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Anaheim, California
United States
Disney's Wide World of Sports
72F / 22C
Sunny
Total Time = 1h 40m 13s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group = F45-49
Age Group Rank = 4/795
Pre-race routine:

Flew into the City of Angels on Saturday morning and had a most excellent lunch in Downtown Disney. Turkey Club with a delicious side of bacon potato salad. YUM!

Packet pick-up should have been a bit smoother had I read the instructions beforehand. As it was, I went up, down, up, down and was pooped after all of the up and down! Got some KT tape, awesome stuff, and much better than the Rock Tape I had just finished off.

Took some pictures at the D-land Hotel, it's soooo retro! Went to the Magic Kingdom and rode some of our favorite rides, including Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Railroad and Pirates. And then remembered I was supposed to be resting for a 3am wake up call! Oy. Pasta and jambalaya for dinner. Oy. I think I was giving myself excuses for maybe not having a great race the next day.

Got into bed at 9:30 and immediately, the fireworks show started! Oy. Three Oy's and you're outta here!
Event warmup:

Up at the crack of dawn and had my oatmeal and a little bun with coffee.

Headed over to the start line at about 4:30am, despite the fact that the instructions said to arrive by 4:30am, having done the WDW races, I am pretty sure if I got there that early, I'd be standing around getting nervous.

Restrooms were aplenty and I was able to make a few visits before heading to my corral.
Run
  • 1h 40m 13s
  • 13.1 miles
  • 07m 39s  min/mile
Comments:

My strategy was to run easy for the first 3 miles and then head into marathon pace for the next 5 miles and then see how everything felt for the final 5.1 miles. I figured if I felt good at mile 9 (Angels Stadium), I would just go for it.

I thought this would be a nice way to warm up my heel and work within my fitness. My longest run was 8 miles leading into the race, but my foot had been doing very well so I was optimistic.

First 3 miles were awesome and I was able to take photos with these goofy characters (Phineas???) and then the "Genie" from Aladdin, as well as some crazy Prince/Princess who I still cannot figure out.

Had an entire cheerleading section do a cheer for me in Downtown Disney. "Hey Mickey, you're so fine!", immediately afterwards heard Kathy cheering for me and actually turned and saw her, that sure charged me up! So off I went at marathon effort and saw my Garmin hitting 7:30's pretty regularly.

We left the parks and headed for the streets of Anaheim...which was a bit less exciting, but there was some work to be done, so it was all good. Had my Almond Butter packet somewhere about mile 6 and it went down with water very well. No stomach issues!

There were various groups of antique car clubs, bands, hula dancers and even mariachi bands! It was very cool and time went by quickly and soon we passed the Honda Center (home of the Anaheim Ducks). At mile 9 or so, we got to run onto the field of Angels Stadium! What a blast to be on the baseball field! It seemed so small! I high fived bunches of kids who were cheering for Mickey! And I was zooming around the field and really enjoying myself.

I ramped up the effort coming out of the park, as I knew I only had a 5k left and although it started to get hard, I was somehow managing to hit 7:10's and I honestly didn't know where it was coming from but I resolved to get it done. A fellow runner asked me not to let him slow down and I laughed, replying that I was trying to keep up with him! We buckled down and got it done!
What would you do differently?:

Nada. I had a blast out there!
Post race
Warm down:

Visiting the parks and riding my favorite ride, Space Mountain!

Event comments:

Loved the race! Happy to have my Coast to Coast medal and even though Disney races are expensive and super early in the morning, they are a lot of fun!


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Last updated: 2012-07-17 12:00 AM
Running
01:40:13 | 13.1 miles | 07m 39s  min/mile
Age Group: 4/795
Overall: 283/
Performance: Good
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4

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2012-09-04 10:47 PM

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2012-09-04 11:35 PM
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First! Can't sleep. Edit. Very goood. like the pic of you with the chick next to the genie. .

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2012-09-05 4:08 AM
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Awesome!!! I love half marathons, my kids are desperate for me to come over for a Disney race
2012-09-05 4:51 AM
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Our SWBKRUN girl is back in a big way!!!  So happy your injury has resolved and your hammering 7:10s again. 

Won't be long and we'll be cheering you on in Boston!!

2012-09-05 4:39 PM
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Great race!!!  So impressed with your time.....and splits.....again!!!  I bow down.....

Hope you waived at Bethany when you passed the Honda!

2012-09-06 5:26 PM
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Ah, my question on the almond butter has been answered! If I hadn't been such a slacker, I'd have already known. Super happy for you, Kim!  Congratulations on 4th OA! Love the pics!!!


2012-09-06 6:10 PM
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>>>  It was very cool and time went by quickly <<<

Ummmm yeah!! Time does go by quickly in a half marathon when one is running as fast as you do!!! I wonder what that feels like ha!!

Congratulations, sweetheart!! Awesome race and I'm just so thrilled for you that you got to open it up and let it fly a little bit. I know you loved that!!!

You are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you see the cookie on Space Mountain??!!

2012-09-06 7:22 PM
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And she's back!! Congratulations on your speedy run and - best of all - your healthy heel! I bet those characters loved getting their pictures taken with you and your megawatt smile!
2012-09-07 2:34 PM
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Great race results, especially considering you stopped for photos so often!
2012-09-12 6:00 PM
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Great job (especially with the picture stops)! Your outfit is cute and so are your pics Smile
2012-10-01 9:43 AM
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 LOVE LOVE LOVE the pics.  What an amazing smile and an amazing run.  So glad your all healed up and on the go again!


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