Walt Disney World Marathon Recap
The marathon was a lot slower for me with a lot of walking because of the ankle pain from the half-marathon injury (and visiting with more characters, taking lots of pictures, etc). I ended up with an embarassing time of 6:30 but still had tons of fun.
During the race, I reached a point where I absolutely could not go on — but I realized that I had about 9 more miles to go! So I went! I have never walked or ran 26.2 miles before. I have also never reached that point of exhaustion or physical pain.
Below are some photos I snapped along the way. Just like the half-marathon post, I’ll add my official race photos and pictures of the medals in a later post.
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- Tons of runners out early
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- Overpass view
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- Underpass view
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- Entering MK parking lot
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- A monorail near Contemporary
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- Running down Main Street
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- Going into Tomorrowland
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- Chip and Dale on the course
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- Pooh and Piglet in Fantasyland
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- Heading towards the castle
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- MK Backstage area
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- Back entrance to MK
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- Thousands of cones on the course
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- Behind the scenes of Disney
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- Coming into AK
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- Stopping for a picture at AK
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- Running towards EE at AK
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- Running through Dinoland USA
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- Behind Expedition Everest
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- Little cheerleaders on the course
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- I waited in line forever for Mickey!
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- An out and back stretch along Osceola
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- Mile 22, and I’m almost dead
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- Running into Hollywood Studios
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- Toy soldier at DHS
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- Great view of earful tower
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- Running down the Streets of America
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- Running through Hollywood Studios
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- Parade pieces along the route
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- Running towards Epcot
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- Running through World Showcase
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- Nearing the course end
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- Mile 26 — almost the end!
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- The ChEAR squad and Chip
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- Homemade shirts – front
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- Homemade shirts – back
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