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In Which Jenn’s 15th Marathon Continues To Give Chase

January 22, 2021August 16, 20212 Comments

The 2020 Wilmington Marathon was supposed to be my fifteenth marathon. Scheduled for March, it was cancelled, my first COVID race casualty. So then the 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon was in position to become my fifteenth marathon. Painfully but understandably, it was cancelled, alongside the Princess Half and Star Wars Half weekends. Which brought me back around to the...

In Which Jenn Hosts The 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon’s Wake

January 8, 2021August 16, 2021Leave a comment

I hope you enjoyed my light complaining earlier this week, because today we’re going to do some heavy complaining: I should be in Walt Disney World right now. 🙁 🙁 🙁 I should be picking up my race bib! I should be planning out my pre-race meal! I should be there for the Walt Disney World Marathon! But I’m...

In Which Jenn’s Race Is On! (Mostly)

October 9, 2020August 16, 20213 Comments

Hey! I actually get to run an in-person race! Remember when I had the audacity to put together a race schedule for 2020? I was so young and full of hope. Which of course turned out to be stupid and everything is cancelled, including some of my early 2021 races. Boo. Happily, there is one light on the near...

In Which Jenn Mourns More Lost runDisney Races

September 22, 2020August 16, 2021Leave a comment

Annnnnnnnnnd there it is. I was just about to sit down and type up a cute little post about my latest Disney dress, but NO – the universe had to go ahead and hit me where it hurts. As you are more than likely aware, both Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend and Princess Half Marathon Weekend are cancelled. To...

In Which Jenn Has A New runDisney Race Registration Strategy

May 11, 2020August 18, 20212 Comments

I’m gonna cut right to the chase here: my new runDisney race strategy is that I’m registering for ALL OF THEM. I took the Annual Passholder route last week to register for the WDW Marathon early, because it is my One True Race. Luckily, the marathon is the least popular of the races/challenges of that weekend, so I had...

In Which Jenn Runs The Race Her Own Darn Self

April 22, 2020August 18, 2021Leave a comment

Back in January of 2017, some brave Walt Disney World Half Marathon registrants set a precedent: when your runDisney race is cancelled, you run it anyway on your own. And so last Sunday, the woulda-been date of the Star Wars Rival Run Half Marathon, I set out on the streets of San Juan to run 13.1 by myself. I...

In Which Jenn Gets The runDisney Rug Pulled Out From Under Her

March 23, 2020August 18, 20212 Comments

Hope springs eternal but reality kills it dead – the runDisney Star Wars Rival Run race weekend is no more. I think we can all agree that we saw it coming. Obviously I’m pretty darned sad about it. I mean, of COURSE I can see the necessity and of COURSE I recognize that as an ostensibly healthy person who...

In Which Jenn’s Fifteenth Marathon Is Cancelled :(

March 13, 2020August 18, 20214 Comments

Alas, my friends, add my name to the legions of the bummed out. I was all set to run my fifteenth marathon next Saturday, the Wilmington Marathon in North Carolina. But like so many events, the threat of coronavirus forced the race organizers to cancel it. I don’t begrudge them this – their hands were forced by a combination...

In Which Jenn Runs The Wayfarer’s 10K AGAINST HER WILL*

June 5, 2018August 23, 2021Leave a comment

*This may be a slight exaggeration. The ominous weather forecast was poor all week: potential lightning and storms on Saturday morning. And the day before the race, the Wayfarer Half organizers caved: they called off the Wayfarer’s Half Marathon. What they did not cancel was the Wayfarer’s 10k, set to start at the same time but expected to finish before the...