It's no secret that I love half marathons. When Disney announced the Tinkerbell Half Marathon at Disneyland there was no doubt in my mind that I was going to participate. Not only did I sign up for the race, but my mom decided to sign-up too. With this race, we took the opportunity to take our first ever mother-daughter trip.
This wasn't a first half for either of us, but I realized it was a special opportunity for us to share the experience. In the other two half marathons that mom had done, I had run and cheered her on at the finish line but this time I wanted to be by her side the entire time. Mom was so excited about this race and her energy was contagious. She had picked out an outfit (because you can't run Tinkerbell without a little bling) in the fall and was ready to race.
We knew we'd be cutting the race time limit of 3:30 close so we planned to get as close to the front of our corral on race morning as possible to give ourselves as much of a lead as we could. In order to ensure we made it across the line and got the medal I had us jog a minute after every 5 minutes of walking. With the walk/run strategy we finished the race in 3:26 and what was even better was that I had a fabulous time with my mom and memories to carry with me.
