Am I really going to do this?!?!?!

I am running a half marathon. In Disney World.

The Husband has been talking for a while about doing the Disney World marathon for his graduation gift to himself. I think it's a little crazy for THAT to be his preferred gift to himself, but whatever. He's a weirdo. He's running with his sister. Originally, when he started talking about it, I wasn't even sure I was going to go "chear" (That's in honor of Mickey's EARs) him on. We've spent a lot of money on Disney trips over the past few years and with the expectation of a baby biscuit happening, I wasn't sure I wanted to spend the money for both of us to travel down there for the weekend.

Then, I thought about how this is his graduation gift to himself and how important it is to him. I couldn't NOT go. I had to be there to support him. When he found out I was going, he asked me if I wanted to try to run the 1/2 marathon the day before. I was like, "NO FREAKIN' WAY."

Then, time wore on... and he started to wear me down. He showed me pics of the run. They have the characters along the route taking pictures. It's only a 16 minute per mile pace, which is really just a fast walk, etc., etc., etc. And, he said that if I ran the 1/2 marathon, he'd run it with me... and then run the full marathon the next day. (Did I mention he was cray-cray?) Apparently, people do that. Run 1/2 marathons, and then full marathons. 39.3 miles in 2 days. At Disney, it's called the Goofy Challenge. Because you'd have to be a little Goofy to do that, right?

And, then I thought about how important this whole thing is to him. How excited he would be if he got to share it with me. And I thought... "I can probably run/walk 13.1 miles.... maybe." So, I secretly started looking into it. And became more convinced that I might possibly be able to do it, maybe?!?! If I start running now? And, even if I don't finish, the little van can pick me up & bring me to the finish line! :-)

So, I committed to it. I'm running the stupid thing. And, I'm sort of excited about it... in a weird sick way. I'm sure that's going to change a few miles in!