The road to the Disney Half Marathon- Two weeks and counting

I'm starting to get really excited for the Disney Half Marathon! As of today, the race is exactly two weeks away, and we leave in less than that. I'm in the home stretch, I can see the light at the end of the training tunnel, (add in any other sports cliche you'd like). And it's feeling great... well so to speak. Now that my knee has settled down a bit, my foot is bothering me, but those are just problems that I know how to avoid for my next running race. For now I'm beyond excited for this race.
       The 'official' RunDisney facebook page has been updating like crazy with videos and excited people and the event itself has sent a lot of last minute confirmation emails, so with nothing else to look forward to this winter break, my sights are set squarely on the Disney Half Marathon.
       For all of you that can't make it, I'll be documenting the whole thing. I'll be taking an insane amount of pictures and who knows maybe I'll take a few videos and make them into a youtube video (if I can figure out how).

     p.s. I must be crazy, but here's a new update on my racing endeavors. A friend of mine just convinced me to sign up for the Go! St. Louis Half Marathon in early April. Despite the fact that I'm an abysmal runner and every year people drop like flies from the heat, I'll do it anyways just for the heck of it. A few friends are also doing it which is pretty much the only reason why I even considered it. But here's the real kicker, the day before is the Run For Your Lives 5k where I'm going to be a 'chaser zombie' for a few hours in the morning. Sooo....we'll see how this works out, with my main concern being potentially getting injured during the 5k. So I'll have an exciting weekend to relay to you all after the first week in April.

In light of my Disney trip---- remember that Disney is an amazingly magical place (I don't care how old you are, nobody can deny this fact) and if you're doing one or more of the races that weekend, have an amazing time!

road to the disney half marathon- less than a month

There's less than a month now until the Disney World Half Marathon and I'm more excited than ever. I've gotta admit though that I slacked on my run training towards the beginning, but I've now almost caught up. This weekend was suppose to be the 9 mile run, but I've been experiencing a lot of pain in my lateral right knee and had to rest it for fear of it getting worse. But, I finally got a knee-brace thing and it pretty much took care of the problem. My ideas are that it's a patellar tendon and/or distal IT band tightness/stretching from my undoubtedly incorrect running stride. But, either way this brace seems to be doing the job because I felt no pain on my 8 mile run the other day. So it looks like things are back on track.

I almost feel like it's taboo to say this, but....running isn't that bad. Can't believe I'd ever say that, but if you're conditioned, it's not horrible. But I add that astricks of "if you're conditioned" because there's few things worse than going out for a 3 mile jog when you haven't run in over a month.

I've also found the awesomeness of trail running. There's a really popular trail in Columbia called the MKT which is flat, open, and, really fun to run on. I emphasize flat, because hills aren't really fun on any run that's longer than 2 miles.

On these longer runs, listening to music only go so far, so I'm going to see if audiobooks can help pass the time a bit better. I sound like an old fart saying that, but hey it's worth a try.

Ali'i Drive video

The Ironman youtube site has been putting up some videos lately in honor of the upcoming Ironman World Championship. They interview the pros that are in the field this year, and I've gotta say that this video is the best one yet. I say that because the triathlon community is kinda weird and eccentric and that's what makes the sport fun

Disney Half marathon update

Hey guys, I figured I'd update you guys about my training for Disney Marathon Weekend. I've been using Hal Higdon's Training Program. I extended his schedule to 20 weeks, so most of the weeks are repeated. Since I'm not a great runner I've been loosely using the Novice 2 workout. I say loosely because with my class and work schedule I've had to move around a bunch of days and often time end up doing my long run on Tuesdays. It's been about a month and I still haven't gotten into a good routine yet. But, hopefully I'll get one soon, I think my only option is to get up really early to run. Normally this would be fun because I'm a morning person, but it's gonna mean a lot of long days.

On a lighter note, I ran 5 miles today, which I've never done before. Actual runners probably aren't impressed by that distance, but I'm not built for running so it's a decent accomplishment for me. I officially started a calculation the other day and there's about 102 days until my friend and I leave for the trip. It's a bit away, but it's going to be awesome.

Ironman Wisconsin video

this is probably one of my favorite Ironman videos to date. It's probably because of the hilarious crowd

true facts: ultimate frisbee

I saw this the other day and thought it was really funny, especially as a left handed former player.

trizou video

check it out, Ultramax Nation (the company that puts on a lot of the high class races in the Iissouri/Kansas area) made a video of my old pal the TriZou. The best part...my mom and I made it in briefly at the 0:19 second mark. We're the ones standing on the track looking at something.