I have done it! I have completed the rite of passage! I can call myself a real runner now! That’s right: I lost a toenail. I don’t know why. I didn’t injure it in any way. And I will not describe the progression of normal-to-abnormal toenail because probably you’d rather hear about anything, anything else in the world instead,...
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A couple months ago I put together a post of less well known Disney background music to listen to while you work. I’d say we can all agree that the logical next step is a list of less well known Disney background music to listen to while you RUUUUUUN. To be honest, I’ve had mixed success in this area....
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It’s a Christmas miracle: No Injuries Winter 2016 continues unabated! Now please knock on all the wood you can see for me. To prove it, here’s last week’s training: Sunday | rest day Monday | 11.57 miles on the treadmill in 2:00 Tuesday | walked 2.08 miles in 35 minutes outside in 35 minutes; 70 minute ballet class Wednesday...
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It’s CHRISTMASTIME! I firmly believe the Christmas season begins on November 1, but as this statement often draws jeers from the crowd I wait for Black Friday like all the boring people to begin celebrating. Well, we have arrived – and we have a Christmas tree! I may or may not have jumped up and down a bit while...
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Okay. So. Um. Seeing as how I had a couple days off for the holiday last week, I endeavored to make it a cutback – four runs instead of the usual three, but short ones. And I kinda did… Sunday | rest Monday | ran 5.28 miles on the treadmill in 60 minutes Tuesday | ran 6.2 miles on the...
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runDisney recently released the dates for the 2017-2018 season – including registration dates. Guys, they have gotten BONKERS. I mean, yeah, it was already a little nutty, signing up for a race in, say, March that wouldn’t actually be happening until November (to use Wine & Dine as an example – my records show public registration opened on Tuesday,...
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Well, it happened. As far as the temperature is concerned, it’s winter. I HATE winter. The onset of real cold of course means that it’s hard enough to convince myself to take a quick outdoor walk; a full run outside is out of the question. I’d like to try to keep my days active, though, and there’s the WDW...
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Oh, week in review, why must you remind me that just last week I was in Walt Disney World? Getting hit by a wave of premature nostalgia in three… two… Sunday | Wine & Dine Half Marathon; walked around WDW My phone seems to think I walked a good 11+ plus miles in addition to the race, but I...
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Trip report time! I’ll be covering my November 2016 trip for the Wine & Dine Half Marathon. You can read all posts in the trip report here. Onward! Despite my near panic attack the night before the Wine & Dine Half Marathon, I woke up exactly with my phone wake-up call. But: NEW PANIC ATTACK. Due to the time...
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I don’t know. Maybe I jinxed myself. But I can tell you exactly why I posted about my marathon PR bid during the Marine Corps Marathon last week: I thought for sure it was going to happen. Oh, no question. Hadn’t I trained better and harder? Hadn’t I carefully avoided injury? Hadn’t my 20 miler gone a million times...
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