I ran my first marathon, at Disney World, on January 7, 2018. It was one of the four races in the Dopey Challenge. The marathon was the 25th running and it was the 5th year of Dopey. Anniversary years mean special medals, and the bling from this series...
The 2018 Dopey Challenge rolls on with the 10K on day two! This run would be another fairly standard Disney route, taking us from the Epcot parking lot, through the park and around Crescent Lake, back through Epcot to the parking lot finish. I dressed up as classic Donald Duck,...
Let the 2018 Dopey Challenge begin! I was so excited and nervous for this weekend for so long, and the time was finally here! In just a few days I would be running my first marathon, but first, as part of the Dopey Challenge, I had three other...
Part of running a runDisney race is enjoying the entertainment on course, including characters, live and recorded music, elaborate photo ops, and more. I love this part of Disney runs so I often stop as often as possible, meeting all the characters and taking all the photos. Here are...
The Taylor Wildcat 5K in Pierson, Florida, benefits the Taylor High School softball and cross country programs. This is a local race in a quiet part of western Volusia County and this was the first year I ran. The race had a Thanksgiving theme though no one...
I ran the Red Ribbon Half Marathon in Lakeland Florida on Veteran's Day, November 11, 2017. The race is a fundraiser for the drug abuse prevention group Inneract Alliance. The pretty suburban course runs through Lakeland in central Florida, on roads and multi-use trails, through neighborhoods, and...
