MY QUEST TO 50

8 Down 42 to Go!

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Half Marathon 13.1 Miles

January 12, 2013

 On Saturday January 12, 2013 I completed my 12^th Half Marathon in Walt Disney World Orlando.

                     This is also my 8^th State on my Quest to 50.



BEFORE THE RACE



The weather was absolutely gorgeous in Orlando, Florida well not so much for running but for lounging at the pool it was great.  The race started at 5:30 am, which I wasn’t too crazy about the time of the start being that I woke up at 3:00 am and only had 4hours of sleep.  Most of the race was dark because it was so early; the sun was finally starting to come out around mile 10-11.  I started off strong and finished at a decent time, not what I wanted but I had some technical issues with my GPS watch and I had to stop and fix it. Thinking about it now I should have just forgotten about the watch and kept on running but when it happened the first thing I thought about was let me fix it.



PRE RACE









EPCOT

I completed my race in 1:59:35, came in at 2469 out of 23,126 finishers which sounds good to me. I had a special person that came to see me finish and it was the greatest feeling post race. The sun was out and I was smiling. I iced up my knees as a precaution because I have had issues in the past but throughout the race I was fine.

When I headed back to hotel all I can think of is lounging by the pool and relaxing which was the best post race feeling.

I have 42 more states to go. I am planning Massachusetts and Virginia hopefully I will make it happen for 2013.

Until next time, Happy Running!