i cannot believe i'm saying this - but come with me to participate in my first ever runDisney weekend!!! the disney princess half marathon weekend!! come with me to ESPN Wide World of Sports for the expo, i geek over the disney channel games for a second, we check out the merchandise, pick up our race bibs, and more!! then it's sleepover vibes as i get ready for the big race, and have to get up at 2am and dress up as snow white!! see what it's like to get to EPCOT before 5am, participate in a 5k, and at the end i also give my advice and tips to anyone wanting to participate in a runDisney event in the future!!! 👟💖👑
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- emily
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#rundisney #marathon #5k #princesshalf #princesshalfmarathon #snowwhite
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- emily
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00:00Might look a little crazy. So if you're like Emily, you're looking a little rough. Well, yeah, I just ran a 5k a
00:07Full Disney princess sweatsuit was unfortunately needed runners
00:12Trackstars, let me talk to about this. That was hard
00:16Disney Channel stars put a step foot right here
00:19Mervis
00:21She said characters. We are all bibbed up. I don't know if I should put like here
00:31Or like here better believe I'm wearing my star and I'm wearing my metal to breakfast
00:38I'm nervous
00:40You guys I'm so nervous but excited because this weekend
00:45I'm running in my very first ever run Disney race. Let alone race. This will be my first ever race
00:51I've ever done in my life and the theme is Disney princess
00:56So honestly, I can't think of a better first race to start with
01:00I've always seen them on social media and thought they were so cool
01:03But I just never thought it would be something I would be a part of and then I got an offer to run the race
01:08on behalf of
01:09Pandora jewelry and I really thought about it because it had been something that like slowly but surely I was like, you know
01:16I think I actually do want to participate in a run Disney event
01:19And so I talked to everybody I knew about this all of my friends that do run Disney events
01:23I asked them what they thought I asked them what they were like and after literally doing so much research. I decided you know what?
01:30Let's do it. Let's run in my first ever run Disney race
01:33I am doing the 5k which I am feeling pretty confident about because the 5k I believe is
01:393.1 miles and pretty much every single day. I walk four miles. So I'm feeling good and confident about that
01:46Also, I'm pretty sure the route for the 5k is literally just like the Epcot parking lot all around the world showcase and back to Epcot
01:53Which I do about once a week because I live here in Orlando, Florida
01:57So I'm feeling more prepared than I realized for this 5k
02:01But it's the Disney princess theme of this run Disney weekend that I truly could not refuse. So this is my outfit
02:08I'm actually about to head on out to the Expo my first ever Expo
02:13Which they hold at the ESPN wide world of sports, which fun fact
02:17I'm pretty sure is where the Disney Channel games were filmed all the way back then
02:21So I'm kind of just excited for that
02:23I am fully decked out in my Disney princess gear and then I'm gonna bring this little bag with me because I have a lot
02:29To bring with me to the Expo and then I put my little snow white with me because for the race
02:33I'm just gonna spoil it now. I'm dressing up a snow white and I'm so excited
02:38I got a little snow white tiara and a little snow white outfit to be honest with you
02:42I don't know my exact outfit that is truly gonna be a game time decision what I'm gonna wear to the race
02:48I just know it's gonna be snow white. So anyways, welcome to my very first ever run Disney weekend
02:53I'm so excited to take you guys along as someone who knows nothing about run
02:57Disney and experience this together for the very first time with you all. So today is Thursday
03:02It's the day of the Expo which if you don't know what that is
03:05You have to go to the Expo to pick up your little bib which has your little runners number on it
03:09I'm so excited. My mom is such a runner like she my mom is the kind of girl that would do the turkey trot on
03:16Thanksgiving she is an athletic queen and when I told her I was doing this she was so proud
03:21She's like, oh my gosh
03:22Maybe you are following in my footsteps after all because I have never been one to be super athletic
03:28But honestly depending on how this weekend goes
03:31I might I might try to actually start running like ten years ago me would never ever imagine doing this
03:38But I kind of like it
03:40I kind of like the idea of running walking is truly my favorite thing to do like ever
03:45So, I don't know who knows but yeah, I really hope to make my mom proud this weekend. So back to the Expo
03:51That's where you get your bibs
03:52That's where you can shop all of the run Disney merchandise and I believe every single runner gets a t-shirt with the run
03:58So we're gonna pick up the t-shirts and I don't know we're gonna explore it together. So I think I'm all ready
04:03This is my little outfit of the day. Also, it's cold this weekend
04:07So yes, this outfit is needed a full Disney Princess sweatsuit was unfortunately needed for this weekend
04:14So that being said let's head on over to the ESPN wide world of sports. This is so exciting
04:20Here we go
04:28Gotta get the energy up for today. I just got here parking was actually pretty easy
04:34they had people like to guide you and everything which I'm so thankful for because I think I've only been here one other time in
04:40my life and that was back in like
04:422020
04:45For like a cast member they had like a thing where you could come and buy a lot of merch
04:49I think it was just for cast members, but like the discounts were really good something like that
04:53I am just now waiting for my friend Sarah Grace to get here
04:55She's done this before and she's actually running the 5k with me and then she's doing a 10k
05:00So I think that's so exciting
05:02but she has been very very helpful through this whole process of like what to do and how to navigate it all and so
05:09I would like want to go inside, but I don't know where to go from here. I truly like have no idea
05:15I have no idea what I'm doing. So I'm waiting for her to get here so we can hopefully walk in together
05:19I'm feeling good. I'm feeling ready. I'm feeling pumped
05:22I'm not gonna think about what time I have to wake up. We're just we're not gonna think about that right now
05:27We're gonna have fun. So let's go into the Expo row 29. We need to remember that
05:33Let's go to the Expo
05:36This is so exciting vibes are high. How are you feeling?
