Dopey Challenge January 2018 Day 4

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    eeyorepoohfan
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    Friday January 5th 10K Day!!!:
    2:45am alarm. Quick breakfast in room. Dressed in layers. Bus at 3:45am. We went straight to get in line for meet Dopey. Waited about 40-45 minutes and barely made the cut off! But we got our Dopey pictures!! We made a fast potty stop and caught the end of Corral C. I was really struggling with the temps this morning. I have an auto immune disease and it really messes with my body temperature. The cold was hurting my bones and I was shivering so bad. Temps were in the low 20’s with windchill again. Teri and Ryan were watching me because my body was shutting down. I kept dancing in place to try to ease the pain. It wasn’t long before the 10k started and we were on our way for race 2 of 4! We started in the same location as the 5k, but we basically ran the entire out and back of the road alongside the parking lot! It was a long 3.5 miles before entering EPCOT. The beginning was boring with this hairpin turn to go up and over the bridge. By the time we entered EPCOT I could finally feel my core warm up. My feet didn’t warm up until mile 5. We entered under Test Track again and then entered World Showcase at Norway. We exited at the International Gateway and ran the EPCOT resort loop, then entered EPCOT back where the new gondola is going in. We didn’t run by The Land or The Seas Pavilion this time. We took the same exit out of EPCOT and crossed the finish line. We intentionally are taking our time during the races since we know that there are more races and longer distances to come. Our goal was to finish the 10k in about 1 hour and 30 minutes to take it easy. We ended up finishing in 1 hour and 24 minutes! So just 6 minutes quicker than we planned for.

    This was the most exciting part because @nascfan (Scott) and Kathy were right there cheering us on!!!!! I spotted them right away!!! We got our medals, pics, snacks and went to the family reunion area. This is when I officially met Scott and Kathy for the first time ever!! It was such an awesome moment!!!! I received the biggest more ginormous awesomest hug ever from my big brother Scott!! He seriously is so bouncy like Tigger!!!! He and Kathy were the sweetest!! We loved finally talking to them in person! Have no fear, this won’t be the last time we see them! We spend the rest of our trip with them! It was awesome!!! In the reunion area they had a Joffrey’s coffee truck so Ryan bought us hot chocolate and coffee!! It was amazing! We said our temporary goodbyes to Scott and Kathy so we could go shower.

    Scott and Kathy took a bus to POP Century (their resort) then caught a bus to Animal Kingdom. We caught our bus to Riverside. Teri showered first and went to pick up Kailey from home again. Ryan and I got showered and ate breakfast at the food court. We ran into @msmurphy (Sue Murphy) and her sister Jennifer on our way into the park and they were on their way to the race expo! Sue recognized and saw me first and called my name! Such a fun moment! We went straight to Safari to meet Scott, Kathy, Teri and Kailey. We all had FP’s for it. We then grabbed an early lunch in Pandora. Ryan and I split the cheeseburger pods, so yummy! We dropped Teri and Kailey off at the Mickey and Minnie Meet and Greet FP. Then the 4 of us made our way to Everest. We stopped for a group pic on the way. Kathy doesn’t ride Everest, but she got in the FP line with us and then took the exit before boarding. We then met up with Teri and Kailey and we all took the train out to Rafiki’s. We met Rafiki. Then Kailey and I met Doc McStuffins and had fun with that meet and greet! We took the train back and then lined up for Festival of the Lion King. I got to sit by Scott and Ryan. It was so much fun to see it together! We stopped for caffeine at Starbucks. Then took group and family pics at Tree of Life. We proud wore our medals for our pictures. We walked the shops and then worked our way to Flights of Passage for our 4:50pm FP’s we all managed to get! They were running at limited capacity so we actually waited about 45 minutes, standby was 300 minutes!

    We said goodbye to everyone since everyone was tired. Teri and Kailey went to their room at Riverside. Scott and Kathy went back to POP. Ryan and I grabbed chicken and rice bowls in Pandora. We then strolled through Pandora at night for our first time and took pics. We were to the bus stop at 6:45pm. And to our room just after 7pm. We got our clothes ready for morning for our half marathon and made sure to change to the correct bib for this race. Lights out just after 8pm. Alarm set for 2:15am.
    Miles logged 16.54 including the 6.2 miles from the 10k.

    #68584

    Nascfan
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    EEEEEEP! It’s our day! It’s our day! Oh Heather, that first hug truly was epic!!! We had SUCH fun that day! I just can’t stop smiling and :tigger: bouncing just reading this! It truly is re-living it all over again! I can’t imagine waiting in that standby line. I don’t think it moved the entire time we went through.
    Ryan and I….”I’m too tired to chew.” LOL

    #68595

    eeyorepoohfan
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    It is your day!!!!! It was so much fun!!!!!! You guys really are family to us!! It felt like we had met long ago! I know we’ve been friends and family for a good 4 years now, but it really felt like meeting an old friend again! I don’t think the stand by moved either!! It was crazy long!!!! Too tired to chew!!! LOL YES!!! That was pretty much accurate!!!!! LOL

    #68599

    monkcline
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    How have I not seen this before?! I can’t wait to read this!! :D

    #68600

    eeyorepoohfan
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    I just posted them last night!! I got to day 4 so far!!! Enjoy!!!!

    #68602

    Nascfan
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    You’re absolutely right! It was just like seeing family that we just hadn’t seen for awhile!


    #68607

    SEJ101
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    The cold is evil.

    But I’m so happy you got to meet Scott and Sue! I’m also particularly happy you got to Rafiki’s Planet Watch :goofy:

    #68608

    eeyorepoohfan
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    I loved that so much!!! Just a family reunion! With family members you actually like! ;) LOL

    #68611

    Nascfan
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    Yes! The bestest family! :heart:

    #68615

    eeyorepoohfan
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    @sej101 The cold is stupid evil for sure!!!!! I loved meeting my family so much!!!! I knew you would be happy about us getting to Rafiki’s!!!

    #68617

    eeyorepoohfan
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    @nascfan Yes!!! The bestest family!! :heart:

    #68618

    SEJ101
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    I knew you would be happy about us getting to Rafiki’s!!!

    Gee, I wonder why LOL

    #68622

    eeyorepoohfan
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    No clue!!! LOL

    #99103

    Nascfan
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    Meeting and bestest hug ever day! :pooh: :tigger: I remember you saying how cold you were before the start. Oh man that was so rough! But what a great, awesome, tiggerific rest of the day! :heart:

    #99114

    eeyorepoohfan
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    YES!!!! Bestest hug ever!!!!!! Team :pooh: :tigger: !!! It was so cold on my body that morning for sure!!! A fantastic rest of the day! You and Kathy were such troopers running on just your nap too!!


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