WDW Weekend Eats: Marathon Weekend Edition
February 5, 2013
Hello there Dear Dedicated Readers – once again it’s time to take a look at some edibles from a recent weekend at Walt Disney World, and this was the long weekend Miss Bonnie and I spent at the World for Marathon Weekend.
Despite it being a long weekend, we actually dined out around the World relatively little – since we were participating in a couple, yes, a couple, of races that weekend, we actually did a lot of cooking in our room at Kidani so we could better control what we had to eat (and hit the hay early for some extra rest) on the night before the races. That being said, we did have a few interesting things to eat while we were there, so let’s put on the digital feedbag, shall we?
We arrived on Thursday, the same day that Boulangerie Patisserie, the quick service location in the France pavilion in Epcot, reopened after a refurbishment. Finding ourselves at Epcot late that night, and needing sustenance, we gave it a try…
Much of the menu is the same as the former location, but a few more savory items have been added. We tried the two soups: the Lobster Bisque was very good (probably not the best version of that soup I’ve ever had, but very serviceable) and the Pumpkin Soup was thick and full of gourdy goodness – I’d make a trip back here just to have the Pumpkin Soup again.
There are also a couple of traditional quiches now offered: Quiche Lorraine (with ham and gruyere cheese) and Florentine (with spinach and goat cheese). The Grand Plan was to try one of each, but as it was near closing when we got there (we did close the joint down, they locked us inside while we finished our meal), they only had the Quiche Lorraine left, so we got two of those. The egg-pies were good and filling, and paired with the two tasty soups made a nice meal – and at about $20 for two, not too bad a deal. We’re both looking forward to trying the French bakery again – maybe we can try that other quiche the next time…
There is also a separate dedicated beverage window serving coffees, wines, soft drinks and the like so you don’t have to go through the full line if all you want is too whet your whistle…

A cup of Plastic Cheese from Casey’s in honor of our good friend AJ…
Other than a trip to Casey’s Corner in the Magic Kingdom, most of the rest of our calories Friday and Saturday were consumed in house at Kidani, so we now move to the post-race feasting of Sunday…
Bonnie & I, along with BFF Laura & Lil’ Sis Lindsay, made our way to Downtown Disney West Side to try out the recently opened Splitsville.
This high-end, retro-designed bowling alley also features pool tables, dancing at night and a big menu of food items and beverages. This is the largest, and first two-story venue of the small chain, and initial reviews had been good (I’d also always heard good things about the food at the Tampa location). Having burned about a gazillion calories in the prior day-and-a-half-or-so, Bonnie and I started out with the Loaded Fries (Bonnie will rarely turn her nose up at any culinary use of the humble spud…). The menu listed (and our server echoed) and ingredients: french fries smothered with nacho cheese, bacon, ranch, scallions and love… we weren’t exactly so sure about how the love was added, but we gave them a try anyway… despite the addition of love, these really weren’t anything too special, not bad at all, but nothing to get overly excited about… we did still clean our plate…
Lindsay opted for the Sliders and a side of fries. The burgers were made with a special selection of ground meats and topped with an onion ring, on the side was “Special Slider Sauce” (maybe like the “love” that went into the Loaded Fries?). She shared these all around and I thought them quite good, especially the meat. The fries were the same typical crinkle-cut fries as in our loaded ones, but came with a good chive dip that Lindsay raved about.
The rest of us went the sushi route…
BFF Laura took the most traditional approach with a nice Spicy Tuna Roll, while Bonnie and I shared a couple of the over-the-top rolls on the menu…
the Super Tuna Roll has ahi tuna, tempura shrimp, cream cheese and is topped with seared ahi, avocado, eel sauce, tempura flakes and a spicy mayo sauce…
while the Crab Rangoon Roll has surimi (the imitation crab common in sushi rolls), cream cheese, water chestnuts, and chives which is rolled and then tempura fried and topped with Thai chili sauce and spicy mayo.
This is not the place to go if you’re looking for uni or toro – the menu doesn’t even list any nigiri sushi (although I’ve heard they will make it if asked) – it’s all big, ornate rolls, and many feature cream cheese and/or are fried rolls. Most are in the $13-$15 range, and are big and tasty (at least the ones we tried), not exactly “challenging” sushi selections, but pretty darn good!
We wandered around he venue a bit after eating – this looks to be a really fun place and full of energy in most of the spaces – while the outside seating on the second level gives a great view of the area and a bit more laid-back vibe. We all loved it and are looking forward to coming back – BFF Laura was even ready to make a special trip up to the World just to hang out there!
