Disneyland Day 2

After the race we grabbed our snack boxes and headed back to the room to change.  I really like these snack boxes.  I think they're a great change from the standard bananas and bagels you normally get.

 

 

On the way back we saw some cute running pictures we had to take.

 

 

Back at the hotel room we showered and changed into the cute tanks we found on Etsy.  Suluh's says "I don't sweat, I sparkle", Cori's says "Keep calm and run Disney", and mine says "Forget the glass slippers. This princess wears running shoes."  We loved them!

We headed to breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen.  All-you-can-eat buffet after the race?  Yes please!

A huge group of people from Twitter, set up by Jen (Travel Girl on the Run), were eating together.  I knew about the plans, but we didn't initially sign up to be with them.  But when we were there waiting together, Jen was amazing and got it so that we could sit with them!  Such fun!  We sat with Ashley (The Pavement Princess) and her hubby Joe.  It was great seeing them again!

 I scarfed down some yummy food!  Hash browns, bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy, and eggs benedict (although it was a weird herby flavor).

And peanut butter and jelly pizza and several mickey waffles.

Somehow I forgot to take a picture of the desserts.  There was TONS!
We saw an older lady fall down the stairs right outside the window where we were sitting.  It was so sad.  The medics had to come and everything.  I really hope she is okay.

We also saw this group of girls totally rip off the Raw Threads shirts.  They had the same idea and font.  Not cool!!

We got some pictures with characters

 
 
 
 
 
 









I can't remember what we did right after brunch but later in the afternoon we met at the Disneyland Hotel for a Twitter meet up.  It was great to meet some people that I chat with on Twitter all the time!

 

Then we headed over to California Adventure for the girls' first trip in the park.

 

We rode Mickey's Fun Wheel, the swinging version.  I'm really surprised there aren't seatbelts or a height limit on this attraction.  There was a four year old girl with us along with her older sister and they weren't prepared for the first swing and she almost came off the bench!

We headed to Cars Land to ride Luigi's Flying Tires.

  And of course we did single rider line for Radiator Springs.  The girls loved it too!

And we saw the Aladdin show.  I loved it!

 Then we headed into the Sorcerer's Workshop because I had to take a picture of these paintings on the wall.  If I ever have a vow renewal at Disneyland, I want to have my reception here.  So pretty!

We went into the Beast's Library

 

We each took a turn to figure out which character we're most like (and apparently I can't line myself up in the mirror well!)

 

Then we headed over to the Mad Tea Party.  What a fun area!  I could have stayed there for a while listening to the fun band and drinking the fun drinks.  But we didn't have time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were starting to get hungry.  We were trying to find a place that would be good night-before-a-half-marathon place to eat.  We decided on Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta.  I had a pizza and side of mac & cheese.  It was okay but not my favorite. 

 

Cori hadn't been feeling well all day and it was starting to get to her so she and Suluh headed back to the room. I couldn't waste any time so I decided to stay on my own.  I went over to Disneyland to watch Fantasmic.  Their version is awesome!  But I do have to say that I HATE how you have to stand around the lake for a loooong time before the show starts.  At least here we have seating!  (the pics are horrible..sorry!)

 

 

 

Then I headed to Main Street to watch the Fireworks.  I liked the music and it was fun to watch a new show!

Then I headed home.  By this time it was pretty late.  It was so nice to just be able to walk through Downtown Disney and right to the hotel!  I got my outfit ready for the Half Marathon the next day.

We had an 4:00 wake up call for the race so I got about 4 hours of sleep.  But I was excited!

Weekly Recap- September 30- October 6, 2013

I took the week off of running again because of my knee pain.  It went away completely during the week but came back at mile 3 of the race last night.  I think I might take two weeks off and keep foam rolling and icing and see if it helps.  With as much pain as I was in last night, I cannot imagine doing it for 16 more miles!  I need to look for a good stretching program too, geared to a variety of knee pain since I can't narrow down what wrong with me. Any one have any good ones?

Saturday--Tower of Terror 10 Miler- 10.09 Miles in 2:04:37 (Mile 1: 10:59, Mile 2: 11:42, Mile 3: 12:17, Mile 4: 12:12, Mile 5: 12:33, Mile 6: 12:34, Mile 7: 12:51, Mile 8: 13:06, Mile 9: 13:15, Mile 10: 12:52, Mile 10-10.09: 12:45, average pace: 12:26)

Total miles this week: 10.09
Total miles in 2013: 444.67
Total  miles: 870.16

Five Things Friday- October 4, 2013

1) I got my Jost Running virtual medals in the mail this week.  They are so cute and such high quality!

2) We went to the Tower of Terror 10 Miler Expo today.  It's a bit smaller than some of the others but we still had some great buys!

4) I took the week off running.  My heels feel almost completely better.  They're only a teensy bit sore.  And since Tuesday, my knee hasn't hurt at all.  I've been foam rolling and icing every day.  I'm not going to use KT tape for tomorrow's race since it didn't seem to help last weekend.  I'm just hoping that the knee pain doesn't come back tomorrow!

3) We're all ready for the race! 

4) Lookout for a giveaway on the blog soon---its for something that I don't run without!

Race #35- Disneyland 10k

We got up bright and early (well it was dark so not so bright).  But luckily we didn't have to get up as early as we do for WDW races since the starting line was right outside of our hotel.  So nice! 

