Star Wars Darkside Half Marathon 2018
This race is one of the few "one-ways" that Disney does throughout the year. The majority of them are loops for the most part. basically beginning and ending in the same general area. On these, if you are driving, you'll park at Epcot and bus over to the start near...
Star Wars Half Marathon Expo & 10K 2018
I love Star Wars. I would do movie marathons as a kid and watch all three of the originals back to back during summer days. I wanted to be Luke Skywalker. I don't know if I had unrealistic expectations for this series, with all of its potential, but after doing it for...
Princess Half Marathon Recap 2018
Princess Half Marathon or The things you would do for your friends. Pre-Race This all started out Marathon weekend when Danielle told me that she was going to run as Moana and that I was going to be Hei Hei. Here is Hei Hei. Do you know how many...
Princess Weekend 2018: Expo, 5K, 10K
Princess Weekend: My favorite race Disney race weekend. It's less crowded. The weather is more consistent and nice. The courses are great and match the Marathon Weekend. It's got a very good vibe to it. Great unique characters come out just for this race. The Expo The...
Dopey Recap 2018 Half & Full Marathon
It's day three of the Dopey Challenge. It's still freezing cold out. The January race series has turned into a wildcard weather wise. The last three years have been consistent in their inconsistency. The Half Marathon I like this half marathon OK. I think I...
Dopey Recap 2018 Expo/5k/10K
I wasn't supposed to be here. It's well known that I will step up to just about any challenge, accomplish it and then I'm off to the next thing. So why am I dumb enough to do the Dopey Challenge twice? It really came down to three things. It was the 5th anniversary...
Star Wars Darkside Half Marathon 2017 Recap
Pre Race The hip was holding somewhat steady from the 10K yesterday, but I was still a little anxious. It was also back to team running. If you've never done a Disney Race with a team, I would highly suggest it. It's a totally different experience than running...
Star Wars Darkside 10k Recap 2017
Star Wars Darkside 10K Recap 2017 Decisions, Decisions I was looking forward to this race for quite a while. I knew there was a very low likelihood that I needed any of the characters on the course, so that opened up a new option. Start dead last and see how...
Princess Half Marathon Recap 2017
Princess Half Marathon Recap 2017 Does it still stand up as the best? Here we are again! I was still learning the lay of the land this time last year. (The half was my 9th Disney race at the time). It was my favorite race then, so I was excited to see if it...
Photos from the Disney World 10K
Another great year at the 10K! Luke and I dressed as the characters from the Brave Little Toaster. Donnie joined us for the first rare character stop and then we road killed over 1000 people to catch back up to our group right before the end. A great race as...
Planning for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend
Planning for Princess Half Marathon Weekend The Disney World Princess Half Marathon Weekend is just around the corner so it's time to start breaking out the checklist to make sure that you are ready for the series. I've run every Disney race in the U.S. and this...
Tips on how to get great pictures at Run Disney events
Tips on how to get great pictures at Run Disney events Have you ever been to a Disney race hoping to get at least a couple of good pictures only to find later that none of them turned out like you hoped? Here's a chance to learn from my mistakes and failures in...
Wine and Dine Half Marathon Recap 2016
Wine and Dine Half Marathon Recap 2016 Where running dreams do come true. Here we are at the last East Coast race of the year. 13 races in the Disney World segment of the US challenge was ending after today. The race was different; now a morning race as opposed to the...
Wine and Dine 10K Recap
Wine and Dine 10K Recap The race that transformed a weekend into a series. This was the first year for the Wine and Dine 10K. Historically the 5k was in the morning and the half marathon was the same night. This made the Wine and Dine event unique in that it was the...
Wine and Dine Expo and 5K Recap 2016
Wine & Dine Expo and 5K Recap Is Hunger Games a Disney Property? It's been over six months since the last East Coast race. (Star Wars Darkside Weekend) The merch section had gotten much better at that point. The experience was flawless at the most recent...
Star Wars Half Marathon Recap 2016
Star Wars Half Marathon Recap 2016 The WDW Radio Running Team is genuinely one of the best things that I've encountered during my years of running. It's a great group to be a part of because not only do you build relationships with people all over the country, but the...
Star Wars Darkside 10K Recap
Star Wars 10K Recap Yesterday was a great fun race. I had a hunch that today would be exactly like yesterday character-wise. The backdrops were too elaborate to swap out after just one race. I did have hopes though that I was going to be wrong and just maybe see a ton...
Star Wars Darkside 5K and Expo Recap
Star Wars Expo and 5K Recap It seemed like the steps backwards that were taken at the Princess expo was fixed this go around. They again opened early. I got there a half hour before opening to check merchandise and they already had a line outside of the store. (It did...
Disney Princess Half Marathon Recap 2016
Disney Princess Half Marathon Recap It's day three and I'm actually feeling better than I did during this time at marathon weekend. It could be the weather that was much nicer this time, the fact that I had now done this course before or that my immune system wasn't...
Disney Princess Enchanted 10K Recap
Princess Enchanted 10K Recap Don't stop, just keep going... It was the enchanted 10K morning. It was pretty cool, but not too cold. I'm not a big tutu fan. I've been in lots of obstacle races where people wear them and get hung up in barbed wire and other...
Disney Princess 5K recap 2016
The Princess 5K Recap You get a selfie...You get a selfie...everyone gets a selfie! Well here we were back already. It seemed like we were just here for the WDW marathon weekend. I was also coming off a recent setback that forced me to miss the Star Wars races in...
Setbacks
Setbacks Anytime you face a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead. I recently had a pretty big setback personally that put me in urgent care. As many of you know, I'm trying to do all the Disney races this year with only two other...
Runners World Challenge and other extras
Runners World Challenge and other extras from the WDW Marathon weekend 2016 Since I knew so far out what the plan was for this huge challenge of doing all the races, I wanted to go all out for the first one. I signed up for the Runners World Challenge, knowing...
Walt Disney World Marathon 2016 Recap
Walt Disney World Marathon The sun comes out, only to fry everyone. Day 4. I sleep really well and was feeling much better than I had the day before. I should have been a big ball of nerves since I've never run a marathon before, but I had a good sense of peace...
Walt Disney World Half Marathon 2016 Recap
Walt Disney World Half Marathon 2016 So they do actually have races where it's not raining. or I'll trade you rain, for a boatload of fog. It's day three. I got hardly any sleep the night before and I wasn't really feeling that well. (more on that later) I...