Okay, kids, it finally happened: after multiple years in a row where Springtime Surprise Weekend took days and even weeks to sell out all bibs, this year’s races went within hours just like the rest. This is hardly, ahem, surprising. (Rim shot!) runDisney registration has only gotten more and more competitive in the post-COVID era with no signs of...
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Hello and welcome to Happy Friday, an occasional series wherein I simply talk about a theme park-adjacent topic that makes me happy. Believe it or not, today’s subject is a DISASTER! – and it makes me very happy. 🙂 UNIVERSAL LOSSES I’m currently in the throes of planning a Universal Studios Florida trip! While I am habitually more of...
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You know what they say – if you don’t schedule time for maintenance, maintenance time will be scheduled for you. Sometimes the rest days sneak up… NEXT WEEK’S LONG RUN? THINK AGAIN Ain’t it always the way? I go a solid couple months of training without injury and dare to think “this is going well!” … and then immediately...
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Do you dress like a different person in Disney parks? I know I do! This is kinda embarrassing, but it’s true: I am deeply self-conscious in real life. While I do take pleasure in dressing reasonably well when I go out, I try to avoid wearing anything too eye-catching. I admire flamboyance in others, but I don’t have the...
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When I ran the Teodoro 10K, I encountered a sensory element that you may not normally associate with running: periodic clouds of perfume. Now, liberal use of perfume, cologne, and other forms of personal scent are very common in Puerto Rico. I was all ready to chalk this up to a cultural thing and let it ride. Until I...
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