Disney Princess 1/2 marathon 2/24/13

Well last Sunday on 2/24/13, I started & completed my first 1/2 marathon. It was the Disney Princess 1/2 marathon. It was a very well organized race, with water & poweraide every 1.5 miles, frequent medic tents along the race, & cliff shots at mile 8.5. There was also lots of spots to stop for pics along the way. We only stopped for 1 pic though. At the 1st of the race I was really enjoying myself & the magical feeling of running through Disney. However about mile 8 my left foot really started hurting. I had been nursing back an injury of tendinitis in my left heel for the past few weeks, not even able to really run or walk prior to the race. I did keep up with my other cardio routine though. So I had bought compression sleeves for my legs, to save my calfs & shins. I do believe they helped a lot because my tendinitis didn't start to flare till about mile 11. So I was feeling pretty good other than left foot pain (felt like a rock in the ball of my foot), & I could feel a pulling in my right knee. So I finished with my aches & pains. We still did 2 Disney parks after the race on Sunday, & sun night I realized I had 1 massive blister on my right foot. I guess it was my battle wound! Lol. I was even more sore on Monday, hobbling around like I was 80 yrs old. It's fri now, & I'm still a bit sore, but it's getting better. I took this entire week off from the gym, with school all week & being sore I didn't wanna push myself too hard. I had a sports massage on wed afternoon, & he said my glutes, lower back, & feet were all still very swollen. I joked with him saying "yeah I think I almost put my body in shock on sun." My feet are still very swollen, can only wear my running shoes. But most importantly I have already been doing my research to see which race I wanna tackle next. I do want to do another 1/2 marathon. I'm looking at maybe the Diva 1/2 in myrtle beach for 2014 or the rock & roll 1/2 in savannah for 2014. Next on my agenda is the cooper river bridge 10k in April. I did this race last year for the 1st time. Since I only work weekends now, I probably will not have any more big races the rest of the year. Gotta focus on finishing school, & getting a RN job in the hospital, then I can regain at least every other weekend back! In the future though I will deff do another Disney race!