Star Wars Half Marathon - The Start
The alarm was set for 3:30AM but I woke up earlier than that around 2:30AM with a stomach that was not happy. I ate a banana to see if that would help and shortly after, I spent the next 20 minutes emptying my stomach of all contents. I felt like utter crap. My husband had woke up during this and we had a talk. I had no idea if I should even attempt the race today. We ended up deciding on me at least trying since otherwise I would lose legacy and the fact I was in Corral G meant I had at least a 30 minute buffer between the balloon ladies and me. This meant I should be able to just walk the half. I wasn’t even sure I should do this though. My stubbornness won through though and I was going to attempt it. We left the room at 3:30AM and on our way to the corrals, my husband stopped by the RunDisney Merch tent and discovered they had the pre-order jacket for sale! He bought one and at that point we said goodbye. He was going to take it back to the room and then head to his corral. I’m glad he got his jacket!
Husband Pre-Race
Dis_Yoda Pre-Race
In my corral, I met my first really bold corral jumper. I even called him out on it to which he said he was confused and was going to go back to the right one. He didn’t. He tried to hide from me after I called him out. RunDisney got an email from me about him. I wasn’t feeling good and being angry at him distracted me!
I was right at the front right of my corral.
I saw a friend while she was entering the corral at 5:20am.
After the initial corrals were off, we made our way towards the front
When Corral G went off, I still wasn’t feeling hot. I hadn’t eaten anything else since my visit with the porcelain god and I was scared to do my normal routine as I didn’t want to get sick during my very long walk. As the corral start is major crowded, I did jog a bit for the first quarter mile until it spread out more. I found the sign in Cars Land to be really appropriate for me!
And slowly I reached Mile 1 and onto Paradise Pier! They had this area more guarded today probably as the way they had it set up for the 10K would have made it really easy for someone to course jump.
Star Wars Rebels
As we went towards Hollywood Studios, I was really happy to see what they had on the Marquee! Very appropriate!
Then it was Mile 2 & 3! I got the text message as I went over the 5K marker that my pace was at 18:17. Not bad considering I was walking!
It was time to go through Tomorrowland & the Castle! My photopass photos show how ‘happy’ I was. I actually did a side by side comparison of my castle photos on instagram. I look so pale during the half! I still hadn’t had a single gu yet as I was scared to take it. I was getting powerade and water at each water stop though to keep myself going.
Mile 4
After we left the parks, a fellow runner started talking to me. I think the struggle was on my face and she was nervous as it was her first half marathon as she was also walking. We chatted for a while and kept trying to keep going. We hit Mile 5!
Shortly before I hit the 6 Mile Mark, I got a message that my husband had finished in 2 hours & 10 Minutes. So about 10 minutes slower than his goal but come to find out - he stopped for a photo and decided to enjoy the race! He said it made him enjoy the race more! He just wished he would have decided to stop for characters before Chewbacca. Maybe next year since well, it will be a week after the marathon so he may just want to be slow and use it as a recovery run.
He looks so happy!
A little before Mile 6, I finally took a single gu to see how it would work out for me. I think because my body had already used whatever was left in my system, it was immediately used up once it hit my stomach. We hit Mile 6 and I crossed the 10K marker at at 18:24 pace
Around this time, my temporary running friend was moving faster than I was. She kept on going and I just kept walking along