Our long Marathon Weekend ended on Monday with lunch at Yak & Yeti in Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Lori Loves Tigger treated Lil’ Sis Lindsay, Miss Bonnie and myself to a celebratory meal – a couple in our group started with the Big Bamboo, a fruity alcoholic concoction – then the table shared the Pork Pot Stickers.
Bonnie & I are both suckers for most any Asian-styled dumplings, and pot stickers are a particular favorite. The version here is quite good and we quickly wolfed them down – actually I could have had a couple of orders of this (or maybe three…) and had a happy lunch.
Lori had a huge portion of Lo Mein, while Bonnie and Lindsay both had the Stir-Fried Beef and Broccoli.
I had them add some extra spice to my order of Bourbon (of course!) Chicken…
and our obliging server even brought me an extra side of chili sauce in case I needed to kick it up some more (which I did). All the portions were generous and we shared and sampled all around. The mains weren’t anything spectacular, but all were pretty tasty and more than adequate. The restaurant and it’s decor is always fun, and our service was good. With the great company, it was a satisfying end to a emotional and eventful Marathon Weekend at the World… more on that Emotional and Eventful stuff when I give you a wrap-up of the Marathon Weekend itself… and there was some other stuff that went on besides the races themselves, but I’ll save that for the next time…
Back to the kitchen – see you soon!
WDW Odds & Ends
January 31, 2013
Along with about 65,000 of our closest friends, Miss Bonnie and I made our way to Walt Disney World a couple of few ago to take part in Marathon Weekend.
It had actually been quite a while since we had been there (for us, that is), and in addition to the race-related events we were able to find a few new odds & ends of things from around the World that I thought I’d share with you, my dear Dedicated Readers…
Of course our trips to WDW almost always include a visit (or two, or three, or…) to the World Showcase in Epcot, and this long weekend was no exception.
The new version of France’s quick-service eatery, Les Halles Boulangerie Patisserie, had just opened in the rear of the pavillion with a newly expanded menu (more on the food from the weekend in another post…).
The indoor seating/dining area has some nice decor for a quick-service location.
Even the utensil dispensers are themed!
The former site of the bakery is closed and will reopen later in the year as an ice cream parlor.
The Phineas and Ferb fanaticism continues…
and at the Refreshment Port you can still get the Agent P Cookie and wash it down with a new diabolical beverage served in a lab beaker: The Doofenslurper!
Now over to the Magic Kingdom…
a new entrance area is along the right side, replacing the “now-old-fashioned” turnstiles. This is for resort guests who have their park tickets tied to their reservations and are using the new super-duper MyMagic+ wristbands… (see the official Disney Parks Blog word on this on their post “Taking the Disney Guest Experience to the Next Level”). We’ll see more of these later at other parks…
The center section in front of the train station is now sporting construction walls – was told it was for new ticket-selling booths…
And it wouldn’t be a day at the MK if we didn’t come across some new construction, closings or openings…
the Main Street Bakery is now closed for the refurb that will (controversially to some) add a Starbucks location to the park. I’m not all up in arms about this as some other people are (remember that Walt said that the parks would never be finished or stay static, and sponsored food/beverage locations do go back to the opening day in Anaheim…) I’ll reserve final judgement until it’s been open for a while… but for the time being I think it will be a good thing (and hopefully be the beginning of the end of the Nescafe stranglehold on Disney’s coffee-drinking guests).
While the Bakery is down, they are serving breakfast at the woefully underused Tomorrowland Terrace location.

Tomorrowland Terrace temporary breakfast menu. Flavored Iced Green Tea sounds pretty good – wish they had that in the heat of the day and not just for breakfast!
And construction continues in Fantasyland…
over at the former home of the skyway station in Fantasyland (to the left of Small World) is what’s is supposed to be the new restroom location for this section of the park (the current ones near Peter Pan will reportedly go away as that attraction gets one of the expanded/interactive queue lines). Themed after the film “Tangled” it has a large tower and what (from behind the walls) looks to be a fancy-dancy-extra-themed place to relieve yourself!
With all the work that looks like it’s going into this area, you’d assume something more than just a place to pee would be here… the assumption is that the tower will be a dedicated meet-and-greet area for Rapunzel, and I’m sure the ladies (and a few gents as well) hope this also brings Flynn Rider back to the parks full time… smoulder and all…

Entrance area to New Fantasyland expansion with construction on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride evident in the background
And nearby in the New Fantasyland expansion area, there is more construction (and even a few non-construction things) to view…
the construction walls around the Mine Train area now feature some cool artwork…
including the Dwarfs tools and time cards as well as several pieces of concept art showing scenes from the finished attraction.
