{"id":30143,"date":"2019-01-13T16:43:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T21:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=30143"},"modified":"2019-01-13T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T21:44:37","slug":"january-13-2019-wdw-marathon-and-the-end-of-another-dopey-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=30143","title":{"rendered":"January 13, 2019 – WDW Marathon and the End of Another Dopey Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m tired.<\/p>\n

I’ve been tired.<\/p>\n

I haven’t slept well these past four nights in preparation for the race mornings. My alarm has repeatedly gone off at 2:30 AM and I’ve struggled out the door each time. I could bluff my way through the 5K, 10K, and half marathon. But the marathon on four days of sleep deprivation, well, I just got really, really, ridiculously tired.<\/p>\n

I was on a decent clip for the first half of the race even with a few minor medical issues (including needing a couple paper towels at the med tents to clean off my Samsung Galaxy S9 camera). I felt wheezy at the start, though I suspect that was me being a little hoarse (like Bullseye) from shouting thanks to volunteers. That settled into somewhat normal breathing by mile 5 but soon after that I found myself Hop-A-Long Cassidy-ing and limping through my stride for another six or seven miles. I wasn’t hurting per se thereafter but I just got more and more tired as we went along. And as I went along, there got to be more and more walking breaks. It didn’t help that my Garmin watch was showing me way off from the mile markers. It got to the point where I’d hit a mile on my watch but it would be another half mile until I got to that course marking. It’s debilitating to hit mile 18 on your arm and realize there’s still another 0.5 miles to get to 18 on the course. Really, really, ridiculously debilitating.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, I’m recovering slowly. I think I got dehydrated even though the weather held off from its worst forecasts of a double whammy high temperature and high humidity. I’m sadly too tired to sleep — I’ve tried napping but it’s just an exercise in futility… and I’ve done enough dopey exercising this week.<\/p>\n

I’m off to meet a classic Table 44 mate who was in town running her first Dopey. I’ll post a few photos of that reunion and celebration tomorrow but in the meantime, I present the photo gallery of the WDW Marathon 2019:<\/p>\n