05:54This is the iconic ESPN wide world of sports, I've been so excited to see this
06:00I've literally never seen
06:03So this is like kind of where you walk in is this little ball and then right here is where you officially will walk in
06:11This is so fun. So I think the first thing we'll probably do is go get our race bibs
06:16I have no idea where to go for that. Um
06:20There are a lot of people here Wow, but look at this. Let me show you
06:25Like how cool is that?
06:27Also, they have music playing like such a vibe
06:32Now to go inside and figure out where to go and we're in we're in where are we what would you call this area?
06:39This is kind of like the intro to the Expo, right?
06:43Where where everyone is kind of hanging out. There's like music playing
06:48You don't really or some people have their stuff's we're going to get their stuff's like just like the common area
06:53It's giving college it's giving like the quad the quad. Yeah, this is fun. Okay, so we're gonna go get our bibs now
07:04I didn't know they had like so much food and like churros. This is so exciting
07:10Also, these are the princess icons and I love that snow white is on there
07:16We're gonna go in here for the race bib pickup. I love that snow white is on there
07:21I love that snow white is one of the main like Disney princesses of the whole thing and Sarah Grace can explain it better than
07:29I can so what what does this mean? What is snow? I mean, so so white is the challenge icon
07:35You complete the challenge when you do the 10k and the half marathon
07:39and so each of the races has a challenge if you're doing the
07:45Princess it is the half in the 10k for the wine and dine
07:48It's also having the 10k and then for the Walt Disney Marathon weekend. It's if you're doing a race and a half
08:01That's like the goofy challenge and then the dopey challenge is
08:07So like every race has their own
08:11She said characters
08:18It's the challenge icon so she'll be on the metal in the bib if you're running the half in the 10k
08:24So the icon for the 5k is Mulan. It's so loud. Okay, let's keep going. It's too loud in here. Oh my gosh
08:31they have
08:33Mulan is right there
08:35and Minnie
08:39So this is so cool I didn't realize they have characters so let's see what they have
08:44I think this is just a cool little backdrop for you to hold your bib
08:49But then over here they have Mulan and Li Shang. I literally just saw them the other day at Epcot, but
08:57That is so cool
09:00And I have my bib and so Mulan is the icon of my race. They also have princess Minnie. Oh
09:07She's so cute. We are all bibbed up. So I just stumbled upon
09:13Soccer fields and I'm like, do we think this is the Disney Channel Games Arena?
09:17I'm assuming there's more than one field here. There is so maybe
09:22So maybe not but like Disney Channel stars could have stepped foot right here
09:28So, I'm just I think I'm really excited about that
09:32Okay, walking out of the little bib pickup area. I found I see all of these fields
09:39So surely one of them has to be where they filmed the Disney Channel Games
09:46It's time for a little pick-me-up I need a coffee so we're stopping by Joffrey's
09:50I just got a little ice vanilla latte with almond milk, although I really should be hydrating today
09:55So I'm gonna make sure I do that when I get home. Thank you. Here we go little latte
10:01chips have been forgot
10:05Wait, that's so cute
10:09I think it's from like a musical
10:13That's fun, okay
10:14I wanted to do a little coffee review for you guys because I went to Joffrey's I got an ice vanilla latte with almond
10:20Milk and you got I got a hot chai latte with regular milk. Oh, how is it? It's good
10:26I've had Joffrey chai before it's a pretty good chai blend. It's very sweet a very sweet chai if you like a spicy chai
10:32No, but it's a sweeter chai
10:35This one is good, it's like a 10 out of 10 latte, which is like
10:42We're having fun currently we're in front of where they filmed the Disney Channel Games
10:46I pulled up I was doing some research and I think they filmed here in
10:512007 and 2008 and they filmed in California in 2006
10:56so
10:58Cast us if you're gonna come back again, please we would be great contestants. We're runners
11:04track stars
11:06Maybe coffee drinkers
11:09coffee connoisseurs
11:12So this is our audition. Thank you guys. Okay now we're gonna go
11:17Now we're gonna go into the expo part. Okay, that's called the health and wellness Expo, I believe
11:24Okay, I love it. It's like my favorite part of being other than getting your bib
11:27It's like my favorite part of like the whole experience. You'll see it's so good. Let's go
11:31They have these cute little stickers on the floor. So there's the 5k. Here's the 10k little sticker
11:38You need a picture there. I
11:40Fear here's the 13.1 and then my queen snow white
11:47She is the challenger which that will not be me, but I still love her icon. Here's where we're going next Wow
11:56Okay, so we're back here
11:58It's all so exciting now, we're about to go into Pandora, I'm so excited
12:04I really want to check out all the Disney princess rings