There are even some places with peepholes in the wall and you are actually invited to take a look at what’s going on behind the scenes!
Not nearly as much fun to peek as when they don’t want us to look!
There were some new items already in the Bonjour Village Gifts – and the egoistical Gaston would likely be pleased with some of the new offerings (though he’s likely to think he should have a gift shop devoted solely to him!).
He sports a Lefou’s Brew mustache in one new tee-shirt…
and his more-than-impressive biceps are shown off in another.
And there are nice, heavy Gaston’s Tavern steins now for sale.
And a couple of cute Facebook-inspired shirts are now available.
Our base of operations for the weekend was our favorite resort, Kidani Village at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. And of course one of our favorite things about the resort is viewing the animals on the savannah right outside the room…
and one of the most common critters on view here (and on the savannah at the Kilimanjaro Safari at Animal Kingdom) is the Ankole Cattle. Also known as Watusi Cattle, every time I see one of these surely-delicious ruminants one of my favorite songs runs through my mind: Watusi Rodeo by Guadalcanal Diary… but that’s neither here nor there…
what was there is a new piebald/mottled/pinto/whatever-you-want-to-call-it color variety of Ankole Cattle.
Much more attractive than the usually seen form, the three new animals were just introduced to the Kidani savannah the week we were there. I don’t know if this delicious-looking morph will make it’s way to the Kilimanjaro ride or not, but keep your eyes peeled… or just make a visit to Kidani…
Like at the Magic Kingdom, the entrance to the Animal Kingdom park has the MyMagic+ area for those with the new wristbands for park admittance.
Castmembers were stationed outside the entrance area doing their best to direct guests to the correct areas to enter the park. The gentleman above told me that the new system was working “pretty well”, but that some guests were getting into the “new” line and if they didn’t have the wristband for entrance some were becoming quite irritated at having to then again go and stand in line again to get into the park.
Inside the park we noticed one of the food kiosks along the path between Africa and Asia…
and how it was now serving 100% vegetarian items.
We also took a ride on the Kilimanjaro Safari as we hadn’t been on it since the new zebra area was opened…
the first thing we noticed when sitting down in the ride vehicle was that the net bags to hold your random goodies had been removed from the back of the seats… were too many people leaving things behind in them? Was just our safari vehicle being re-done? Inquiring minds…
We had several close-up animal viewings on this safari ride, and then eventually got to the new zebra area…
you get a pretty close encounter with the striped-horsey-looking-critters, but considering how much work looked to being done during the construction I though the zebra space was kinda small… I guess size matters after all…
On this trip we also made our way over to Downtown Disney, made our first visit to Splitsville (more on that in another post), and while there we ambled into D Street and found some nice new shirts….
one features an image of Walt on the front…
and there are several with famous quotes from Mr. Disney emblazoned upon them.
And considering the popularity of the Turkey Leg shirts and other Disney-food related apparel, it’s not surprising we get another piece of garb featuring an iconic Disney edible…
popcorn!
Okay kids, with a food reference we’ll call it a post… hope you enjoyed this look at some Odds & Ends form the World!
Back to the kitchen, see you soon!
Kindred spirit(s)
August 3, 2011
Like many of you I’m sure, several dead trees make their way into my (real physical) mailbox on a regular basis – as you might assume I do look forward to seeing such periodicals as Bon Appetit, Food Network Magazine, Cooking Light and so forth showing up – however only my handful of Dedicated Readers might not be surprised that one of my real favorite magazines is Runner’s World…
For the time being I’ll spare you the details of my various and heroic athletic exploits (okay, “athletic” may be a bit of an overstatement…), but many do involve events at Disney (for those of you who insist on a Disney connection to ever post)… anyway, Runner’s World is quite an enjoyable publication with info for runners from the neophyte to the experienced. Regular contributors include Run Disney coach and Olympian Jeff Galloway, Peter Sagal (host of NPR’s “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me“), and food writer Mark Bittman.
One of my favorite monthly features of the magazine is on the last page: “I’m a Runner”. On this page is a brief interview (there are longer versions online) with various celebrities/public figures/etc who also happen to be runners. Some of the diverse individuals profiled include Sir James Dyson (of vacuum cleaner fame), singer Alanis Morissette, U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, chef Bobby Flay, Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and that Palin Power Couple: Python Michael and Tea Party darling Sarah…
Perhaps my favorite interview however was with a must be Kindred Sprit: actor Scott Bakula.
