WDW Marathon Training Update

October 15 , 2017 2 Comments

Hi everyone!

We’re 12 weeks away from the WDW Marathon. WOW! That’s THREE MONTHS! To everyone registered for the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend: whether you are training for your first 5K, your first Dopey Challenge, and everything in between, I hope you are all feeling a great sense of accomplishment as we tack on mile after mile each week. We are all working toward that start line and there will be no greater feeling than that finish line (in the Epcot parking lot no less!)

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runDisney news October 2-October 8, 2017

October 9 , 2017 No Comments

Hi everyone!

Hope you are having a nice Columbus Day weekend! I had the day off today, which was much needed. After my half marathon race yesterday, I’m resting and recovering. Congratulations to all who participated in other non-runDisney races this weekend, including the Chicago Marathon! In runDisney news, not much has changed since last week. Here’s what you may have missed:

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WDW Marathon Training Update: B.A.A. Half Marathon and a Lesson in Humility

October 8 , 2017 No Comments

Hi friends!

We have 13 weeks until the WDW Marathon! To celebrate the “halfway” mark in training, I participated in the B.A.A. Half Marathon today. It wasn’t my best race – in fact, it was my worst to date. I’m really disappointed that it’s still quite warm and humid up here in Boston. That definitely threw me off today. Where the heck is fall?! Despite the disappointing performance today, I will not let this affect me mentally for marathon training. For a lesson in humility, here’s what my training week leading up to the race looked like:

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runDisney news September 25-October 1, 2017

October 2 , 2017 No Comments

Happy October, everyone! And happy 35th anniversary to Epcot! Check out D23’s live video stream from the anniversary celebration, held yesterday.

It’s really starting to feel like fall now. This is my favorite time of year! Warmer clothes, falling leaves, Halloween, and runDisney races! I have some exciting insights to share with you this week. Check out the latest on the next runDisney race weekend, Disney’s Wine & Dine Half Marathon – Presented by MISFIT, the latest on the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend, and the status of the Disneyland Paris Half Marathon weekend! Here’s what you may have missed:

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WDW Marathon Training : Weekly Update

October 1 , 2017 2 Comments

Hi everyone! We have 14 weeks until the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend! GAH! In preparation for the marathon, I decided to run a half marathon roughly halfway in our training schedule. So next week is the B.A.A. Half Marathon, the final event in the B.A.A. Distance Medley! I ran the 5K in April and the 10K in June and I’m looking forward to rounding out the events with a half. It’ll be my fourth half marathon! Here’s what my training week looked like:

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