Back to why I'm running Goofy. If you remember I said the last marathon I would run is Chicago. That lasted about a year until I got the itch. Marathoners know that itch. It gets in your blood you have to do it again. I decided to enter the lottery for the New York Marathon in 2007. I figured no way would I get in so I better sign up for Chicago to have a back up. As luck would have it I got into NYC on my first try. Now what do I do. I'm registered for both, Chicago and NYC, 4 weeks apart. I figured why not do both. Hal Higdon has a plan for running a marathon 4 weeks after one so I figured it can't be too bad of an idea. Ha Ha!!
Chicago 2007, you remember right. 90 degrees, 100% humidity or something like that. I'll post a link to my full race report later. It was a nightmare. I got shutdown around mile 16 and it ended up being 18 miles after I had to walk back to the start. Good thing I had NYC to look forward to in just 4 weeks.
NYC 2007, wow, a great time. This is a fun one. I totally hit the wall at mile 19 and struggled until about 22 when the banana kicked in. Finished in 6:22:59. I swore that was it. Made my husband promise to remind me what I felt like at Mile 19.
I got the itch again. A year later, I'm noticing a pattern here. What to do? I love Disney and would love to do a Marathon there. It's in January which means training in the cold and over Thanksgiving and Christmas which are big vacation times for us. I'm only going to do this once ( yeah right) so I may as well do Goofy!!! I need all 3 of those medals baby! I signed up on the first day available and am now scared to death! 13.1 miles and then 26.2, I must be nuts!!!!!
Enjoy St. Patrick's Day. I'm off to find some Green Beer!
We want more!
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