I ran a small local half marathon today. The Disney Princess Half is tomorrow and some runners from my old training group are running Disney. Don't get me wrong, I would go Disney if I could but I made a mental list of things the race I ran had that Disney won't:
$12 or $15 entry fee ($140-$170 for the princesses)
ample race day registration available
reasonable start time (10:00 am vs 5:35 am)
free parking just steps from the start/finish
no lines for the bathrooms
dogs on the course-this girl was so excited to get started she cried until the pack started moving
I got high-fived from the race director at least four times on the course
cows
no crowding at the water stops
To be fair, Disney has us beat on the following things:
medals (and none are better than Disney)
free park admission included (but who wants to walk around after?)
Tshirts
goody bags
on course porta potties
road closures, it got a little tight with traffic and snow
$12 or $15 entry fee ($140-$170 for the princesses)
ample race day registration available
reasonable start time (10:00 am vs 5:35 am)
free parking just steps from the start/finish
no lines for the bathrooms
dogs on the course-this girl was so excited to get started she cried until the pack started moving
cows
no crowding at the water stops
To be fair, Disney has us beat on the following things:
medals (and none are better than Disney)
free park admission included (but who wants to walk around after?)
Tshirts
goody bags
on course porta potties
road closures, it got a little tight with traffic and snow
3 comments:
I love it - COWS!!!
I just checked the results for both and realized there would have been 2,160 women in my five year age group alone finishing behind me at princess and at Colchester there were 9 people total including an 81 year old man who was just a few minutes behind me!
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