Walt Disney World Marathon or as I like to call it 26.2 miles of torture
The race was a lot of fun. I was hurting when it was all said and done. One of my feet was really hurting when it was said and done. I think I bruised my foot or something. There were a lot runners. The day before the marathon they run a 1/2 marathon and we found out that a 40 year old professional golfer from Arizona finished the race and then collapsed. We didn't hear about that until after our race.
The course is really pretty flat. You run throgh a lot of the theme parks or around them. It was pretty cool to run through Epcot center in the morning with all the buildings lit up. We ran through Japan, China, Mexico, Italy, Germany. It was really cool. We had our names on our numbers that we were wearing so while you were running there were a lot of people cheering so, they'd yell at you while you were running by and say things like, "Go Brooks. Keep it up! You can do it Brooks!" It was pretty cool. I kept thinking do I know that person?
I think once I can run again I may do another Marathon. I want to do a half marathon before I do that. I didn't train as much as I should have. I had only run 10 miles before the race. That was my farthest and I had only done it once. Mostly I did little 3-6 mile runs. The other fun suprise of the race was that when we rolled out there it was only about 36 degrees. It was pretty cold. As the race got going everyone was wearing pants, sweats, jackets, hats, etc... As the race got going and as the sun came up there were people chucking their stuff on the side of the road. It was pretty funny. Right at the starting line there were blankets and jackets and a ton of stuff. It was crazy. As we were running by I said I bet you could make a ton on money off all the stuff you picked up. Right after I said that there was a couple picking up stuff on the side of the road. There were things everywhere. It looked like someones closet had exploded.
Maybe I was so tight during the race because I didn't wear any sweats out there. Maybe because I didn't stretch out good. Or most likely it was because I hadn't trained at all. hmmmmmmm....
So next time I'm going to try to train better.
Here are some pictures from the Marathon.
Enjoy.
There were supposedly around 30,000 people there. We were in the middle of the group. It was a little crazy.
Group shot
Ryan and Blake in the mist.
Scott Todd Blake and Ryan as we wait for the race to start.
Cristi and I as we wait for the race to start. It's about 5:30 am.
The race started and then we started shuffling towards the start. After they started the race we finally crossed the starting line about 8 minutes later.
Scott was pretty pumped to be running. We hadn't even run a mile and he was throwing his arms up. To be honest the first few miles everyone was talking and joking and having a good time about mile 8 it got pretty quiet no one was really talking. It was pretty funny.
On the run.
Blake and Scott on the run.
Another view of the Disney Castle
The shot of the Castle as we ran up to it.
Twiddle d and twiddle dumb
The enchanted castle.
Me in front of the Castle. I know it may look like I peed my pants but, that's vasaline that I slathered pretty much anywhere my body rubbed. So, there was a lot of vasaline usage going on during the reace.
There were a lot of people who were wearing costumes
Some Patriotic dogs. What I don't get is why Pluto can't talk and Goffy can't. They are both dogs aren't they. Neither would comment on the issue.
Country Bears are a little goofy looking up close.
Mile 11
Bear Crossing
Sailor Donald
New ride at Disney. I can't remember what it's called. It looks pretty cool. But it wasn't open yet.
Safari Mickey and Minnie.
This was a couple that I ran with for a bit. They were really cute. The guy had run over 100 marathons and actually they had run the whole race holding hands while they were running. I couldn't even lift my hands towards the end. Cristi was said she was going to run with me too so we could finish together. But after the first 3 miles or so I lost sight of her. She ended up finishing a full 2 hours ahead of me. Yeah, I don't know if I could have held hands with her the whole time.
Here I am with Woody.
Chicken Little and his girlfriend and myself chillin' on the corner. By this point taking pictures with the characters was a lot better option than running for me. My body was really hating me.
Down town NEW YORK. I'm running the New York Marathon. Oh wait this is a set on the Disney MGM studio.
Snow White and Dopey were there cheering us on.
The Epcot ball was the last real site at Disney World before the race ended.
At the last mile there was a gospel choir singing.
The final mile marker after 26 miles I was wondering if it was actually real.
The finish line is a very welcome site after running for 6 hours. I know I know 6 hours isn't too quick. But, I was pretty happy just to finish. I really don't think that my body has ever hated me more.
Blake, Scott, Todd, Ryan, and myself. after the race.
This is the Woodgrain Marathon team after the race.
Bling bling it's a disney Marathon thing. This is a close up of our medal. It's a hefty thing.
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Woodgrain Running team offical shirt. PLease believe it.
Brothers after the Race.
Cristi, Todd, Ryan and myself after the race.
