When I first started running, I wanted to do everything I could to keep my mind off of what I was doing. To accomplish this, I listened to podcasts during the first 8 months of my training. Listening to podcasts, and especially Disney and running podcasts, gave me invaluable information about runDisney events and…
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Experiencing The Pre-Race of a runDisney Event
One of the best parts about participating in a runDisney event is not what happens on the course, but what happens off the curse, more specifically, what happens pre-race at runDisney. runDisney knows most people don’t want to get up at three in the morning to run twenty six miles so they’ve created a pre-race…
Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend- Mission Accomplished!
The time had come! I’ve watched the events of marathon weekend unfold the previous two years and always have loved the energy of it. So on a spring afternoon in April 2015 at exactly noon, I registered myself and my husband for the 2016 Walt Disney World marathon. After the difficulty registering for Wine and…
My Disney Bucket List: Revisited
At this time last year, I created my first Disney Bucket List and have been working hard to check items off so that I can add more on. While it was a challenge, I surprisingly checked off many more items than I initially thought…some intentionally and some not. Lets take a look at some of…
The Disney Princess 5K: My Experiences
The Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend came to the Walt Disney World Resort February 18-21st, and I was lucky enough to attend! I checked out the runDisney Health & Fitness Expo, ran the Disney Princess 5K, and did a little bit of cheering at the Half Marathon; and I managed to squeeze some great park-hopping…
7 Things No One Told Me About Running the Princess 5K
In February, I got to participate in my first ever runDisney event, the Princess 5K during the Princess Half Marathon Weekend. I had an amazing time and now I can see why so many people are obsessed with running in Disney races. Here are 7 things that I learned from my first Princess 5K and…
The Magic of RunDisney: My First WDW Marathon Weekend Trip
When I began my running journey in January 2015, I started with a goal in mind: running in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend 2016. After hearing about the weekend on several podcast episodes and finding out that it was the biggest RunDisney event of the year, I knew I wanted it to be my…
DIY Disney: Tutu for Princess Half Marathon Weekend
This year, Scott is running in runDisney’s Glass Slipper Challenge at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida. The Glass Slipper Challenge consists of the Disney Princess Enchanted 10K and the Disney Princess Half Marathon. If you’ve ever witnessed a runDisney event, then you know that runners tend to get creative for these races –…
RunDisney’s New Costume and Safety Guidelines
The picture below is me in my costume from the 2015 runDisney Princess Half marathon. You might notice the scowl on my face and say “he looks miserable” and sure, maybe you’re right, but running 13.1 miles in that get-up was the most fun I’ve ever had running. Unfortunately this costume has been retired due to…
Are You Ready For The runDisney Princess Half Marathon Weekend?
With the Princess Half Marathon Weekend coming up February 19th, do you have everything ready for the races? Have you picked out and designed your costume? Will you be wearing a special costume? How has your training been? Most importantly, are you on a running team? (May I suggest the Be Our Guest Lizards running…
Volunteering at a runDisney Race
Running was never my “thing”. The thought of doing a timed race sounded so incredibly daunting. It was a milestone I always wanted to accomplish, but just never felt it was something I could. That all changed when I found out about runDisney. If I couldn’t get motivated to run a Disney race, then…
The Magic of RunDisney: How I Became A Runner
Like many of you, I grew up hating running, and this hatred was carried into adulthood. Fortunately, also like many of you, I grew up loving Walt Disney World, and that love was also carried into adulthood. In the past year, through the magic of runDisney, my hatred of running changed when it merged with…