Now onto Sundays run. Now this was nicer in the terms of weather for the start. Mid 50's felt nice. It is the same course as the half until mile 8. This is where we turned into the Disney world Speedway for a lap around the track. When leaving the track it was onto a service road to the backside of AK.
This part was not really bad until we got to the water treatment plant just before AK. The odor was really bad. One cannot hold there breath and jog for very long.

When we left AK it was the parkway over to ESPN. I can also tell you that the 3 mile course inside ESPN seemed to go on forever. You entered at 17 and left at 20.
The first round of rain came for me at mile 16. The second round of light rain at 19 and the final heavier rain 21.5 thru 23. Running in the rain is not fun. Annie can tell you that. What made it a little nicer is that it was much warmer than the Wine and Dine Annie did.
My brother was up in Orlando visiting his DD and was over in HS and found me coming down Hollywood after the rain.
A short trip thru the Epcot resorts, and then thru WS and FW to the finish out in the parking lot.
And the pic with the iced up knees
Now I had my goal of completing this in 5:30 which I missed but I am very happy to have finished. When I got to the 5 mile mark I was only 1 1/2 minutes behind. When I got to the race track I knew the goal time was gone. I went into training run mode so I could finish feeling good. That was going along fine until mile 18 which then became survive and finish mode. The only thing that was hurting really bad were the quads.
This was all my fault. I did not do all the training I could have done in the last 2 months leading up to the run. The longest training run ever was only 11 miles and I had pasted that the day earlier. I also did not follow the energy gel schedule I had planned out in the early part of the marathon. I paid for this at 18. Miles 19, 20, and 21 were not pleasant. I can say that catching up on the missed gel spots helped get back on track some what for a good finish. Other than the quads hurting everything else felt great. I was even back to doing a little running on Monday not very far but running.
Will I do both races again??? Not with out doing more training leading up to it. 2018 i am going to do all 4 races. However I am going to go back and do just the marathon next year. Training starts tomorrow with a 3 to 4 mile walk/run at an easy pace.
A couple of things about this weekend was that I finished both races. The first half of the marathon was faster than the Saturday half marathon. I am faster than a 91 year old.

Who wants to join me in 2016
