jennamfeo
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Hi, I’m Jenna. I am the wife to Brad, the mama to Anberlin, but you might see me call her Bay, (our 5.5 year old daughter), a West Coast Desert Dweller, and I runDisney.
It basically turned me into the low-key Disney lover that I am today. I started racing at Disneyland back in 2014 when I crazily decided that I wanted to run the Dumbo Double Dare. You know, even though the farthest I had ever ran was a 5k. Why not sign up for a 10k and then the following day a Half Marathon? BECAUSE MEDALS. That’s why.
I swore I wasn’t going to take our daughter to Disneyland until she was old enough to enjoy/understand/appreciate it, whatever. But because I wanted to run the Dumbo Double Dare, we ended up taking her when she was 2.5 and we have gone back every year since.
But this year was a little different. And by a little, I mean A LOT. After running my first Half Marathon at Disneyland, I decided that I wasn’t a huge fan of the 13.1 mile distance, and said “that will probably be my last Half Marathon….” Famous last words. I did two more runDisney weekends in 2015 & 2016, one year just the 10k, the next the 5k & the 10k, and then I realized that the Challenges are just SO much more fun and said “LEMME GET MY COAST 2 COAST IN 2017!!!!” Again, because medals.
So in May 2017, I did the Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Challenge, where I PR’d my 10k AND my Half Marathon time. We made it a family trip, but while we were *thisclose* to Disneyland we didn’t actually GO to Disneyland. (Yes, sometimes I can get my DL fix just by walking around DTD, my husband should be happy about that.)
And now we are counting down the days to our first Disney World trip as a family (and my first trip there, ever!!). I am beyond excited! Just like the last 3 years, this trip will include my husband, our daughter, and my parents. We are booked to be there November 1st – November 8th and we are staying at the Port Orleans Resort, Riverside.
The Fast Passes & ADRs are booked, the schedule is planned, now all I have to do is plan our outfits & pack!
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It basically turned me into the low-key Disney lover that I am today. I started racing at Disneyland back in 2014 when I crazily decided that I wanted to run the Dumbo Double Dare. You know, even though the farthest I had ever ran was a 5k. Why not sign up for a 10k and then the following day a Half Marathon? BECAUSE MEDALS. That’s why.
I swore I wasn’t going to take our daughter to Disneyland until she was old enough to enjoy/understand/appreciate it, whatever. But because I wanted to run the Dumbo Double Dare, we ended up taking her when she was 2.5 and we have gone back every year since.
But this year was a little different. And by a little, I mean A LOT. After running my first Half Marathon at Disneyland, I decided that I wasn’t a huge fan of the 13.1 mile distance, and said “that will probably be my last Half Marathon….” Famous last words. I did two more runDisney weekends in 2015 & 2016, one year just the 10k, the next the 5k & the 10k, and then I realized that the Challenges are just SO much more fun and said “LEMME GET MY COAST 2 COAST IN 2017!!!!” Again, because medals.
So in May 2017, I did the Tinkerbell Pixie Dust Challenge, where I PR’d my 10k AND my Half Marathon time. We made it a family trip, but while we were *thisclose* to Disneyland we didn’t actually GO to Disneyland. (Yes, sometimes I can get my DL fix just by walking around DTD, my husband should be happy about that.)
And now we are counting down the days to our first Disney World trip as a family (and my first trip there, ever!!). I am beyond excited! Just like the last 3 years, this trip will include my husband, our daughter, and my parents. We are booked to be there November 1st – November 8th and we are staying at the Port Orleans Resort, Riverside.
The Fast Passes & ADRs are booked, the schedule is planned, now all I have to do is plan our outfits & pack!
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