It had been 2 days since I’d gotten to run, and since I figured that for the next week I would be relegated to either running laps around the cruise ship or running on a treadmill, I figured I might as well squeeze in a few miles around Disney property. I figured that an organization that hosts one marathon and 2 half marathons throughout the year was sure to have decent running paths. Ah, nope.
I started out hoping to get a couple of miles on the golf course paths - but the groundskeepers were out in force, and there were signs EVERYWHERE prohibiting running on the golf course. Normally I blatantly ignore such admonishments, but it was too light to evade capture by a groundskeeper... so I set off towards the Polynesian, in hopes of a jogging trail. I did find one that wound around the lake towards the Grand Floridian. It was about 0.6 miles in length. I did pass a cast member at that point that wished I would “Have a magical run”. Little did I realize I would need magic to get a decent run in. Try as I might, I could not find any path beyond - it was all road without even a shoulder. Great. Not one for laps I headed back to the Polynesian and the Disney “travel Center”, hoping that maybe there’d be a running trail that way. No luck. I wound up doing the middle 2 miles around the perimeter of the Disney parking lot (and couldn’t help but think it would REALLY suck to have to park this far out.) It wasn’t too bad, I stayed along the shade of the perimeter trees, and there was even some water (drainage ditch) along the way.
So it wasn’t too bad a run - although a little slow. Then we said goodbye to Shades of Green, and are now pulling into the parking lot for the Disney “Magic”. More when we get back!
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