12:07I'm wearing my little snow white one, but I just want to see what other ones they have
12:11We are showcasing all of our exclusive items for it
12:15Princess marathon this weekend. So we have a couple on here if you want to get a little bit close
12:20So I have the snow white for my troopers that are running the entire race
12:24I also have mine one for the 5k. I have jasmine for the 10 and then
12:30Aurora for the half marathon it is the first time ever that we have one that's gonna be for the weekend as a full
12:35So this one says princess half weekend at marathon weekend and it's in the back. It says 2025
12:41So we did get our dopey charm. He is my favorite in the world. He's so cute
12:46He's so cute. And then the mirror in the back
12:49It says mirror mirror on the wall and then it actually will react in the heat
12:53So whenever it's in a super hot temperature the mirror comes out so that will kind of show off there
12:58And then of course, we have our snow white marathon charm as well as the poison apple
13:02Yeah, that one and the Rapunzel one had definitely been some of my favorite ones. Absolutely. The Rapunzel right now is like sold out property-wide
13:09It's like a whole thing. So we're the only people's
13:12The only people that have it on property. So oh my gosh
13:19You need this like I fear
13:21You absolutely need this
13:26Wow the way it like
13:30We're shopping right now, and I think Sarah Grace needs to get the Cinderella
13:36Here and I'm also looking at this is the aerial ring with a gold accent, which actually is so pretty
13:44Oh
13:48So this is the evil Queen ring
13:52And I'm just a white girly. I'm a Disney princess girly, but like why is this beautiful?
14:02Just kind of eat
14:06Is that crazy to have like a villain
14:15We are
14:18Well, this was a successful shopping trip
14:22These are the medals for the weekend. So this is the princess Aurora half marathon. This is the fairy tale challenge. I
14:31Think that's so cool
14:33This is the one I am getting the Mulan
14:365k and then this is the 10k
14:40We're walking into the merch building and look at this it's a whole snow white photo drop. Oh my gosh
14:47Wow
14:48music
14:50That's crazy
14:52These are the half marathon ears
14:55I think they're really cool with like snow white on it and princess Aurora and then on the back
15:00You also have Jasmine and Mulan that is so cool. They also have this little crew neck
15:06With the fairy tale challenge on it, that is so cute with snow white
15:12They do have a whole snow white section for the fairy tale challenge this pin. Oh my gosh. It's a pin of the metal
15:19That's so cool. I'm not doing the challenge
15:22So unfortunately, I will not be buying any of this merchandise
15:25But I think it's all so cute and then this is the spirit Jersey for the weekend
15:30Says Disney Princess half marathon and then that is the back I decided to get this pen as I'm collecting pans
15:38I feel like this will just be really special to remember my first ever 5k. Okay, I'm back in my car after the Expo
15:44That was so much fun. It was such a whirlwind though
15:47I think I was expecting it to be a little bit more hectic, but I personally think and look I'm the kind of girl who just
15:55Unfortunately, it's it's a character flaw and I will admit to that but I tend to be late to a lot of things
16:01I tend to show up later. Like I'm not a rope dropper. I'm a
16:06Rope
16:08I'm a I'm a stay till close type girl. So anyways, I mean we didn't get to the Expo late at all
16:15But I feel like by the time we ended up getting our bibs and going to the merch and everything like a lot of people
16:20I'd already come and gone
16:21So I feel like it wasn't as crazy as I was expecting which was really really nice
16:25But now I have a little haul for you guys. Okay, so I picked up the Mulan
16:315k pin
16:31I just thought it would be such a special way to commemorate my first ever race and first ever 5k
16:37This is going right on my pin lanyard and I'm not trading it. I have my Mulan bib
16:43So exciting. This is the race t-shirt that everybody gets. So this is the Mulan 5k shirt
16:50And then all of the sponsors are on the back now since I'm running the race on behalf of Pandora
16:56Which I am so so grateful for they did gift me a few goodies. So this is the run Disney and Pandora
17:02Exclusive Disney Princess bag and they also look at this
17:07This is the Mulan 5k charm
17:11That's so cool. And then they also gifted me this poison apple little snow white bag
17:16So sly I feel like I needed that
17:19Then
17:21Get this Pandora also gifted me the new dopey and magic mirror charm
17:26This is a part of the brand new snow white collection, which we were looking at at the store earlier
17:30but I think I'm most excited about
17:34These snow white earrings like they match my ring
17:39Perfectly and then I had to buy a ring like truly. I think this is the coolest ring ever
17:44So this is the evil queen ring like I love my snow white ring
17:48But there was just something that I thought was so cool about having like both rings
17:53You feel I love like the red. I don't know and I just thought it'd be really fun to wear to the race tomorrow
