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My Nonlinear runDisney Anxiety Journey Continues On

March 5, 2026March 5, 20262 Comments

After a frankly rough 2026 runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, I am thrilled to provide the following spoiler: my 2026 Princess Half Marathon Weekend was lovely. Oddly enough, though, it was precisely because my WDW Marathon Weekend was rough that I was able to ultimately manage the threatened return of my pre-race panic. Turns out I was on...

The Sean Astin Secret To runDisney Zen

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026Leave a comment

No, to my knowledge, Sean Astin does not have the secret to runDisney zen. The secret is that you USE Sean Astin’s example to achieve runDisney zen, assuming your anxiety is time-based. Yes, of course I will explain. WHY SEAN ASTIN? At the beginning of my runDisney career, the greatest constant was Sean Astin. He was at the 2013...

Coping With Pre-Race Anxiety: Does Anyone Know How To Spell “Meteor”?

November 26, 2024November 28, 20246 Comments

Hello! My name is Jenn, and I suffer from anxiety. As I get older it seems to be getting worse, not better, which strikes me as unfair. Alas, we must deal with the mental struggles we are given. I will be using Fear from Inside Out as my avatar during this post. Yes, I know Inside Out 2 features...

In Which Jenn Almost Ruins Her Own Race Schedule

June 16, 2020August 18, 2021Leave a comment

In today’s post I am going to take you on a brief tour of the inside of my brain. Now, I want to be up front with you: it’s scary in there. Don’t panic! I’ll be with you the whole way and I won’t let anything happen to you. I promise I can safely shepherd you through the full...

In Which Jenn Will Find Any Excuse For More WDW Time

October 4, 2019August 18, 20212 Comments

Thought I’m now a Puerto Rico resident, I’ll be spending the holidays with family on the mainland. This being so close to WDW Marathon Weekend, I thought, why not stay an extra week with my parents in North Carolina and then fly direct to WDW? Brilliant! And it is brilliant. Time- and money-saving! Of course, there is one hiccup: there...

In Which Moon Muses On Pre-Race Anxiety

April 1, 2015August 11, 2021Leave a comment

Greetings from your not-so-frequent-solo-poster Moon! I feel honored to be writing today, April 1, my favorite holiday. I also find it ironic that a solo post is due for you, readers, on April Fools’ Day (it’s not a joke, this is a real post!). Hmm—and this is just a side note—I auspiciously also had a dream earlier this week about Chaucer...