Run Ria Run –The 5K Weekend Warrior PTR *Updated September 22* - Page 5 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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As i sit here at work, i had such chill bumps running up and down my arms as i read that! I wanted to cry along with you This is the best inspirational story i've heard in a long time! I am so happy for you and so proud of you all at the same time. You truly inspire me as i sat here this morning thinking I cant do this run...i'm just not made for it ...but after i read this story i was thinking that i gotta give it my all right along with you!
As i was in tears i was laughing as i got to the picture of Ben with the beer*LOL* I hope you enjoyed it and toasted one up for me! YOU DESERVED IT! I will have to say that the sushi looked delish too!
OKay WOW my patients are going to think i'm going crazy here laughing as i cry here at work!!
That story before that about your teacher i so remember from high school! Loved the smashing pumpkins, STP and all that and saved by the bell (BTW Comes on still on Noggin or something like that at night) I remember getting that sick feeling at the end of the year because they always wanted us to run on the track outside. I was ALWAYS last....i might have weighed all of four pounds but i had NO want for running but i longed to be athletic (make sense probably not).
okay so this is long winded but i'm so excited for you....so excited...
Maria-how wonderful. A huge congrats as I sit here and am crying along with your big accomplishment so far. You go girl!
Thanks! I called my mom today and she cried to...its weep-fest over here.
quote=DyanKJ130;2176297] Maria!!!! [/quote]
Thanks! I felt just like those little smiley's when I finished.
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Way to go Maria
Thanks you so much it feels great!
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Originally Posted by Dee161
Run, Ria, Run!!!! Maria. I knew you could do it!!! You deserve that reward.
What a great idea to have your trip report printed out and bound.
Thanks! I do think I deserved that beer more than I have ever deserved a beer before.
I love my TR book...my DH was reading it last night and it was so funny how many things he didn't remember that happened to make it such a great honeymoon.
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Congrats Maria Keep up the great work!! You can do it
Thanks! After yesterday I really do think I can do it.
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Fabu Maria! What an awesome story!
danielle
Thanks! I sent my mom the story in a e-mail...she of course didn't remember she is the mother of 6 so its hard for her...but she was sooo proud of me none the less.
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Originally Posted by B.M.
Wow! A great big- CONGRATS- for running the two mile monster!
Also, congrats on quitting smoking!
Your plans for WDW sound great!
Cant wait to hear more.....................
Thanks! I know more about Disney to come...this is a WDW trip report not a fitness/nutrition report.
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YEAH to the turbo dog.....That is my favorite too....crissy 2 got me hooked as well. That is great. I love the pic of Ben with the 6 pack. Congrats on the run.
The Turbo-Dog was really good I can not believe that I haven't had it until now...
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Yay!
I feel the need to sing the Dora song... You did it! You did it! You did it HOORAY!
Love the Dora song...as a nanny man do i here some Dora and Diego...my favorite children's TV show is the wonder pets my nephew and I sing the theme song constantly during the day. "Whats gonna work...TEAM work"
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Way to go Maria. You are a braver soul than me to do the 2 mile in the rain. But hey the pay off was totally worth it.
Congrats Again to you and your accomplishments.
When I put the raincoat on to go for my run...my husband gave me the craziest look i have ever seen...but it was soooo worth it!
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Congrats!
Thank you so much!
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Originally Posted by KandJluvdisney
run ria run
how fabulous - I am so proud of you
congats on the celebratory beer and sushi
hurry back with more please
Thank you! My husband knows me so well sushi and beers are my favorite prizes.
As i sit here at work, i had such chill bumps running up and down my arms as i read that! I wanted to cry along with you This is the best inspirational story i've heard in a long time! I am so happy for you and so proud of you all at the same time. You truly inspire me as i sat here this morning thinking I cant do this run...i'm just not made for it ...but after i read this story i was thinking that i gotta give it my all right along with you!
As i was in tears i was laughing as i got to the picture of Ben with the beer*LOL* I hope you enjoyed it and toasted one up for me! YOU DESERVED IT! I will have to say that the sushi looked delish too!
OKay WOW my patients are going to think i'm going crazy here laughing as i cry here at work!!