17:59So I did buy this ring
18:01But I think it's cool. I just love the heart like the heart is so fun
18:06So that is my Pandora haul overall the Expo was so fun
18:10Now I think this is open all weekend
18:12I kind of figured like today I'd really want to dedicate to the Expo and see as much of it as possible
18:17But now it is time to go home
18:19I've got to figure out what time to be there tomorrow because I actually have no idea
18:23We're corral D, which I think is a good one good in the sense that like I
18:28Don't know I just think that's a good one. I don't know
18:30I'm gonna go home figure out what time I have to be there and go to bed and eat something and hydrate and fuel
18:36And pick up my outfit
18:38We have so much to do. I'm so tired and back home. It's 930
18:43I should be going to bed. Okay, but I'm kind of just like packing my bags and
18:48Getting everything ready and laid out for tomorrow. I'm a little nervous about waking up. I think I have to wake up at
18:552 a.m. To leave at 345 a.m. I just had a great dinner. I feel very like fueled up
19:02I've never filmed this way before
19:04New section of my room unlocked but getting everything ready
19:09So this is my little bib and these are the safety pins that they gave us
19:13oh
19:16I need to fill this out. Can we do that in a second? I don't know if I should put it like here
19:22or like here
19:25Look on my skirt. Maybe that would be cute
19:27I don't I don't know where to put this and then I'm gonna make sure to wear
19:31Let's see the little snow white earrings
19:34I just need to emphasize I did not know I was running this race
19:39Especially with Pandora when I bought the snow white ring the timing of this is all
19:44Insane gonna hang up my little shirt, but I'm feeling good. I think if anything now
19:49I'm just feeling more nervous about like waking up tomorrow. But as far as like the
19:56The 5k goes I'm feeling really good. I would not have said yes to this race if I did not truly feel
20:03confident about it because run Disney is something I take very very
20:06Seriously, and if I did not feel like I had the proper training like I would not say yes to it
20:10but with the 5k and after talking to everybody, I really feel like I
20:16Think it's gonna be okay. I obviously I won't know until tomorrow
20:20So I'm excited to report back and give y'all all the team. But anyways, this is the little snow white bag
20:26I think it's so fun. I feel like a fanny pack is the best type of bag to run
20:31This is a super cute bag though. I'll definitely be using it. But I just think in terms of the race
20:37I'm thinking of fanny pack will be good. So I'm hoping to borrow my friends little fanny pack
20:42Oh, do you want to hear about my outfit dilemma?
20:45Okay, so some of the pieces of my outfit just got delivered like tonight and oh my gosh, okay
20:52So here's the thing. I ordered these fleece leggings. They're supposed to be kind of like skin colored
20:58So wouldn't really look like you're wearing anything, but they would keep you warm. I ordered them
21:03They got delivered yesterday and I guess maybe like my my apartment mail room like ran out of like spaces
21:10So they just left it out fine
21:12No big deal, but then because they did that the office took it just like so nobody would steal it, which is very nice
21:17So today the office contacted me was like hey
21:19Like if you can come get your package and I thought I was gonna have time to get it when I got back from the
21:24Expo, but I was there
21:26I ended up being at the Expo for a really long time and I should have got it before I left
21:30But I didn't so now my fleece leggings are locked in my apartment office
21:35There's I have no way of getting them until tomorrow morning
21:3810 a.m. After the race
21:40so now my dilemma is
21:42Do I just not run in leggings like so I risk it. It's gonna be about 40 degrees
21:48so I
21:51Don't know but I will show you my outfit because everything else I think has come together really perfectly
21:57It's just literally on the floor
22:00Yeah, but there it is I'm super excited about it and then I have all my Pandora jewelry laid out
22:07I'm so glad I got that little ring. I have like my little perfumes laid out my lipstick
22:13Bringing this for my friend and then my bib
22:15So we are all good to go
22:19Hydrating
22:21I've been my Disney Princess PJ's and here we are
22:25It's the night before the big race. It's
22:2910 oh my gosh, it's 1047
22:33Um, yeah
22:42I have to get up at 2 a.m. So that means I'm gonna be getting three hours of sleep. That's not good. Oh
22:51It's not good
22:52but I also
22:56Just I I
22:57Kind of feel like if you're gonna do a run Disney race like that's just a part of it
23:02You just maybe don't get your best nights of sleep when I told my mom this she was like
23:07I can't believe you're running that early and I was like, yeah
23:10that's really the main thing that makes me nervous about these run Disney races is how early you have to get up and I would
23:15Always see other people do it and be such like in awe of them and be like
23:20How are you getting up that early and then running?
