Below is a quick, almost point form, race report for the Walt Disney World 5k 2018 race that I did with Heather and the kids.
Sorry if it feels rushed – we just got back a couple days ago and things have been hectic and I want to get something out while things are still relatively fresh in my head.
Up way too early but since we had such a rough day yesterday at least everyone got a pretty decent sleep.
Super cool this morning too – I believe it was below freezing and felt colder than that – it was damned chilly even for us Canadians leaving a -40 degree cold snap.
We put on pretty much all the warmest gear we had and then bundled up. We also brought along several Mylar emergency blankets that we put to good use!
After a cold walk to the event bus we were able to get on a bus right before it headed out to the staging area. I am glad we did not have to wait long out in the cold for a bus!
We spent some time walking around as the crowds go bigger and we tried to stay warm.
The kids were doing well despite the cold and the very early hour – very proud of them for that.
Before too long we made our way to the starting corrals – corral C for the 5k. I am glad that the kids had done the Pro Bowl 5k last year as we were able to indicate that it was not their first 5k race and we didn’t end up in the last corral.
We ran the race essentially at our daughter’s pace – she is the youngest and we let her decide when she wanted to run and when she wanted to walk. This worked well and both kids did great.
We took some pics ourselves but did not stop for any character stops (too cold!) and got some good pics from the Disney photographers on course.
Some of the pictures are below and I have also added a quick and dirty video I put up on YouTube for the 5k – nothing fancy but I did get the kids rushing for the finish line!
https://youtu.be/h1cmfaYwOEY
After the race we got our medals and snack boxes and had a quick bit before heading to the line for the buses. For some reason the line for our hotel bus stretched all the way across the parking lot. I’m not sure what happened there but it was a chilly wait and at one point they had 3 buses stacked and loading at the same time to clear the back log – so whatever happened they dealt with it fairly quickly.
After we got on our bus we got to our room and took some long hot showers and dressed up nice and warm and headed out to have some fun at Disney Springs including lunch/supper at T-Rex which we always enjoy.
We then went back to the hotel for an early night since our son and I had to get up early again for the 10k the next morning. Going to be another cold one!
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