Hi Everyone,
We got back from WDW last night.
We had a really good time at the race. This was our first Disney race, so we really didn't know what to expect, but we thought it was well organized. We spent a lot of money on souvenirs (2 shirts, 1 hat, 2 coffee cups), but since they said "inaugural" on them, we figured we had to.
I wore a WISH T-shirt to package pickup on Friday, so met a few people there. We missed meeting people in the AKL lobby by a few minutes, but met up with them at the race. We got lots of pictures, and took some pictures while we were running of WISH people. I will post pictures when I get them uploaded to the internet.
This was John (DH)'s first 5K race, so I let him set the pace, and I was tracking time with my Garmin. I think we did quite well, finishing the 5K in about 35 minutes. Not being too race savvy, we didn't push our way to the front of our wave (7), so we were at the back and had to go very sloooow for the first half mile or so. By the time we got to the front gate, things had sorted themselves out a bit, so were able to run where we wanted. We started at 7:30, so the fastest of the men were working on the scavenger hunt as we went through. We didn't have to dodge too many people though.
We did really well on the obstacle course, and were soon onto the scavenger hunt. We mostly walked through the scavenger hunt, and I thought our clues were not too bad. I messed one up though (word jumble, that I didn't realize they wanted to take the word off the sign out (night lodging) to get runner - I wrote night lodging) Anyway, 3 out of 4 right, and we finished in 1:00:37. Just missed the hour!
We got a picture with our medals (bib #1278), and decided to ride Kali to cool down. It is very spooky in the dark, but really neat. After that, we rode Everest and headed back to Dinoland to find some beer we could buy without cash, and to see the awards. We heard the awards (we were sitting down), and then rode Everest again. By then it was 10:30, so we hung around outside Everest until 10:45 to see if any other WISHers came by. We didn't see anyone, so headed back to Dinoland to pick up some more souvenirs and then went back to the hotel.
I'll post pictures when I get them uploaded.