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The 2012 Goofy Challenge. The journey here was long and tougher than I expected. A little background: I did the 2009 Goofy Challenge. I swore I would never do it again. The my cousin said he wanted to do the 2012 Goofy Challenge and asked me if I would run it with him. Being a person who [...]Mar15
Seriously Goofy
In 2009, I ran the Disney Goofy Challenge. For those of you who are unaware of what that is, it is an especially silly challenge where you run the 13.1-mile half marathon on Saturday and then run the 26.2-mile marathon on Sunday. When I did it, I was called many things a whole lot less nice than [...]
It’s that time of year. I’ve set my racing schedule. Now it’s time to sign up for the races. First up: The Columbia Downtown Triathlon on March 27. Fee: $55 Next up: The Flying Pig! May 1. Fee $75. I just need to find someone to run this with me before I sign up. My third goal [...]
It has taken me a long time to understand that you can run a race without having to set a new PR each time. That was hard to get through my head Saturday morning at the Disney Half Marathon start line. Fresh off my confidence-lifting performance in Charlotte in December, the weather in Orlando was a perfect, [...]
Just a quick update that I finished the Disney Half Marathon this morning in 2:14. I’ll post a full race report later, but the quick and dirty was I tried to pace my wife to a 2:00, we went out too fast for her, she got gassed, and then it was all about running the race together [...]
