I have a serious lack of photos this trip LOL!!!
2019 Walt Disney World 5K
Just so this is out there....I'm not a fan of Disney 5K races. I hate the early wake-up for 3 miles, wall to wall walkers and the insanely long character lines. I do love running in the parks when it is still dark and everything is lit up
It was going to be the coldest race morning so I wore tights, long sleeves & wool socks. Not pictured are my mittens, headband that covers my ears, hand warmers and mylar blanket. I think I stayed warm waiting in the corrals, but my memory is bad. I know I was way too hot while running.
I debated driving over to the 5K and ended up taking the bus. I made a bad choice. I made my way to the pre-race meetup with other Dis folks. We made our way over to the corrals and wasn't long before they were moving us. I was with
@jennamfeo,
@Keels &
@Princess KP, but somehow got separated from them in the mass of people. They were sending the corrals off in mini-waves, but the volunteers were way too close to the starting line. They were only letting a few hundred start at once. The wave in front of me was maybe 6 people deep in spots. I was in the middle in corral A and crossed the starting line at 5:47am. They were still sending off corral C when I crossed the finish line
Jenna caught up with me and after chatting we become running buddies. We run similar paces and didn't really have a plans for any of the races other than to get on Expedition Everest during the full.
The character lines were crazy long, but we made an exception for Scottish Goofy!
Test Track Donald was sort of hidden which made his line short!
And then we were done.
Race 1 of 4 Complete!
The line for Oswald was longer than I cared to wait in so I made my way to the busses. I should have just waited for Oswald. Even though the busses were staged and it was cold and windy they were not letting the runners on until exactly 7am or maybe 7:15.
After getting back to Beach Club and thawing out in a hot shower I made my way over to MK.
I rode Space Mountain & Haunted Mansion. It was 10:45 and I was getting hungry, but my BOG lunch ADR wasn't until 12pm. I opened
MDE and out of curiosity looked for an earlier time. 11am popped up! I grabbed it and made my way over. I was still so cold so I ordered some French Onion Soup to go along with my Croque Monsieur & Lemon Cupcake. I had ordered green beans with my sandwich, but they brought me fries. The cart person was so nice and quickly got me some green beans. The soup was hot and tasty, but I had very little soup and a giant wad of cheese in my bowl. The sandwich was okay. I didn't finish it. Green beans were good and I didn't touch the fries. The cupcake was delicious!
I had a FP+ for Dumbo, but I was still cold and getting tired. I stopped for a coffee at Starbucks (no line!!!) and went back to Beach Club for a nap.
After my nap I drove over to Disney Springs and scored a primo spot in the Lime Garage on floor 2 by the entrance. I made the obligatory stop at World of Disney. I really don't like the new store layout or the selection of merchandise. I ordered a Dopey phone case and Magic Band at D-Tech. While I waited for those to be done I went over to Sprinkles and got by BOGO cupcakes (vanilla with white sprinkles & chocolate marshmallow). I picked up my items from D-Tech & ran into Jenna and Karen. We decided to get a drink before dinner and ended up at Enzo's Hideaway with the worst service ever and after an intervention by Keels our drinks were on the house. Dinner was at Morimoto Asia. I had the eggrolls & orange chicken. After dinner we went over to Mizner's Lounge at the Grand Floridian. I drove back to Beach Club and got everything ready for another early morning!