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Author: Paul Radcliffe
September 12, 2014
Unscheduled Flu Downtime
I’ve been down with flu-like symptoms for about a week and it sucks! This unscheduled downtime makes me jittery like a taper, and also worried I won’t be at my best to compete at the Ottawa Army Run next week. I get a feeling that this illness is related to my Disneyland trip and the jetlag and temperature differences that subjected me to. The odd flight times, early race, change of temperature, and fatigue, I should have been more careful following the race. At the worst point of this flu, I had a badly sore throat, sneezing, coughing, and soreness[…continue reading]
September 8, 2014
Disneyland Half-Marathon Race Report
Before anything else, I want to send out a HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers and race crew of the Disneyland Half-Marathon race weekend. There were so many of you, and you did your job really, really well! Thank you! On August 31, I ran the Disneyland Half-Marathon in Anaheim, California. By finishing this race, I also completed the second and final part of the Coast-to-coast Challenge. I completed the first part by running at Walt Disney World in January. It will be hard to describe this race experience without comparing it to the Walt Disney World Marathon[…continue reading]
August 30, 2014
I’m Going to Disneyland!
As I’ve mentioned over and over, (and over and over, again), I’m running the DisneyLand Half-Marathon at the end of August. I ran the Walt Disney World Dopey Challenge last January, and I decided this was my year to complete the Coast-to-Coast Challenge. I’m looking forward to it with some trepidation. As is usual for my races, I’m pouring over all available information and soaking up any information I can about the race and course, in particular ChatterRunGirl’s race report of last year’s Disneyland half marathon! This will be my first race since the Mississauga Half-Marathon. That’s a very long time between races for[…continue reading]
