Staying Paleo at Disneyland (Day 3)

The Bling from the RunDisney 5K

I survived the 5K!  And I managed to finish in 37:22.  Not bad for me and not bad for RunDisney race.  It was a lot of fun, especially seeing people dressed up as their favorite Marvel Avenger character... or just favorite character in general. 

Hubby and I had to get up 3:45 so we would have time to get ready for the race and then walk to the start.  For this trip, Hubby decided to try a new hotel, unfortunately it was a bit farther from the Disney Resort than he thought so by the time we got to our race corral, I had logged over 2 miles on my Fitbit.

The race started at 5:30 in the morning and our corral started at 5:37 am.  We ran through the Disney Resort, into the back lot of California Adventure Park, into the park at Cars Land, wound our way through the park, out the front gate and crossed into Disneyland were we ran down Main Street USA, toward the Castle, through Fantasy Land over to Critter Country and out the side gate to Downtown Disney, and finally to the Disneyland Hotel and the finish line.

Parts of the 5K will be repeated during the half marathon tomorrow but we also get to run through Angel's Stadium (down on the field!). 

As great as todays race was, I was very tired and sore when we were done.  And the trek back to the hotel, then back Disneyland, not to mention a 2.5 hour walking tour (admittedly some of that time was spent on rides), wore me out.  So while Hubby bummed around a bit, I straggled back to the hotel for a much needed nap.  Still tired and achy, but feeling much better I met up with Hubby for another few hours at the California Adventure Park. 

All in all I walked (and ran) 40,043 steps... or 17.49 miles (which was just mere 3 miles more than yesterday!). 

And there's still the half marathon to get through....

Honestly, I'm very worried about doing the race tomorrow.  I was so tired and sore today, I pushed myself a bit on the run, and I'm feeling a bit run down from the fibroid issues, so I'm afraid I'll having nothing left to give for the 13.1 miles I need to complete tomorrow.  But Hubby and I did some calculations and figured that being in corral C (3rd corral out 8), gives us a bit of leeway on the "16 minute mile" rule that Disney has.  The goal is to run as much as possible, but to take walk breaks as needed or just walk if necessary.  I want to finish... and I want to be able to enjoy the rest of the my day as well.

Okay, the race start is at 5:30 (again!), so Hubby and I are going to bed early tonight.

Hopefully I will have good news to report about the half marathon!