Winter Wonderland Wednesday

Finally we have some snow here in PA.  It seems that all the "storms" are always south of us, but we did get some snow this time.  I like a good storm once or twice during winter and love those occasional snow days.  Today was just a delay day.  Still good, but not as good as a snow day.

This week has been extremely exhausting.  I am still recooperating from my weekend in Florida and my lack of sleep.  Getting back into my weekly routine has been tough.  I need the weekend to get straightened out again.  My family and I had a wonderful time in Florida for the Disney 2011 Half Marathon and Marathon.  We got in late on Thursday night/ early Friday morning but finally got settled and got a few hours of sleep. 

Friday we spent time in Magic Kingdom before heading to the Expo and picking up our packets for the race.  Baby Sis and I ran the Half Marathon on Saturday.  Up at 2:30 am to grab a quick bite before we headed to Epcot to join the other 21,985 runners.  We spent a few hours shivering as we waited for the start.  We were in the second wave and got started running at 5:42 am.  We ran the first 6.5 miles together and then I headed out ahead of her for the last half.   I felt really good throughout the race.  The first half was definitely easier with Baby Sis by my side but there were so many distractions and people watching to be had for the second half that it zoomed by.  I was surprised at how quickly it went.  Not a PR for me but I did finish in 1:54:59 seconds.  I was really happy with that since I didn't train very hard.  My overall stats were excellent and I was pleased to be in the top 9% of finishers!

After the race we got cleaned up and then headed out to Animal Kingdom for the rest of the day before heading back to the resort to relax and get rested to repeat the fun on Sunday.  My Dad, Lil Sis and SIL all ran the full marathon on Sunday.  Baby Sis, BIL, Niece and I all had to head out to the airport early so we weren't able to go and watch but we did get the constant text updates with their progress.  They too ran together for the first half and then my SIL headed out and finished in 4 hrs15 mins.  My Dad and Lil Sis finished in 4 hrs 54 mins.  This was Lil Sis and SIL's first marathon and my Dad's second.  The girls were quite nervous but did an amazing job!!!! 

There were talks of doing it again someday....maybe even attempting the Goofy Challenge....hmmmm.....  we will have to see about that.