23:24And now we're gonna do it now. I'm gonna do it and then I will let you guys know on the other side
23:30What it's like, I'm really hoping that I'm just gonna be so excited that I
23:35just wake up, you know, I
23:38Remember at d23 I was running on like two hours of sleep and I was I wasn't fine
23:44But like I was good. So for one day, I think I can do it. I think I can do it
23:48But unfortunately, I think I'm too excited now
23:51I don't even know if I can go to bed and I would love to take some melatonin
23:54But I feel like that might really knock me out and then I wouldn't wake up
23:58So I'm just gonna try and fall asleep I'm just gonna calm myself down listen to some calming music
24:06I'm gonna go to bed and I will see you guys in literally a few hours
24:28My alarm went off at 2. I said no
24:41So I went back to bed I
24:44Went off again to 15
24:48Here we are I just finished my makeup I still have to do a lip
24:53I think I'm gonna do a red lip first snow white
24:56I don't think you can tell I also put on like the little glitter freckles again. Ooh
25:02Yeah, but I just made myself a little coffee. It's 3 a.m
25:073 13 a.m. I have about 30 minutes until I need to go
25:12But I'm feeling good. I'm feeling really good. I did a complete
25:17180 from when I woke up an hour ago. Oh my gosh. No an hour ago. I was unwell
25:23That was bad that was a heart that was hard nobody talks about this that was hard
25:29But also is my fault because I went to bed. I
25:33Went to bed like three hours ago
25:37But I'm feeling really good now, I'm just trying to like
25:40Calm myself down and take everything really slow and easy and not stress myself out
25:46So that's the update now. I think it's time to get my outfit on
25:49I kind of want to touch up my hair
25:51But only if I have time, so let's go do my outfit bad news. I need to be leaving
25:57Right now it's 344 good news. I'm like almost done like
26:03Give me five minutes
26:04Okay, but I'm Bobby pinning my tiara. I don't know how to do this
26:10like I
26:12Don't I don't know I've always wondered. Oh that actually kind of helped. Okay, I
26:19Am just randomly putting in bobby pins
26:27Brah
26:34How you think all my years in dance what how I
26:39Would be trained for this moment, and I am honestly I am because I feel like in dance
26:45Like all I would do is just put a million bobby pins in like arbitrarily
26:52Wow, I also did add the red lip
26:56I think that was the move couldn't be snow white without it
26:59The funny thing about snow white to me is that she has out the same
27:08Her like color scheme and aesthetic is like the same as Pixar
27:13So my running joke with myself is oh like am I still wait, ah
27:19wha
27:21Sorry, I'm just like stabbing myself am I snow white with the bobby pin am I snow white or am I a Pixar princess?
27:30Cuz like could be both you decide I'm kidding. I'm so like okay
27:36I
27:43Think it's actually kind of on there. Okay. Okay. Okay. It's time to go, but I want to show you guys the fit
27:49So here is my little snow white run Disney outfit
27:53I'm feeling good. I'm feeling
27:56Great. Unfortunately, the Bath and Body Works Disney princess collection did not have a snow white
28:00So today's scent of the day is going to be princess spell
28:03I just know a snow white like Apple would eat though. Okay, like an apple scent. Oh
28:10I don't know if you can pick it up on camera, but
28:15This oh my gosh, this whole thing is sparkly now, I'm gonna get my bag get everything together and
28:22It's race time, baby. So I'll see you guys at Epcot. You guys were here. I'm parked at Epcot in crush
28:31This is so weird because it's like I'm just going for a normal park day
28:35But actually I'm going to go on a little run a little hot girl walk if you will
28:414 a.m. In the morning. I'm gonna go find Sarah Grace. We're gonna meet up and
28:46I'm so excited
28:57Everything's fine
28:59We're good, it's currently 455 and I think the latest time that we can be in our corral is
29:05510 so we're good. We've got plenty of time
29:10Event entrance, let's go. Oh this song eats
29:18Like a dream is your wish a dream is what your heart thinks samba edition. Yeah. Okay, so we're power walking
29:26There's the Epcot ball
29:28And
29:31I think we're gonna walk to like the back of the Epcot parking lot. Oh
29:36My goodness, it's cold, but I decided to wear these little leg warmers
29:41So at least I have something on my legs
29:54Every mile is magic
29:58I
30:00Love the music. This is such a vibe
30:03Okay, I did lose Sarah Grace
30:06She's up there somewhere
30:19There's the sign that says start line
30:22So that's I think really I don't know actually I don't know where we are
30:30Okay start line this way
30:35This is where we need to go crowdy we made it literally in the nick of time a minute before they close it off
30:46Thank you
30:52Started I think we just keep going
31:04And these are like all the different corrals just waiting
31:14Okay, so the start line is just up ahead we are so close
31:2245 seconds, this might be us or we have one more. I'm not sure we're getting so close
31:31Okay, let's see is this us or do we have one more
31:51Oh
32:10Wow, okay, so we're starting in the parking lot
32:16So exciting
32:19Feeling good nothing feeling a little bit warmer now
32:22That was so fun. The Christmas music was like the perfect touch. They have music out here. This is like where the buses are
32:31We're still in the Epcot parking lot
32:34Wait, how much have we run?
32:38Yeah
32:41Well, okay, I am power walking I feel like I should say that
32:49And then there's all these people on the sidelines that's so kind
32:55They have little clips from the lawn planks, that's so fun
33:00Yeah, look at this a little DJ booth so fun
33:19My one let's go
33:32Now we're backstage in Epcot Wow
33:37Now we're going into Epcot we went through the back way which is so cool ready three two one we're here
33:46We're right by a mission space and like space to two zero
33:50whoa, I
33:52See the first character and it's princess Minnie
33:56Little pit stop to take pictures with the Epcot ball. Of course, of course, we're one mile in so let's get going
34:04We're running through China
34:06also, the moon is out, but
34:09What?
