Okay, so who’s bright idea was it to make everyone get up so early to run a 10k at Disneyland! My alarm went off at 3:40, but I was awake many times before that. Fortunately I had prepped a bit the day before, saving a bagel & peanut butter from the breakfast buffet and setting out my running clothes…
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10k race recaps
6 May 2016: Tinkerbell Day 2 – the day before the 10k
Tinkerbell Day 2 – My family spent the day at California Adventure. It was lots of fun and we did tons of walking! More than I usually do at home. We were able to trade a few pins and the park was pretty crowded. We didn’t stay too late, though, as we knew we needed to get up early in the…
5 May 2016: Tinkerbell 10k Day 1 – Packet pickup and Race Expo
The Tinkerbell half-marathon weekend is over and I’m exhausted. Lots of family time, seeing the parks and of course – the races. The next couple of posts will be a recap of all of our race related activities over the whole weekend. Day 1 (Thursday evening): After we checked into our non-Disney hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites, Garden Grove)…
6 May 2016: It’s finally here and I’ve told my sister
Well the day is finally here! My husband and I arrived at LAX and then caught a car service to our hotel in Anaheim. When we arrived, my mom and sister were already checked in. When we went to their room to say “hi”, my sister said that she wanted to go to packet pickup right away and also to…
4 May 2016: UPDATE on Operation Tinkerbell!
My sister responded to my email saying “Maybe next year for Star Wars…:)” so I’m not sure if she knows that I’m running the Tinkerbell 10K with her or not. We recently had the phone conversation about all of my family running in January at the Disneyland Star Wars weekend….so maybe I’m in the clear. Today I received a really…
4 May 2016: OH NOOOOOO!!!!!
My sister just sent me an email. Here’s what she wrote, but I’ve redacted our names… Subj: Why is your name listed on the Tinkerbell Weekend 10k list?!!! Are you doing it? I went to try and see if I could figure out what my bib number was and put in [LastName] then I saw [yourName] from Houston is doing…
30 April 2016: One week to go
One week from today I will be running the Tinker Bell 10k with my sister. Hopefully she will be surprised the day before when we go pick up our race packets and she realizes that I’m running with her! And hopefully I’ll be able to keep it a secret until then. Coach Joan cancelled today’s 9 to 5 running clinic…
26 April 2016: On the downhill slide…or is it a slippery slope?
After today, I only have 3 workouts to go. I am confident that I will be able to keep up with my sister for our 10k as I talked with her on Sunday. While my amazing sister’s training called for 5 miles on Friday and another 13 miles on Saturday (incredible!!!) — she said that her goal for Tinker Bell…
24 April 2016: Longest training run EVER!
Today was my final long training run before the Tinker Bell 10k. My training schedule said that I needed to run/walk 6.5 miles. I was so dreading this run that I even reached out to my running clinic buddies to see if anyone wanted to go with me. Coach Toni said she could go – but only in the evening…
19 April 2016: Only 17 days…
In 17 days, I will tell my sister that I’m running the Tinker Bell 10K with her. My sister will learn that I’ve: Spent 200 days learning how to run Logged over 200 miles Ran through cold, rain, heat & humidity Completed four 5ks and one 10k, and, that I’m going to run with her through the CINDERELLA’s CASTLE!! My plan is…