Yestermorrow is a concept that always seems to fascinate fans. “What if” I could of just done “that” while it was still around. This race weekend, that phrase took new meaning as we ventured into race weekend past to complete an expedition up a mountain, a race though a kitchen, and a trip back to 1939…to the Twilight Zone.
This seemed to work last time so in keeping with the spirit of looking into the past, I will use the same formatting structure as last time.
This trip report is unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This as you may realize this is a trip report written for your reading pleasure. This, however, isn't just any trip report due to the detailed nature of this trip (and to be honest the fun of it) I will be formatting this report much like a novel. With chapters and a table of contents...this way we can keep a discussion going in addition to keeping this thread formatted! Just click the link to the chapter you desire to read...the table of contents will be linked at the end of each chapter.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue……Post #1 (you are here)
Chapter 0 The Background……Post #1 (you are here)
Chapter 1 Expo Explorers……Post #10
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...rst-rundisney-racecation.977208/post-10238302
Chapter 2 A Snowy Trek though Yestermorrow……Post #12
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...rst-rundisney-racecation.977208/post-10256227
Prologue:
Before we continue, one quick note of house keeping I am not sure how quickly I will finish writing this trip report as it takes a while to write. Eventually though, it will be finished. This trip report will be written from the photos from the trip (that’s how I remember each day). So events may be slightly out of order but I will try and keep everything in chronological order.
Now that I have already wrote a trip report, this should be much easier the second time around. As with last time, their is a lot of background to cover so here goes.
Chapter 0 The Background:
WHO: Myself (25 + year Disney Traveler) and two college friends
WHAT: First runDisney racecation for any of us
WHEN: March 31 - April 6th 2022 (more on this later)
I seem to have a knack for planning trips that take a LONG TIME to get off the ground. During our previous trip (trip report for that is in my signature) we thought it may be fun to participate in some kind of event on our next trip. My two friends who I will call by their characters Yoda and R2-D2. These are the same two friends from my last trip but Nemo wanted to switch things up and chose R2-D2. I had just newly picked up running at the time and jumped at the opportunity to suggest runDisney. Everyone seemed to like the idea and shortly after the trip planning began in earnest for runDisney Star Wars Rival Run Weekend. Then however, it happened. COVID basically killed any momentum this trip had for the better part of a year and a half. During COVID it was announced that runDisney would understandably be switching to virtual events (which I participated in) for the time being as the situation developed. During this time it was also announced that the Star Wars Rival Run would be having it’s final run virtually as well. Which I also ran the Kessel Run challenge in, so I was technically able to experience that weekend even though it was done virtually.
Eventually, as more and more details came it was announced a new weekend would be taking the place of the Star Wars Rival Run. Dubbed the Springtime Surprise this weekend would be ever changing in terms of themes and distance. I jumped at the chance to be a part of an inaugural weekend as well as speculated at what the themes and distances would be for the race weekend. All we had to go off of was a teaser image showing Everest, Spaceship Earth, Tower of Terror, and Mickey.
The initial teaser art didn’t have the “Celebrates Yestermorrow” tagline.
I was then spending many months speculating that the race themes would be that of races in the past. In this case, Expedition Everest Challenge and the Tower of Terror 10K or 10-miler. A couple of months later, plans had already been made and flights were booked but the themes had not been formally announced yet. We were planning on visiting Disney World either way but the race weekend was a primary factor. We booked a room at the Dolphin just as we did last time. With my family, we almost always stay at the Dolphin. Then finally on November 3 the themes were announced. As predicted, the themes were exactly what we thought with the exception of the Race for the Taste 10K (I wasn’t familiar with this particular race) and the challenge which was Mickey based (my first Mickey medal).
This race weekend marked a couple of firsts for the group. It was my first ever organized race (if you don’t count the regular Castaway Cay 5K). It was also our first organized 5K, 10K, and 10-Miler. As well as being our first LIVE runDisney event (I had partaken in many virtual races prior to this with the purpose of running a live event), and first LIVE challenge. Many years ago, Yoda had run a half marathon but nothing on the scale of this and was excited to compare the two experiences. R2 never ran more then a 10K.
Then on December 9, registration happened. What a stressful process but I was able to get myself a spot, and my friends were also able to secure spots. I actually registered while in Magic Kingdom on a family vacation at Haunted Mansion, as well as Fantasyland. The races sold out extremely quickly (likely because it was an inaugural race weekend, as well as the themes). The challenge if I remember correctly didn’t even last more then 30 minutes till it sold out. Which caught me off guard, but we were all able to register.
Training officially kicked off on November 30th but since I was already running some virtual runs I followed a slightly accelerated plan to prepare myself. I used runDisney’s free Jeff Galloway training method to prepare for these races. More particularly the challenge plan. I would run/walk each of the events in 15/30 intervals. Meaning I would run 15 seconds, and walk 30 seconds. This was all tracked via a timer on my watch to make the process easier. Yoda and R2 also trained but didn’t train as hard because of limited time. A mistake R2 said he wouldn’t make again. Then it was just a matter of following the plan all the way though to the races stopping for the virtual races (that I had registered for at the time). Then ride the training plan all the way to Springtime Surprise.
