Race Tips
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...
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...
Race Lessons
What 37.5 miles taught me – Wildcat 100 Recap
“Well, how are you changed?” My wife asked me two days after I finished running 37.5 miles at the Wildcat 100 in Pensacola, FL. “I feel satisfied…like I don’t have anything left to prove and ready to move on to the next thing.” I replied. It was a crazy...
Mentally Overcome your Obstacles
Mentally Overcome Your Obstacles GA Marathon 2018 I recently ran the Georgia Marathon as part of a running challenge in the Atlanta. I had just completed a 48-mile series about 8 weeks prior so I felt that, while challenging, the race would be doable. The race...
The Road to the 24HR Race
I've said in the past how I would never run a half marathon. I spent a few years doing really well on the obstacle course racing circuit, but the thought of straight running for a long distance was not appealing at all. The pull of running all the Disney races in a...
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...
I’m a runner and you are too!
The time from the Wine and Dine half to the Disney Marathon weekend has flown by. I've walked, run and biked right at 600 miles since August 12th and I'm looking forward to next week. I know I said at the beginning that I didn't consider myself a runner, but several...
Injuries and the race that should not have been.
The Disney Marathon was supposed to be my first event. I'd saved up for the Runner's World Challenge. It's a get treated like a king experience and you get to hang out with the Runners World Crew which I thought was pretty fun. To make it through this ridiculous...
The beginning of it all
So here I am , at the beginning of it all. I'm not sure exactly how I got here because even today I don't truly consider myself a runner, yet I'm about to undertake something very few people have ever done..... complete every Disney race in the continental US in a...