Almost forgot, I received the following from Denise (actually she pointed me to it).
+this was soooooo much fun!! i planned this trip with 2 of my fellow
nurse friends and one doc who was doing the full marathon - i took my
mother and younger 2 sons (17 and 13) with me and we all stayed at the
Dolphin+
+thursday - we arrived in Orlando around noonish, had
something to eat and waited for the other girls to get back from MK
before heading over to the Expo ...... i found the expo quite
congested, but the volunteers were great and moved us thru the lines
quickly and the boys loved the area..........we walked around the
boardwalk later that evening and just enjoyed the sights and nice
weather+
+friday - must have been on a similar route as Pfriese
cuz we started the day off at Animal Kingdom as well - thought
Expedition Everest was going to do me in but was tons of fun!! then
over to MGM for the afternoon, and back to the Dolphin for a pasta
dinner at their Italian Rest..............was also planning to get to
sleep early, but must have been after 10 before i fell into a fitful
sleep - i found it hard sleeping knowing how early my alarm was going
to go off+
+sat - on a race bus by 3:45 and off we
gooooooooooooo!! the one thing i would definitely warn people about the
Dolphin is it is not easy for spectators to get over to the 1/2
marathon route - my mom and one of the girls sister had to be on a bus
around 5 to be sure they would get on the route before the roads closed
- had we been at a hotel truly "in the park", they could have used the
monorail a little later.......and because they needed to be out so
early, i decided to be a nice mom and not make the boys get up to cheer
me on!!+
+the race was soooooooooooo fun!! i loved the fireworks
at the start - i could see fireworks every nite and never get tired of
them.........one of my friends and i ran the first 2 miles together,
then she caught back up to me around the 10th mile and we ran close to
each other to the end............was so great!! i loved running thru
the parks and especially thru the castle - many of the disney princes
and princesses were at the castle waving us on..............the amount
of volunteers was amazing - they did such a great
job.........spectators along most of the route as well - my mom and my
friend's sister made it to mile 8 to cheer us on then hopped on the
monorail and were at the finish line to see us come in!! can't wait to
see the pics...........oh ya - my time was 2:08:28 - would have loved
to finish under 2 hours but considering this was my first 1/2 since my
leg injuries last year i was very very happy!! i felt great after the
race, showered and went off to Epcot for the day!!+
+so glad i
didn't overdress - wore my MVS (running club) singlet, black under
armour fitted shorts and my white Boston Marathon hat - it was so warm
especially coming from Massachusetts!! can't wait for next year!!+
