Disney's Half Marathon Weekend

we stayed the weekend at disneyland for fun and thought it would be closer to the marathon.

checking in

view of monorail track from our room.

the room

jr and his buddy kai

kai, you must wait until your first birthday to start using a blackberry

uncle brian and kai playing in our room

5:30 a.m. 1/2 marathon day

(30 minutes until starting gun)

marissa and me

daisy, brian, jeff and me

(over 13,000 people were racing today)

the girls

ready, set...


go!!!! (jeff's head)

a blurry start, oops should have practiced my photo taking while walking...

(took us 16 minutes until we crossed the start line - we were in the next to last corral)

walking in disneyland

back of me

there are people behind us. is this possible???

along the way there were many groups and bands to cheer us on

mile markers

we wore timing chips in our shoes and walked over these mats throughout the marathon.
this is how we found out how fast or slow we were going.

cheerleaders were everywhere

girls doing hula

honda center (formerly the pond). where the mighty ducks play hockey.

walking along the santa ana river (hasn't seen water for 7 months).
(marissa)

volunteer's passing out clif shots (gel food) and water.
marissa, you are ahead of us!!!

big A at angels stadium.

walking by angels staduim and the sun is out!!!

(luckily we had overcast, cool weather for the first 3 hours)

go marissa

finally 10 miles, only 3 more to go.

(long way back to disneyland)

jr and kelly cheering wildly

we did it!!!

(special thank you to Brian for staying back with us first-time half marathoners)

auntie daisy and kai
waiting for everyone to take showers at the hotel

kai having fun

the end...can't wait for next year's race!

training for disneyland half marathon

The past 12 weeks we have been training for the Disneyland Half Marathon (13.1 miles). We do our long walks/runs at the lake near our house. It has not been easy but I think we are ready. The marathon is Sunday, August 30th. It is one of our biggest adventures yet. Brian, Daisy and Marissa will be joining us. Wish us luck and I will post pictures...

our survival items. o.n.e. coconut water and sports beans. we have learned that we can't run with just water alone. we usually run out of energy at mile 10 so these items help us... the coconut water has natural electrolytes and the potassium of 2 bananas. it tastes good too..

pretty nice view of the lake



i wanted to practice my photographic skills while jogging


the trail

oops.. maybe i need more practice

ok, jeff stopped for a photo. that's better...


stay tuned for the end results...

(photo's were taken with my blackberry phone)

marissa get ready!!!

bbq corn - part 2

our second time at bbq corn. first we trim off the top and any loose stems.

we decided to soak our corn in water, last time we didn't.

it's a little hard to tell when they are done. we just got the outsides brown/black.

we thought they were done when they felt hot on the outside.

the corn was perfectly done. didn't get brown on the inside.

jeff loves corn!!!

good to the last kernel...

bbq corn-at home

The bbq corn at the fair was so good we decided to try it at home. We had no idea what to do so we just took off some of the top of the silk (hair) and peeled off some of the bad looking husk. I thought we should have washed them but Jeff said we didn't need to. I also thought we should have taken the hair out of the inside but Jeff assured me that that's how they did it at the fair...

As they were cooking, the corn smelled really good. We were excited!!!

In the end the corn was really good. We had no idea of how long to cook them but maybe we cooked it a little too long. We also had steak and that was good too. A perfect weekend dinner. I think next time we will soak the corn in some water and see if that helps. I was a little worried about eating something that was not washed...

10 months old

kai

aw, auntie lisa why do you make me look funny!!!

i will be walking soon and you won't be able to get me...