@ 5 miles in 00:43:05. Pace: 8:37. Predicted: 3:45:55.
@ 10 miles in 01:25:27. Pace: 8:32. Predicted: 3:44:02.
@ Half in 01:52:40. Pace: 8:35. Predicted: 3:45:20.
@ 20 miles in 02:56:21. Pace: 8:49. Predicted: 3:51:11.
He was well on target to come in under 4 hours. At 21 miles he started to cramp in his right thigh (front and back). He ignored it and just tried to run through it. At 24 miles it completely seized up, and he fell off to the grass area. He thought he was going to have to quit because he couldn't walk on it. Luckily, a medic was right there and spent several minutes massaging it and got him to the point where he could do a slow jog/walk. Here's his official time:
04:04:20. Pace: 9:19.
Not bad for your first marathon! Especially since the kids had been sick all week, we'd all been sharing a hotel room and getting sporadic moments of sleep each night, and walking miles through theme parks while we aired out our infirmary. Jason's torn between being thrilled that he was able to finish and being bummed that he didn't come in under 4 hours. He's mostly thrilled, and ready for the next one.
Here we are that night with our medals (I completed the half marathon the day before).
Fun medals, fun race. If you're looking for a first half marathon, this is a good one. Running up main street and through Cinderella's castle is one of my top 5 favorite things I've done in my life. (Even though it snowed at the start for the first time in the history of the race, and sleeted/rained the rest of the time. I've never been so cold for so long in my whole life!)
10 comments:
Wow! Congrats to you both that is awesome! I am training for my first marathon as well but I will not get even close to being under 4 hours! So great job :)
What a great accomplishment, especially in the face of adversity. Very proud of both of you!
Congratulations!!!! to both! That's awesome and I cannot believe how cold it was. It's FLORIDA! And to think if he had run two years ago in St. George he would have been rained on the whole time. Remind me to never run a race Jason is going to run...I think he brings bad weather in places that are supposed to be gorgeous!
Nice work guys!
Congrats to both of you! Kimberly you needed to give yourself more credit for running a half marathon 6 months after having a baby!! I am impressed with you both! Plus how fun to run at disney world and make a family vacation out of it!
Congrats to both of you.
What an accomplishment! And what a weekend.
Florida, cold?? I wasn't expecting to hear that. Congratulations you guys!
Congratulations to both of you. You are AMAZING. How old is Maddie?! You amaze me!
I seriously bow down to both of you. I can't imagine running that long, let alone being cold. Way to go!!!
Congratulations! What a great accomplishment for both of you! How fun to run at Disney World, too. I love the cute medals you got. :)
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