This year’s Dumbo Double Dare was probably my favorite runDisney race to date.  The trip began as I got my kids onto the bus for their 2nd day of school.  My daughter did great, no tears for school or because I was leaving for a few days.  I finished up my packing and headed up to the airport.  My flight left at 11:50 and all went well with my travels through Chicago.

I flew over the Grand Canyon.  It was amazing to see from that angle!  The nice lady sitting next to me took pictures for me and they were amazing!

 

I arrived in Santa Ana around 4:30.  I picked up my rental car and I arrived to the Disneyland Hotel by 6:00 p.m. Traffic on Friday night of Labor Day weekend always takes about 45 minutes to an hour but the return drive back to the airport is always 15 minutes easy.  When I arrived to the Disneyland Hotel, Rebecca, Kim and Gail were still out to dinner so I checked my bags with the bell stand and headed over to the runDisney Health and Fitness Expo.

The Expo this year was fantastic!  I walked right in and got my bib and coast to coast wristband.  Then I had to head upstairs to get my race shirts.  After that I went to the official merchandise area and checked out what I wanted to purchase this year.  I didn’t go nuts purchasing many Dumbo shirts, but I did make sure I got a 2014 Coast to Coast shirt.  After checking out with no wait, I went over to the vendor area and took my picture with Jeff Galloway and talked with his wife Barbara.  They are such sweet people.  I could stand there for hours and talk to them!

After that I went to the New Balance booth where I was able to walk right up and try on shoes with no wait!  I even found a pair of the kid size Minnie shoes that fit perfectly and saved me $50!

I went over to the Tangaroa Terrace and grabbed a bite to eat for dinner and sat down outside to talk with the kids on the phone.  It was late back home and they needed to get to bed.

After dinner I went up to the room and met up with the girls.  I was starting to feel a little tired from the trip and was beginning to get a little bit of a headache.  It was good to see all the girls and we ironed our costumes and laid out our clothes for race day the following morning.

It was time to go to sleep and start off the races!

Stay tuned for Part 2 – the 10K race!