34:10Whoa
34:12The Sun is starting to rise too and there's no shoe
34:18Guys we're in Germany and it's my twin
34:21The Sun is starting to rise and this is just the most gorgeous view ever
34:25I don't think I've ever been at Epcot for sunrise
34:29I'm obsessed. This is so gorgeous
34:33Okay, let's keep going. Wow, sir. The Sunrise is on
34:37real
34:39Here's the vessel of the arts paint by numbers wall, that's so funny, but they also are starting to put out flower in garden
34:46Here's a little sneak preview
34:52Hey guys, so looks like they just installed a hundred
35:01You guys I'm freezing
35:05I think it's only gotten colder somehow
35:08But we're almost there I think, we're about to run under the Epcot ball
35:22Wow just ran under the Epcot ball
35:31This is so magical
35:33You guys we're almost there at the final stretch. We'll see you on the other side
35:37Oh my god
35:47It's official my first ever run Disney medal
36:08Everybody
36:28Guys oh this is so exciting my very first run Disney medal ever
36:32There's Mulan on the front and then the villain on the back
36:37Now sarah grace and her family and I are gonna go get breakfast. I think we're going to the grand floridian cafe
36:43I'm, so excited super princessy vibes. You better believe i'm wearing my tiara
36:48And i'm wearing my medal to breakfast. So let's go
36:54Oh my gosh
36:56my hips
36:58hurt so
37:00Ow
37:01So bad, I think it's from the cold
37:07Like well a mixture of like the running especially towards the end I kind of ran
37:13a little bit
37:14um, and then
37:17Just the cold and I did not stretch before
37:20I didn't even think to
37:22That's on me. I'm a home. I what?
37:25guys
37:26I'm tired
37:28But i'm home and i've officially run
37:31a 5k
37:32And I have a little medal and I feel really cool despite the cold
37:37despite
37:38my sore
37:40Legs, um, I really had a great time. It was so much fun and I would do it again
37:46In fact, I want to do it again. Maybe in disneyland next time. That would be so cool
37:51Oh my gosh
37:52Ow, so when we finish the race it finishes in the back of the epcot parking lot
37:57It's like rocket group area and then our cars are parked in crush
38:02So we had to walk that whole thing and I was literally walking like I was literally i'm not even exaggerating walking like this
38:10Like like hunched back so i'm about to get in bed
38:14I'm about to put on
38:16Probably my disney princess little sweatsuit again and get in bed. Oh put on a heating pad
38:22I'm so excited and I wore my medal to brunch
38:26Um, so fun I got chocolate chip pancakes any last words any final words
38:36I'm leaving a changed woman
38:38In what way? I don't know
38:40but I truly did have so much fun and
38:45I can see why people sign up for these things over and over again. I might look a little crazy
38:50So if you're like emily, you're looking a little rough. Well, yeah, I just ran a 5k
38:54But I will say I loved my um glitter
38:58I used i'll show you
39:00I used the color pop haunted mansion glitter. This is the shade madam leota. So anyways guys, I need to go to bed. So
39:09Peace out another day another snow white inspired outfit
39:16Let me show you the full fit we have little red shoes at the bottom
39:20Um
39:22i'm also wearing this blue cardigan again
39:26So this is from ari and I actually bought it in every single color that they had. I fear i'm obsessed like it just
39:33Especially with like the one button. I feel like it's so disney princess
39:37It worked for bell cinderella and snow white and then this is the bag that pandora gave me the little poison apple
39:43It fits everything. It's so perfect
39:46And then I also put on my little 5k pin that I bought at the expo
39:51They actually had a really cute pin and it was of the actual metal button pin form
39:56But those apparently all sold out
39:57So i'm in a snow white outfit because i'm about to head on over to disney springs because pandora is also doing a special engraving
40:04Event where they will engrave. I think one of four disney princess little
40:09Um little sketches on a piece of jewelry. So i'm gonna head on over there and check that out
40:14I'm, pretty sure they have a snow white engraving. So i'll probably be getting that i'm also so obsessed with my rings like
40:21Both of them together
40:22Was a pair. I didn't know that I needed I went to bed at 5 p.m
40:27Yesterday, and I think I woke up this morning at 10 30. I
40:31Needed that rest. I feel so good. So recharged
40:34I'm a little bit sore in my legs and I realized like here's the thing
40:39So technically yes, I did the 5k which was 3.1 miles
40:43But in total yesterday, my friend said we walked about 10 miles
40:48I don't know if that's true
40:49But if you think about it, so when we parked in epcot to get to the starting line
40:53That was about a mile
40:54That was also a mile back to the car and went to the grand floridian
40:57And we didn't park in the parking lot like right next to the resort
41:00We had to park in the one that's across the street. So like that easily was a mile there and back
41:04So I think in total I had about 14 000 steps, which was a lot. So i'm very proud of myself
41:11Because I did even more than a 5k
41:14So let's go to disney springs the weather is so beautiful today
41:18It's a little chilly, but I mean nothing like yesterday morning
41:22So this is the store
41:24So
41:38This is what I decided to get I got a silver bracelet with a gold charm
41:43And then I got the snow white engraving and on the back it says waiting on a wish
41:47They said that silver and gold was in and at first I was like, no, there's no way
41:53But then I saw an example
41:55And I was like wait i'm kind of obsessed with the silver and gold because I am a gold girly
42:00But my snow white rings are all silver. So that's why I decided
42:04Let's combine them both. But now i'm gonna head on over to trendy because there's also another little event going on
42:10So i'm just gonna pop by
42:20This is so cute
42:23Oh
42:25This is a california adventure bracelet i've never seen anything like it that's so cool
42:32I just found this shirt. It says mirror mirror who asked you
42:36In the back is the poison apple
42:39i'm kind of obsessed
42:43Okay, I just found this little crew neck this is penny proud merch like from the proud family
42:49this is
42:51Amazing. Oh my goodness 10 out of 10
43:13I stopped at world of disney and oh my goodness. There's a brand new mini mix it
43:19It's pooh bear this time with a little easter bunny hat
43:23Actually, I don't know if that's an easter bunny hat
43:27because I think they're supposed to be like
43:29attractions
43:31No, it is
43:32It is a little easter bunny hat and then look at piglet. Oh my goodness. This is freaking adorable
43:38This is adorable
43:42What a weekend, oh
43:45my goodness
43:46this
43:47Has been like one of the most magical weekends i've ever had
43:52So now that it's all over I just kind of wanted to recap the weekend with you all give any advice that I have
43:58Things that I learned things that I would recommend not to do etc
44:02In case you're interested in doing your own run disney race
44:05I was getting a lot of questions on asking like how do you train for this?
