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Disney Princess Half Marathon

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
This Sunday, March 8, I will be running the Inaugural Disney Princess Half Marathon. This will be my third “inaugural” Disney race – I also did the first Disneyland half marathon and the first Tower of Terror 13K. You only get one chance to do the first one! Though men can enter, this race is … Continue reading "Disney Princess Half Marathon"
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WDW Food and Wine Festival Week – Day 4

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Day 4 (I won’t be including all of the events of today because the major event is the Tower of Terror 13K, and that’s not until tonight – and I can guarantee I won’t be blogging about it right after I get back to the room – the stops will be shower and bed – … Continue reading "WDW Food and Wine Festival Week – Day 4"
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Tower of Terror 13K

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Walt Disney World is again holding the Tower of Terror 13K race in October this year. Lee and I ran the first one last year, and, well, we were less than impressed. As I wrote in my blog entry, it was a fine race, just not “Disney” at all, and not what we were expecting. … Continue reading "Tower of Terror 13K"
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Tower of Terror 13K – Reader Comments

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
I wanted to share some of the comments I’ve received from other participants in the Tower of Terror races and from the party attendees. From Ray: I couldn’t agree more! This was one of the worst prepared races imaginable. No one had any “official” information-cast members to volunteers were all giving out conflicting information on … Continue reading "Tower of Terror 13K – Reader Comments"
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Tower of Terror 13K – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Last time I talked about the Tower of Terror race and how we did…and I mentioned that we were disappointed in it – it just wasn’t up to Disney’s standards. So here’s all the reasons why we thought that. The Good It didn’t rain. 🙂 Ok, so Disney has no control over the weather, but … Continue reading "Tower of Terror 13K – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
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Tower of Terror 13K

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
We dared to run 13K, and we survived. 🙂 Quick recap: This year is the 13th anniversary of the Tower of Terror and back in April or May Disney announced the Tower of Terror 13K and 6.5K, which as it turned out were being held the weekend that we already had a trip planned. So … Continue reading "Tower of Terror 13K"
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The Best Laid (Running) Plans…

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
…Are no match for Mother Nature. As I’m sure you’ve seen on the news, there are multiple wildfires burning in southern California, including two very large ones in San Diego County. One out of every three people in San Diego County has had to evacuate their home at some point since Sunday. Fortunately, Lee and … Continue reading "The Best Laid (Running) Plans…"
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Tower of Terror 13K: One More Week!

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
One week from now is the Tower of Terror 13K race. I did my last “long” training run (6 miles) Saturday morning – I’ll do a couple of my regular 4 milers this week and then we leave on Friday morning. For a change the 3 hour time difference between California and Florida will actually … Continue reading "Tower of Terror 13K: One More Week!"
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Taking the Scopa Challenge

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Mike Scopa has been writing some interesting blog entries on running and one of the things he’s been talking about is the new Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 13K run, to be held this October 27. It just so happens that Lee and I will be in Florida then, on our bi-annual Food and Wine … Continue reading "Taking the Scopa Challenge"
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