Disney 1/2 Marathon

Yesterday I ran the Disney 1/2 Marathon for the 3rd consecutive year. In 2007 I ran it in 2:10:28 and won the race 2 days before my wedding. Last year I ran 1:11:55, finished 6th overall and felt awful after the 10km mark. This year I just decided to have fun and did a huge week of training in Florida leading into the race and ended up running my fastest time ever, 1:08:15. I felt great for the entire race and started off slower than last year running about 5:15-5:20s for the first 4 miles. After that I picked it up and ran 5:05-5:10s through the middle of the race. The last 3 miles were a bit tough as my lack of distance running base began to show and I started to feel the pounding in my legs.
I love running Disney as it provides me with a good hard effort to start off the season and a trip to Disney is always fun. There is no money in the race so it is entirely for fun and waking up at 3:40am is always tough as well. Overall it is a great experience to be done with a race before the sun rises.