Kazrak
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2018
Okay, week summary: I skipped the Tuesday run for recovery time.
And then, Princess Half.
Goals for the race: don't get hurt, finish, make a Disney PR (current 3:13:54 from Light Side 2017), finish under 3 hours. (That last was a stretch goal that I didn't expect to meet.)
It was kinda cold out there, but not too bad. My daughter and I headed over to the corrals once they opened - which is a bit of a hike for this layout. I was already not a fan of Princess Weekend given how packed the parks have been the past two days; this wasn't helping matters.
Once we got to the corral we could penguin-huddle with the rest of Corral E. We hung out for an hour or so until it was time to start launching.
Corral E launched very quickly - we were across the line at 5:48. My daughter and I kept together for the first four and a half minutes, with me running through my first walk break, then I dropped back to a walk and she kept going. My plan was 2m run/30s walk intervals. This worked fine for the first 7 or 8 miles.
And this was where my lack of long-distance training bit me. I haven't run longer than 10k since Bridge to Bridge in August, and haven't done longer than 12k since Star Wars Half last April. I'd spent too much energy early and was starting to drag. I skipped a few run intervals and ended some early.
Around mile 9, my ankle started hurting a bit. I took off a run interval to see if it would improve, and it did. No other issues for the race, other than just being tired.
Final time, 3:06:40, a 14:15 pace. New Disney PR, and I have now run in all six of the US parks. I'm not a huge fan of this course; I like the Star Wars one that starts in the MK parking lot more.
My daughter finished in 2:48:05, a Disney PR for her, and she is now halfway to her Castle-to-Chateau medal.
Splits (from Strava, which finished at 13.30 miles):
1. 12:58
2. 12:31
3. 13:04
4. 13:08
5. 14:05 (Artificially high due to bathroom stop at MK Guest Relations)
6. 14:04 (In MK)
7. 13:32
8. 13:36
9. 14:52
10. 15:02
11. 14:31
12. 15:30
13. 15:43
0.3: 13:06
And then, Princess Half.
Goals for the race: don't get hurt, finish, make a Disney PR (current 3:13:54 from Light Side 2017), finish under 3 hours. (That last was a stretch goal that I didn't expect to meet.)
It was kinda cold out there, but not too bad. My daughter and I headed over to the corrals once they opened - which is a bit of a hike for this layout. I was already not a fan of Princess Weekend given how packed the parks have been the past two days; this wasn't helping matters.
Once we got to the corral we could penguin-huddle with the rest of Corral E. We hung out for an hour or so until it was time to start launching.
Corral E launched very quickly - we were across the line at 5:48. My daughter and I kept together for the first four and a half minutes, with me running through my first walk break, then I dropped back to a walk and she kept going. My plan was 2m run/30s walk intervals. This worked fine for the first 7 or 8 miles.
And this was where my lack of long-distance training bit me. I haven't run longer than 10k since Bridge to Bridge in August, and haven't done longer than 12k since Star Wars Half last April. I'd spent too much energy early and was starting to drag. I skipped a few run intervals and ended some early.
Around mile 9, my ankle started hurting a bit. I took off a run interval to see if it would improve, and it did. No other issues for the race, other than just being tired.
Final time, 3:06:40, a 14:15 pace. New Disney PR, and I have now run in all six of the US parks. I'm not a huge fan of this course; I like the Star Wars one that starts in the MK parking lot more.
My daughter finished in 2:48:05, a Disney PR for her, and she is now halfway to her Castle-to-Chateau medal.
Splits (from Strava, which finished at 13.30 miles):
1. 12:58
2. 12:31
3. 13:04
4. 13:08
5. 14:05 (Artificially high due to bathroom stop at MK Guest Relations)
6. 14:04 (In MK)
7. 13:32
8. 13:36
9. 14:52
10. 15:02
11. 14:31
12. 15:30
13. 15:43
0.3: 13:06