Ran the Disney Half Marathon this weekend, a bit disappointed to only handle a 7:28 pace. It was the first time I've even gone hat distance, race or otherwise, but a few weeks back I did a training run of 12 at 7:38, and I was just normal tired at the end, nothing like the way my legs felt here. I mean, I was feeling dead averaging 7:15 or so at mile 8, and that would be a kind of hard 8 mile run for me, but not super-hard. There were extenuating circumstances; I had the flu about about a week and a half ago so I didn't run for five days, plus for various travel reasons I was on about 5 hours sleep combined in the two nights pre-race. Even still, I never expected to be so tired. Oh well. There's always a next time.
The race itself was a mixed bag. Total cattle call of 18,000+ people. We caught the bus from our resort on Disney property at 3 AM and simply getting there, waiting in line for bathroom, and walking to chute too 1:45. The course was interesting when we went through the parks (Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Animal Kingdom), but the other 2/3 of he race is on those boring roads that connect all the parks. And though Florida itself is flat, as are the parks, the Disney property has lots of on-ramps and overpasses. It was an interesting experience but next time I might do something lower key.