New Chapter In Running...

After a great runcation trip, I needed a new plan and new training plan.


I've seen so much at the RunDisney Trip that I had to find more about it, more info, more people just like me.


So I was searching on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
What i found was amazing, there was a whole new world waiting for me.
I became a member of many RunDisney groups on fb but wow the group that gets me going is the Joyful Miles Running Club.
Those people are just amazing and sweet.
I learned alot of stuff and seen even more about RunDisney.
I missed this part totally in my first training for the MagicRun, if I knew that this group was on fb I had meet some of them at the MagicRun Weekend because they had a meet-up.
How awesome is that but I missed it.


So I learned about the Jeff Galloway Method.
That is the run/walk method, I did that already but I didn't know there was a training plan for that.
On the RunDisney Website you can find the training plans.
www.rundisney.com
There are diffrent kind of training plans, for all the challenges of the RunDisney Weekends.
It made me so happy and I was on top of the world, because my world went from just a girl that wants to run to a girl that found her place in the world.


On my search I found out that the people that I met at Annette Diner were on the internet as youtuber and podcast host.
What great, so I went to the YouTube channel: Run Arno Run and found recaps of the MagicRun Weekend.
I even saw my mom and me in his recap of the 5K MagicRun, so funny.
Because of his channel I search more and found more, the world became bigger and bigger what a great community.


A tip if you want to know more about RunDisney and the great people how do the races, than take a look on YouTube.
Here are some great people to watch:
Joyful Miles
RunArnoRun
Rice Rice Runner
Heather Jergensen
RezRuns
Kimberly Estabrook
Run Run Rosie

The links to the amazing channels are on the rightside of the screen.


Jen Lafforge, I Run Things and Run Run Rosie became later a part of my watch list but they are amazing to, so don't forget them.
All the channels on my list are my go to list, and a part of my daily routine.


So I found everything I wanted and needed.
Now it is time to watch, learn, read and making a plan.

MagicRun Weekend Day 4

September 23, 2018


Our last day from the MagicRun Weekend.
Our last day from our first Runcation.


It was a perfect weekend for me but also for my mom. Mom had to be alone on race day and find her way around Disney, almost on all my Disney trips she is with me so she knows the park but it is a diffrent kind of stay for her.


We woke up and did our last breakfast at Hotel B&B Disneyland.
When we looked for a table I saw the MagicRun Half Marathon, So we found a table by the window, so we could look and eat.
And there it happend, something I never thought I would think or even think I would do.


I told my mom that I was jalous of the MagicRun Half Marathoners, I wanted to be a part of them that day.


So my new year started on September 23 2018, in 2019 I will do the challenge.
I will be part of the MagicRun Half Marathon, I'm going to do the 36K Challenge!!!


After breakfast we talked and walked a bit before we came outside and see the runners again.
It was raining, mom said do you wanna walk to the runners to cheer them on.
That was a good idea even when it was raining.
So we stood there watching and cheer on the half marathoners.
We had a great time.


But it was time to get our bags from the room and go to the car.
We had to refuel gas, so we drove to the gasstation at Hotel Santa Fe.
There were the runners again. on there way to the finishline, we had to cheer again.
Congrats to all the MagicRun Half Marathoners.


Now it was really time to go home, parts of the road were blocked because of the half.


Nice trip home, we had so much fun this weekend and we knew that next year we would be back and have fun again on the MagicRun Weekend.


It's a trip we will Always remember!!!!

https://www.rundisney.com/


http://run.disneylandparis.com/

MagicRun Weekend Day 3 Race Day

September 22, 2018

Race Day!


Waking up at 4.15 am for a race.

I was so nervous and tense.

There was an early breakfast especially for the runners of the MagicRun Weekend.

So that was our first thing to do before getting my running clothes on.

I think that every thing was good for a runner breakfast.

After breakfast we went back to the room the get ready.

To get my running gear on.

I was so nervous and tense.

What if I can't do a 10K.

I knew I could do the run/walk, so that was not a issue for me but oooh it was so scary.

Done, so now it's time to go to the bus.

At the lobby they had some extra stuff for the runners like waterbottles and bananas.

Really I think they did a great job to make it perfect for the runners.

The bus was a bit late but I didn't worry about it, like I know Disney it's going to be ok and I will be on time for the race.

And I was very much on time for the race, Mom and I walk slowly to Disney Village.

Mom was with me all the way till we had to say goodbye for me to go to corral C and Mom to go to cheer me on at the course.

We talked about where my Mom would cheer, so it was easy to find her while running.

So there I was alone on my way to go the corrals.
Never did any race, just follow the crowd, you are going to be fine, I told myself.
A part of the walk to the corrals I really don't remember because of being to busy in my head hoping that I was going the right way.

