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Finished!! I ran all of the first 10 miles then had to walk off and on the last 3, especially on the overpass and hills. It was hot and humid. I finished in 2:48...close enough to my goal of 2:45. Really, my goal was to finish without dying or injuring myself, and I accomplished that! Here is...

Survived the expo yesterday! No lines anywhere. Just a lot of people and noise. Picked up all my stuff, an I Did It shirt for the half (which I gave to my mom for safe-keeping until after the race!) and a 13.1 Mickey ears magnet. It was a little intimidating seeing all the "real" runners but...

Made it to Orlando yesterday. Three mile run this afternoon in conditions that are similar to what it will be on Saturday. Not too bad! I'm drinking water like crazy and trying not to get nervous!

Hello? Can we please get the attention back on us running this year? LOL! Just kidding....but I do need some expo advice. What are you thinking about the best time to go? I'm thinking Wednesday mid-day, banking that the "first day and I gotta get there before everything is sold out" crowd is...

Here's the 10-day forecast. Low 60's at the start of the half, so it likely will be in the 70's by the time I finish. If there is cloud cover, that will be fine. But if it is full sun.....I am starting now to hydrate.

Just finished my last longish run. 6 miles. The weather forecasts for next weekend are starting to psych me out a little!

When I got home from work yesterday, it was cold and rainy and hubby had a fire roaring in the fireplace. For some reason, I just didn't make it back out of the house to the gym to run on the treadmill! Instead, I did 50 hard minutes on the exercise bike. So at least I got some good cardio in.

I have no idea what I will do! All of my long training runs have been in the late afternoon so I don't really have an early morning run routine. Probabaly will go with light and bland...granola bar or oatmeal and a banana maybe. I'm also a little worried about the temperature. I am used to...

I did 275 miles in the last six months of the year. Jan - Jun were not worth counting. My plan for 2014 after the WDW half is maybe one more half in February, then some spring 5K's. After the halfs are over, I want to start working on speed a little bit. Then an easy 10 - 12 miles a week...

I have a question about that. I received the pre-order for the WDW Half and it says that it comes with a finishers medal. So it is a second finishers medal in addition to the one you got on race day? Or it is just a place for your own finishers medal? Maybe I'm weirdly sentimental, but if I...

I listened to most of the Hunger Games trilogy while running. That was a good one to get lost in.

I did this on my long run yesterday. At about the 10 mile mark, I crossed a bridge over a little stream...it had maybe a 2' rise to it, but I imagined it was the overpass and I was conquering it! It made me laugh. I listen to music and while I'm like @Ariel484 and forget what I just listened...

In more ways than one...that's for sure!!

Thank you, @JillC LI You have no idea how much the support, encouragement and information here have helped. I could not have done it without y'all!

How cool is that, @Kristia. What a great Christmas present! I did 13 miles today in 2:32! Can I really run a half-marathon? Why, YES! I can! Hello, taper week!!

It has been raining here non-stop for the last 13 hours. I floated over to the gym and ran 5 miles on the TM.

Wow! How do you keep up with the number of laps?

Be careful out there, @bethram and all you other winter warriors! And you have all talked me right out of a 12-mile Christmas Day run. I will do 5 tomorrow and Friday and try for 12 on Sunday, then officially be in my very first taper!

Everybody says that, but when I finished 11 miles, I could hardly take two more steps, much less run 2 more miles! Maybe race adrenaline or getting a little bit of rest during the congested parts of the course will carry me to the end. One way or the other, I WILL make it to the end. My goal...

I'm a compulsive step counter! It is so calming and really the best indication for me of my pacing. I have similar questions as @Sumrdog I had planned to do 12 miles yesterday, 13 next Sunday then a 2 week taper to the WDW Half. But I got cut short on my run yesterday because of rain. I...