After the WDW Marathon and completing the Goofy Challenge, 39.3 miles over two days. 
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This is a pic with my friends Stan and Dom following the WDW half marathon!
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From the Hollywood Studios Backlot Tour, this is the plane that shuttled Disney execs back and forth from CA to FL as they purchased the land for WDW -
I’m checking in at Disney’s Pop Century Resort a hotel with nostalgia as the theme. This is a display of GI Joes from the 1960s and 70s. I always wanted the diver GI Joe on the left!
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We bought Rookie this dog pillow for Christmas and he loves it, as you can see. As Labs go, I think we got one that tends to the nuttier side.
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This is a quick runcast where Gordon gives a quick update about his training and addresses a question about why Veganism is or can be attractive to athletes.
To track Gordon at Disney Marathon Weekend, follow this link:http://live.activeresult.com/msg/MSG-signup.tcl?event_id=3
A partial list of Vegan athletes:
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So if you listen to the show you are well versed on my Wal Mart adventures. So what better subject for the daily pic than my Wal Mart. This is where it all happens, folks!
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Gordon reviews his year in running and stuff. He also shares what he has learned about himself
Voice mails from Jennifer and Amanda.
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Inspired by my friend Dan (misterfonzie.blogspot.com) I’d like to post a Daily Pic for the rest of this year. So here is the first. Legos! I’ve been playing legos with my sons and I love their creativity. I just sit back and watch.
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Christmas 2006 This is how I looked in December of 2006, when it was discovered that I had “industrial strength” hypertension. That revelation caused me to start running.
Gordon discusses the seasons of the running life cycle, and how the runner develops in each.Audio with his kids and a voice mail, too.
Show theme song courtesy of Music Alley: Two Sided Story. “This is My Life”“Oh Holy Night” By Allison Crowe also courtesy of Music Alley.
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Woot!
Shaved 20 minutes off my PR from April!!!
So excited. This race went exactly according to plan. This was part of an 18 mile training run today, so I ran 5 miles before the race , which left me nice and warmed up for the race. It was cloudy and breezy and about 42 degrees.
So the plan was to treat the race as two 10Ks. The first 10K would be run at an 8:00 to 8:15 pace. In the second 10K I would go sub-8:00 and see what I could do. My hydration was perfect and so was my endurolyte and gel consumption. I stayed in MY pace bubble even when others went out too fast at the start. Later in the race, I had to have passed 20 people who rushed by me after the gun went off. That was nice, to be honest with ya. I went into the sub-8 zone earlier than planned but felt great. I was able to kick in in the last 3 miles and run a 6:58 last mile!!!
Finished in 1:41:55. I was 13th overall and got 2nd in my 40-49 Age Group! My first ever placing. I feel so good about my training and progress right now. And this race report would be incomplete without major thanks to Megan for training me and getting me here. Can’t thank her enough for all of this. I ran this race in 2008 in 2;48! Things have changed a little since then.
Splits:
8:07,8:01,8:04,8:04,7:44,7:57,7:58,7:43,7:42,7:36,7:37,7:26,6:58,6:49 (.10 of mile to finish)
This Running Life 