A look back; a look forward

There was no race this morning.  It felt weird to wake up and NOT have to get over to Walt Disney World (even though technically I had a similar experience on Saturday with the half marathon being cancelled the night before).  Nonetheless, I took the off day opportunity to download my official photos from the runDisney events.

Here’s a crazy number of images taken by the professionals.  Unfortunately they could do nothing to make ME look better but at least the majority are in focus:

January 5, 2017 – WDW 5K

January 6, 2017 – WDW 10K

January 8, 2017 – WDW Marathon

And because the Memory Maker package includes ALL photos taken at Disney for seven days, our Hanna ohana trek to the Magic Kingdom yesterday made for a Few gratis family pics. Some of them are hilariously awkward due to the mid-motion shutter snap and some Madonna Vogue-ing poses were perhaps… ill advised. But I love them all the same. It was great to celebrate the day with Mom and Steve… even if it was still super wind-chilly cold!

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Quick running side note: Today I took a recovery run and it was… humbling. I made it through but it was S-L-O-W going. I don’t know if it was the weight of the bags under my eyes or maybe the cumulative mileage on my old bones, but I was not in peak form. That’s ok. There’s a whole five days before my next event!

I guess you could say then I’m looking for a new hope:

The countdown is on!  As is the countdown to the race after that… and the race after that… and…