A2grafix's Wine & Dine Half 2013; coast to coast challenge Part 2

fmingo36

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I know! My 45th birthday is a week from today, and I am secretly hoping that Ron surprises me with a Disney trip even though I know that would be impossible right now. Sigh.

Ooohh..surprise Disney trips are the Best! Oh wait, I've never had a surprise Disney trip :arghh:--what the heck am I talking about.
 

Kristia

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@fmingo36 and @JillC LI - Yes Disney withdrawl is the worst! Not sure if we can swing next year either especially for two races so close together. I do really want to do the Wine and Dine so we might be able to swing that next year. Disneyland may have to wait till 2016. Coryna - are you doing Disneyland, Wine and Dine and then Goofy in January? If so, that is a full race calendar! :)
 

fmingo36

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@fmingo36 and @JillC LI - Yes Disney withdrawl is the worst! Not sure if we can swing next year either especially for two races so close together. I do really want to do the Wine and Dine so we might be able to swing that next year. Disneyland may have to wait till 2016. Coryna - are you doing Disneyland, Wine and Dine and then Goofy in January? If so, that is a full race calendar! :)

As of right now, no Goofy for me until 2018--I want the 25th Marathon Anniversary medal! I'm still mad that I didn't run the full this year. That 20th Anniversary medal was amazing!
 

fmingo36

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@fmingo36 and @JillC LI - Yes Disney withdrawl is the worst! Not sure if we can swing next year either especially for two races so close together. I do really want to do the Wine and Dine so we might be able to swing that next year. Disneyland may have to wait till 2016. Coryna - are you doing Disneyland, Wine and Dine and then Goofy in January? If so, that is a full race calendar! :)

If you're going to spend the $ on the DL trip, you might as well plan a WDW race that year too--just make it a quick trip just for the race. Get that Coast to Coast medal!
 

Kristia

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If you're going to spend the $ on the DL trip, you might as well plan a WDW race that year too--just make it a quick trip just for the race. Get that Coast to Coast medal!
If I go to Disneyland, we would want to make it a week trip so we can do some other stuff too. We may have friends coming to visit this summer from MN so I don't know if we will have vacation time to do all three, friends, Disneyland and WDW. I know that Wine and Dine could be a quick trip but I don't know if we will be able to do the DL half too. It may just be the Wine and Dine. Hopefully, I will know soon if our friends are definitely coming and then we will be able to make better plans.
 

a2grafix

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If you're going to spend the $ on the DL trip, you might as well plan a WDW race that year too--just make it a quick trip just for the race. Get that Coast to Coast medal!

That's what I did with the Wine and Dine trip. Flew in and out and ran and slept all within 24-25 hours.
If I go to Disneyland, we would want to make it a week trip so we can do some other stuff too. We may have friends coming to visit this summer from MN so I don't know if we will have vacation time to do all three, friends, Disneyland and WDW. I know that Wine and Dine could be a quick trip but I don't know if we will be able to do the DL half too. It may just be the Wine and Dine. Hopefully, I will know soon if our friends are definitely coming and then we will be able to make better plans.

My sister and family are planning a 40th birthday party trip to WDW in September or early October in 2014. I am looking forward to spending a few days down at WDW and though she has not set the dates (only a ballpark end of the month, start of the month), I have to know because I'm planning half marathons around that time. It's so weird that I'm starting to plan my vacation dates, weekend visits to friends, family around running half marathons.

Sorry, mom, nope can't come home this weekend running a half marathon. Nope, sorry sister can't come home I have Air National Guard drill. How about x and y weekend. I can come in for a few days and visit and then drive clear across the state to run in a half marathon. Cool?
 

Banzai

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@a2grafix Nice report. Thanks for taking the time to post it. I'm a little late but I'm getting caught up on everyone's stories.
Didn't realize you were AF. I retired 4 years ago. Can't say that I miss it but enjoyed every bit of my career.
 

ChristaH

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That's what I did with the Wine and Dine trip. Flew in and out and ran and slept all within 24-25 hours.

During the pre-race festivities at the half, they did a shout-out to a guy who arrived at 12:30AM that morning to run the half then had a 2:30pm flight out!

I thought of you @a2grafix ... there was a Team RWB guy next to me in the corrals!
 

a2grafix

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During the pre-race festivities at the half, they did a shout-out to a guy who arrived at 12:30AM that morning to run the half then had a 2:30pm flight out!

I thought of you @a2grafix ... there was a Team RWB guy next to me in the corrals!

Aww, thanks. There were a lot of eagles representing Team RWB. Some of the team ran the entire Dopey challenge I heard.
 

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