Hey, you know how last week I said there are more reasons to run a marathon than just for time? Well, I decided to run the fiftieth annual Marine Corps Marathon for the mile markers. AN ALTERNATIVE MARATHON GOAL Thanks to recurrent minor injuries, I wasn’t quite able to knock out the training cycle I might have otherwise liked...
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I’ve been getting a lot of traffic on my 2024 Marine Corps Marathon race recap over the last couple weeks. Is it because of the sparkling wit and personality that weaves its way into every word I type? Possibly! But more probably it’s the title, which, to refresh your memory, was “How Slow Can I Go? Marine Corps Marathon...
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No, of course there’s nothing wrong with Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend! It is a worthy entry in the runDisney race weekend pantheon, no worse than any other and arguably – by some metrics – better. And yet… once upon a time Wine & Dine was gloriously unique. I was there when the deeper magic was written, and...
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Okay, “no love” is a bit of an exaggeration – but there’s no denying that Springtime Surprise Weekend is by far the least popular of all the runDisney race weekend offerings. And I want to figure out why! IN THEORY, SPRINGTIME SURPRISE SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK Springtime Surprise Weekend is runDisney’s only race weekend offering the ten miler...
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Hello and welcome to my Dopey Challenge 2025 trip report! For my final dedicated Dopey entry, I’d like to leave you with my reflections on the experience. Read all the entries in this report here. Onward! All it takes to commit to runDisney’s Dopey Challenge is a credit card and a dream. All it takes to successfully complete the...
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Editor’s note: after a triumphant recap of the 2024 Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend, Kate is back with another guest race recap! She’ll be walking us through something I have never done: the Castaway Cay 5K. Take it away, Kate! As a guest blogger for Fairest Run of All, I am here to give you a recap my...
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We interrupt this trip report to bring you a recap of the Run Sunset Beach Half Marathon! Now and again my parents ask me to come to North Carolina to pet sit for them. While taking care of animals if of course its own reward, I can’t help but also sneak in a race when I’m in town and...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Today we recap the Princess Half Marathon! Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! What’s better than your alarm sounding at 2:30am? Your alarm sounding at 2:30am two mornings in a row, of course!...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Today we recap the Princess 10K! Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! As is so cruelly usual, my alarm woke me in the bleak and dark of the middle of the night. But...
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Hello and welcome to my runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2025 trip report! I’m returning to the blow-by-blow diary format for this trip. Read all the posts in this report here. Onward! My Princess Half Marathon Weekend trip began as they always do: at the airport. I arrived early to do a little work at the gate, which I...
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