02/19/18 - 02/25/18
Race Week!
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02/19
Nothing
02/20
Goal: 1 mi WU / 3.5 @ 10:41 / 1mi CD
Actual: 11:55 / 10:28 / 10:24 / 10:19 / 10:22 / 11:44
02/21
Goal: 4.5 miles @ EA 13:11
Actual: 12:19 / 12:16 / 12:22 / 12:01 / 12:07 / 12:14
02/22 Princess Expo!
02/23 Princess 5K
I'd been looking forward to this race forever. This was my 12yo daughter's first official runDisney event. She hated it. She's a fast runner so I selected a 9-10 mm pace during registration. She normally runs around a 9:45 mm. I was in corral B last year and stopped for every photo and finished in an hour. I guessed we would be in B and figured it would take us less than an hour to get through the course and all the pictures. We were put in corral A. It was full of little 5-6yo kids that literally walked over the starting lines with their families. I think our biggest mistake was stopping for the first photo op. It was Mike & Sully and my DD is a huge Monsters, Inc fan so she wanted a photo. The line was a little long, but we got our pic and left and immediately ran into walls of people. There was little to no room to run. It took us 90 minutes and we skipped the last 2 or 3 photo ops. She said she never wants to run a disney 5K again. It was way too overcrowded for her with too many walkers clogging up the entire walkway. I sadly agree. It was way more fun last year. It seemed like I was running from picture to picture with the same people. This year it was dodging walls of walkers with little care to anyone else on the course. We made the best of it and enjoyed being with each other and looking at all the creative costumes. The little turd said bye mom at the finish and sprinted off without me laughing the entire way. She knows she's a faster sprinter than I am and finds it amusing to outrun me. She picked out our matching shirts. It's Hamm from her favorite movie Toy Story with the wording "Will run for all the bacon".
02/24 Princess 10K
Today's race was so much better. I was assigned to corral B. I got up at 3am and went to the bus around 3:30 then straight to my corral and reserved my front row spot. I had a banana and a Luna bar. There was little to no crowding on the course. It was awesome.
Sea of humanity in corral B.
Race photos!
Official RD time: 1:06
Garmin time: 6.31 miles 1:06:04
Average Pace: 10:28
Splits: 11:11 / 11:01 / 10:47 / 10:17 / 10:10 / 9:51 /8:58
I missed a chip timed PR by 31 seconds! I was really stiff for the first two miles after sitting around in the corral.
02/25 Princess Half Marathon!!!
I was looking forward to this race! I was up at 2:45 and at the bus stop at 3:15. I went straight to race retreat, ate breakfast, made last minute adjustments then off to the corral! The only thing I didn't like was walking in the overgrown, wet and uneven grass. I plan to send an email to runDisney about that. I started in the back of the first wave of corral D and only experienced a little bit of crowding on the hill to the contemporary and again on Main Street. It was humid, but no more than my usual early morning runs. I used my Nathan Hydration backpack so I wasn’t dependent on the course water stops. It was nice to be able to just blow right through them. During the long stretches of road on World Drive I listened to my Harry Potter audio book. The two “hills” in mile 10 and the “hill” in mile 11 didn’t seem nearly as bad this year! I did not stop for pictures other than a castle selfie.
Official RD time: 2:28:37
Garmin time: 13.3 miles 2:28:37 (crazy that both times match!)
Average Pace: 11:11
Splits: 11:28 / 11:13 / 11:05 / 12:19 (potty break) / 10:58 / 11:23 (castle selfie) / 11:16 / 11:13 / 11:14 / 11:09 / 10:52 / 10:49 / 10:45 / 9:46
Again, I was stiff the first mile! I need to figure something out. I had a very small PR by 52 seconds. I was elated. I fell off the running wagon for most of 2017 and fell off a ladder in October. I got serious with my running again on 12/27. I am proud of how much I accomplished within a just a few weeks with the help of
@DopeyBadger. I don't think I would have performed nearly as well without his training plan.
I hung out at the retreat tent for a little while to cool down and put on my compression sleeves and take my shoes off. I had some chocolate milk and some oatmeal and watched the finishers on the TV. I think I'll skip the retreat next year. It's great and I enjoy it, but with checking out of my hotel the same day I felt rushed. I left around 9:15 and decided to walk back to Beach Club through Epcot. It felt sooooo good to be moving my legs. I had stiffened up sitting down. It was nice to be able to cheer on the runners still on the course. I showered and packed up and started driving home. I was just about to get onto 417 when I realized I left my iPad sitting on the bed!!!! I turned around and went back to get it. It was still there thank goodness! I need my books! I got home and was so fatigued that I ended up napping for 2 hours. My DH wanted to take me to dinner to celebrate, but I really didn't want to have to get out of my sweatpants and t-shirt. We ordered pizza instead and I washed it down with a beer while we binge watched episodes of Poldark. It was an awesome ending to my day. I was asleep by 8pm!
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I have no weight loss or nutrition update. I have been a bad girl!