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| Dopey with TWO Grumpies |
Yet again I find myself running in an unexpected
marathon. This time it was the Disney
Marathon. I will not bore you with the
details but needless to say at 3 AM I found myself
in Corral A. That is “A” as in Ahh…s*** I
don’t belong in this corral!!!
For those of you who are not familiar with Disney corrals
they work like this. Corral A is for
people who finish a marathon in about 02:15.
These are super fit, super human, twenty year old freaks of nature in
super skimpy running outfits. Needless
to say one person in the corral did not look like the others. There was one person sitting down in the VERY
BACK of the corral trying to get over a night of too many adult beverages and
too little sleep. You guess which one I was! I spent the next 2.5 hours being passed by
everyone.
The night before the race Bonnie and I stayed with 17
friends at a Disney resort. We had a
blast. Everyone ate and drank
together. Since I was doing a marathon
the next morning I needed to “carb up” so they took me to the bar to consume
far too many carbohydrate drinks. I don’t think Galloway would recommend this
pre-race routine.
As you expected, I completed the Disney Marathon JUST behind all my newly discoved “Corral
A” friends. I think they were all intimated by my hangover and beer gut so they ran slower than expected times. I did the
Jacksonville Bank Marathon only two weeks before this race so I don’t believe I
was fully recovered but I felt great. I ran my normal race pace and enjoyed being alive and fit enough to complete two marathons in three weeks. I know I
am not a fast runner, I’m just thankful my body can do all that I push it to
do. Four years ago I could not run to my car so I have come a long way in a short period of time. I'm proud of my slow self!
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| The view from the 15th story of the Disney resort. (Space Mountain and the castle are in the background) |
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| The dancing, hula Santa that was in our room. Doesn't everyone have a dancing, hula Santa in their hotel room?! |
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| One of the many pre-race trips to the bar. |
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| All 17 people having our dinner together. |
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| The bling |
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| Bling Close-up |
