SPECTATOR REPORT: DISNEY MARATHON
It was a lot of
fun cheering for Jenny. I dragged the kids all over the course. They
were really good too considering we had to get up at 3:45. I had pace
alerts set up on my phone for my wife, her running friend, one of my
running partners who was going for a BQ as well as Jeff who was out here for the marathon and family vacation. I
saw Jenny at about 1.5 miles, missed her at mile 9, but saw her at
about 12.5 miles. I saw her finish, too and was there after she came
through to the family reunion area. I was also able to meet Jeff and
his family after he finished with an awesome 2:40 time and finishing
16th overall. It was nice to finally meet someone from the blog
(especially such a nice guy!). Also, kudos out to Jenny's running partner Kathryn who chopped off about 19 minutes from her old PR! One of my running partners, David, once again proved that he is "full of it" when he keeps saying that he is too "old and broken" to run like he used to, another BQ in the 50+ age group, way to go David!!! And, one of the best surprises (I wish I had known that she was running) is one of my running insprirations, the ever so valuable "olympian-next-door", Eudair, who took 2nd in her age group, way to go!!!!
I thought Jenny held up really
well and looked good at the end. It was a little nerve wracking for me
since I didn't know what was going on between mile 20 and the finish.
She slowed down a little bit over the second half but nothing too
terrible and didn't have any major problems. With all of the unknows of her first marathon, she did really well with a 4:12:08. On the drive home the next day she even mentioned that she might be up for another marathon sometime :)
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