Star Wars Dark Side Weekend: 10k Recap

To save ya’ll the time if you don’t feel like a lot of reading this afternoon: I HAD A WONDERFUL RACE THIS MORNING! I feel amazing and finished today’s race with a big smile on my face. There wasn’t a personal record set today like during last year’s Dark Side 10k but that was never

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Star Wars Dark Side Weekend: 5k Recap

Mark your calendars folks as the strangely unthinkable has happened: I willingly sign up for and participated in a Disney 5k that wasn’t a part of a challenge! It is no secret that I am not the biggest fan of runDisney 5ks mostly because of how easy it is for people to lie about their

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Star Wars Dark Side Weekend 2017: Expo Day

The time has come to once again feel the power of the Dark Side here in Orlando, Florida. That’s right, it’s the 2nd Annual Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon Weekend! For me this race weekend marks the end of my full-on crazy running season. The summer months are too hot for races in Florida

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Disneybounding the Dark Side; or, Dressing For Your RunDisney Race

When it comes to getting ready for a RunDisney race, one of the biggest things for some people is the outfit. I have nothing but respect for those who spend an amazing amount of time creating the perfect costume for their race day. I have seen some amazing costumes out there including one group of

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I’m Like the Beyoncé of Books

Ok. Do ya’ll remember that time when Beyoncé was like “I’m gonna go ahead and drop an album with no warning whatsoever?” Well, I just pretty much did the same thing. Not too long ago I got the idea for a book. Not the one I’ve been working on like a maniac. A different one.

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RunDisney: Disneyland Races Eliminating Volunteers From Events

Though I am not participating in the upcoming Tinkerbell Half Marathon Weekend, I did find myself curious about a reported delay in volunteer signups for the event. Typically this comes in the weeks leading up to the event and is just as competitive as signing up for the races themselves. Word started trickling through social

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What No One Tells You about Writing a Book

Those who know me well know that for the past seven years or so I have been working on writing a book comprised of personal essays detailing my life experiences so far. A memoir. Originally, when I first started working on this idea it was going to be a series of humorous stories from my

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The Game of Thrones Season 7 Promo Has Me Shooketh

Okay. Clearly nothing productive is going to happen today because every time I settle in to get something done the internet throws something awesome my way. Also, for the record, spell check is telling me that “shooketh” is not a word but I saw it in a viral video so it must be real because

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Running the Dark Side 2017

It seems to be the week of exciting announcements coming from all directions! I would like to thank everyone for saving these for the week I was trying to stay off social media and focus on writing my book. Ya’ll suck. Regardless, I was super pumped to wake up today to find that they have

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