After the Race Cristi and I met up with our good friends Mickey and Minnie. I didn't want to say anything to anybody but I think Minnie had something for me she said something to me about her place and cheese. Anyways, I don't want to cause any problems with Mickey because we go way back.
The course is really pretty flat. You run throgh a lot of the theme parks or around them. It was pretty cool to run through Epcot center in the morning with all the buildings lit up. We ran through Japan, China, Mexico, Italy, Germany. It was really cool. We had our names on our numbers that we were wearing so while you were running there were a lot of people cheering so, they'd yell at you while you were running by and say things like, "Go Brooks. Keep it up! You can do it Brooks!" It was pretty cool. I kept thinking do I know that person?
I think once I can run again I may do another Marathon. I want to do a half marathon before I do that. I didn't train as much as I should have. I had only run 10 miles before the race. That was my farthest and I had only done it once. Mostly I did little 3-6 mile runs. The other fun suprise of the race was that when we rolled out there it was only about 36 degrees. It was pretty cold. As the race got going everyone was wearing pants, sweats, jackets, hats, etc... As the race got going and as the sun came up there were people chucking their stuff on the side of the road. It was pretty funny. Right at the starting line there were blankets and jackets and a ton of stuff. It was crazy. As we were running by I said I bet you could make a ton on money off all the stuff you picked up. Right after I said that there was a couple picking up stuff on the side of the road. There were things everywhere. It looked like someones closet had exploded.
Maybe I was so tight during the race because I didn't wear any sweats out there. Maybe because I didn't stretch out good. Or most likely it was because I hadn't trained at all. hmmmmmmm....
So next time I'm going to try to train better.
Here are some pictures from the Marathon.
Enjoy.
There were supposedly around 30,000 people there. We were in the middle of the group. It was a little crazy.
Group shot
Ryan and Blake in the mist.
Scott Todd Blake and Ryan as we wait for the race to start.
Cristi and I as we wait for the race to start. It's about 5:30 am.
The race started and then we started shuffling towards the start. After they started the race we finally crossed the starting line about 8 minutes later.
Scott was pretty pumped to be running. We hadn't even run a mile and he was throwing his arms up. To be honest the first few miles everyone was talking and joking and having a good time about mile 8 it got pretty quiet no one was really talking. It was pretty funny.
On the run.
Blake and Scott on the run.
Another view of the Disney Castle
The shot of the Castle as we ran up to it.
Twiddle d and twiddle dumb
The enchanted castle.
Me in front of the Castle. I know it may look like I peed my pants but, that's vasaline that I slathered pretty much anywhere my body rubbed. So, there was a lot of vasaline usage going on during the reace.
There were a lot of people who were wearing costumes
Some Patriotic dogs. What I don't get is why Pluto can't talk and Goffy can't. They are both dogs aren't they. Neither would comment on the issue.
Country Bears are a little goofy looking up close.
Mile 11
Bear Crossing
Sailor Donald
New ride at Disney. I can't remember what it's called. It looks pretty cool. But it wasn't open yet.
Safari Mickey and Minnie.
This was a couple that I ran with for a bit. They were really cute. The guy had run over 100 marathons and actually they had run the whole race holding hands while they were running. I couldn't even lift my hands towards the end. Cristi was said she was going to run with me too so we could finish together. But after the first 3 miles or so I lost sight of her. She ended up finishing a full 2 hours ahead of me. Yeah, I don't know if I could have held hands with her the whole time.
Here I am with Woody.
Chicken Little and his girlfriend and myself chillin' on the corner. By this point taking pictures with the characters was a lot better option than running for me. My body was really hating me.
Down town NEW YORK. I'm running the New York Marathon. Oh wait this is a set on the Disney MGM studio.
Snow White and Dopey were there cheering us on.
The Epcot ball was the last real site at Disney World before the race ended.
At the last mile there was a gospel choir singing.
The final mile marker after 26 miles I was wondering if it was actually real.
The finish line is a very welcome site after running for 6 hours. I know I know 6 hours isn't too quick. But, I was pretty happy just to finish. I really don't think that my body has ever hated me more.
Blake, Scott, Todd, Ryan, and myself. after the race.
This is the Woodgrain Marathon team after the race.
Bling bling it's a disney Marathon thing. This is a close up of our medal. It's a hefty thing.
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Woodgrain Running team offical shirt. PLease believe it.
Brothers after the Race.
Cristi, Todd, Ryan and myself after the race.
After the Race Cristi and I met up with our good friends Mickey and Minnie. I didn't want to say anything to anybody but I think Minnie had something for me she said something to me about her place and cheese. Anyways, I don't want to cause any problems with Mickey because we go way back.
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