As most of you (and now all of you) know I am training to do the Dopey Challenge in January. For those that don’t know, the Dopey Challenge is a Disney race. I will run a 5K on Thursday, 10K on Friday, a Half Marathon on Saturday and a Full Marathon on Sunday. This will total up to 48.6 miles in 4 days. I am not concerned with the first 3 races, I know those are going to be manageable. I am concerned about the full though. I know I will finish it but I don’t want to just finish the Challenge. I would like to finish the Full in 5hrs or less. For those who have never ran a marathon, that will not be an easy feat, with the running that will take place 3 days prior. With each race I will receive a finishing medal. I will also receive a Goofy medal for completing the Goofy Challenge (the half and full) and a Dopey medal for completing all 4 races. Yes I am a bling junky ;)
Yesterday in preparation for this race I ran a 10k and today I ran a half. For those that don’t know the Secret City Half Marathon race it is a flat and fast double loop course, and very easy for someone to PR (Personal Record) on. It’s not really flat but by East TN standards its flat...haha I could have very easily PR’d but I did not push myself. I wanted to see how I would do after running the 10K yesterday. I’ve never run 2 days before a half. I always take them off to rest my legs. This makes my legs feel fresh and crave the run. If I had done this I could have very easily PR’d. I may have been able to PR today regardless but I wasn’t sure how my legs would do if I pushed myself in the beginning. So instead I held back and took a picture of the beautiful scenery and walked every water station.
On the second loop, I picked up my pace and I did not walk the water stations. I did however stop and take a picture with these two turkeys.
