Pine Belt Pacers Donna and Jennifer Blair from Petal were present at the Disney Marathon.  I think they were participating in their first Half Marathon event. They finished the race in 3:35:51. Great job ladies!
 
Marathon Race Report by Ginny Dufrene (Chip time: 4:08:24)
 
Audrey, your prayers were answered for the cool weather, unfortunately it arrived 1 day too late. When I got up at 4:00 on race morning, I looked at the weather channel and it said 63 degrees and 100% humidity. "O' MY" - not good for me. We started the race at 6 am. At Disney there are so many people that you can't get on your goal pace immediately, in fact, I wasn't able to get on pace until mile 4. From mile 5-19 I was on pace and then typically, at mile 20 I started to slow down and never got back on pace. 20-26 went like this: 9:41, 9:39, 9:52, 10:11, 10:00, 10:03, and 10:17. My goal pace was 9:07 or under. I finished with a time of 4:08 which is my second fastest marathon time. Considering my "life" leading up to the marathon and the weather, I am VERY pleased with this time. Also, my Garmin had 26:48 for the mileage. I know that the course is measured for the shortest distance a runner can take, and with all of the people you are not able to run exactly how you want to (I always try to run the tangents) but this is a big difference. Not sure if the course was off, or my Garmin is off, o'well, close enough anyway, just wanted to add the note to this post. I am pleased with the effort. My goal now will be to figure out some way to improve my last 6 miles in the marathons. Any ideas????
Disney Results