Disney World Goofy Challenge Race Report

Shacky

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Jun 2, 2010
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On the first weekend of the new year, Vanessa Runs and myself travelled to Orlando Florida to take on the Goofy Challenge.

Conditions were perfect, albeit a little cold at the race start, and we were able to run day 1 pretty much barefoot. For the marathon, I ran in my trusty and ancient Vibram Classics, which is almost like running barefoot since they are falling apart at the seams, while Vanessa chose to run in her Kigo Drives, a first at this distance with these shoes.

Here is Vanessa's race recap of the weekend:



Goofy Challenge Pt 1

Goofy Challenge Pt 2
 
Man, I wanted to run this

Man, I wanted to run this event, but that is one of Disney's busiest weekends and resort prices were inflated.

So we came this week instead! Yay Disney!!!
 
I'll have to get this on the

I'll have to get this on the home page soon. Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
 
Chaser, we did one of those

Chaser, we did one of those Hilton time share sales things and stayed 3 days at one of their resorts for about $100. We had to attend a 2hr sales pitch on Friday which turned out not to be as hard core as we thought it would be.
 
I stayed in a three bedroom,

I stayed in a three bedroom, two bathroom, living room, full kitchen suite down in Orlando with a bunch of people, and we only spent $100 a night. They had the "time share" spiel they wanted us to take part in, but we opted to skip it and swim. Much better that way.
 
We would have loved to skip

We would have loved to skip the sales pitch in order to knock out the Dopey run (same as Goofy but add the 5k on Friday). Sadly for us, it wasn't an option or we'd have to pay full price for the room.
 
I have Vanessa's report on

I have Vanessa's report on the home page. Thank her for me for her contribution, please. Hee.
 
Great report and I really

Great report and I really like the division of labor there. You manage hydration and morale, Vanessa gets to write about it. Well done, both of you!