Best known for his sci-fi stints in the TV shows “Quantum Leap” and “Star Trek: Enterprise”, the fifty-something Bakula is also an accomplished amateur runner. But what endeared me to him was his answers to a couple of questions (one of which was in the magazine, and another in the extended interview online, which you can read here).
When given the line: “I celebrate a hard run with a delicious…”, he responded with: “I always come back and do like a big fruit shake. At the end of the day, a margarita works really well, too.”
So yes, we agree on the value of margaritas as a recovery drink!
And when asked “So you don’t run to eat?”, Bakula replied “No, I used to run to drink. When I was a kid, living in New York—have a couple beers and play some backgammon for a couple hours.”
Okay, run to drink… what a concept! And even though I love my margaritas, beer really is a great recovery drink – yes Dear Readers, I do know where to get a beer in Epcot at 9 Am at the end of a Disney race…
So Scott, we seem to be cut from the same cloth… if we’re ever at a race together drinks are on me… come to Disney for Marathon weekend and I’ll pick up the tab at La Cava…
Run, fat boy, run…
October 1, 2010
Epcot, you tease you…
August 30, 2010
Yes we know the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival is on the way, and if you don’t know by now, it is my favorite time of the year, and no, I can’t wait!
So they have begun to put teases around the park, I’m sure it’s just to irritate me… so this is part of what I observed this past weekend…
The Epcot version of a “construction wall” for many of the areas that will be prepped for Food & Wine is mobile vegetation strategically placed around the World Showcase.
They will be coming from far and wide to make this truly an International event… even a sleepy little burg in Germany must have heard of the event!
I made the somewhat dubious decision to wander into the Trade City event in Epcot, an almost overwhelming event donated to pin trading, Vinylmation and the like…
I was rewarded by a first-hand look at (at least some) of the Food & Wine Festival pins for this year,
as well as the pin for the inaugural Wine & Dine race.
Okay, now I’m hungry… and tired… off to the kitchen, then to bed… more soon…
Mark your calendars!
March 21, 2010
Disney has announced the dates for the 2010 Epcot Food & Wine Festival! This year we will again be “Celebrating Culinary Adventures” and the dates will be from October 1, 2010 until November 14. 2010. The festival is starting a week later this year, but will again run for a wonderful, food & drink filled, six weeks (plus a couple of days, if you want to be picky…).
No details are available yet, but I’m already salivating… (okay, yes I know, I drool a lot anyway…)
The first weekend corresponds with the inaugural running of the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon. This race essentially replaces the Race for the Taste 10k (and the departed Tower of Terror races that were also held in the fall). This new 13.1 mile event is a night race that can either be run by an individual, or with a new twist for Disney races, as a relay for two runners. Also that weekend will be a 5K “Mickey’s Halloween Family Fun Run”.
For more details on the race weekend, check the Disney Endurance site here. For those of you participating in the race, they are offering some fairly good group rates at selected resorts for that weekend.
More to come….
Quick Bites – Two Good Meals…
February 1, 2010
A couple of weekends ago was Marathon Weekend at Disney – and it was, in a word, COLD!
I know, I know… those of you up north will think nothing of our record temps here in central Florida… but freezing temperatures and sleet do not make for a fun half-marathon…
Sometime in the future I’ll do a full trip report on the weekend, but for now, lets’ briefly go over a couple of the more pleasant parts of the weekend, and not surprisingly, they involve food…
Since I was staying at the Wilderness Lodge, and I’d never eaten there, a meal at Artist Point seemed to be a logical choice for my pre-half meal…
Considering I needed to be getting up about 3 AM, the semi-early bird time of 5:35 was selected for dinner time… joining me were my good friends Aileen and Ryan Wilson (Ryan is the Editor, Chief Cook and Bottle-Washer of the Main Street Gazette – http://www.mainstgazette.com). Miss Bonnie was invited, but was only able to join us at dessert-time (even though none of us actually had dessert…). Mistress Sandra likely would have been there, but she was otherwise occupied by a certain Mr. Bourdain that evening…
After a cocktail (big surprise) at the adjoining Territory Lounge bar, we were seated and began to peruse the menu… we put in our orders and awaited our starters…
I had the Venison Pot Stickers with tamarind Ponzu – the dumplings were more like an open-topped dim sum than the enclosed pot stickers I expected, but nonetheless the flavor was great – the slightly strong, mildly gamey venison matched well with the sweet sauce. Ryan’s choice of the Smoky Portobello Soup (which he graciously shared) was a flavorful winner, and Aileen’s Spinach Salad was nice, but was certainly considered among the diners as the least exciting among our choices.
