Watch this oldie but goody. Goofy cracks me up in this classic cartoon. But there are a few lessons in here as well.
1) Achieving fitness has been a goal (and a struggle) for many generations. This cartoon is from the early 1940s - before my parents...
Virtual Bacon Challenge 5K recap
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How does one write a race recap on a virtual challenge? With a great deal of humor.
The History
A little history is needed. It all started last year as we were training for the Disney Princess Half Marathon. DB...
Motivation Monday: Lessons from an UltraTrailrunner
Kilian Jornet was profiled a few days ago by the New York Times in this article: Creating the All Terrain Human. Read his incredible accomplishments, and marvel at his age. The term "super-human" comes to mind. And grounded...
Run ALL the runDisney races! #DopeyChallenge
Surely by now, you've heard the buzz over runDisney's new Walt Disney Marathon Weekend event: The Dopey Challenge.
A four day challenge: Thursday the 5K, Friday the NEW 10K, Saturday the Half Marathon, Sunday the Full Marathon. Disney,...
Thank You Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Volunteers
Today I received the following email and certificate.
I thought that was pretty nice. DG and I volunteered at the 2013 WDW Half Marathon, at the first hydration stop. We had a very early morning, to report by 3am, and I was sooo...
The A B C's...and D's... and DD's+ of Running Bras
I've noticed a flurry of blog posts on running bras recently, so let me throw out my perspective too. A few months ago, I was put in touch with Women's Running Magazine for some product testing. My first products for review were sports bras....
Jeff Galloway Runner Retreat in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida
The Greatest Gift for a Novice Runner!
This post is long but I hope you enjoy the re-cap of my experience.
So for the last few weeks, DisneyBride had been telling me to leave the weekend of March 1st open. Apparently, she had...
Princess Half Marathon: Close Encounters of the Sweeper Kind
Race Day was here at last. My journey that began last summer when I registered for this race was finally at an end. I was so excited, I woke up several times in the night, and finally at 1:45 realized I couldn't get back to sleep. My...
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