This post was originally going to be, exclusively, about the unplanned rest days I’ve been taking for the last two weeks or so, and why that is why my upcoming half marathon may go poorly. But of course, the universe had to go ahead a provide A Twist. THIS WAS GONNA BE MY RACE, UNTIL… The beginning was tragically...
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I’m getting out ahead of my Christmas in July trip report with some avant restaurant reviews! We’ll be starting with Steakhouse 71. Read all the posts in this trip report here. Onward! Hello and welcome to this Steakhouse 71 restaurant review, which also serves as the inaugural post of my Thanksgiving Walt Disney World trip. Hold on, hold on...
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As Disney fans go, I consider myself to be among the more fiscally conservative. Sure, by this point I’m sure I’ve spent a solid five figures on Disney parks, but that’s over the course of a good decade and a half and more. Call it discretionary spending, but never debt. I mean yeah, I could have a nicer car...
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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...
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Happy Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend registration day! I wish you great luck in your pursuit of runDisney glory.* * And if you don’t get what you want, maybe this post can help you out? I ran my first runDisney race in 2013, and I never looked back – I’ve run an additional 29 Disney races since, and I...
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It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. Just one more post about some food at Roaring Fork, and then I’ll be done, I swear. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! My Princess Half Marathon trip was so short I don’t...
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My fellow runDisney enthusiasts, are you ready to have your minds blown? My first runDisney race – and in fact my first race ever – was the 2013 Princess Half Marathon, which took place as it always has in late February. Would you like to know when I registered? NOVEMBER 11, 2012. NOVEMBER 11. REALLY. I just went to...
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