You have no idea how close I came to not even showing up to the 2026 Marine Corps Marathon. A DIFFERENT SORT OF RACE RECAP This is going to be a different sort of race recap, one more focused on my personal experiences than the ins and outs of the course. Incidentally, said course remains basically the same, so...
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Longtime readers know that for me, the true challenge of the marathon isn’t the physical but the mental. In fact, it’s not even really the marathon itself – it’s the run-up. I am a high anxiety animal, and my brain loves to drum up all sorts of exciting scenarios about how my race might go wrong. Of course, this...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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