Here's my race report. First of all, I should explain that I am a very competitive person (with myself). I don't care if I win or lose, but I'm always trying to improve or reach a goal. With that being said:
5k - I had a blast! I started in Corral A and when we took off, I knew I had to go slow because I still had 45.5 miles to go after this race. I really enjoyed the course. I actually got choked up when I first ran into Epcot because I was thinking to myself...holy cow, I am really doing this! I was doing really well until I saw Dopey. I had to stop! I didn't know if I'd get another chance later. I did stop, I waited 5 minutes, got my picture with Dopey, and then off I went. The funny thing is that my time was my slowest 5k and I didn't care. Am I changed person because of this race? Yes! In more ways than one! I also got a picture with Mickey after the race
10k - I had a blast! Once again in Corral A and off we went. I have to be honest. I wasn't real fond of the beginning of the course, but the 2nd half was great! I didn't stop for any pictures this time on the course, but I still enjoyed every moment of it. High fiving volunteers and spectators, telling everyone thanks for coming out. I finished in a very respectable time and didn't over exert myself.
Half Marathon - I had a blast! This was actually the race I was looking forward to. My wife and I were going this one together. She is much slower than me and she's been fighting an IT Band issue for several months now. Originally she was going to do a 3:1 run/walk. Unfortunately due to her injury and minimal training towards the end, we decided on a 30 second/ 1 minute run/walk ratio. (As a side note, we purchased a knee brace at the expo that seemed to help her out a lot as it kept her knee from turning in). Off we go! We kept to the plan and were knocking those miles out 1 at a time. I wasn't sure how far she'd get with the run walk ratio as our last training run together she got to 8 miles and had to walk the remaining way back to the car and cut the run short by a mile or 2. Next thing you know, we're at mile 8 and she told me she was feeling good. I told her any running past here are bonus miles. The entire time she was worried about getting passed by the balloon ladies. When we crossed over that bridge before getting to mile 10, I told her to look back towards Magic Kingdom and she asked, do we have to go there? I said no, that's all the people behind you and she instantly relaxed! Once we got past mile 11, she knew she was going to finish. She actually ran the last .25 miles and then as we approached the finish line, I told her to make sure she high 5's Mickey and she did and then I did and then she crossed the finish line ahead of me!
I was beaten by my wife in the half marathon by 1 second. Guess what...I didn't care because I was so proud of her! She wore her medal around her neck for 3 days because she earned it!
Marathon - I had a blast! This was my first marathon and I was really trying to get a sub 4 hour time. I wasn't sure if this was possible for me after just running three days in a row prior. I was supposed to start in Corral D, but the 4 hour pace group was in F, so I moved back. I started to get really nervous because I kept thinking should I try for the sub 4 or just go out and have fun. OK, my comptetiveness kicked in and I started with the pace group. For me, the miles started to fly by. I couldn't believe we were through the first 5 miles and heading into MK already. I loved MK as I did last year for the half. We continued on and were keeping a really steady pace. I felt good coming out of the speedway and then heading towards AK. I wasn't fond of that road, but at least it was something different. We entered AK and I ran through there and then off to WWoS. Got through there and grabbed my soaking wet towel at mile 17ish. Thanks to this board's advice, I held onto that towel until World Showcase. I did have one panic moment during mile 22. I got a cramp in my hamstring and I had to stop and stretch for about 10 seconds. I started going again, increasing my cadence, ate some high sodium shot blocks, and rubbed a handful of biofreeze on my hammy. I was able to catch up to the pace group in a short time and continued on to Hollywood Studios. At this point, I knew I may actually be able to finish with a sub 4. I kept hearing Coach's voice "HS, Y&B Club, World Showcase, then finish" I kept telling myself that and it got me through it. I got to the World Showcase and my legs were killing me, but nothing was going to stop me now. The pace leader was behind me at this point and I also took Coach's advice again. I said just get to Mexico, then as I passed Mexico, I said get to the fountain and I did. Then get to Spaceship Earth...and then get to the choir! As I passed the choir, I knew the finish line was just around the corner. It was the best feeling in the world to know the finish line was just ahead and people were screaming for you to finish the race. I ran through the finish line and I finished in 3:58:18.
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I was so happy that I had accomplished such a difficult goal of not only completing my first marathon, but running 3 races before it and running the marathon in less than 4 hours. I'm not sure about others, but I feel that I can accomplish pretty much anything now that I put my mind to. Talk about a confidence boost! This was a magical day! I told my wife, if we do this again, next time I am running a 6 hour race (I don't care about time now) and that I am going to take hundreds of pictures on the course and have even more fun than I did this time.
With all that being said, thanks to everyone here for all of your advice along the way and thanks to coach for helping me get through the marathon. You many not have been physically beside me, but believe me, you were right there with me at the end!
There was no official food until after mile 11 where I got a banana. I did get pretzels from the volunteers, maybe around Animal Kingdom? Thank you so much for that! 
. Only question I had is "how can you run in a wig?"
I'm from a state that anything over 20% humidity is horrible, hehe.