Stupid to be so busy in your head because you have to enjoy ever little step of an RunDisney Race and there are so many RunDisney Volunteers how can help you and show you how to walk to the corrals.

And there was my corral C in the middle, I think it was a perfect place to start, not to fast and not to slow.

I thought I would be the last one to cross the finishline but that was also not true, it's so funny that we thinking so much till over thinking things.

I walked in to my corral and most of it was empty so I could walk almost to start of corral C.

I saw so many people but not in my corral, there was music and entertainment on stage at the startline.

It made me happy and I became more calm, I'm here and I'm going to do this.

Yes finally I'm going to do the RunDisney MagicRun 10K where I was training for.

First part of the race went through DisneyStudio's.
Than the course goes in to Disneyland, Discoveryland, Fantasyland, through the Castle, Frontierland and Adventureland.

After that we went outside of the park, a part of the course was backstage to come back at Disney Studio's to finish the race.

7.24 am my race starts, here we go!!!

I love it, I will see my mom in a few seconds, I know she is nevous for me, it is also her first race and her first time to be a time alone in the park and finding her way to all her cheersquat places.

Before I go in to Disney Studio's I see her, it is so nice to see her, I love it that she is here with me.

Running to Disneyland Studio's and people cheering for you is magical.

I was just following the runners and we came at Toy Story Playland, I got a photo with Rex that was the first photo on my photopass.

I had my phone with me, so I took some photo's and made some video's, so my mom could see the course.

Off to Disneyland and run through MainStreet USA and see the Castle, Epic Run.

Mom was there in the beginning of MainStreet, I gave her a kiss and went on my way again.

On the right side of the Castle was a character stop, I wanted to do at least one character stop so this was it.

There was a long line but still wanted to do it, I didn't know if other waiting lines are long so this was my stop.

Honest John and Gideon!!!

I was standing with a lady I didn't know and she ask me if I wanted to take a photo of her with the characters and she will do it for me to.

That was so nice of her so I got 2 photo of  my character stop on my phone and on my photopass.

She had to walk her 10K because of an injury on her foot.

I thought than you have to walk very fast but I didn't say it.

(she could take the time, but I didn't know that than.)

The rest of the race I didn't stop for characters but I did make photo's of them.

There are also parts of the race I really don't remember I think I was in some kind of flow, one thing that I know is I was smiling the whole race.

At the backstage area, a men came to me because his wife wanted to know where my legging came from.

Never thought I would get a question about my outfit at my Disney Run, because I didn't had a real costume, I just find a great legging with Snowwhite and the Evil Queen on it.

So that was nice, it was a couple from the USA, they where really nice people.

We got the Disneyland Studio's again and there it hit me, ooo my I'm almost done.

The 10K was gone, my 10K's in training Always took so long and now I was almost at the finishline.

Crossing the finishline got me emotional got some tears, I did it and there was my Mom behind all the statues with the photo camera.

What a lucky girl I am that I can do a RunDisney Race, that I got a change to run at the most magical place on earth....

Race was done, walking to the exit I got a RunDisney box with some food goodies, bananas and Powerade.

There are big walls with the RunDisney logo and you could get you picture with it.

I didn't do that, I don't know why but I didn't.

Mom and I wanted to see the kids races but it was to early to see it, we did go to the start for the kids but went away so we didn't see the kids do there run.

So we went to the hotel to do some relaxing and refreshing.

But we wanted to go to the park and walk around, drinking coffee and eating some great goodies.

Lets go to the magic...

The first thing we did was eating our favorite thing at the Market House Deli: Croque-Monsieur with a cup of coffee, believe me it is so delicious.

Than we just walked around the park and enjoying our time at Disney.

I didn't got my medal with me to the park, somehow I didn't knew if it was wise to take it with me, now I regret it that I didn't... So no great castle photo's with my medal.

We did our lunch at the Toad Hall Restaurant: Fish and chips and a well deserved Beer!

We love that restaurant, it's cute and the fish is delicious.

After lunch we walked around again and got out of the park because I wanted to go to the sports bar and just relax and enjoying the day.

Later we had a pasta diner at New York Hotel.
That was not a good idea, it didn't gave anything extra to that day.
If I do a Rundisney Race Weekend again I'm not going to do the pasta diner again, I will go to New Port Bay Club and eat at Cape Cod or go to Inventions at the Disneyland Hotel.

So pasta diner was a bummer on our great and magical day, but ok that happens, I got my RunDisney Medal, a amazing travel partner my Mom and a amazing weekend.

Time to get some sleep, tomorrow we drive home to my Dad who is taking care of the dogs.

You can find a recap of the MagicRun 10K here:

https://youtu.be/bcuxR6XP158?list=PL-_SWaGEbIwn621T85dyfJEc-2dT2sNyR