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My Dopey Decade Dawns As runDisney Registration Gets… Worse?

April 12, 2024April 12, 20242 Comments

I guess it was inevitable, wasn’t it? It happened – I registered for the Dopey Challenge. Not that that makes me special. LOTS of people registered for Dopey. It was a very competitive registration year; every single event was gone within two hours. What makes it funny is that I really, genuinely, truly wasn’t sure I’d ever do it...

Race Recap! The 2024 Walt Disney World Marathon

January 26, 2024April 11, 20242 Comments

Hello and welcome back to yet another trip report! It’s time for the best part: of this trip report, and the whole year – the Walt Disney World Marathon. Find all the entries in this report here. Onward! And then, a second miracle: much like the night before the WDW Half, I was able to battle through my brain’s...

Race Recap! 2024 WDW Half (Of A Half) Marathon

January 19, 2024April 11, 2024Leave a comment

Hello and welcome back to yet another trip report! Today’s entry recaps the WDW Half Marathon, or as it was this year, Half of a Half Marathon. Find all the entries in this report here. Onward! Oooh, that tricky brain of mine. It tried to do it to me again. I woke up in the (comparative) middle of the...

Happy One Year Anniversary To My Newest runDisney Fear

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024Leave a comment

Great news, runDisney buddies! Per last year’s near miss where I almost had to skip the WDW Marathon, I now suffer from a new terror that even eclipses the dreaded Did Not Wake Up On Time paraoia that historically dominated the field. It is this: what if I get sick with COVID and can’t make the marathon?!...

In When Jenn LIKES Doing “Just” The WDW Marathon

February 10, 2020August 18, 2021Leave a comment

Just the 2018 WDW Marathon was my favorite race so far! A couple days after the Walt Disney World Marathon, half the people you encounter in Orlando International Airport ran the race. We’re all decked out in our gear, a lot of have on our medals, and we’re all dying to talk about it; it’s one of the only...

How To Add On A runDisney Challenge After You’ve Already Registered

August 8, 2019August 18, 2021Leave a comment

I’ve seen the question pop up many a time in the runDisney fan Facebook groups: “I’m registered for just the half marathon, but I want to go Goofy! I’m registered for Goofy, but I want to be Dopey! Can I upgrade to a race challenge?” Well, I lived that very tale, and I’m here to tell you that it’s...

Ummmmm… Change Of Plans, Guys

April 23, 2019August 18, 20211 Comment

OHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOO You may recall how last week I was all, hey! I signed up for the WDW Marathon! Duh! You may also recall how a couple months ago I was like, runDisney challenges aren’t for me, man. And if you read that post, you may further remember that I rather prophetically noted that this mandate would likely go out the...