44:08How do you prepare etc?
44:10And I think the most important thing when it comes to doing a run disney race or really any race
44:16Is that you do train for the race and you pick the race that you genuinely feel comfortable with?
44:23Also, i'm brand new to this like i'm still learning so my information might not be 100 accurate
44:28But i'm gonna let you know as much as I know at the moment
44:31So run disney does races a few times a year both in disney world and in disneyland and each race weekend kind of has a different
44:38Theme so this weekend was the disney princess theme, but they're not always like that
44:42I think the next one here in florida is in april and that's called the springtime surprise
44:47I don't know what the like overall theme of that but each race has different icons
44:51I know one of them is mrs
44:52Incredible and some other ones I was doing my research and in the fall
44:56I think they do a halloween race over in disneyland, which would be so so cool. Maybe i'll dress up as the evil queen
45:04I have my ring and then each weekend does have different races you could do
45:07So this weekend you could do the 5k 10k or half marathon
45:11But some of the weekends I believe they do include a full marathon
45:15And I think that's really cool because there truly is a weekend and a race for anyone and everyone
45:20I am in no shape to be running a half marathon let alone marathon
45:25So I again really loved the 5k that was the perfect race for me
45:29You could run it if you wanted you could walk it everybody was doing their own thing
45:34I highly recommend the 5k to start with if you've never run before or if you've never done a race before
45:39But that one because it's untimed you have the most flexibility with what you want to do
45:44Whether you want to run the whole thing and go for a really fast time whether you want to walk the whole entire thing
45:49Whether you want to do a little bit of both whether you want to really meet the characters
45:53Like I just love the 5k. I think it's the perfect race for anyone who it's their first time
45:58But another thing that I think is so cool about the 5k in these races
46:01Is that no matter how many times you do the 5k
46:03You could always kind of switch it up and make it more challenging for yourself
46:07Like if I were to do another race
46:08I would still probably just do the 5k because I really just loved it a lot
46:12And if I wanted to maybe challenge myself
46:15Then I think the next step for me would be to try to jog a little bit more of the 5k
46:20maybe even try to jog all of the 5k which that that is
46:25That would be a really big feat for me
46:27And I really do think I would love to do that one day when it comes to the 10k half and full marathon
46:32I believe all of those races are timed and they have these things called the balloon ladies
46:37You might have seen them on tiktok
46:38But they literally have like a disney balloon kind of coming from their back and essentially they're like the pacers of the race
46:43So you don't want to fall behind them or else that is the only way you would get swept off the race
46:49I don't really know how they do that. I think a bus comes and picks you up
46:52I'm, not sure and that's why for those races. I would highly highly recommend
46:57Training and making sure if you do want to cross the finish line that you are able to train at a certain speed
47:03That way you can just keep up on the course, but the 5k is untimed
47:06So you don't have to worry about that another thing that I really really want to stress that I think is so
47:11so important and it's something that I
47:14Really really try to keep in mind this whole weekend is to listen to your body
47:18And so if you are doing whether it's 5k 10k half full marathon, it doesn't matter
47:23Make sure that you listen to your body
47:25That is the most important thing if you need a break take a break if you need water go find water
47:31There are customers all along the route that i'm sure would be able to help you
47:35They also have water stops along the way. I just think it's really really important that you listen to your body
47:40That's why training is so important if you're going to do a race because running walking waking up
47:46So early being at disney world like it is a lot on your body or at least it can be a lot on your body
47:52Especially if you're newer to it
47:54So I just really really want to emphasize that if you do participate in a run disney race that you listen to your body
47:59You take stops when needed you take breaths when needed you drink lots of water
48:04You're hydrating the whole weekend. You're hydrating before and after if you need to stop to the side of the road like that is
48:11Okay, listening to your body is the most important thing and that is something that I did as well this weekend
48:16Even in my 5k
48:18I made sure to listen to myself and if I needed to walk I walked if I wanted to jog I jogged
48:22Another thing is make sure you pay attention to the weather
48:26So I think it's probably only going to be january february here in orlando that the race will be so so cold
48:33the cold the temperature that it was for my race was
48:36Unusual like even today if I had run the 5k the temperature would not be as freezing as it was like
48:41This weekend was just kind of something else
48:44So make sure if you are doing a race no matter where you are here in california that you pay attention to the weather and you
