I guess it was inevitable, wasn’t it? It happened – I registered for the Dopey Challenge. Not that that makes me special. LOTS of people registered for Dopey. It was a very competitive registration year; every single event was gone within two hours. What makes it funny is that I really, genuinely, truly wasn’t sure I’d ever do it...
Continue readingMy Top 2 runDisney Race Tips (One Might Be Controversial)
Happy Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend registration day! I wish you great luck in your pursuit of runDisney glory.* * And if you don’t get what you want, maybe this post can help you out? I ran my first runDisney race in 2013, and I never looked back – I’ve run an additional 29 Disney races since, and I...
Continue readingFailure, But Make It runDisney: My 2024 Princess Half Marathon
It’s trip report time yet again! Come along on my long weekend trip to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon. You can see all the post in this report here. Onward! The best part of any runDisney experience is the 2:15am wakeup call, am I right? I mean, that’s why I do it. And then at that...
Continue readingRace Recap! The 2024 Walt Disney World Marathon
Hello and welcome back to yet another trip report! It’s time for the best part: of this trip report, and the whole year – the Walt Disney World Marathon. Find all the entries in this report here. Onward! And then, a second miracle: much like the night before the WDW Half, I was able to battle through my brain’s...
Continue readingThe Fairest Trip Report Of All: 1/6/24
Hello and welcome back to yet another trip report! Find all the entries in this report here. Onward! When we last left off, Erika and I had finished up our WDW Half Of A Half Marathon and we on the bus back to Pop Century. In the interim, the threatened rain began in earnest, and I began to be...
Continue readingRace Recap! 2024 WDW Half (Of A Half) Marathon
Hello and welcome back to yet another trip report! Today’s entry recaps the WDW Half Marathon, or as it was this year, Half of a Half Marathon. Find all the entries in this report here. Onward! Oooh, that tricky brain of mine. It tried to do it to me again. I woke up in the (comparative) middle of the...
Continue readingHappy One Year Anniversary To My Newest runDisney Fear
Great news, runDisney buddies! Per last year’s near miss where I almost had to skip the WDW Marathon, I now suffer from a new terror that even eclipses the dreaded Did Not Wake Up On Time paraoia that historically dominated the field. It is this: what if I get sick with COVID and can’t make the marathon?!...
Continue reading2023 Wine & Dine Half Marathon Race Recap!
It’s trip report time once again! Check out all the posts from this report here. Onward! Let’s see, where was I? Oh, yes, it was the night before the Wine & Dine Half Marathon and I was having a panic attack. For a while there I wasn’t sure I’d be able to run it at all. Power walk if ya gotta, that...
Continue readingWine & Dine 10K Race Recap!
The Wine & Dine 10K began with step one of any runDisney race: I bolted straight out of bed before 2:30am. Whew, disaster averted. At least I didn’t use the in-room telephone wakeup calls this trip; those things are TERRIFYING. I crept through the room in an effort to not wake Becky (she was not running the 10K and...
Continue readingHear Me Out – I Think runDisney Registration Needs More Tiers
Raise your hand if runDisney race registration stresses you out. Everybody? We all raised our hands? Yeah, I figured as much. Heck, I’m planning a Dopey 2025 run – which you may notice is more than a year away – and I’m already a little freaked out about registering. I was thinking about hotel selection for the trip the...
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