Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’d like to talk about the costs associated with being a Dopey Challenger. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! WDW Marathon Weekend is special to me. Although I’m not one of the diehards who register for the Dopey Challenge every year, I had an amazing...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today we’ll consider Disney’s Old Key West Resort in its function as a runDisney race weekend accommodation. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! There’s more than one way to reserve a Disney resort hotel room. Maybe you can’t afford Disney Vacation Club’s buy-in costs (I know...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Today I’m recapping the crown jewel of the Dopey experience: The WDW Marathon. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! You know what I love? I’ll tell you what I love: the WDW Marathon. It is my One Race to Rule Them All. I haven’t skipped a...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Today we’ll be discussing some of my thoughts on the WDW Marathon Weekend race expo. Onward! Normally one attends a runDisney race expo once, maybe twice. You grab your bib, of course, and then maybe go again to buy some running...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! OUR 10K PLAN Morning two dawned successfully – it was time for the WDW 10K! Although originally planned for the 5K, some last minute shuffling meant that my costume for this race was my longstanding favorite Figment. I had wanted...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! And just like that, my Dopey Challenge began! Race number one dawned rather chillier than we all would have liked, but the stress levels were low – trip buddies Kate and Erika were doing the WDW 5K with me, and...
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It’s official – I’m a two-time Dopey Challenge finisher! And it feels great. Needless to say I’m going to tell you all about it, and in my traditional style I will be using every word I know. That’s right, kids, it’s trip report time! I will, however, be eschewing my usual day-by-day trip report format, as I didn’t really...
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Okay, kids. runDisney’s WDW Marathon Weekend Dopey Challenge. My plane leaves, as they say, on the morrow. Let’s do this. Do I feel really good about it? No! Although I must admit – I asked for symmetry, and I was given symmetry. During my 2015 Dopey Challenge run, I was coming off injury. For 2025, I will be… coming...
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I know, I know, I’m not going to make myself popular with this request, but I mean it: if you’re attending WDW Marathon Weekend and you feel in the least bit sick, please wear a mask. RACE WEEKEND ILLNESS WAS ALWAYS LURKING I mean, let’s be real: sickness has always been a potential race weekend-slayer. I can’t believe I...
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I’m not gonna lie to you guys – I’m feeling a bit nervous about the Marine Corps Marathon. WHY THIS MIGHT BE MY FIRST DNF Hey, remember that knee trouble I reported back in frickin’ APRIL? I never managed to quite get rid of it. I think it’s patellar tendinitis. It’s been waxing and waning, and I wasn’t able...
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