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2014 Glass Slipper Challenge Part 2 – the Princess Half Marathon

February 27, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

For half marathon morning on Sunday I scheduled the wake up call for 2:15, and I was on my way to Epcot around 3:10. There was more traffic this morning but I was still early enough that I didn’t get slowed down until I was in the parking lot. I’d rather get up and get … Continue reading "2014 Glass Slipper Challenge Part 2 – the Princess Half Marathon"

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2014 Glass Slipper Challenge Part 1 – Expo and 10K

February 25, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

This past weekend featured the sixth Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend at Walt Disney World. This year there was a new race, The Enchanted 10K. And along with the new race came a new race challenge: The Glass Slipper Challenge. Those running both the 10K and the half marathon received the Glass Slipper Challenge medal … Continue reading "2014 Glass Slipper Challenge Part 1 – Expo and 10K"

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2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2

January 27, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

This is it – the day of the Tinker Bell Half Marathon, and most importantly, our last morning of getting up insanely early for a while! Yay!!! We had moved to the Disney Vacation Club’s Villas at the Grand Californian on Saturday after the 10K, so we were even closer to the start line than … Continue reading "2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2"

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2014 Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend – Part 1

January 26, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Time for the third annual Tinker Bell Half Marathon weekend at Disneyland! Lee and I had run the first two, and we are trying to remain "perfect" for this race. Coming only a week after our Dopey Challenge at Walt Disney World made this one a little more challenging this year - and if that weren't enough, we were also running the Inaugural Tinker Bell 10K on Saturday! That makes a total of 67.9 miles of racing in 11 days. OK, so maybe "racing" is a relative term...

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 6

January 15, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Three down, one to go! But we haven’t even done half of the mileage yet…we have completed 22.4, and still have 26.2 left! It was VERY hard to get up at 2:00 this morning…we both really, really, really wanted to go back to sleep. But today was the first real test of this whole Dopey … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 6"

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 5

January 13, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

It’s official! We are Dopey! Great experience, but I am SO tired. We lucked out and had absolutely perfect weather today – sunny, in the 50s and 60s, not too humid, and with a nice cool breeze. It was like running in San Diego. Really comfortable for running. The course was the same as last … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 5"

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 4

January 12, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Three down, one to go! Though we haven’t even done half of the distance yet – Michelle told me today that it’s not until we get 1.9 miles into the marathon tomorrow that we will have done 24.3… I am beginning to think that the Dopey Challenge is really a long-term study on the effects … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 4"

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 3

January 11, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

Two races down, two to go! Unfortunately it’s the two SHORT races, so we’ve only done 9.3 miles and have 39.3 left. Yikes. We’re feeling good, though – we took it very easy in today’s 10K and had a good time running with some of our teammates. This was the Inaugural Walt Disney World 10K. … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 3"

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 2

January 10, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

One race down, three to go. Of course it was the easiest of the four, and we still have 45.7 miles to go. But it’s nice to have one of them done! We had never run the WDW 5K before. It’s a MUCH smaller race, and a whole lot more pleasant! With the influx of … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 2"

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WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 1

January 9, 2014 by Laura Gilbreath

It’s Marathon Weekend again at Walt Disney World, and Lee and I are back here again to fill our suitcases with bling and race shirts. 🙂 Disney has added a new race and a new race challenge this year. On Friday, the Inaugural WDW 10K will take place. Like the other three races, it also … Continue reading "WDW 2014 Marathon Weekend – Inaugural Dopey Challenge, Part 1"

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