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walt disney world marathon - day 2 of the goofy challenge

5 m - 48:31*
10 m - 1:37:40*
13.1 m - 2:07:34
20 m - 3:14:30
26.2 miles - 4:04:25

2328th overall / 579th female / 62nd place ag

i woke up with sore legs. had a headache for the first four miles, and was just aiming to stay under a 10min/mile pace. jess and i stopped for a bunch of pics with the characters, stayed within the 9's, and i still had plenty of gas left at mile 21 to start picking it up. we averaged around a 9:43-ish for the first 21 miles and i picked it up so much in the last 5 miles i dropped my average pace for the race as a whole to 9:19. not too shabby. when i saw i was doing (much) better than anticipated, i tried to push it for a sub-4. however, at mile 23 that would've meant i'd have to run 3.2 faster than i have ever done 3.1. i passed a lot of people in the last five miles, picked it up to make the last 5k feel like a 5k (again), had a super sweet kick, and not to mention i did just race a half yesterday. i really thought we'd be out there for five hours.

my legs are more sore now. (right now i don't really care if that's supposed to be 'sorer'.) i just drained the hotel ice machine dry, and it's time to go sit through an ice bath.

*5 miles were slower than yesterday's 10k mark; 10 miles were slower than yesterday's entire 13.1

am run: 26.2 miles, 4:04:25 (9:19 avg pace), avg/max hr (155/192)