Category Archives: runDisney

Expedition Everest Challenge, Part 3: The Hunt

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Mike

After completing the 5K, the ‘Challenge’ part of the Expedition Everest Challenge is to complete a scavenger hunt.   (I’m not sure why this is called a scavenger hunt, as there isn’t really any “find something” aspect to this at all … Continue reading →

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Expedition Everest Challenge, Part 2: The Run

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Mike

The run portion of the Expedition Everest Challenge is a 5K.  Our course started out by running around the circumference of the Animal Kingdom parking lot.   This portion of the run made up approximately a mile of the 5K course.   … Continue reading →

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Expedition Everest Challenge, Part 1: Before the Race

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Mike

I recently returned from my latest WDW trip and wanted to write up some memories of the trip while it was still fresh in my mind. The main purpose of this trip was to run in the Expedition Everest Challenge … Continue reading →

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Dumbo Double Dare 2013: The Half-Marathon

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Mike

Back-to-back runs is something new for me, so I wasn’t sure how Saturday’s 10K run was going to affect my run in the half on Sunday.    Even during training, there were no back-to-back runs.   I was following Jeff Galloway’s training … Continue reading →

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Dumbo Double Dare 2013: The 10K

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Mike

This morning I was up before 4 a.m. to get ready for the first leg of the Dumbo Double Dare, the inaugural Disneyland 10K.    I tend to be a morning person anyway so this didn’t throw me off much — … Continue reading →

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Dumbo Double Dare 2013: Race Expo

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Mike

I started off 2013 by running in the WDW Half-Marathon in January.    I knew that if I completed that (it was my first run of that length), that I would than want to do the Disneyland Half over Labor Day … Continue reading →

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I love it when a plan comes together

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Mike

Sometimes the stars align just so, and something magical happens.    This may just be one of those times in my life. Almost a year ago, tickets went on sale for the 2013 D23 Expo.   Since I’m planning on writing a … Continue reading →

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Running the Inaugural Tower of Terror 10 miler

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Mike

I’ve never been a runner, so when my friend Trish initially suggested I join her in running the inaugural Tower of Terror 10 mile run, I declined.   I’d be happy to come along and cheer, I said,  but running 10 … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the train

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Mike

This past week was supposed to be the kickoff of my 18 week training period for the Tower of Terror 10 mile race in September.   In reality, I started running in January — as a total couch potato I figured … Continue reading →

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