Definitely a good day today!
Got home from work to see that my info package for Disney’s Magical Express had arrived (all my bus info for the ride from the airport to the hotel for Dopey Challenge and back after).
Then checked online to find Twitter blowing up that the Disney World Marathon Weekend waivers and corral placements were up. Found out I got into corral D. I am more than happy with that – maybe would have liked to be a bit higher but since I’m not doing the Dopey Challenge for speed I am more than happy to let someone who is going to be pushing harder start ahead of me.
Things are starting to get very real now!
I discovered last year when I was in corral C that most of the earlier runners don’t stop for the character photo ops on the full and they were wide open with no wait. I plan to take advantage of that this year on the full. The half I might push a bit harder but the full will not be done with the intention to set a new PR – the full will be about enjoying the atmosphere and the run, not about racing.
The run tonight was 10 miles done in 1:19:14 on the treadmill – included in there were a couple minutes of walking and a full mile straight at 8 mph. The rest of the run was done where I would spend a minute or 2 at 7 mph and then slowly increase that every minute or so until I got up to 8 mph. I would then back down and ramp back up again.
The run felt good tonight – my right knee was feeling a bit wonky before I got on the treadmill but it sorted itself before to long.
I also started breaking in a new pair of shoes tonight – my current indoor pair (and designated Dopey Challenge back up shoes) are over the 200 mile mark. With the remaining miles scheduled before the race in January they might be dead by the time the races come around. So I am breaking in this new pair to be the new backups with the intention of having them be around 50 miles in before the race. That way I will have a good feel for them and know they are well broken in – will probably use them for the 5k and 10k races and then use my Hoka Cliftons for the 2 longer races. That is the current plan anyway…things can change rapidly in the next month so stay tuned!
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