48:50Dress appropriately something that I just didn't even think about because i'm not used to the cold let alone running a race at 4 a.m
48:58um
48:58But I really wished I would have brought like hand gloves and hand warmers
49:02And anything like that because I did have a long sleeve and my arms were fine
49:06And honestly my legs were fine, but my hands were absolutely freezing
49:09That was like probably the coldest part that I got that one is on me
49:14I will take full responsibility about that
49:16But I would recommend bring gloves get fleece leggings and order them way in advance
49:21So they don't get stuck in your mail room
49:22Another thing that is really cool is you can bring layers with you to the race
49:26You could bring like a robe a sweatshirt whatever you want to bring and you can actually shed it in the race
49:31You can literally throw it off to the side whenever you're done
49:34If you kind of get too warm, you don't want to wear anymore and disney will actually donate those
49:38So there was lots of like robes and blankets and stuff on the side of the road
49:41I wished I would have done that it was my first race
49:44So I knew I wasn't going to be perfect
49:46But if I were to do another one, that is probably what I would do
49:49I would bring you could go to walmart and get like a three dollar blanket like nothing crazy just to have some warmth
49:55And then you can shut it whenever you don't need it anymore and it will be donated
49:58I never in my life thought I would do
50:01a race
50:03A run disney race let alone a 5k that was just one of those things that I just never thought I would
50:09be interested in or
50:11Do but I did it i'm sitting here
50:14I've officially done a 5k at disney world and it was actually the most fun thing ever
50:19I'm, really really proud of myself for pushing myself out of my comfort zone and saying yes to this opportunity
50:25I just had a voice telling me. Hey, you need to do this race. Like it's gonna be okay
50:29You're gonna be fine
50:29You need to do this. You need to go out of your comfort zone
50:32And i'm so glad that I listened because I am obsessed with run disney
50:36I would love to do another run disney race
50:39I just think the whole entire weekend was so fun from the expo to
50:43Getting up at 2 a.m
50:45And dressing up as a disney princess like that was so fun seeing epcot at sunrise when there was literally no one around
50:52That was really cool. The whole experience was just so magical. So i'm really proud of myself
50:57I felt like I was able to break out of my comfort zone in so many different ways
51:01And that's another thing that's really cool about run disney is everybody has their own story
51:05Everybody has their own reason as to why they're doing run disney
51:09and it's just so cool to see all these different people come together and cross the finish line and
51:14Kind of good to share their story a little bit as to why run disney meant so much to them
51:18And it was really really cool to be a part of that
51:20I felt very honored to be a part of the race this weekend
51:24And i'm just so so grateful to pandora for giving me this opportunity you have unlocked a whole new world and
51:32I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed with all things run disney. I get the hype now
51:36I get why people do race after race after race. I get it. I
51:39Why aren't they more often? I wish these were
51:43once a month
51:45That'd be cool
51:46I think this weekend really taught me that you can do anything as long as you put your mind to it
51:51Like I knew waking up at 2 a.m
51:53Was going to be really really hard for me
51:55I knew finishing that 5k might be a little bit difficult and I was so nervous and I was so anxious
52:01But I did it. I did not give up. I pushed through
52:05I only slept through one alarm and on the second one I got up and I said, you know what we're doing this
52:11We're getting up. We're participating in this race. And I think that's what made it all the more special
52:16So that's definitely something i'm going to be taking with me
52:18Especially these next few weeks is that you can do hard things and you can do anything you want as long as you put your mind
52:24to it
52:25And these next few weeks are gonna be a little crazy. They might be the craziest weeks of my entire life
52:33But I feel ready to take them on
52:36After doing this run disney race because if I could get up at 2 a.m
52:40And run around the epcot ball I can do anything
52:42So I do just want to let you guys know that the weekly uploads for the next few weeks are not going to be on
52:46Sundays, I am going to be vlogging everything i'm going to be taking you guys along with me for this next chapter
52:52But I just don't know what my uploading schedule is going to look like
52:56So whenever I can i'm just going to be uploading youtube videos
52:59You guys will completely understand when you see it all
53:02But if you want to follow along on my day-to-day and see everything happening in real time
53:06Come follow me on instagram or tiktok at emilynels8. I post everything there first, but you guys are my favorite
53:13So I feel like the vlogs are always going to get a special exclusive of everything
53:17They just take a little bit of extra time, but I love you guys so much. Thank you for watching this video
53:21I'm challenging you go do something out of your comfort zone go say yes to something. Maybe you normally wouldn't have
53:28See what happens. Maybe it'll change your life