We got to the ESPN right before it opened on Thursday. There was line out of the complex, but it was moving pretty quickly. In no time, we made it inside.
The view of the expo
First stop was the official merchandise area. There were lots of I Did It shirts, but nothing really stroke my fancy (limited budget and all). The line was a little long, but did not take that much time to get to the front. (Hey, I can see Marty in line in this picture!)
Jeff Galloway
We walked around the booths a bit before getting our packets. I ended up buying a 48.6 Dopey Magnet, but will of course not display it until January! I also got a STICK, which I have wanted to get for a while to help with my IT band.
I picked up my packet for the Happy Haunted Trails 5k first, and then got in line for the 10-miler. Then I headed over to Runner Relations so I could get my corral changed. I moved from corral G to corral E. Woot woot!
It was a fun expo, and I wish I had more money to spend!
Saturday morning everyone packed up and headed out to Disney's Wide World of Sports for the Expedition Everest Challenge Family Edition. Only Madre and Ellie were going to compete in the race, but I tagged along to help with the scavenger hunt clues. It was raining on and off that morning, so it was a lot of taking the ponchos on and off.
We got a map and had to run around the ESPN complex to get and solve clues. Some of the challenges involved running around bases to find letters, which had to be arranged in a certain order to find the answer. Most of the clues involved word challenges. After we got all of our clues we headed to the finish line by running around the track. Even though I wasn't officially registered for this event, I got a medallion when we finished.
This was a fun event, despite the rain. It took us a little while to figure out how the clues were going to go, but we finally got a hang of it and had a good time. We finished in a little under an hour
My weekend at Disney World finally came! Madre and I left DC Thursday night and arrived in Orlando very excited!
On Friday morning Heidi, Madre, and I went to the Art of Animation for brunch, then headed over to Disney's Wide World of Sports to pick up our race packets. We got there about 30 minutes before it opened, and their was already a line. New Balance was passing out tickets for those that wanted to get the Disney shoes, but I did not have money for that (but that is ok, they were already out of my size.) Maybe next race.
After taking some pictures we picked up our packets and OVER-SIZED t-shirts (The small was 2 sizes too big and they wouldn't let us switch sizes. I mean c'mon, why were the sizes so over-sized??!) We then explored the "expo". I got a cute turtle running headband.
After that, we went to the Magic Kingdom. We each got a Dole Whip Float, checked out the Trading Post for pins, and then went on Splash Mountain. We also went on the steam boat and the Haunted Mansion.
We then took the monorail over to Epcot for Dinner. We ate in The Land. I got some rice, potatoes, and fresh green beans, along with a cookie. We then went on Nemo and Spaceship Earth before leaving for home. It had started pouring and we didn't want to stay out late.