazy, worth it?

Royal Family 5K - Princess Half Weekend - runDisney 2013

Anyone who knows me and my runDisney habits knows I never just run the big event race weekend...I run all the races!  Princess Half weekend was no exception!  Not only was I running the Princess Half on Sunday, but I was also running the Royal Family 5K Saturday morning!  And since Mickey and Minnie were on the bling I felt right at home wearing my Minnie Mouse outfit (ears, dress and shoes)!

I had a big decision to make with this race...I thought I could probably really run it and do well time wise, but those of you who know me also know that I can not resist a good character photo op!  So I did a little of both and finished about 5 minutes off my PR. Okay...talking with Kellie Nickerson before we started convinced me that no matter how fast I ran there were other ladies in the race who would always out kick me.  She did not need to say it...she is amazingly sweet and sincere...you could just look at her and the other ladies up at the start and figure that one out!  This was my first time running a runDisney 5K without my daughter.  She was not along on this trip otherwise she would have been out there with me!

After the race I headed back to the resort and took a moment before getting cleaned up to shoot a video recap of the 5K and preview of the half.



 The 5K was a lot of fun, but only 3.1 miles of it...so let's get onto the main race! 13.1 miles of runDisney fun and entertainment!

If you watch runDisneyTv's 5K video you might even recognize me running around EPCOT! Watch for Minnie at 1:30!

Princess Half Expo interview with runDisney Nutritionist Tara Gidus

There are always amazing speakers at the runDisney race expos and the line up at the 5th Anniversary Princess Half Marathon was no exception!  I was lucky enough to catch Tara Gidus, the runDisney nutritionist, after her presentation to ask her a few questions!

She has such great advice! I definitely needed more time to get her opinion on all kinds of nutrition questions!  Snacks between meals...supply and demand...replenish after a run...carbs...peanut butter English muffins!  It is so fantastic that runDisney has provided experts in their fields to encourage and support the athletes running their races.  That's right folks...I called us athletes!  We may be recreational runners for the most part, but not only are we runners we are also athletes and athletes need a good nutritionist to advise them along the way.  Tara's nutritional advice can be found on the runDisney blog at runDisney.com.

Princess Half Marathon - Let the fun begin

2013 was the 5th anniversary of the runDisney Princess Half Marathon! Although I was not originally planning on running this race for the third year in a row...how can a Princess resist the special anniversary bling?

A couple of things you may notice from this first shot... 1. I am in a full length custom made Princess Aurora running gown made by ME.  2. It was too hot for my white sleeves.  3. I wore a 5 Princess tiara.  4. I am totally soaked!  5. I had a fantastic time! Check out that smile!

Hitting rewind for a moment...Let's go back to the beginning of the weekend and set the stage a bit for all the fun that was to come over the runDisney Princess Half Marathon weekend. 

Check out that view! I was with four other runners in a beautiful room on the consigere level of the Yacht Club resort! It was truly spectacular! Thanks goes out to Linda Bachand Doucet for setting up such a fabulous girls weekend at Disney! The tiara and sash were all her and they made us all feel like Princesses!

Why do you run? Short answer - runDisney

runDisney asked why do you run? You know my answer "for the love of Disney running!"  It does not get any simpler than that.  Of course I also love how it makes me feel, in addition to it being an escape, a way to improve my health, just plain fun and a way to enjoy being outside.  I love meeting and inspiring others to be more active.  Oh my goodness the list could go on and on.  Anyway...right before the WDW Marathon runDisneyTV caught me before I set off to run my dream race.  Watch this and see how I feel about the WDW Marathon in a nutshell (back off Chip and Dale...this is my nut)! [hint: I am at 2:13]


 So what so you think? Why do you run?

You can see the whole piece up on their blog http://www.rundisney.com/blog/ under Feb 8th!