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Comments: I ran comfortably until around mile 16. After that, I completely fell apart. My feet were in serious pain, which is unusual for me. After mile 16, I decided to start a run/walk rotation. Run half a mile, walk half a mile, run half a mile, walk half a mile, etc. I did that for the rest of the course. It was all I could do. Around mile 21, I stopped and actually sat down for a few minutes. I just had to get the weight off my feet. The last few miles really dragged on, but I eventually made it. It's definitely my slowest marathon time, but it was also my most enjoyable, despite the pain in my feet. What would you do differently?: I definitely need to train better for this distance. My marathon PR is 5:04, which isn't very good at all. I have plenty of time to find another marathon, and this time I really need to train properly!  Post race
Warm down: Fell down on my azz in the family reunion area and stayed there for a while. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of proper training, not enough mileage. Event comments: Very fun and well-organized event. I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone. The course is entertaining, flat (it only has a couple of hills that aren't even worth mentioning), and scenic. I hope I can return someday! Profile Album Last updated: 2008-12-27 12:00 AM
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 2009-01-15 12:06 AM |
Extreme Veteran  488   Phoenix |  Subject: Walt Disney World Marathon |
| 2009-01-15 9:56 AM in reply to: #1908819 |
Veteran 291 Chicago | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon Sounds like you had a great time despite the pain in your feet! Love the pics. |
| 2009-01-15 10:40 AM in reply to: #1908819 |
Extreme Veteran 435 Phoenix, AZ | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon Great job keeping going despite the pain, and it sounds like you had a good time also! |
| 2009-01-15 11:18 AM in reply to: #1908819 |
Master 2216 | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon Way to tough it out! That was a long way to go with legs that didn't want to cooperate. The increased training for next time should help a lot. Congrats!! |
| 2009-01-15 11:22 AM in reply to: #1908819 |
Regular 439 Tempe | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon I'm glad you had fun despite your adjustments to your race strategy. I like the pictures! |
| 2009-01-15 2:06 PM in reply to: #1908819 |
Elite 3221 the desert | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon way to tough it out despite the pain..... |
| 2009-01-15 5:30 PM in reply to: #1908819 |
Veteran 160 Oak Park, IL Bronze member | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon Great decision to do this as a fun race, instead of a serious race. I did it last year and decided the one and ONLY way to do this race is for fun! Great job and love the pics! |
| 2009-01-15 6:38 PM in reply to: #1910680 |
Extreme Veteran 488 Phoenix | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon jschmitchicago - 2009-01-15 3:30 PM Great decision to do this as a fun race, instead of a serious race. I did it last year and decided the one and ONLY way to do this race is for fun! Great job and love the pics! Yeah, I think even if I were well-trained I still would have burned a lot of minutes with the pictures. It's Disney! How could someone NOT take pictures???  |
| 2009-01-15 8:43 PM in reply to: #1908819 |
Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Walt Disney World Marathon Congrats on the race and the fun time. I love that course and c'mon - how can you not stop and take pictures?
Last year my wife got me the VIP package as a Christmas present, they had oodles of food in there. In fact, I remember filling up at the 12 mile point where you turn off the main road back towards the sewege treatment facility.
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I made a huge mistake in assuming that there would be food available at the staging area. I had to be on the monorail no later than 4AM, which made for a very early wake-up (got up at 2AM, which is actually midnight in Phoenix!). I made it on time, but only to discover that water was the only thing available. Food was available, but only if I paid for it. Since I was staying at a Disney resort within monorail distance, I didn't bring any cash. D'oh! I had to run the race on an empty belly.
At the last minute, I made an executive decision. I decided to go for fun rather than a PR. I knew my training wasn't good enough to do well in this race, so I decided to take my time, take lots of pictures, and just have as much fun as possible.