About the peeing....I got a few burrs peeing outside my corral in the trees
OMG! Me too! Some really nice woman in my corral helped me pick off all the burrs. It was too funny!
Amanda
About the peeing....I got a few burrs peeing outside my corral in the trees
mpeanut said:Congratulation to all the Princess runners/walkers!
I am considering the Princess Half next year if I can keep up with my attempt to become a runner, BUT the complaints about the crowds make me nervous. This is probably a dumb question - but do you think there is anyway RunDisney would cap the number of participants and a lower number for next year? From what I've read the race has grown quite a bit in the past 5 years. Maybe they'll decide to keep it a little bit smaller in the future? Or is it more likely they'll let it keep growing?
Finished my very first 1/2 marathon....my IT band just killed me ended up walking about 3 miles, but I did it!!!!! I do have o say for my first runDisney event I was highly disappointed, I thought it was disorganized, unmarked, and not very helpful or informed volunteers. Not sure if I will do it again.
Mamasmurf227 said:Wow--had a lot of catching up to do (had a hard time connecting from the resort). Congrats to everyone who crossed the Start line. Sorry to hear that some of you got swept, but glad you are safe and healthy! The humidity was tough!
The expo was crazy, but hey--saved me some $$ I guess. We were on the first bus out of Pop on race morning and saw several others lined up behind it. Enjoyed the race retreat (where i met The_princess--hope i got your screen name right) then headed to the corals and just happened to be walking next to DeerIsle. (Still can't believe it, Amy!)
I was in coral C and it was just insane the whole way. Way too crowded and dangerous. I did stop for several pictures. Forgot to stop my watch when i stopped for pics, so I have no idea what my actual running time was.
For the record, I fueled with gummy bears and alternated water/powerade at every station and I finished with only mild nausea, which is a huge improvement over my last half and last 10 mile run. Yay!
Hubby (whose longest trains run was 6 miles) finished with a time only 15 seconds longer than mine (he didn't stop for pictures). So proud of him!!!!
Overall, it was a lot of fun. Just needed to adjust expectations-- I was hoping to stop for some quick pics during a race. When I saw the time at the 5k split I just changed my plan and tried to go with the flow. As long as I wasn't getting swept, I was fine with it. My only concern was getting back to the race retreat with enough time to eat and get my mimosa! I was in the RR watching the tv when I saw hubby cross. Had a really long line to get a bus back to Pop.
Overall, I would do another RunDisney event and do the race retreat. With any major event, there will be glitches. Hopefully Disney will learn from this weekend and fix some of the issues. Congrats to you all!!
This was my first 1/2 marathon and I agree it was pretty crowded but for me it wasnt too bad. I started in corral D and it did thin out a few times but when the roads narrowed it crowded up a little bit but not bad.
I understand people's concern about starting faster runners in later corrals BUT you have to remember those are men and this is a race geared towards women. It looks bad if you have a race for women, and men win it every year. I wouldn't want to run a women's race if their not even the winner's, what's the point.
I finished in 2:47 and my sister finished in 2:44. We stayed together for over half the race but I ended up needing to walk. I didn't want to walk much of the race but the heat and humidity got to me, especially coming from il and not being used to that right now, but I am happy with how I finished. On the course I was pissed at myself bc I thought I was going to finish in over 3 hours and that was farther after my goal than I wanted. But when I finished and saw the time I was happier.
Mamasmurf227 said:I didn't find it, but I went back over to the expo and they were wonderful and gave me a new one!