Notes
Another race with a big garmin discrepency..getting pretty annoying...course measured 8.24 miles with garmin which would give 6:21min/mile..pretty much the high end of my goal...
mile splits from Garmin:
5:58
6:25
6:21
6:19
6:26
6:29
6:26
6:34
1:25 (0.24 miles)
overall 8.24 miles in 52:22 (stopped watch after I go through chute)...6:21 min/mile avg pace
It was really bizzare running a race at 10:30 pm. I spent the better part of the day walking around and going on rides at Animal Kingdom. Legs were already beat as the temps were in the 90's with 100% humidity..this is going to majorly suck monkey balls...Went back to the hotel around 2, hoping to get a couple hours of sleep. I got maybe 2 hours..Went to dinner at 5, but had no clue what to even attempt to eat.. I dont usually eat much before a race, but I still had over 5 hours till race time..at a big dinner and hoped for the best..went back to the room and watched tv for a couple of hours before we had to head over to the the race. The last bus over was at 9. We left around 8:30... They had a pretty nice area setup for runners and family and friends...spent some time with my wife and daughter and then went off to find the starting area and run some sort of warm-up...Ran maybe a mile warm-up and was sweating like I had just finished a 5k..this is not going to be fun..and I still have 45 minutes till race time..watched the 5k start at 10:15 then got into the corral for the 13k 10:30 start..tried to start a couple of rows back as to not go out too fast, but it didn't help...by the time I caught sight of the mile marker the damage had been done..I saw 5:30 and backed pace way off, crossed mile 1 at 5:58..damn my legs are already tired..this is going to be a long night..I could never really get into a comfortable groove as they course had lots of twists and turns...just after mile 6 we passed the starting line and got ready to enter the Disney studios park...took some water..big mistake as I got a massive abdominal cramp..felt like I was going to puke..backed off pace a bit and it went away..most of the group that I was with had pulled away a bit after mile 7 including a guy in a zorro costume..you have no idea how friggin embarrassing it is to get beat by a guy in costume...at this point I just wanted the misery to stop..finally saw the finish and had a decent kick to the line...ended up finishing in 30th overall and 4th in my age group...I didn't get chicked but it would have been better than getting costumed.