Before we knew it the night before the race had arrived……
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (aka Post #1)
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-race-though-yestermorrow-my-first-rundisney-racecation.977208/
This seemed to work last time so in keeping with the spirit of looking into the past, I will use the same formatting structure as last time.
This trip report is unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This as you may realize this is a trip report written for your reading pleasure. This, however, isn't just any trip report due to the detailed nature of this trip (and to be honest the fun of it) I will be formatting this report much like a novel. With chapters and a table of contents...this way we can keep a discussion going in addition to keeping this thread formatted! Just click the link to the chapter you desire to read...the table of contents will be linked at the end of each chapter.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue……Post #1 (you are here)
Chapter 0 The Background……Post #1 (you are here)
Chapter 1 Expo Explorers……Post #10
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...rst-rundisney-racecation.977208/post-10238302
Chapter 2 A Snowy Trek though Yestermorrow……Post #12
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...rst-rundisney-racecation.977208/post-10256227
Prologue:
Before we continue, one quick note of house keeping I am not sure how quickly I will finish writing this trip report as it takes a while to write. Eventually though, it will be finished. This trip report will be written from the photos from the trip (that’s how I remember each day). So events may be slightly out of order but I will try and keep everything in chronological order.
Now that I have already wrote a trip report, this should be much easier the second time around. As with last time, their is a lot of background to cover so here goes.
Chapter 0 The Background:
WHO: Myself (25 + year Disney Traveler) and two college friends
WHAT: First runDisney racecation for any of us
WHEN: March 31 - April 6th 2022 (more on this later)
I seem to have a knack for planning trips that take a LONG TIME to get off the ground. During our previous trip (trip report for that is in my signature) we thought it may be fun to participate in some kind of event on our next trip. My two friends who I will call by their characters Yoda and R2-D2. These are the same two friends from my last trip but Nemo wanted to switch things up and chose R2-D2. I had just newly picked up running at the time and jumped at the opportunity to suggest runDisney. Everyone seemed to like the idea and shortly after the trip planning began in earnest for runDisney Star Wars Rival Run Weekend. Then however, it happened. COVID basically killed any momentum this trip had for the better part of a year and a half. During COVID it was announced that runDisney would understandably be switching to virtual events (which I participated in) for the time being as the situation developed. During this time it was also announced that the Star Wars Rival Run would be having it’s final run virtually as well. Which I also ran the Kessel Run challenge in, so I was technically able to experience that weekend even though it was done virtually.
Eventually, as more and more details came it was announced a new weekend would be taking the place of the Star Wars Rival Run. Dubbed the Springtime Surprise this weekend would be ever changing in terms of themes and distance. I jumped at the chance to be a part of an inaugural weekend as well as speculated at what the themes and distances would be for the race weekend. All we had to go off of was a teaser image showing Everest, Spaceship Earth, Tower of Terror, and Mickey.
The initial teaser art didn’t have the “Celebrates Yestermorrow” tagline.
I was then spending many months speculating that the race themes would be that of races in the past. In this case, Expedition Everest Challenge and the Tower of Terror 10K or 10-miler. A couple of months later, plans had already been made and flights were booked but the themes had not been formally announced yet. We were planning on visiting Disney World either way but the race weekend was a primary factor. We booked a room at the Dolphin just as we did last time. With my family, we almost always stay at the Dolphin. Then finally on November 3 the themes were announced. As predicted, the themes were exactly what we thought with the exception of the Race for the Taste 10K (I wasn’t familiar with this particular race) and the challenge which was Mickey based (my first Mickey medal).
This race weekend marked a couple of firsts for the group. It was my first ever organized race (if you don’t count the regular Castaway Cay 5K). It was also our first organized 5K, 10K, and 10-Miler. As well as being our first LIVE runDisney event (I had partaken in many virtual races prior to this with the purpose of running a live event), and first LIVE challenge. Many years ago, Yoda had run a half marathon but nothing on the scale of this and was excited to compare the two experiences. R2 never ran more then a 10K.
Then on December 9, registration happened. What a stressful process but I was able to get myself a spot, and my friends were also able to secure spots. I actually registered while in Magic Kingdom on a family vacation at Haunted Mansion, as well as Fantasyland. The races sold out extremely quickly (likely because it was an inaugural race weekend, as well as the themes). The challenge if I remember correctly didn’t even last more then 30 minutes till it sold out. Which caught me off guard, but we were all able to register.
Training officially kicked off on November 30th but since I was already running some virtual runs I followed a slightly accelerated plan to prepare myself. I used runDisney’s free Jeff Galloway training method to prepare for these races. More particularly the challenge plan. I would run/walk each of the events in 15/30 intervals. Meaning I would run 15 seconds, and walk 30 seconds. This was all tracked via a timer on my watch to make the process easier. Yoda and R2 also trained but didn’t train as hard because of limited time. A mistake R2 said he wouldn’t make again. Then it was just a matter of following the plan all the way though to the races stopping for the virtual races (that I had registered for at the time). Then ride the training plan all the way to Springtime Surprise.
Before we knew it the night before the race had arrived……
—————————————————-Chapter End———————————————
TABLE OF CONTENTS (aka Post #1)
https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/a-race-though-yestermorrow-my-first-rundisney-racecation.977208/
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