Yep, I'm Goofy!
Well, I guess it's official now - I'm Goofy! I have been training for the past few months for the Disney World 1/2 Marathon on Saturday January 12th, and then I ran the Disney World Marathon the next day. By completing both races back-to-back (39.3 total miles), I was awarded a 3rd finisher's medal for completing the "Goofy Challenge". My "vacation" was a lot of fun, although I didn't think it was much fun around mile 21 of the marathon - my body was complaining, that's for sure :)! I had to walk through the water stops at that point, but I knew I would finish - just not with the time I was hoping for. I wanted to run a 3 hour 40 minute marathon, but after running a 1 hour 57 minute 1/2 marathon the day before in warm and humid weather, I just didn't have it in me. I ended up with a 4 hour 23 minute time, but at least I now have a new Personal Record (PR) by beating my first marathon time by 30 minutes (NYC marathon in 2006). I'm sure a 3:40 is within my ability, just not after running 13 miles the day before....The next 5 days were spent walking the Disney World parks with my wife, which certainly helped keep my legs from cramping and alleviated the amount of pain that they were in. My goal is to run 2 more marathons this year, and if possible qualify for the Boston Marathon (3 hours 20 minutes).I'll be sure to post an update in the next few days on how Colombia is doing so far with her pregnancy, and maybe an update or two on the Sharp Snows too - it's been a while!
Labels: Disney World Marathon, marathon, running
posted by Kevin Blumenthal - Blumen Boas at
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