Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon

What a weekend!! After months of planning and preparation, I can confidently display the Disney medal we earned from running in the Disney Wine & Dine half marathon. I didn't think I'd be able to handle a night race beginning at 10pm AND to attend an after party until 4am, but we did it! Thank goodness for taking that afternoon nap otherwise I'm not sure I would have lasted as long as we did.
I would say one of the highlights of the race were the number of opportunities the runners had to stop and take pictures with Disney characters. Although some line ups were longer than others to take photos with the dressed up characters, nothing was stopping us from snapping pictures along the way. I did my best to soak up every moment and after this being the first Disney race, I'm happy to mark it off the bucket list! I secretly still want to go back and run the Disney Princess run, but I'll have to wait on that since the 2014 Princess run is already sold out!

Another wonderful highlight of the weekend was getting to visit with Jeff Galloway at the Expo and take a photo with him! He is so friendly and down to earth so it was definitely an honor getting the chance to speak with him briefly and represent our local AI Galloway running group! It's because of his training method that I've been fortunate to run 3 half marathons so far and to train for a full marathon coming up in the New Year! I feel accomplished and strong with his run/walk/run method. Yes, my body is still recovering from a late night race, but I have no regrets! My Husband agreed it was a great race to run and I love that pretty much every mile has something for you to focus on. Whether it was the chance to stop and take a photo, energizing music or videos playing on the sidelines, I'd say Disney put on a great race for us this past weekend. I can't forget to mention that having the Epcott food & wine festival at the end was the icing on the cake!! Thank you Disney for a weekend I'll never forget and for giving us a medal that is almost the size of my head! (Ok, not quite that big, but heavy for sure!) Happy Monday!