Today was registration day for January Disney World marathon weekend! I myself have signed up for the 10k and half marathon, but this past year I completed the Dopey Challenge. If you’re not familiar, the Dopey Challenge is running 48.6 miles over 4 days. That’s a 5k, 10k, half marathon, and full marathon 4 mornings […]
Disney mug of the month: WDW Marathon 2020
Did anyone expect me to go run the Dopey Challenge and not come back with a mug to honor the occasion? To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I would get one. In past RunDisney expos they don’t always have a great mug. I’ve never loved the designs, and they seem to have more travel […]
Disney World marathon 2020 recap
I did it!! I not only ran my second full marathon, I did it as part of the Dopey Challenge AND beat my previous marathon time by over 50 minutes. The Disney World marathon was overall a great, magical experience. There are definitely plenty of parts of running the marathon that are tough, but I’m […]
Disney mug of the month: WDW Marathon
I happen to have gotten a couple of new mugs recently, which means we are all set for our next couple of mug of the month posts! I’m starting to think I’ll never run out 😉 While my mug this month is new, it’s a little bit of a throwback to a past Disney event […]
How to make a Megara running costume
Choosing a running costume for the Disney World marathon required a lot of thought and debate for me. This was big – the marathon! – so I wanted to pick a character I really liked. Running the marathon also represented strength and courage, so I wanted to pick a Disney character who also represented those […]
Walt Disney World marathon recap
In the midst of all the chaos that went on during this trip, I did run a marathon. I had some bad panic attacks and the few days before and a virus afterward, but on the day of the marathon I actually got out there and did it. I gotta say the marathon was like […]
WDW marathon training – week 27
This is it – the last week of marathon training. I did in fact skip week 26 last week. I think I got one short run in. But with the holidays and going back and forth to the vet all the time with Merlin, I just didn’t have the time. I still got some walking […]
Marathon training:
I doubt anyone has been following my marathon training all that closely, but if you did you would have noticed that I didn’t really post about it the last two weeks. The reason for that was that my ankle was hurting after the 23 mile run. I decided to rest it as much as possible. […]
WDW marathon training – week 22
There’s nothing like following up a big holiday with a 23 mile run! That training run had been on my mind more this holiday than the food or anything else. I knew I’d have to be careful to not overindulge too much so I would be in a good shape to run the next morning. […]
WDW marathon: week 21
Week 21 of marathon training. The marathon is about 1.5 months away. Which also means my Disney trip is in a month and a half. But honestly, I don’t know if I’m excited or nervous to be going this time! I slacked a little bit this week and only did 1 of my short runs […]