3 weeks until my 5th Goofy's Race and  Half Challenge, the hard work is over. Taper, rest, and staying healthy are my objectives until I leave for Disney World.
Hope to meet some of you at the races or FE's.

4 weeks and counting until the Disney World races. Training has gone well. LSD of 12.5 miles this week.

Need to start my packing list. First time traveling solo for this long :(

Today we found out the bad news about Linda. We now have to find a new way to enjoy life together out side of Disney races. This means I will quit racing as well as I don't care to do them without my love of my life. It is only fun when we can share them together.

We have decided to take the make lemonade out of lemons approach. Now we just have to figure out what out what our lemonade is.

We are looking to try and have a more positive 2010 by letting go of the negative things(and people) in our lives. Life is too short.

6 weeks to go until the Goofy !

Tomorrow will be my longest LSD yet. I have 14 miles scheduled. The weather looks favorable so should be a nice way to spend 4 hours outside. It is a long time by yourself. It gives you a lot of time to think and appreciate that I can still do this.

Yesterday was our Inaugural Turkey Trot race. We were able to collect over 3500 pounds of food for a local food bank. That will help 500 families!

Tomorrow off to Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco with forum friend and family! Should be a great day :)

Yesterday was another LSD. I was able to get 12.1 miles in before our race this Thursday. We have a big race on Thursday so lots of work. It is great to start a new tradition of a Turkey Trot to get people out and exercising before having a big Thanksgiving meal. It will also help raise a huge amount of food for the local food bank.

Goofy training is going well this year to date. Just missing having someone to train with this year :(

The 2010 Goofy Challenge training officially started this week. 11 more weeks of fun until we play in the sun of FL and WDW. 5 miler was LSD for this week. I don't don't do back to backs like most people who train for it. This has worked well for the last 4 years and plan to make it work for the the "Perfect 5" Goofy :)

What is everyone else doing for training.......

It is almost the end of our WDW trip. It has been very difficult as we can't do much. Linda is still so hampered with her foot. We only get to do very little in the parks. We have to start later in the day and take many breaks. It is tough on her both physically and mentally. It has been a long 9+ months.

Food & Wine Festival has been fun. The concerts are great. Spyro Gyro puts on a great show(just like last year).

Lots of photos on the website!

Finished the last Race for the Taste 10K. It was a fun race doing the last 6.2 miles of the WDW Marathon course. It was nice to feel so strong during these miles instead of like when doing the marathon. I will post some pics on the website........

This was a great last week. I was able to get a 6.5 miler in as last LSD before heading out to the last Race for the Taste 10K. Funny to do a training run longer than the race but Goofy training is just around the corner. Hopefully WDW will be more fun than January's trip. Especially last 7 days. It doesn't look like it as Linda won't be able to do the race again because of her foot. It has stopped her racing and limits her functioning in life. We will do the best to enjoy. Hope to see some friends and have relaxing trip.

It is time to head back from Disneyland. The race went well with me posting the fastest Half Marathon time since 2006(3:19). I wore my running Kilt for the first time. It worked great and kept me well ventilated. Saw some old friends and had a good chat with them during the race. Many people asked what was under my kilt. Told them the same thing as them(as long as they were guys).

Chat later..........

Tomorrow is Disneyland Half Marathon. I will be doing the race by myself this year. Can't talk about why but it will be a sad day and the race will be no fun with my wife :(

Good luck to everyone doing the Half Marathon!

3 weeks until Disneyland Half Marathon.

Yesterday was my last LSD of 9.1 miles. It went well and feel ready for the race. my new orthotics and shoes are working well. They are helping with my knee.

It will be weird and sad doing the race with Linda. Sad she is still down and unable to do the race. Makes me sick and I don't look forward to doing it. It is fun to share with her.

Only upside on the race is we will get to go through Angels Stadium. That will be cool!

This was a good week of training again. I was able to get a 8.1 miler LSD. I also got to the gym twice. I did my first single leg wt extension of 10 pounds. I was able to get 45 min on bike too. My left knee is getting stronger after almost 1 1/2 years. It is taking a long time but there still is progress.

It is nice having long days and warm weather. I love summer :)

I am still resting from the Goofy. The races wore me out and going to PT to fix those 43.2 miles. I did do 3.6 miles to help get some rust out. It felt ok.

We are back home after a long WDW trip for the Goofy. The races went well but things went south 3 hours after finishing the races. Our non run last week of the trip was ruined as Linda getting hurt from "issue" limited her ability to walk and us to enjoy the parks. Very sad this happened. What's worse is when people don't take responsibility for things that happen at their business. Hopefully things will work out later but who knows what the future holds???

Long flights across country and late night arrivals very tough.

Tomorrow we leave WDW back for home. It will be a long and late day. The trip was great and look forward seeing my friends in 11 months!

This trip marked the finish of my 4th Goofy(3rd for Linda). Can't wait until next year as we already signed up! $285 each!!!!

I have lots of photos posted on my website............

Today is 5 days since the finish of the marathon. It is also day 5 of Linda having issues with her foot. It is not getting better. I contacted the business to see if we could get some help but they don't seem to care. It is really hampering what we can do and for how long. Lots of advil and ice. Many rest breaks and no standing in lines. Don't know what else to do??? We leave in 2 days but that is probably a good thing now as can't do much.

We are still at WDW. We are now in what is supposed to be our fun part now that the races are over but Linda's foot is still causing her problems and pain. This is preventing us from doing a lot. We said good bye to our good friends as they have a long drive back to KY.

Have a good one.........