Hi There! Last Sunday Jenia and I participated in the Disney Marathon. Without training Jenia still made the 26.2mile finish line, and received a Gold Medal. I on the other hand, made it to mile 18 and the bus came and picked us up to drive us to the finish area. Pretty embarrassing, but I'm proud of us. I was with Annie's mom, Teresa and her friend. I'm pround of Teresa, she made it to mile 15 without a cigarette! Once she decided to stop, her friend and I continued, but at 17 her friend was ready to finish. So we pushed it one more mile. It was fun, we raised a lot of money for The Hope Center for Autism in Jensen Beach, FL. Jenia and I paid $210 bucks to participate, hopefully most of it is going to the Disney cause: Lymphoma. (Which Teresa had 13 years ago.) In the world of marathons, I will not be attending another Disney one, I'm gonna stick to Susan G. Komen. The atmosphere is that of close, real women and men. It's shorter in distance, and more uplifting, everyone talks to each other, and everyone is honored no matter what. Whereas I felt this one was all disney characters, and people trying to be seen, and shoved. For first time runners, elders, and slower individuals walking, there were no extras for us. For an incredibly organized race, they ran out of drinks, fruits, and any other things we were all entitled to. The characters and animals left after an hour or so too. My biggest complaint was that they made like the wheelchair racers were just a side show annoyance. They didn't introduce them, or anything nice, they just yelled over the bullhorn to watch out for them. I normally get excited and inspired when I see the wheelers, this time I was disgusted. Oh well, maybe I can see a review of how the dollars were divyed up...that would be something.