21 days from now, Disney will be all over…..and I pray that I’ll be in a puddle somewhere clutching fast to my Donald finisher’s medal. I will finish, darn it all.
21 days....and 13.1 miles till Donald is mine!
I can’t quite believe that Disney’s Marathon weekend is in 3 short weeks. It seems like forever ago that I signed up. Just the other day, we got the emails to print out our waiver forms. The form included your bib number…..mine is 41558. At first that number was off-putting. What? How many thousands? But then as I thought about it….I’m starting to feel really good that given that there are at least 41557 other 1/2 crazy people out there that morning – I’m not likely to be the last one to cross the finish line. At least I hope I’m not….as that is my nightmare. They’ll be closing down the parks and there will be me…..plodding along….
As for training – I should be tapering these next weeks…..however I still need to get one good long run in. The plantar issue has put me off schedule and while I’ve had some good long mileages days – never got past 9.5. Now some people have said – oh we did a 1/2 and our longest run was 5. Okay – but I’m not sure that’s going to work for me. So I am planning 11 miles on Monday. Today I just did 4 and the foot held up well. And Steve had to do his peak of 20 for the marathon – so I needed to get home earlier for his go. The downside of running on Monday is that I’ll have to go it alone entirely. (Steve did offer to run the first 5 with me – until we remembered the kids are out of school for the holidays…..oops!) But I’m sure my iPod and a bunch of energy gels will get me through….
This morning was my last group run till Disney – given the holidays and everyone’s traveling. I wasn’t particularly speedy – but I felt a lot better than last Saturday when my foot just gave out at mile 2 and I had to trudge (and curse and yell) the last 2 miles back by myself – in pain. This was a much better run. Might be that I’ve been more diligent about ice packs, rolling golf balls on my foot (even in the middle of giving a final exam!), and wearing a night brace (for as long as I can stand it). So that’s good to know. Patience is a horrid thing to have to learn….and it seems that patience is a key part of healing a plantar pain.
As it gets closer we are talking less training and more logistics (where will we all meet, will I finish in time to see the kids’ races, etc.) Which makes it seem real. And so far not real scary……but I’ll let you know after my 11 miles on Monday!
I’m running the Disney Princess 1/2 in February, my first half marathon. You’ll nail this race! Good luck on your Monday run.
Thank you – Good luck to you on the Princess….I have so many friends who love that race. Choosing Disney races for your first (1/2 or full) sound like the way to go – given the fun course and all the support Disney provides.
So you are running on Sat the 7th?
Yup – the 1/2 is Saturday. Steve is running the full marathon on Sunday the 8th. (During which I will be lying in bed….:)
I might just have to bring the blackmail camera ;P