My Favorite runDisney Training and Inspiration

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I am sorry for the radio silence this week. Everything went wonderfully for my 28th birthday party out at the beach with family and friends. All the fam from out of town got home safe and now, our house is empty again. this week has been filled with cleaning, putting things back where they belong after the small renovation (pictures coming soon, I promise!!), and, of course, training for the half marathon!!!!

There have been a few things that have helped keep me on track and keep me inspired that I thought you may want to hear as well. First off is this in depth run calendar by Jeff Galloway. There is a calendar for every race, even the Dumbo, Goofey, and Dopey races have schedules and recommendations for how to run. Unfortunately, they only have calendars for 2014, so don't try to download it to your Google or icloud calendars, you will be sorely disappointed. But, it is a great resource for a beginning runner or someone who wants to decrease their race time since there is a separate training option for that. 

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Next up is the Mickey Miles Podcast. This is one of the things that inspired me to first run a Disney race and has kept me inspired ever since. Most of the episodes are listener questions being answered by veteran runDisney half and full marathoners. This is the best thing ever for a first time half-er who has about a billion questions about racing and runDisney racing. If you are thinking of running a Disney race (or any, really), I would highly suggest listening to this!

runDisney Running Guides

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First off, I am sorry for the lack of posts over the past few weeks. There have been some very exciting, but very time consuming changes/projects over here, and sadly, the blog has taken the biggest hit. My hope, however, is to start back up on the whole writing thing and slowly return back to normal, weekday articles. It may take some time, but my plan is to get 3-5 articles out weekly for the next few weeks. Then, resume all as normal!

Now, for the more exciting and way more important news- today is sign-up day for the Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon!!!!! Oh my goodness, I can hardly contain my excitement for this. It is going to be absolutely fantastic!! Are you going to be running it?

Right now, we have a group of about twelve teacups running this together. Some are girls, some are guys, but all of us will be dressed up! My only hope is that all of us get registered in time!

As for what I have been doing to corral this excitement, well, I have been listening to massive Disney running podcasts (more about that another time) and I have been going Pin crazy. Here are a few of the articles, pictures, and items I found to be the most helpful or just plain entertaining!

A mile-by-mile rundown on what you should be doing and how you should feel for a runDisney half.

A great Wine and Dine recap!

Race recap for the Disney Princess half.

Lacing patterns for foot types.

Runspiration of the Disney sort. Do you know what song this is?

All about that foot strike.

Get mental toughness to complete your race.

What a runner's diet should look like, does look like, and what people think it looks like. Love this!

I get side stitches all. the. time. Maybe this will help!

So, are you running your first Disney race or have you run one in the past? I would absolutely love to hear what you are most excited for and what you loved best!!