DVCFan1994
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I am back from WDW. Boo! Had a great trip, despite a bad half experience. I am pretty upset with myself about how I reacted to the disappointment, especially now a few days later when I really think about how it went and realize it was nowhere near as bad as I was thinking in that moment.
I went into this weekend knowing I was somewhat undertrained. My dad had major health incident on Christmas, which kept me at the hospital or in the car driving to the hospital for over a week, taking away that week+ of training. I rolled my ankle a few weeks later necessitating a few extra days off, then got a bad cold and bronchitis, again forcing me to take extra days off because it aggravated my asthma. I knew all this, and knew I was not going to PR anything, nor do I feel like Disney is the place to try for PRs generally.
The 5k I did with my 7 year old daughter, and the plan was always to run/walk and stop for pictures. My Garmin time was 1:16, moving time 57:04. That one I was fine with, because it was all about my daughter, and time was nowhere on my radar.
The 10k I started with my sister, and we were in corral A. Wow, what a difference starting in A. It felt like a different course being so uncrowded. Unfortunately my IT band started around mile 4. From there I chose to slow down a touch and walk all downhills because they really aggravate my IT band. My time was 1:06:20. This was a little disappointing, but not a huge deal because I knew I had my reasons for slowing down, and wanted to go into the half without knee pain from the start.
The half was my real disappointment. I started in D, and again, the relative lack of crowding on the course was a real bonus. I had previously started in F (2014) and I (2015). I felt great and was keeping my 9:45 pace through about mile 4, but then my knee started hurting, and bad, felt like it was stuck in a bent position, I couldn't extend it right. At the same time, I was experiencing stomach cramping. Clearly, something I ate the previous day really messed with my stomach because by the time I got into MK I was desperate for a bathroom. Spent an unfortunate amount of time in the bathroom, and then got back out there. My stomach kept cramping and the knee pain came and went. I decided I would turn the race into more of a fun experience, and took lots of pictures. Luckily the lines were all pretty short, never more than 10-12 people deep. I got Woody and Jessie, Genie, the groomsmen by the wedding pavilion, Mrs. Incredible, a castle shot, and a few others. I also jumped in front of the Epcot ball. I hit every medical station for biofreeze for my knee and took tylenol at one of them. My final time was 3:00:44. Now, with all the time in the restroom, the walking due to my knee, the pictures I stopped for and the medical stops, I look back and say that really isn't that bad considering everything I had going against me. But, in reality I felt pretty crushed about it as I finished. I think it was being over the 3 hour mark. I saw my husband, kids and mother and just felt disappointed and sad. They were happy for me that I finished (I had texted my husband what was going on so he'd know why it was taking so long) but I was upset and just wanted to go. I am so annoyed with myself in retrospect. It will likely be my last glass slipper for a while, going to try other race weekends I think, and I didn't take any pictures. I was also a little upset, because my sister and I had agreed ahead of time we would race the 10k separately, and run the half together, take it easy and have fun taking pictures together. But, once I said I had stomach troubles, she took off and PR'd. I am happy for her and glad she had a great run, but I was a little upset that she didn't stick around at least until we got through the Magic Kingdom together to get some of those pictures.
Sorry that race report was so long, guess I need to let some frustration out!
I went into this weekend knowing I was somewhat undertrained. My dad had major health incident on Christmas, which kept me at the hospital or in the car driving to the hospital for over a week, taking away that week+ of training. I rolled my ankle a few weeks later necessitating a few extra days off, then got a bad cold and bronchitis, again forcing me to take extra days off because it aggravated my asthma. I knew all this, and knew I was not going to PR anything, nor do I feel like Disney is the place to try for PRs generally.
The 5k I did with my 7 year old daughter, and the plan was always to run/walk and stop for pictures. My Garmin time was 1:16, moving time 57:04. That one I was fine with, because it was all about my daughter, and time was nowhere on my radar.
The 10k I started with my sister, and we were in corral A. Wow, what a difference starting in A. It felt like a different course being so uncrowded. Unfortunately my IT band started around mile 4. From there I chose to slow down a touch and walk all downhills because they really aggravate my IT band. My time was 1:06:20. This was a little disappointing, but not a huge deal because I knew I had my reasons for slowing down, and wanted to go into the half without knee pain from the start.
The half was my real disappointment. I started in D, and again, the relative lack of crowding on the course was a real bonus. I had previously started in F (2014) and I (2015). I felt great and was keeping my 9:45 pace through about mile 4, but then my knee started hurting, and bad, felt like it was stuck in a bent position, I couldn't extend it right. At the same time, I was experiencing stomach cramping. Clearly, something I ate the previous day really messed with my stomach because by the time I got into MK I was desperate for a bathroom. Spent an unfortunate amount of time in the bathroom, and then got back out there. My stomach kept cramping and the knee pain came and went. I decided I would turn the race into more of a fun experience, and took lots of pictures. Luckily the lines were all pretty short, never more than 10-12 people deep. I got Woody and Jessie, Genie, the groomsmen by the wedding pavilion, Mrs. Incredible, a castle shot, and a few others. I also jumped in front of the Epcot ball. I hit every medical station for biofreeze for my knee and took tylenol at one of them. My final time was 3:00:44. Now, with all the time in the restroom, the walking due to my knee, the pictures I stopped for and the medical stops, I look back and say that really isn't that bad considering everything I had going against me. But, in reality I felt pretty crushed about it as I finished. I think it was being over the 3 hour mark. I saw my husband, kids and mother and just felt disappointed and sad. They were happy for me that I finished (I had texted my husband what was going on so he'd know why it was taking so long) but I was upset and just wanted to go. I am so annoyed with myself in retrospect. It will likely be my last glass slipper for a while, going to try other race weekends I think, and I didn't take any pictures. I was also a little upset, because my sister and I had agreed ahead of time we would race the 10k separately, and run the half together, take it easy and have fun taking pictures together. But, once I said I had stomach troubles, she took off and PR'd. I am happy for her and glad she had a great run, but I was a little upset that she didn't stick around at least until we got through the Magic Kingdom together to get some of those pictures.
Sorry that race report was so long, guess I need to let some frustration out!
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I'm sorry it wasn't the race you wanted to run! And I totally get it. I went into my race-for-PR half Sunday feeling well trained, but ITBS nailed me at mile 9 and I fell off pace the last 4 miles. There's just NO pushing through that pain, right? I got a PR, but way off from the time I was chasing. I understand the sense of disappointment, even while overall it's not the worst thing that's ever happened!
