Happy Global Running Day! In these holiest of hours, let me share with you how I have totally deviated from the approved path. Guys, I have strayed away from the professional shoe fitting. A PROFESSIONAL RUNNING SHOE FITTING IS A MUST – BUT… Don’t get me wrong – I’ve done a lot of proper fittings in my time, and...
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After more than eleven years, it was WAAAY past time for a running reset. For a long time my body has been healthy enough to run. I want it to be HEALTHY – no qualifier. Tragically, I think the only way to do that is go back, more or less, to the beginning of my running journey. Don’t worry,...
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Club runDisney memberships go on sale to the general public on May 23, and I’m here to tell you… you don’t need it. RECONSIDERING CLUB runDISNEY Okay, that’s a blanket statement and therefore automatically inaccurate. So disclaimer to start: if you want to buy into Club runDisney, do it. There are valid reasons to. Worth, it must be remembered,...
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Oh man, guys. Knee injury or no, for a hot second there I thought this was it – I thought I was gonna break sub-2 at the Run Sunset Beach Half Marathon. Alas, it was – predictably – not to be. < William Shatner voice > QUAAAAAAAAAAADS!!!!!! < /wsv > Things were not particularly promising to start. I slept...
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This post was originally going to be, exclusively, about the unplanned rest days I’ve been taking for the last two weeks or so, and why that is why my upcoming half marathon may go poorly. But of course, the universe had to go ahead a provide A Twist. THIS WAS GONNA BE MY RACE, UNTIL… The beginning was tragically...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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