WDW Marathon: Goofy Challenge, Part 2, January 9, 2011

January 30, 2011 at 4:19 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Before the race I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Maddy, Jennifer, Jeff, Matt, John and Marathon Chris and her daughter.  Again, like yesterday, John and I hung out in the family meeting area as long as possible before making our way out to the corrals, while the others rushed out to the corrals early.  I prefer to stay in the family area as long as possible before heading out to the corrals.  It’s warmer there and I don’t really see the point of waiting around so long in the corral where it is colder and difficult to get to the porta-potty if necessary.  Besides, when you wait as long as possible in the family meeting area before the race start before going out to the corrals, the banks of porta-potties are virtually abandoned and you can easily hit the porta-potty one more time before getting to your corral.  I prefer that to standing nervously in a long line to wait for the potty.

For this race I was wearing my Zensah compression tights, pink Skirtsports gym girl ultra skirt, Skirtskrts long sleeve top.

The full marathon was fun. I took a couple of photos along the way, one in front of the castle …

… and one with Captain Jack….

I always have to stop and take a photo with Captain Jack, even though the line is always so long and it causes me to lose time!  I love Captain Jack!

I finished in 6:15 which is about how I thought I would finish given that I was so woefully undertrained.  My legs were very tired from mile 18 to the end and my right knee had started hurting at mile 6 of the marathon and continued to hurt for the rest of the race.  I took Tylenol at mile 9.  Toward the end of the race, both my left and right knees were hurting, but I plowed through as carefully as possible.

All I wanted to do was finish uninjured and I did that.  Only my calves and hamstrings were a little sore in the days following the races.  The races were so much fun!!!  I’m really glad I did it.  I still can’t believe I accomplished this!

I had a lot of fun during both races. I wouldn’t mind doing this again if I was well trained.  I don’t care about my time this time around; I’m just happy to have finished without an injury.  So far since Goofy, my training has gone really well (with Speedy Sasquatch’s coaching and guidance).  I feel my legs are recovering nicely.

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