For main courses Ryan chose the Grilled Beef Tenderloin with roasted fingerlink potatoes, sauteed baby spinach, blue cheese fritter and port wine reduction, while Aileen and I both went for the Butter-poached Wild Boar Tenderloin with wild mushroom goat cheese bread pudding, fava beans and huckleberry au jus.
Ryan was pleased with his beef, and Aileen and I both enjoyed our boar, but we all agreed that the real star of the meal was our main side to the boar, the savory bread pudding was fantastic! Hopefully we can get hold of the recipe… I have experimented with a savory bread pudding inspired by this, but still working on it before I share…
We also shared a side of truffle fries… no, they weren’t exactly horrible… mmmmm…
We were full, and with the early AM wakeup for the half marathon the next day (3 AM or so) we all passed on dessert, even though we were sorely tempted by the signature item there, the Artist Point Cobbler of seasonal berries and housemade black raspberry ice cream.
Service that night was a bit slow – not sure if it was due to our server or the kitchen – normally I prefer a nice, leisurely meal, especially with good company and conversation, but this night we all wanted to get to bed fairly early…
All in all we enjoyed our visit to Artist Point, and I look forward to dining there again.
The next night, while trying to recover from the frigid 13.1 miles of that morning, Mistress Sandra and I dined at the fairly new eatery on the Boardwalk from Iron Chef Cat Cora, Kouzzina.
When it was first announced that we were getting a new restaurant on property by Cat Cora, I was very excited. Sadly instead of a totally new dining location, or perhaps replacing a less-than-stellar establishment, we were loosing Spoodles, a well-liked eatery, by it being replaced by Kouzzina.
I had eaten breakfast there on the second day the restaurant was open, and had really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to trying dinner.
As we made our way from the blustery Boardwalk, we had a fairly short wait for our ADR, but boy howdy, they are sure missing out by not having a bar…
As we were seated, the hostess mentioned that they served Iron Chef (we were constantly reminded throughout the evening that Cat was an “Iron Chef”) Cat Cora’s own “Coranation” Wines… our server soon arrived and presented us with our menus and asked us for or Adult Beverage choices. Mistress Sandra decided to try the “Cat Flight” of the Coranation Wines… our server said she had to check, as she was pretty sure they were out of one of the choices in the flight. When she returned, she apologized that they were actually out of two of the three selections in the flight… so the Mistress then chose the specialty drink “Cat’s Ouzo-tini” (a martini featuring Ouzo…) while I selected the Alfa Lager Athens Greek beer.
Strangely as the night went on, we heard the hostess mention to several parties about the Coranation Wines as they were seated… you’d think she would have been notified if they were out of an item they would normally be pushing on customers…
Anyway… the Ouzo-tini wasn’t a hit with the Mistress (even though she claims to like the anise-flavored Ouzo) – I tasted it, and well… I’d have to really want a drink to order that…
For an appetizer we shared the Vongole – a mixture of Manila Clams, Calabrese Sausage, Wine Broth, and Garlic Croutons… this was fantastic… the hit of the night (and the rest of the meal was pretty darn good…). Mistress Sandra stated that she would just be happy with nothing else than the broth infused croutons… and I couldn’t argue with her… my only complaint would be that the portion size for this might be a bit small for the price, but I tell you, if they served lunch (which they don’t), I’d gladly go there and order the Vongole and a beer (or three) for lunch…
So, I didn’t take a picture of the Vongole before we decimated it… so shoot me… instead here’s another random Muppet movie poster picture:
I did find the recipe for this dish online, and once we’re able to test the recipe in the Eating (and Drinking) around the World kitchens, we’ll share…
On to the main courses… Sandra chose the Fisherman’s Stew (a tasty blend of Scallops, seasonal Fish, Shellfish, Fennel, Grilled Bread, and Ouzo Butter) while I selected the Slow-cooked Lamb Shank (served with Oven-baked Gigantes Beans and Pepper Sauce).
Both were very good sized portions, and both were delicious… the lamb was literally fork-tender, and the large beans were a great compliment.
