Things are going well and running is still very much a part of our lives. As a matter of fact, we just ran the Walt Disney World Marathon this past weekend in Florida. Training was tough considering that we live in Chicago and the average high in the winter is about 20-25 degrees (freezing!) But we managed to do it once again and finished with better times than our first. 4:35:50 for me and 4:32:18 for Calvin! The best part was around mile 10 or 11, running into the Magic Kingdom, down Main Street, around and then through the castle. I never would have imagined 10 years ago that I would be running 26.2 miles through the Disney Parks.
The wall did appear for me this time around though, and it was huge and massive. When I reached mile 21 or so, I thought there was no way I could finish running another 5 miles. My legs felt like rubber, the course had turned into an endless eternity of paved highway, Dinsey's bibbity-bobbity-boo song kept blaring through the on-course speakers (I've never hated that song more) and my left knee was not happy with my idea of fun being a 26.2 mile run through the parks. But thanks to countless words of encouragement from Calvin, I was able to pick up my feet and run some more. I'm not sure what would have happened had I not met up with him again at mile 17 (we split up between Epcot and Magic Kingdom), but never mind that, I finished!
Definitely not as sore as I was after Chicago so I'm taking that as a good sign. I am already itching for a new goal to keep me running through the rest of the winter months. Not sure yet what it will be but I don't think I could ever stop running at this point. I promise I will keep you posted!
