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Author: Paul Radcliffe
January 15, 2014
Dopey Challenge Report
Before anything else, I want to thank the thousands and thousands of volunteers that made the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend so magical! I don’t if any of you will see this report, but I really appreciate your time, energy, support and help! These races are genuine Disney magic. You feel like a kid again being in the parks, but I get to combine that with my passion of running and the joy of finishing the races. My times for these races are horrible, but the goal was to finish within the permitted times, and I did that very comfortably.[…continue reading]
January 7, 2014
Dopey Training: Week 8
I always look forward to taper week. I also always dread taper week.On one hand, I love that it’s a genuine break and the most important part is recovery. On the other hand, I get jittery and want to go-go-go which spills into other areas of my life. Mind you, with air temperatures around -24ºC and windchills below -30ºC, I’m kinda glad I didn’t have to be outside running too much last week. The super-cold temperatures, snow, wind and ice-storms are really making me look forward to Florida weather. They complain about 8ºC like it’s an ice age. I look[…continue reading]
January 2, 2014
New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year to all my lovely readers! And welcome to 2014! A chance to start all over again! Apparently there are a lot of you lovely readers: My site stats say that 68 people viewed my website yesterday? WOAH! Everyone does New Year’s Resolutions and promptly breaks them. Who am I to ruin tradition? :p But, I do seriously plan to list SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Sensitive) goals. Some of these goals are running-related, but some are not. As for time-sensitive, I plan to accomplish all of these in 2014! SET NEW HALF-MARATHON PB I want[…continue reading]
