Disneyland Half Marathon #2

I think I actually REALLY enjoyed this race – I put NO pressure on myself other than to finish and within the time limit (which for me was 3.75 hrs). (FYI – I was about 4 months pregnant when running this race). I was a bit worried that it was already hot in the morning – seriously the LOW was 70 degrees. I am used to being cold waiting around for races not so with this one :S

I had Corral D (there were 4 corrals behind me) which was actually the Corral I was missing (I’ve been in B, C, and E)

The first mile was HARD! I could feel all the walking we had done ALL week! (we’d spent the week previous in Disneyland). Plus the lack of training (I hadn’t run in a month in a half at this point due to my breathing issues). I was seriously wondering if I could even finish. Then I put that out of my mind and did great on miles 2-5. Then around mile 5, the sun was up and it was starting to get hot, so I decided to walk the next mile to see how long that would take me. That was when I said screw it, I am walking the rest because I can, and I will still make it within the time limit and I will feel much better in the end (obviously my walking slowed down towards the end, because my miles got slightly longer in time).

 So that is what I did the last 7 miles. I really liked it 🙂 I did a few running bursts, but not many. It was great and I enjoyed it! I did still bloat from the heat, but by the end I was feeling great!

It was basically the same route as last year (a bit different through the parks because of Cars Land) and the medal is similar to last year. I did decide I wanted to finish within the time limit, even if I did have an extra 15-20 minutes because of my corral, so I did! I still had a good 20-25 minutes I could have finished in. So I made it in plenty of time. Not bad for walking a vast majority of it!

So with that, my year of Disney races was complete