That story before that about your teacher i so remember from high school! Loved the smashing pumpkins, STP and all that and saved by the bell (BTW Comes on still on Noggin or something like that at night) I remember getting that sick feeling at the end of the year because they always wanted us to run on the track outside. I was ALWAYS last....i might have weighed all of four pounds but i had NO want for running but i longed to be athletic (make sense probably not).
okay so this is long winded but i'm so excited for you....so excited...
See now I read this and want to cry again...but I wont today I am going to hold it together.
Thanks for the heads up on the TurboDog...yummo...it kind of has a chocolaty taste...i love it!
I always secretly wanted to be athletic too...but i was to EMO to admit it ...lol...the word EMO makes me laugh so much.
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I don't know how I missed the start of your PTR but I just finished reading the whole thing....(I had absolutely adored your TR with your neice )
First off congratulations on all your wonderful accomplishments and great changes that are taking place in your life...school, a new home, the weight loss, quitting smoking (I give it to you on this one....I am stuck on 2 a day and I am trying so hard to just say no) and running in the 5K.
How wonderful that school is going to bring you closer to Disney (not a bad place for those weekend sprints or to celebrate a wonderful grade).
I can't wait to hear more about the trip but especially how the training progresses....
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So I know everyone is supportive of my training for this 5K and all the life changes I am making for the better…but I bet your all thinking ummm what about WDW…this is a Trip Report not a episode of Oprah…
I will say I feel great today! I have my celebration beer and I am taking a day off of exercise today and I will start up week 6 of training tomorrow.
So here goes some trip stuff…
We still have not decided where we are going to stay…we are booking our stay next Friday. I am really thinking about booking the Coronado Springs. It looks really pretty…I love the décor…and most importantly to me it has a nice looking pool. Plus we have never stayed here and it helps on our quest to stay at every WDW resort.
We were thinking about splurging on the AKL…but we know we want to stay here for our anniversary weekend at the end of October. ..But if somehow they still some discounted rooms for 5Kers you never know.
We are going to purchase annual passes in September when everything settles down after our big move. It has always been a dream of mine to have an AP!
We are also hoping to swing by the Adventurers Club before it closes down …we will have to keep an eye out for that.
I did see that on Friday Septmeber 26th performing at the F&WF is Big Bad Voodoo Daddy…if any of you have seen the movie Swingers, this is the band in the movie. Swingers is one of my favorite movies “Vegas Baby Vegas”…and I love the music from it. So if it is at all possible I am going to “swing” over to here them play a couple of songs hopefully they will play my favorite song “it’s you and me and the bottle makes three tonight”
I am also reconsidering Spoodles for dinner on Friday night …I may want to eat somewhere in the World Showcase…and save Spoodles for another time.
I am also soooo excited to meet some fellow passporters this trip…it will be my first time coming into contact with a passporter besides myself…and I am so thrilled.
I know this update was not so informative…but if anyone has a suggestion for a place we should try in the WS I would love to here some suggestions...Also if anyone has stayed at the Coronado Springs let me know what ya thought.
Thanks for the heads up on the TurboDog...yummo...it kind of has a chocolaty taste...i love it!
Beer that tastes like chocolate?!? Really?!? I do not like beer...the smell of it....the taste of it....but chocolate beer?? I just might have to get me some of that to try!
We CSR! We stayed there in August 2006 for 10 nights and will be going back there for our holiday visit this Christmas. Of all our stays in WDW, CSR had the absolute best bus transportation. (Not so much to DTD, but I have yet to find a resort that does have good bus transportation there) Once we got used to the system that Pepper Market uses, we loved it! I'm not much into the pizza scene, but I order a personal sized one on a whim - the thing was huge, which could easily be shared with another person or 2, but it was also the best pizza I've experienced on property (not that I've ordered a lot of it, but DS & DH have ) I didn't use the main pool, as I had a broken toe at the time and opted to use the quiet pool, which was much closer. DH & DS went to the Dig Site a couple of times and really enjoyed themselves. I specifically remember DS telling me how long the slide was - I guess it's longer than most. There are a lot of deluxe features due to CSR being a convention resort, so you kind of get the deluxe feel at the moderate price. You might enjoy the health club, that is free to resort guests. We had nothing but positive experiences with the CMs and with our stay, in general. We highly recommend it!
