Quoted from Kkuoppamaki:So is that 5k, 10k and two half’s? Dopey run is crazy, this seems to be close to that. I can do a half marathon but couldn’t imagine doing that over 4 days, respect and congrats!
Race weekend is 5k, 10k and half marathon.
The R2-D2 medal is a virtual half marathon...basically, it’s the honor system. The Kessel Run Medal is for doing the virtual half marathon and the half marathon.
I found the half marathon yesterday much harder than when I did the Dopey, and that had a full marathon. I was in a walking boot 10 days ago and had 2 cortisone shots in my heel the last 2 weeks. THEN, a few hours after the 10k my right knee flared up to the point that I couldn’t walk on it. When I woke up in the morning, I could walk on it, but it still hurt. So I ran the first 2 miles, then the knee couldn’t take it anymore. I ended up power walking the last 11 miles...I didn’t train at all to power walk. Just had to push through it.
And running with heel pain isn’t fun either. It’s now time for a 2 month break from long distance running. Before these races, the longest I ever ran was 3 miles and that was in 1996 when I was in high school. I want to do Dopey and Star Wars again next year. Need to heal up first.