SOCAL River Marathon – March 4, 2022

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It was nice. Some hiccups… where they told us to park wound up being a mile or so from the bib pickup and bus loading at the start and the finish line at the end… and me being too cheap to pay $15 to park at the beach I was another half mile or so […]

The Lost Dutchman Marathon – February 19, 2023

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Native Pima Indian legends inspired the name for The Superstition Mountains in the area. In the 1840s, the Peralta family of Northern Mexico mined massive amount of gold from the mountains… but on their last expedition to carry gold back to Mexico, the tale is told that they were ambushed by Apaches and all were […]

Surf City Marathon – Mistakes Were Made…

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My stomach was feeling a little rough out there on the course today. Look, it’s my fault. I drank a bunch of wine last night. I admit it, I own it, I take responsibility for what happened. But in true 21st Century entitled whinge fashion, I am also going to blame my hard wired lizard […]

WDW Half Marathon 2023 – Some Pain and Panic Settles In

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Judging by the runDisney character appearances, “Hercules” is the most biggest cultural event of the 1990s.  Yesterday, the longest line I encountered was for Hercules himself; today, the longest line was for Hades’s minions of doom, Pain and Panic.  Besides being Disney comic relief gold, I suppose the duo could also be considered the poster […]

WDW 10K 2023 – A Tale of Two Chipmunks

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Cooler temperatures, bigger crowds… and an attempt by runDisney to evoke more of the 1990s retro-vibe by leaning into the Rescue Rangers/DuckTales/Darkwing Duck of afternoon syndication and a 1997 theatrical Hercules. Bumped into some folks I know… a real Prince and Princess… Ted Lasso has a message for us all… *** He had a wig […]