The 2014 Inaugural Enchanted 10k (Glass Slipper Challenge part 1)

Thanks to a serious flight delay, the morning of the Enchanted 10k was deja vu from the WDW 10k- an hour of sleep to kick off a challenge weekend. I specifically got an earlier flight, so I wouldn't have to deal with the sleep deprivation, but apparently that wasn't in the cards for me. It looks like I'm going to have to start getting to race weekends earlier, but I'd much rather have more time post-race(s) to enjoy myself. Thankfully, I already had Jaime pick up my bib for me. Here we go! 

 

But the real awesome part, is I got to see these ladies:

Go Corral C!!

I see these ladies more in Orlando than the actual city we live in.

We all stuck together for awhile, but half the group was run/walking and the other half was stopping for character photos- and in the end, we all ended up finishing around the same time. I'm sure you can guess which group I was in. 

Good news: I'm pretty sure runDisney listened to the feedback from the WDW 10k and added entertainment! Either that, or it was more entertainment that I was actually interested in. Either way, I was really excited about it and it made running sleep deprived that much easier. 

Instead of a random DJ, Elsa was on the overpass making it snow in Florida. Kudos for incorporating Frozen into the weekend, especially considering that was the most popular costumes I saw all weekend. It would've been awesome to have her and Anna meeting and greeting somewhere, but I completely understand the utter madness that would've entailed. 

The white rabbit was the first official character stop kicking off the fun and much sooner on the course as well.  

Sadly, I forgot my camera charger in NOLA, and went into the entire race weekend relying on my iphone camera. Verdict? Never again. The majority of the photos were blurry and not worth wasting your time in line for character stops. I have no idea how anyone uses only a phone for pictures during these races. 

Case in point:

What. The. Hell. and thank you for making me waste 5 minutes of my life for this. Granted, none of us were heartbroken over it, but it was still annoying. 

LOVED that the toy soldiers were out! I was hoping for some reindeer after they showed up on the WDW Half Marathon course, but I'm cool with this.

Once we got into Epcot, we were having fun running to and from character stops. Hello Speedwork! That was pretty much the only time we really pushed ourselves. The consensus was just to enjoy this race because we had another one to get through the next day.

Emily and I jumped in line for Jiminy Cricket while Pam stopped in the bathroom, we met back up as soon as we were at the front of the line. Talk about perfect timing!

When Louis was out without Tiana, I had to stop!

I was really excited to meet Marie! 

and we even stood in line for Baseball Goofy! 

The puppets from the 20 mile spectacular were out as well, but I already got a photo there last month. 

and last but not least, Donald! 

Then it was time for the finish!

I got my favorite medal of the weekend and since our dining reservation wasn't until 9:30, we got in line to meet Rapunzel. I love that there are characters to meet at the finish line with your medals. 

Excited to see Punzie!

I'm really glad they stepped up the on-course entertainment for this one. I love that the 10k course has the boardwalk addition, but the 3 miles of highway in the beginning is a little rough. I do agree with the point that it spreads the crowds out well, but again, even with the additional entertainment, you're pretty bored for half of the race. Now, if they could get rid of that and then some how loop in Hollywood Studios (maybe a point to point course like Wine and Dine?). . . now that would be pretty awesome :) While we're at it, can we please boycott the white shirt trend, runDisney? Also, it wouldn't hurt to have a tad more merch for the shorter races at the expo. Yes, half marathons are awesome accomplishments, but so are 5/10ks. Granted, the one 10k shirt you could buy was cute, I'm just not a fan of cotton. But I digress.  

Either way, I really enjoyed this race and was glad I got to be a part of it.