And the tortoise makes six… While on my personal half marathon run up Apopka-Vineland and back home, I came across five other people doing their own runDisney half. Some like me were rocking the yellow Donald Duck 2017 shirt. Some spotted the yellow and gave me the thumbs up and shouted, “Doing mine too!” “We […]
So, this happened… …which means the half marathon DIDN’T happen. It’s a bummer to be sure but safety has to be the chief concern. I’ve run in all sorts of conditions — rain, sleet, wind, heat, hail, sub-freezing temperatures — and over all kinds of terrain. But while I would always prefer to be running, […]
The Dopey Challenge — Day 2: Minnie Mouse’s 10K In the staging area this morning, all anybody can talk about is what the weather forecast holds for this coming weekend. Projected thunder and lightning on Saturday has whispers of a shortened or cancelled half-marathon. Sunday is said to offer near freezing temperatures, bringing out tales […]
Day One of the Dopey Challenge. I thought I was there too early… turns out I was wrong. That or A LOT of people made the same wrong decision. I arrived at Epcot’s parking lot by 4 AM. And because we didn’t pay enough already to register for this event, it wouldn’t be a runDisney […]
Another year, another promise to cut back on the marathoning. Each year I’ve said this I find myself hitting a new personal MILEstone for record number of marathons run in a calendar year. But this year may be different. I’ve already resisted registering for two races so far. TWO! The other thing I’m trying to […]
A quick post-mortem on the Savage Seven (2016 – 2017): My name’s in the paper! And online! Right HERE. *** Chuck hasn’t posted the results to the official website but I’ve done a “meaningless stats chart” from my daily Facebook posts and blog entries. Consider them “unofficial” until or if they post the times. What […]
The end is the beginning; the beginning is the end. It’s the dawn of another year and to kick it off, I was out in Ocala before the sun rose. I opted to join the 5 AM start which meant my alarm went off at 2:30 AM, a mere few hours after Mariah Carey dropped […]