Marathon Fun

For anyone who had known me for some time, it's not the fact that I did a marathon that is amazing...it's that I wanted to do it in the first place! Not only is it 26.2 miles, but I had to get up at 2:45am!! I don't think I have ever set my alarm to get up that early. I have definately been up that late, but not gotten up at that time unless a baby was crying!

I got the itch last February after completing a half marathon in Fort Worth. 13.1 miles wasn't so bad, so I told Matt that I wanted to try the full 26.2. He was on board right away! We started planning for the Disney World Marathon (we are Disney junkies after all!). Steph took a little convincing, but we registered in March and started really training in August. It seemed like we were training forever, and 20 mile training runs are hard to do during the holidays when it is freezing outside, but all of a sudden it was here!

Steph and I had seriously slacked off during the last 6 weeks of training, so I don't feel like we were as well prepared as we could have been. 22,000 people started the marathon, but only 15,000 completed it! I'm pretty proud that I crossed the finish line and got my Mickey Mouse shaped medal!

Matt was about an hour faster than us, so he didn't take any pictures. Steph and I took the camera, and all along the course there were characters to take your picture with! And yes, Steph and I wore our Mouse Ears! It was so much fun! We will definately do it again in the future.

What is super exciting to me is that Tristan and Preston are growing up with running/exercise as a normal part of their lives. Tristan says that she can't wait to run the marathon, or the turkey trot, or whatever with me. And really, I can't wait either! On Thanksgiving day in Fort Worth this year Matt's dad joined the two of us in the Turkey Trot. Hopefully in a few years we can make it a three generation run!