Hello friends! Time is flying by and this pregnancy is almost over (38 w 5 days to be exact). It’s been a whirl wind of orders and holiday planning and finishing the nursery. It’s about time I finish up my previous race recaps so that I’ll be all caught up when I can start running again SOON!
The Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend (geeze, only five months ago now) was quite a bit different from the Star Wars weekend in that I had a tiny running buddy tagging along with me! So the major changes were 1. no celebratory whiskey shot after the races, 2. no time in the parks since I couldn’t go on most rides, and 3. I incorporated walking intervals into my race plan.
It was still an amazing weekend! I really enjoyed staying on property the entire time at the Disneyland Hotel (probably my favorite hotel so far due to the nostalgic feel and the proximity to the expo). I felt very at ease meeting up with several social/running groups including some awesome people from the runDisneyrun community. I also loved my two costumes and had so much fun announcing the pregnancy in that way. Because so much time has passed since this race, instead of writing out many more details I’m going to instead share my favorite pictures.
This was my first pre-race meet up with some fellow costumers! I’m so glad the Marathonphoto photographer was there to snap this picture.
I think I was giddy with excitement walking up to corral A that morning. What a different experience from starting in the back at my previous runDisney races!
I love the “still dark outside” pictures from this race, especially this one that shows off my gold shoe buckles (made from glittered cardboard).
A little Disneyland race photography tip – there is almost always a photographer set up on the side of the castle as you run around it. It’s a great place to stop if the lines in front are too long.
The course details are already fading from my memory. All I know is that I loved how much park time was in this route!
Finisher! I tried using my hook to show off the 13 week baby bump.
For the half marathon, I decided to stop for as many characters as I could!
As an adult I always feel really silly posing for these types of pictures but for once I decided to embrace it.
This has to be one of my favorite race pictures to date. I love how the castle is all decked out in its Diamond Celebration glory.
You gotta love pictures where you look like you’re flying!
Miss Bell herself
Baby Girl #2 and I proudly showing off our Pixie Dust Challenge bling!
All in all a fantastic experience. I know there can be a lot of criticism of the women-centric runDisney races, but I had nothing but great things to say about the weekend and I can’t wait to come back in 2016.
❤ Jessica
