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<\/a><\/p>\n…which means the half marathon DIDN’T happen.\u00a0 It’s a bummer to be sure but safety has to be the chief concern.\u00a0 I’ve run in all sorts of conditions — rain, sleet, wind, heat, hail, sub-freezing temperatures — and over all kinds of terrain.\u00a0 But while I would always prefer to be running, even more than that I would prefer to be able to run again.\u00a0 Hard to imagine shaking off a lightning strike and getting in the remaining mileage… and then lacing up the next day for a marathon.\u00a0 So they’ll catch some flack and people will be up in arms.\u00a0 Had they held the race and somebody gotten hurt they’d have been drawn and quartered.\u00a0 Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.\u00a0 But I think they made the right call.\u00a0 It’s disappointing but better to be disappointed than electrocuted.<\/p>\n
On top of that, despite the race waiver’s specifically giving the organizers a boilerplate “out” for acts of god and such (honestly the boilerplate is so skewed toward the organizers that even a first year law school student would advise one to NEVER sign it), Disney is trying to make things right.\u00a0 They posted this around 10 or 10:30 PM last night:<\/p>\n
There will be quacking from some that the refunds are all “Disney” based — a Disney Gift Card, a Disney Ticket, another race with Disney.\u00a0 But if you’re here to do this event, you’re most likely a DisneyHead anyway so you’ll spend the time and money eventually.\u00a0 Again, I think they’re doing all they can in an unfortunate situation.\u00a0 Nobody’s happy about this (Disney included), but isn’t that the legal short-hand definition of compromise?\u00a0 Everybody’s a little unhappy?<\/p>\n As for me, the forecast calls for clearing skies by 10 AM today.\u00a0 I’ll suit up and tie two shoes on and pound the pavement around my house for 13.1 miles.\u00a0 Not out of protest as some Facebook runners claim they’ll be doing by running around the Disney parks today, but because I carbo loaded for a longer run so need to do something to burn the excess calories and stress of the day.\u00a0 So, ya know, it’s just another day and (eventually) just another run.<\/p>\n But I’ll tell you one thing I know for certain — Donald Duck, the mascot of the half marathon, is seriously fowl-mouthed this morning.<\/p>\n He already feels under-appreciated in the land of the mouse.\u00a0 I bet his feathers are really ruffled about having HIS event cancelled.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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