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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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Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend 2013 – Final Thoughts

September 4, 2013 by Laura Gilbreath

Final thoughts on the Disneyland 2013 Half marathon weekend.

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Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend 2013 – Half Marathon

September 2, 2013 by Laura Gilbreath

Laura Gilbreath shares day 2 of the Dumbo Double Dare, which was the Disneyland Half Marathon. "Whew...it was a very warm day for a half marathon (even warmer than it was on Marathon Sunday at WDW in January), but we did it, and added another DL Half Marathon medal and the new Dumbo Double Dare medal to our bling collection. 2:28:14 for me and 2:28:50 for Lee. Considering the heat I was very happy to finish in less than 2:30."

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Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend 2013 – New Disneyland 10K Race

September 1, 2013 by Laura Gilbreath

Early this year runDisney announced a new race for Disneyland's Half Marathon weekend - a 10K to be held on Saturday. And that brought with it a new race challenge: the Dumbo Double Dare for those wishing to run both the 10K on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday. Do I (Laura) even need to say that Lee and I were quick to sign up for that? I didn't think so. :-)

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The Dopey Challenge – Walt Disney World Marathon

April 11, 2013 by Laura Gilbreath

First it was the Goofy Challenge, then the Coast-to-Coast Challenge and the Dumbo Double Dare. Now the evil geniuses at runDisney have developed a new series to tempt their loyal running fan(atics): The Dopey Challenge. runDisney is introducing a new 10K race into the 2014 Walt Disney World marathon weekend lineup. And they are convinced … Continue reading "The Dopey Challenge – Walt Disney World Marathon"

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Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend

March 4, 2013 by Laura Gilbreath

Indepth report of the fifth annual Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend. It featured the usual weekend events - the Expo on Friday and Saturday, the Royal Family 5K and Kids' Races on Saturday, and the half marathon on Sunday.

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