The Pandemic took a toll on many small businesses. One need only stroll any Main Street to see the turnover of old haunts sitting empty save for fading “For Lease” signs to witness this first hand. A lot of niche businesses were forced to sell to larger conglomerates or lose everything. The running community was […]

I really thought I was being mature.  I thought I was being an adult.  I opted to pay the $80 to stay close to the start line bus loading area so I didn’t have to drove an extra 30 minutes at 3 am.  I didn’t go cheap… and yet even when I try NOT to […]

I was just here. On September 11, 2021, I ran the postponed 25th Annual Surf City Marathon. There were all kinds of covid protocols and attempts to address concerns… even if it was perhaps more lip service and cosmetic than enforced. But yesterday at Huntington Beach, it was as if the pandemic never existed — […]

We all know the story of the princess and the pea. A woman sleeps on a mattress with a pea under it and claims she’s uncomfortable… and no matter how many mattresses they stack on top of the pea, she just can’t get comfortable. This proves her high-maintenance and the validity of her claim as […]

I am too cheap to pay the $200 for the DisneyPhotoPass downloads from the 2022 WDW Marathon Race Weekend. I suppose if I were with my family and we had taken a bunch of pics inside the parks as well as grabbing shots of me running, maybe… maybe… it’d be worth $200. But as it […]

Look. It’s been four days of 2:15 AM wake-ups. It’s been 48.6 miles over Disney Property. I’m tired. Here are some photos. Some captions write themselves… others, well, you can write your own, New Yorker style. I’m going to take a nap.       

Finally, after 25 years running, Daisy Duck has earned her ears and been named co-con-DUCK-tor of the half marathon event. It’s about ducking time. *** A half marathon is a great distance — it’s a tough workout that doesn’t leave you absolutely destroyed like a marathon can.  Unfortunately, coming on Day 3 of 4 waking […]

Would the real Grogu please stand up? It’s possible I may finally have reached TMG… too much Grogu. Why is that, you ask?  Well, looking back on the photos from today’s race, I feel like instead of the Grogu mask I should have gone with the solid color green one.  With Grogu’s soup-slurping visage on […]

With the ongoing pandemic and its resultant travel advisories/bans, my favorite tour group is once again unable to make it to the runDisney events. I’ve often waxed rhapsodic about them, so this is my tribute to TravellingFit, courtesy of their mascot Skippy’s American cousin, Bouncer Roo. Crikey, Bouncer Roo!  We best be careful!  Who knows […]

Well, with stats like this… …OF COURSE I should be running a four-day race series at Walt Disney World! It’s been two years since the last in-person Walt Disney World Marathon.  They did have a half marathon last fall… but that was in the halcyon days of vaccinated delta and pre-omicron.  If the crowds at […]