What wasn't so nice was the craziness that we encountered.  The 5k was just before the 10k.  Therefore, there was no getting into the corrals until about 15 minutes before the race started.  So you had tons of 10k runners just standing around wondering what was happening.  I wasn't such a fan of that.  But we did run into Justin (Always Running Forward) and his wife!  I used to work with Justin at the Great Movie Ride and only saw he briefly before one other race.  Otherwise it's been years!  We chatted for a little before the race started.

We got so many compliments on our outfits!  Our shirts were from Chic by Amber, the headband was from Sweet Sweat Bands, and the skirt was from Rock City Skirts.

We were ready to go!  We were in corral D.  They announced the start for corral C and they took off.  So we walked up to where the start is....and kept going.  That's right--they never stopped D so we went with C!  So many people weren't ready.  Luckily, I already had my watch and app set but that could have been an issue!

The race was great fun!  I love seeing all of the signs that spectators make.  Here's my favorite one.

The 10k was great because it was mostly through the parks.  It was so fun to run through a new park and check out the sites.  We were taking it easy, stopping for several pictures.  We didn't want to push it too much since we had the Half Marathon the next day.

 

We were all set for a great shot of the three of us when this lady zooms over right in front of us.  You can see me yelling "hey!"

 

We saw the Toy Story characters and knew we had to stop for a picture!  Woody was so cute.  He picked me up in a huge bear hug! (We needed Buzz!)

Not us, but I wanted a picture of the Monsters Inc. characters but we didn't want to wait in the line.

And here we were confused.  We weren't sure why there were animals in Disneyland but we named it Mini Animal Kingdom.

Cori loves the Chipmunks so I took this picture on the fly.

One of my favorite parts of the Disney races--running through the castle!!!

 

 Chip and Dale!!

And we finished! (Oh look, another picture of me stopping my watch.  I really need to learn to wait just a few seconds!!)

Our time was 1:20:15.  Definitely our longest 10k ever but so worth it.  We knew that we were saving our legs for the next day and we got lots of fun out of the race!!

Disneyland Day 1, Part 2--Nighttime Fun!

One of the things that I HAD to do on the trip was go to Trader Sam's since I had heard so much about it!  I was meeting my friend Derek and his girlfriend (now fiancé!) there and couldn't wait!

 

 

The inside is really neat. There's fun lighting and if you order certain drinks, different stuff happens.  My only complaint is that it is WAY TOO SMALL.  I definitely need to go back some time when it's less crowded so I can actually enjoy a drink in there. 

Since it was so crowded, Cori and I waited outside for a table (Suluh was tired so stayed at the hotel room to take a nap).  Luckily we only waited 10 minutes or so ( and Derek and Liz weren't there yet) when a group got up and we got these great comfy seats.  And there was a fun musician playing music to along with the theme.

 There were so many good sounding drinks that I had a hard time deciding what to get.  I finally decided on the Krakatoa Punch (without the souveneir glass).  It was really yummy!

 

 After talking for a while, Derek and Liz said they were going into the parks.  Which I was so excited about!  I wanted to spend every minute I could playing!  Cori was too tired, so she headed back to the room.

 

 

 We headed to California Adventure first.  The gates look just like Disney's Hollywood Studios so I felt right at home!

We saw the Carthay Circle Restaurant.  So pretty inside!

 Then we headed into my other must do at Disneyland--Carsland!!

Here's where I got momentarily sad/mad.  I am a popcorn-aholic.  I have popcorn almost every day and I've been dying to try the flavored popcorn in Disneyland (when we went to Hong Kong Disneyland, I tried every flavor in the parks!).  Well, that night, one of the machines had broken down and the butter flavor was in the other machine.  No big deal, I'd stop by the next day.  Well, they continued to keep the butter flavor in the working machine!  It's not like you can't get butter at a billion other places at the park!  Switch it out so that the unique flavor is in the machine!  For the three days that we were there, it was never working.  I was so disappointed!

 

 

 
 



 

 

 

And then the ride that I had been waiting for.  Before we got in line, I had no expectations, just that it was great.  We got in the single rider line, which wasn't too long.  In line, Derek told me it was sorta like Test Track.  So then I wasn't expecting much.  I mean, Test Track is okay, but not THAT great.  I didn't get that he meant the type of ride is like Test Track.  The actual theming and point of the ride is completely different.  And AMAZING!  I ended up riding it every day!  And it cracked me up because at one point, Tow Mater says something like "Headed to the big race?"  And I would laugh and scream "Yes!" every time (since Hey, I was there for the big race--Dumbo!!)

 

 

 

We also rode Luigi's which is like a giant human version of air hockey!  So fun and funny to watch the people trying to move the tires.

 Then we headed over to the Disneyland side and I got my view of Sleeping Beauty Castle.  I always forget just how small it is compared to Cinderella's Castle.  Still so pretty though!

 

We rode Indiana Jones and I can't remember what else.

 

It was so much fun having Derek and Liz guide me around.  Derek used to work with me at The Great Movie Ride so we talked about old times and compared the parks the whole night!  It was so great to see them!

 

On the way back, I had to take a picture of this adorable Lego statue outside the Lego store!

Once inside the room, I had to take a picture of the park view from our window.  So neat and pretty!

By the time I got to bed, it was a little after 1am.  And we were getting up at 4:45 for the Disneyland 10k!