I am offically a Marathon Runner!!!!!

Well I did it I ran a Marathon but let me start from the beginning.

It all started at the EXPO.  We had three family members running during marathon weekend so we were all over the expo getting our bibs.  I was able to jump to corrals while we were there at that took a little bit of pressure off of me during the race.

We also got the the expo while they had plenty of Run Disney stuff.  So if you ever run durning marathon weekend I would say get there on thursday if you want Run Disney stuff.

Next up was the family 5K and It was my moms first 5K ever.  My dad and I also did it with her.

Last up for me ( My dad did the goofy) was the full marathon.  It is the longest distance I have ever run.  Due to injuries and illness I was not able to train the way I wanted to but hey I finished.  It was fun to run with my dad.  We took pictures with many characters along the way.

                                      
Those are just a few.  We tried to hit up the hard to find characters.  It messed with out time a little bit but it was worth it.

The first few mile were nice.  It was still dark so it wasn't hot yet.  It didn't get really hot to me until after we left Animal Kingdom.  It also felt like there was no shade after that point.

I was okay until about mile 18 then my knee which I hurt in the fall decided to swell up.  at least at that point in the race we were in the single digit miles.

It was also extremely hot.  Many runners who have ran it in the past said that it was one of the hottest marathons at Disney.

All in all it was a good race weekend.  Not sure if I will ever run a full marathon again.  I guess only time will tell if I do another one.