Okay. So. This Sunday is the Marine Corps Marathon. This is my third one, so I should not be nervous. I am not nervous. I am NOT nervous. I know I can do it. In fact, I feel more confident going in than I ever have before. Injuries? None! Training? Solid! 20 mile prep race? Not bad! Weather? Unusually...
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In the immortal words of The Festival of the Lion King: It. Is. TIME. Pictured: time. The Marine Corps Marathon is THIS SUNDAY. Training has been accordingly light. Sunday | rest Monday | 9.27 miles on the treadmill in 1:35 Tuesday | walked 2.15 miles outside in 35 minutes; 70 minute ballet class Wednesday | ran 7.39 miles on...
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Let’s talk about champagne. Yes! I knew you’d be up for it. If you read my trip recap, you’ll recall that last year my travel buddy Elizabeth missed our flight down to WDW for the Wine & Dine Half Marathon. Luckily she was able to snag a seat on a later plane, but the end result was that even...
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I just don’t know, guys. Should I buy a WDW annual pass? The facts, as they say, are these. Yes, thank you. Disney is currently offering 13 month APs if you buy by January. I currently have three WDW trips on the docket: November for the Wine & Dine, January for the WDW Marathon, and April for the Dark...
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Marine Corps Marathon is getting close, guys! Knocked out one more long run last week before the big show. Sunday | rest Monday | ran 15.11 miles on the treadmill in 2:35 I had off for Columbus Day so I took advantage of the extra time afforded me. Tuesday | walked 2.11 miles outside in 35 minutes; 70 minute...
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Girls, we’ve got it rough. We know this. Our pockets are useless. Hey, baggy cargo pants can be a cute look. But it’s not how we want to live our lives, and it’s definitely not always how we want to swan around an (often sweltering) amusement park. It’s cool, though; that’s why God invented the purse, right? Unfortunately, some...
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I’m not gonna lie – I was kinda disappointed in Big Hero Six. I loooooooved Baymax, but he took a surprising back seat to the kids’ drama. If there’s a sequel, I’d probably see it, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to make it to a theater or anything. Unless I was promised 90 minutes of this:...
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This blog assumes two items: All amusement parks are, to varying degrees but with utmost certainty, inferior to Disney parks. They are still fun. Therefore when a Groupon popped up for Busch Gardens Williamsburg about three hours south of us, Pat and I jumped at the chance. We’ve been there before and nothing has changed since then, but I...
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I feel like I spend so much time training for fall races, and then when those races arrive I run less than ever. Which makes sense, what with tapering and all that, but it’s kinda weird sometimes. Anyway, here’s last week’s runs: Sunday | rest I was gonna run this day, but it was dreary and rainy and I...
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Can we talk about Pharrell’s “Happy” for a minute? Because it’s WDW-stalking me. To be accurate, it’s runDisney-stalking me. I have heard it at every Disney race I’ve run since it came out, which means all of them but one. I have heard it on course. I have heard it post-race. But mostly, reliably, INESCAPABLY, I have heard it...
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