This run was less of a race and more of a bonding experience for my siblings and me. My sister, both brothers, and I all ran together, and while my sister runs regularly, my brothers do not. But all their soccer playing must have made a difference, because they did really well!

I think we kept a pretty steady pace for most of the run, between 11-12 minute miles. But we had to stop for a potty break for one brother and then they both visitied the medical tents along the way for chafing issues. We ran pretty much straight for the first 7 or 8 miles... then we started walking for about a minute at each mile marker. I felt really good until around mile 8, and then my feet started hurting. I tried to stretch them out whenever we stopped, but they hurt for pretty much the rest of the race. But that's to be expected - I really am not trained for a half marathon right now. Everything else felt great.

Overall it wasn't much of a race. We stopped to take pictures with the characters along the way, and joked around for a lot of the run. So we do not have very good times, but I think the run served its purpose well. We all had a great time, and both my brothers said how much fun they had, especially towards the end when they started getting the adrenaline rushes. I told them that's how every race feels! So hopefully, they might start running regularly now and we can do more of these together in the future. It was a great feeling to cross the finish line all together, and I am so proud of them all for doing so well!

nothing... well, maybe train more...? if anyone wants to tell my feet to start cooperating and stop getting injured, so I can run more, feel free. But they don't listen to me most of the time. ;)

not much of a warm down. We got our awesome Donald Duck medals, ate some snacks, then stretched and headed out.


We weren't even looking at this half marathon as a race. It was just a fun thing to do as a family, and we had a great time. It was more important to us to all stick together, than for one of us to go as fast as we could. I'm sure that with more training for all of us, we could have been faster, but who cares.


This race is very well organized & supported. The only downside is that you have to get there by 4:00 am, and wait for 2 hours before the race even starts, but I understand why they do it. I like that there is a relatively low limit on the number of participants, too. It's a huge race, but it wasn't too completely crowded. They also had the largest water stops I have ever seen.

Overall, the race is a lot of fun, and I can see why people are so eager to do the Goofy's Challenge. I think I might want to sign up for it some day!