November 9, 2013
The day started of very early! We were on the bus to the Animal Kingdom at 5:00 a.m. eastern (which is 4:00a.m. for us central time folks).
After a short ride, we arrive and the dancing began. The chicken dance was Twinkle Toes’ favorite. Grammy, Twinkle Toes, and I were all decked out in out Sparkle Athletic gear that consisted of skirts, wings, race legs (Twinkle Toes and I), and arm sleeves (just me). We love Sparkle Athletic!
After a little while, we were corralled and the race began. Twinkle Toes was ready to go. The waiting for her was getting to her. 🙂
The course was through the Animal Kingdom which was pretty cool! There were some characters that you could take pictures with but Twinkle Toes doesn’t like to wait in lines too long so we got a couple of pics.
And finally we make it to the finish line. Everyone at the finish line calls you by name (which is on your race bib) and hands you a medal.
If you’ve never done a runDisney event, you should try and fit one in. They do it right!! So right that the snack box that they give you has food that anyone could eat regardless of most dietary concerns.
We love these events and can’t wait to come back in February for the Princess Half weekend. Grammy, Twinkle Toes, and I will do the 5k together. Pretty cool that 3 generations can do something like this together. Then Twinkle Toes will do the kids mile race. And finally, Grammy and I will round our the weekend doing the 10k. I’m excited and trying to train hard for my first 10k.
Until next time…keep truckin’!