The Disneyland Half Marathon 10th Anniversary Weekend is less than three weeks away! I cannot wait to see all of my runDisney friends and earn my Coast to Coast Race Challenge bling! I will be running the Disneyland 10K and the Disneyland Half Marathon all part of the Dumbo Double Dare Challenge. Plus, it’s Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary! This will be my third Run Disney race and first Run Disney challenge–and just in case you haven’t seen the Dumbo Double Dare Challenge medals…here they are!
Cigna, the sponsor of the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend held a Twitter Chat with runDisney and Jeff Galloway, runDisney’s official training consultant, to share training tips. There were so many great tips shared by Cigna, runDisney, Jeff Galloway, and other runners/walkers— I thought I would share a few tweets from the #CignaRunTogetherChat!
Magical Tips and Tweets!
90% of running is #mental. Keep a positive attitude. http://t.co/vcqFZbH6M1 #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SharpEndurance/status/631625181723660289
https://twitter.com/runner26ali/status/631623512784924672
@Cigna A3: before a @runDisney race? Your costume of course! :p #DisneylandHalf #CignaRunTogetherChat
— Jen (@hellofitnessjen) August 13, 2015
@Cigna A3: It’s okay to taper! REALLY, it’s okay, gang! #CignaRunTogetherChat @runDisney
— Justin Stone (@DisnyRunr24) August 13, 2015
Drink about 6 oz of water as soon as you wake up—and then don’t drink until the start of the race #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SharpEndurance/status/631625181723660289
https://twitter.com/SharpEndurance/status/631622714067841024
Keep your feet low to the ground using a relatively short stride #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
Slow down and take more walk breaks if you start huffing and puffing #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
A2: Best running technique? Keep smiling. #CignaRunTogetherChat
— Justin Stone (@DisnyRunr24) August 13, 2015
Plenty of selfies and scenery shots make a run fun! #CignaRunTogetherChat https://t.co/aghaOKY60j
— ✨Erin Williams✨ (@LoveDisneyRun) August 13, 2015
After your race, keep drinking about 4-6 oz an hour of water or sports drink #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
Wear compression sleeves for 24 hours after the race #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
Walk for 20-30 minutes later in the day after your race #CignaRunTogetherChat
— JeffGalloway (@JeffGalloway) August 13, 2015
Know the course. Running #DisneylandHalf Marathon? Check out the course: http://t.co/3Q3FciuGqJ #CignaRunTogetherChat pic.twitter.com/nqIKmaZrff
— runDisney (@runDisney) August 13, 2015
And finally…
A3 Also focus on being positive no matter what. Trust your training. Get excited! @Cigna #CignaRunTogetherChat
— My Pretty Brown 🌿 (@MyPrettyBrown) August 13, 2015
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You can find more training tips from Jeff Galloway here or read my Galloway Blogger tips here. Find more awesome tips by following the #CignaRunTogetherChat hashtag on Twitter. Feel free to add a training tip below.
See you real soon!
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Can’t wait!!! Only tip I have is have FUN!
lol! Thank Kelli!
ooh the Disney swag looks great! What a fun race to run have a great time
Now all I have to is my Coast to Coast medal! Thank you, Deborah! :)
I love Justin Stone’s tweet: Best running technique: Keep smiling.
Even though I live only a couple hours away and I love Disneyland (I pretty much grew up there..I’d go once a month when I was a kid), I’ve never done a Disney race. They always sound like fun though.
Oh wow! That’s pretty cool to live that close. Disney Races are the best! You would have a blast!
I have you have an amazing MAGICAL time. It sounds great!
Thank you, Elle! I’m excited!!!
runDisney medals are the best! Can’t wait to earn my next one at next year’s Wine and Dine, since I have to defer this year’s registration.
Awww…I really want to do Wine and Dine! Maybe I’ll get to do it that year too!
Awww…I really want to do Wine and Dine! Maybe I’ll get to do it that year too!
We all love Disneyland!!
I am dying to do a Disney race! They look like so much fun….and that BLING?! So awesome!!
I’ve done the WDW half, but not Disneyland! I would do this one, just to feel balanced out! For now, I have to live vicariously through you!
Love Disneyland!!! I live close to Disney also and should definitely run a race there sometime soon.
You are going to have such a blast!!!
It’s ok to taper made my laugh. Sometimes I think it’s the toughest part of a training series.
I love all the excellent tips that were shared on the Twitter Chat and they make perfect sense. Some standouts were the reminder of the beauty of yoga, pacing ourselves during the run, and above all, maintaining a positive attitude… That said, all of the tips got a thumbs up from me.