Category: Disney Marathon
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Here’s a throwback Thursday post for you. The race report from my first marathon, the 2009 Disney marathon. Finishing that race started me along this crazy endurance road and opened doors that I never thought would open. Reading this report was a trip. I still remember the feeling as I crossed the finish line and the marathon…
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1. Very sad. Please be careful out there! 2. Five questions with Sage Canaday 3. The hunger of Scott Wietecha 4. So you had a bad race? 5. If he can runDisney, so can you
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By the time you read this, your feet will be propped up, you will be eating some dinner, your gear will be laid out. You’ll have a few butterflies. You may even be thinking: “GAAH! WHAT AM I DOING HERE?!” Take a breath. You are on the verge of something amazing. Your life is about…
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Two days from now, I’ll be running my second marathon, the Rocket City Marathon, in Huntsville, AL. As you know, I ran my first at Disney just this past January. A life changing experience, the WDW marathon has given me a lifetime of memories and knowledge about what I can do if I assert myself.…
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The race started with a huge barrage of fireworks as thousands of runners walked/jogged toward the start line. Thanks to great corral placement, I crossed the start line only 2 minutes after the gun. Jodi and I ran together for a good while. With so many people and so much interaction along the way the…
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Here is a link to a video I entered in a Disney Parks contest for a free trip to Disneyland. Actually, I was hoping just to be named a finalist, because 10 finalists received free annual passes to the park of their choice. This was from January of 2006. The boys were 5 and 7…
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Reading a TON of stuff on the web about ITBS has convinced me that one of my major problems with the IT pain was shoes. I’ve had my shoes since last July/August (two pairs bought roughly at the same time), but in MY mind they weren’t that old, because I was in achilles recovery for…
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Sorry folks, it has been a very busy month. As you read here earlier we traveled for most of December and then took the kids to Disney World in early January. Then classes started at my university. That has been a rough two weeks of solving student and faculty problems, making next year’s teaching schedule,…
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Well, my two-week forced-rest period is over and I run tomorrow! I am nervous and excited and anxious and ready to go. But I kind of don’t want to go because I am afraid I might feel pain again. It will be an easy three, with as many walk breaks as I need. Taking it…
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