Our server was pleasant and knowledgeable about the menu, though she did disappear for a while mid-meal (while I could have desperately used another brewed beverage… I needed that race recovery drink I’ll remind you…). When she did make her way back to the table she did at least acknowledge her absence and apologized (there was some excuse about the kitchen, but I don’t recall the exact reason…).
We were both full, so there were no desserts in the offing…
So, let’s see… two really good meals in what was a really good weekend (despite the weather…)… now some notes in case you don’t know…
Artist Point is one of the Disney “Signature restaurants”, therefore it ain’t cheap… with most entrees running in the mid-$30s to the lower $40s. But the quality of the food certainly warrants the cost. It’s obviously not an “every-night” (or even an every-trip-to-Disney) kind of place, but for a special dinner it’s well worth the expense (at least based on my one trip… so for you, dear readers, all three of you, will sometime take another one for the team and eat here again…).
Kouzzina (or as the complete name is presented: “Kouzzina by Cat Cora”) is a bit more reasonable, with most entrees in the mid-$20’s. Portions were nice, and the service was fine…
I’ve heard several complaints about the restaurant being overly noisy, but the night we were there it was fine… not a real quiet place for the most romantic meal ever maybe, but it wasn’t uncomfortably loud during our dinner…
So, a very good Marathon weekend, with some very good food, some even better friends, and another Donald medal…
Time to get back to the kitchen… see you soon…
I gotta get out more….
December 8, 2009
The weekend after Thanksgiving I ran (okay, we know that means mostly walking very fast…) in the Jingle Bell Run 5K Run/Walk for Arthritis in Tampa. The “Plaza Run” race was held this year at the International Plaza Mall. Now I don’t get to this mall, and the adjacent Bay Street dining area, often… even though I do live in the “Tampa Bay Area”, International Mall is a good 45 minute to an hour drive from lovely Riverview, and especially since there is now an Apple Store much closer in Brandon…
But I did discover something new since the last time I had been to Bay Street… Early in the AM on that Sunday, fueled only by a good amount of coffee and a Clif bar I wandered through the darkened dining area to find the registration area for the race… some early morning workers were around – walkway being pressure washed – the clatter of dishes through the open back door of a restaurant – and the inside lighted up of, yes, the Holy Grail of Sandwiches – an Earl of Sandwich!
Disney fans are practically unanimous in their praise of the store located in Downtown Disney – some even make special trips there for one of the tasty, hot sandwiches… I had really never given much thought to this being a chain (it’s almost too good…), but it is, and if one is near you, be sure to give it a try… freshly made hot and unique sandwiches, usually all under six bucks… and of course salads, chips, and various other fresh sides… mmmm…
http://www.earlofsandwichusa.com/
Even though I don’t get to that mall often, I do have to make a pilgrimage every so often to a nearby location, so I now may have to make a short side trip for lunch… and that nearby location? I like to refer to it as the “Disneyland of Alcohol” (or the DOA for short), but most people know it as Total Wine… the best likker store in the whole wide world (or at the least the best I’ve been into…)
And for full disclosure, we here at Eating (and Drinking) around the World have no financial arrangement nor have we received any type of remuneration from either of the above businesses for our praise heaped upon them… not that we would be adverse to same… we will gladly whore ourselves for food and drink… call us…
An unusual race aside: as you probably know, most races have one or more places where they provide the participants with water and/or Powerade/Gatorade (or other sports drinks). Volunteers usually hand out the liquid in crushable Dixie cups which are then normally strewn wildly about by the participants and left for the poor volunteers to clean up… this race was basically two-plus loops around the mall, and there was one water station that was passed twice – the first pass by was the usual Dixie cup… but on the second round it appears they must have run out and had to use whatever they could find:
Ohhh… if only they had be really handing out Jager Bombs at 9 AM…




















































































































































































































































































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