Walt Disney World Half Marathon : Official Thread

[email protected] - 2011-03-02 4:54 PM Lets give it up for families,  my twin brother (3 minutes apart), his wife (my sister-in-law); my dad (69 years young) and yours truly will be running this one, of course we will all arrive at different times, look for the AVOLA 1,2,3,and 4 on the back of our white t-shirts 

go slow if you are going for the goffey.

7 January 2012

You could say this is my A race for the year. Not that I'm looking to go for a great time, but it got everything started.

Last October we took our kids to WDW, and it was amazing. I used to be a "corporate mouse" hater. but with the eyes of a 4 and 7 year old, I experienced true magic. I've also completely re-evaluated the Little Mermaid as a father of a daughter now.

Anyway. I found untapped energy on our visit, and no one in my family knew where it came from. A few weeks later, December 1, I woke up and told my wife it was now 15months until I turn 40. (Leap Year 2012) - I said "I think it's time to work on something big. I want to do something before I turn 40, like bench 250." - She said "forget that. How about the WDW 1/2 marathon in January 2012?" I thought for exactly .00456 seconds and said "you're on."

I put on some cotton clothes (knew no better) and a jacket and shoes and went right out the door into the cold December rain. (one day shy of a great Guns N Roses reference)

I started swimming a week later, and the 2011 triathlon schedule began to take shape. And here I am. I posted in this forum some time ago about the Clearwater 5150 in November. That's the end of year one of Doughboy to Ironman. Year two opens with the WDW 1/2.

There's a hardcore Disney fanatic running site called www.runningoftheears.com in case anyone is interested. I found it before I found BT. My handle is a Disney reference. Toy Story aliens. OOOOOO, the claw.......