Rose&Mike
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- Joined
- Jul 25, 2008
Jan 13 continued
Some more thoughts on the marathon. It was quite the emotional day. I still get weepy when I think about it. It was so physically difficult. I don't know if you can ever be prepared until you actually do it, to realizie how far 26 miles is. The last 5-6 miles were so brutal. I would love to do another full, but I don't ever want to go through the back pain again. And I am not sure that there is anything I can do to prevent it. I think my physical therapist would be amazed that I even completed it, since this time last year I was still struggling with itbs and lots and lots of back problems. I think what made this possible was switching to minimalist shoes.
We finished at the same time as Joey Fatone--woohoo. Frustrating since they weren't calling anyone's names around that time--just talking about Joey Fatone. At least I know that I was faster than him since he started a corral ahead!
After the race we headed back to the room, got showers, I iced my feet and ate something. I tried to take a nap--but it didn't work too well. Mike was snoring as soon as his head hit the pillow. After our naps we headed to Epcot and got a walk up table at Rose & Crown. Our friends from home were in the area so they ended up joining us part way through dinner.
We had a great dinner and a great time hanging out at Epcot. I continued to feel both happy and relieved and disappointed all at the same time. We were all wearing our medals which was fun.
Mike and I talked about going to Jelly Roll's but decided to just hang out at the BW, have another drink and call it a night.
All in all I felt great. I did not feel like I had run a marathon. My back slowed me down so much that the rest of me had some left at the end of the day.
I consider it a huge success that I finished this race without being nauseous or feeling ill for hours afterwards. My fueling and hydration plan worked great! Once my back was stretched out overall my body felt pretty good. This really helps me to feel that maybe I wasn't undertrained. It was just not my day.
If you have read my ramblings this far, thanks. It has done me good to process this all a bit.
We still had two more days left at WDW, since we didn't go home until Tuesday night. More to come.
Some more thoughts on the marathon. It was quite the emotional day. I still get weepy when I think about it. It was so physically difficult. I don't know if you can ever be prepared until you actually do it, to realizie how far 26 miles is. The last 5-6 miles were so brutal. I would love to do another full, but I don't ever want to go through the back pain again. And I am not sure that there is anything I can do to prevent it. I think my physical therapist would be amazed that I even completed it, since this time last year I was still struggling with itbs and lots and lots of back problems. I think what made this possible was switching to minimalist shoes.
We finished at the same time as Joey Fatone--woohoo. Frustrating since they weren't calling anyone's names around that time--just talking about Joey Fatone. At least I know that I was faster than him since he started a corral ahead!
After the race we headed back to the room, got showers, I iced my feet and ate something. I tried to take a nap--but it didn't work too well. Mike was snoring as soon as his head hit the pillow. After our naps we headed to Epcot and got a walk up table at Rose & Crown. Our friends from home were in the area so they ended up joining us part way through dinner.
We had a great dinner and a great time hanging out at Epcot. I continued to feel both happy and relieved and disappointed all at the same time. We were all wearing our medals which was fun.
Mike and I talked about going to Jelly Roll's but decided to just hang out at the BW, have another drink and call it a night.
All in all I felt great. I did not feel like I had run a marathon. My back slowed me down so much that the rest of me had some left at the end of the day.
I consider it a huge success that I finished this race without being nauseous or feeling ill for hours afterwards. My fueling and hydration plan worked great! Once my back was stretched out overall my body felt pretty good. This really helps me to feel that maybe I wasn't undertrained. It was just not my day.
If you have read my ramblings this far, thanks. It has done me good to process this all a bit.
We still had two more days left at WDW, since we didn't go home until Tuesday night. More to come.