TheStig Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hey everyone!! Many of you know Renee (Nay) as the resident "TPR Runner", but I've been running the Disney World Half Marathon for the last 5 years. This year, as I am now 18, I decided I wanted to run my first marathon as I would be of age. Disney offers the "Goofy Race and a Half Challenge" which consists of a Half Marathon on Saturday, and a Marathon on Sunday. I signed up for this pretty much the day after I finished the half last year, and have been training a lot over the last few months for it. Well the race was this past weekend, and it was a LOT of fun and definitely worth the challenge and training!! After running this race I give Renee a TON of credit for doing what she does! 26.2 miles is a LONG distance, and I'm still in pain from it! But it was one of the most awesome things I've ever done, and I am definitely signing up for Goofy again next year! Renee's TR is going to blow this one out of the water, I promise you, but I just wanted to show you my photos from this really awesome event! Enjoy! And here are my three medals from the weekend! The Half Marathon is Donald (yellow), the Fully Marathon is Mickey (red) and the Goofy Challenge medal is Goofy (Orange, and obviously!). Renee has one more than me for running the 5K, but hopefully I'll do all three next year!! Thanks for reading everyone!! Me with my sign. I didn't feel too terrible at all, but my legs really did hurt! GO COLIN OON!!! My cheer squad couldn't get to me between the halfway point and the finish due to some terrible traffic, but here I am shortly after finishing! See I don't look too bad....yet!! After a sip of water I was on my way! Getting some words of advice from my coach.... I had a Wookie-Hair in my sock, so I had to remove it. Also I had a band aid on my toe that had come off, so I took it off too. Here I am approaching mile 13! Well it was just shy of mile 13, but I needed to stop for a minute and get some shot blocks from my group. My cheering squad at mile 8!!! One mile in to the race I passed my "cheer crowd", and then again at mile 4. Do you like my sign?! I wore it for the half marathon, but it only lasted 12 miles on the full marathon before coming apart. I am good to go! After this was taken I headed over to the corrals for the start of the race. My coach on the left, Bree, and her husband on the right, Chris. The next morning was the big day for me. The full marathon. This was my first full marathon ever, and I was a bit nervous! Here I am getting my bib number put on. And again, here is the entire team back at the hotel after the race. Here are those of us who ran the half. Check out that awesome uniform I'm wearing! Bet you haven't seen legs like that in a while! Me and my woman. I ran with that head band on and was paid $20 towards my project for doing so! As you can see, I was thrilled (actually it worked really well!) The next morning was the half marathon of which no pictures were taken! Reason being is because both my mom and I ran it, and thus here we are! And a little while later, it's over!! And they're off! With a little bit of fire, the 5K begins! Here is a mess of people at the start of the 5K. Apparently there were close to five thousand people running it. How ironic! Why hello there! Look at how tall I am! Here we all are again, except this time at the race! The 5K was held at Animal Kingdom. Usually it changes parks every year, but for the last two years it took place at AK. This was taken at about 5am on Friday. We are just about to board the busses to the "Circle of Life 5K". I didn't compete in this because my coach wouldn't let me =[ Here is the New Gate School running team prior to leaving for Disney this past Thursday!! Can you find me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Getting some words of advice from my coach.... "Run! People are passing you." Am I close? Great job, Colin! Again, these marathon reports make me feel incredibly lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 You'd go faster with less hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Based on your school's colors and running outfit, are you in training to be a Green Lantern or something? Congratulations on running the marathon. I have trouble enough walking a mile or so a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowfanman Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 LOL! Congrats Colin! That's quite an achievement, from one non-runner to a runner! Seeing these events makes me wish I was physically capable and mentally dedicated enough to participate, if anything, to see the show that Disney puts on! But at the end of the day, that's what I have you and your pictures for. Lol. -Jahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Getting some words of advice from my coach.... "Run! People are passing you." Am I close? Great job, Colin! Again, these marathon reports make me feel incredibly lazy. Haha, close but not quite! It was more like "You're doing great, and if you start to hurt just remember that in a few minutes it will go away" to which I responded "Yeah and then a few minutes later it will come back again!!" Thanks, and really ANYONE can do this! Take a look at the other people in the pictures! You'd go faster with less hair. And everything tastes better with A1. Based on your school's colors and running outfit, are you in training to be a Green Lantern or something? Congratulations on running the marathon. I have trouble enough walking a mile or so a day. Haha, I never noticed that! I really hate that uniform though, it's not really suited for marathons and stuff, moreso for 5K's. Luckily next year I can wear whatever I want, and it won't be that! LOL! Congrats Colin! That's quite an achievement, from one non-runner to a runner! Seeing these events makes me wish I was physically capable and mentally dedicated enough to participate, if anything, to see the show that Disney puts on! But at the end of the day, that's what I have you and your pictures for. Lol. -Jahan Haha, thanks Jahan! And like I said, anyone can do this! I started running in 8th grade and the only reason I did it was because I wanted to go to Disney for a day, THAT'S IT! If you told me that 5 years later I'd be running a marathon, I'd call you crazy. I just ended up sticking with it because I had a ton of fun running and now here I am today! I suck at other sports, so this is really the only thing I'm good at! I just gave it a try, and found out I liked it, so I kept with it. Disney does an awesome job with this event. Parts of the course are a little boring, but there are always people there to cheer you on. It's a really fun race, and I highly recommend doing if if you are a runner or just want the experience. Oh and my times were 2:23:57 for the half marathon and 5:36:12 for the full marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 You finished around the same time as my Pastor, he finished somewhere around 5:20. Congrats on doing something I could never do in the physical shape I am in right now. I commented on his facebook page that it would take me probably 20 hours for the full marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Good job on the race Colin, but great job getting that hot girlfriend!!! You da man! Peace, Big Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Great job, Colin! I can't run to save my life. However, I did get so ticked off one night that I left the house at 11:30pm and walked till 6:30am (19 miles!). But that's another story... Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimace Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Bryan and I were at Disney on Sunday and we say tons of runners all over the place, we were speculating whether or not we'd see this pop up on the forums! Awesome job finishing the marathon, I used to do long distance swimming races so I know how it is to train for these type of things. I'm way too lazy nowadays to do something like that, running a marathon takes dedication! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Fantastic, Colin! While I am en excellent sprinter, anything over 200 meters and I totally fall apart. I have a lot of respect for you for doing this - it's really a great achievement. Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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