I searched for my TR from back then, but it really isn't looking so good. With the move from the old boards there is all sorts of weird character (&%q^) stuff going on and all of my photos are gone since the close of Imagestation. In fact, I don't think I ever finished it because it looked so messed up after the boards were moved. I do have my videos on YouTube though, so you might enjoy those. (In looking at them now, I see how much I've grown in making videos, but I think you can get the feel of the resort from what I've put together)
Beer that tastes like chocolate?!? Really?!? I do not like beer...the smell of it....the taste of it....but chocolate beer?? I just might have to get me some of that to try!
We CSR! We stayed there in August 2006 for 10 nights and will be going back there for our holiday visit this Christmas. Of all our stays in WDW, CSR had the absolute best bus transportation. (Not so much to DTD, but I have yet to find a resort that does have good bus transportation there) Once we got used to the system that Pepper Market uses, we loved it! I'm not much into the pizza scene, but I order a personal sized one on a whim - the thing was huge, which could easily be shared with another person or 2, but it was also the best pizza I've experienced on property (not that I've ordered a lot of it, but DS & DH have ) I didn't use the main pool, as I had a broken toe at the time and opted to use the quiet pool, which was much closer. DH & DS went to the Dig Site a couple of times and really enjoyed themselves. I specifically remember DS telling me how long the slide was - I guess it's longer than most. There are a lot of deluxe features due to CSR being a convention resort, so you kind of get the deluxe feel at the moderate price. You might enjoy the health club, that is free to resort guests. We had nothing but positive experiences with the CMs and with our stay, in general. We highly recommend it!
I searched for my TR from back then, but it really isn't looking so good. With the move from the old boards there is all sorts of weird character (&%q^) stuff going on and all of my photos are gone since the close of Imagestation. In fact, I don't think I ever finished it because it looked so messed up after the boards were moved. I do have my videos on YouTube though, so you might enjoy those. (In looking at them now, I see how much I've grown in making videos, but I think you can get the feel of the resort from what I've put together)
First of all! thanks for all this information about the CSR!
Turbo Dog is a dark beer...it still tastes like beer but it has a richness to it...i say it has a chocolaty taste...but don't drink it expecting a chocolate milk shake...lol.
Beer that tastes like chocolate?!? Really?!? I do not like beer...the smell of it....the taste of it....but chocolate beer?? I just might have to get me some of that to try!
Not looking to hijack the thread, but wanted to point out:
Hey lady... we have eaten in all but 3 of the 10 countries with TS restaurants Mexico, Norway, Japan, China, Moracco, UK and Canada. We would probably rank Mexico at #1 for WS-- we just love it! But its a bit sentimental and we have overdone it a bit I think. But I think you can consider Moracco and Canada places you must try at least once, and if you have never had Hibachi, Japan as well. We are trying France our next trip so I will let you know how that goes next month and Germany would be at top of my list if Rob didn't hate German food but I am sure its great! We have avoided Italy because of the rumored full refurb and dont want to lose a ressie. Hope that helps.
Let me know if you want pics of any of the WS restaurants we have been to that maybe you havent-- you know me I love to post pictures! lol!
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This is the best inspirational story i've heard in a long time! I am so happy for you and so proud of you all at the same time. You truly inspire me as i sat here this morning thinking I cant do this run...i'm just not made for it ...but after i read this story i was thinking that i gotta give it my all right along with you! 
Maria!!!! 
I love the pic of Ben with the 6 pack. Congrats on the run.
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Plus we have never stayed here and it helps on our quest to stay at every WDW resort.
Good luck with all the changes 
CSR! We stayed there in August 2006 for 10 nights and will be going back there for our holiday visit this Christmas. Of all our stays in WDW, CSR had the absolute best bus transportation. (Not so much to DTD, but I have yet to find a resort that does have good bus transportation there) Once we got used to the system that Pepper Market uses, we loved it! I'm not much into the pizza scene, but I order a personal sized one on a whim - the thing was huge, which could easily be shared with another person or 2, but it was also the best pizza I've experienced on property (not that I've ordered a lot of it, but DS & DH have 
) I didn't use the main pool, as I had a broken toe at the time and opted to use the quiet pool, which was much closer. DH & DS went to the Dig Site a couple of times and really enjoyed themselves. I specifically remember DS telling me how long the slide was - I guess it's longer than most. There are a lot of deluxe features due to CSR being a convention resort, so you kind of get the deluxe feel at the moderate price. You might enjoy the health club, that is free to resort guests. We had nothing but positive experiences with the CMs and with our stay, in general. We highly recommend it! 
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