Mark it down – Marathon #3 COMPLETE! Goofy Challenge #2 COMPLETE! 39.3 miles later, and the race challenge is in the books. Overall, I was about a minute faster on this muggy and very humid morning. I purposely took my time nice and slow to start, and it paid off as I had a lot more energy towards the end of the race, never really hitting a wall. I had 3 goals for this marathon at Disney: a) Ride Expedition Everest b) Grab a beer somewhere on the course and c) Grab a Goofy Hat before I crossed the Finish line. I managed to do two of the three, skipping the beer because I just wasn’t feeling it at the end. I did however manage to ride a roller coaster DURING a marathon, which is pretty cool in itself.
Ran into my Arizona running buddy Jen! We knocked out the first 5 miles together.
It’s not often you get to see the entry to the Magic Kingdom like this!
This pic with these two nuts is becoming a WDW Marathon tradition!
WDW 2016 Goofy Challenge Complete
A bird decided to photobomb my money shot!
After hobbling back to the hotel, a shower, and trying to lay down and stretch, it was back to the Magic Kingdom for the evening’s celebration dinner at Be Our Guest. Dinner always tastes so much better after a full marathon! After this, Rachel, Lisa and I took a spin on Space Mountain, and waiting for the Seven Dwarves Mine Train. It ended up paying off majorly, as the Wishes fireworks were going off while we rode, and this turned out to be my 1,000th Roller Coaster Ride (yeah, I’m a little OCD with tracking that stuff). A wonderful and fitting end to an amazing weekend!
Dinner at Be Our Guest is never second best… don’t believe me… ask the dishes!
Nick, Lisa, Linda, Beast, Rachel, Ethan, Diana – Be Our Guest
Seven Dwarves Mine Train during Wishes! Couldn’t ask for anything better…
2016 WDW Marathon Finisher! And technically GOOFY!