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Author: ted

  • Well, the site broke…

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    Hi there – it looks like an update broke the site, it is back up and running again with all the posts visible. However an links to photo galleries are not working as yet, all the photos are available on the site but the gallery pages need to be rebuilt. Expect to see the site…

  • Down 30 pounds in 4 months! How?

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    Hey there – so yeah, as the title says, I have managed to lose 30 pounds in the first 4 months of this year – I still have quite a way to go but I am off to a good start and 30 pounds seemed like a good milestone to start talking about what I…

  • 2020 Walt Disney World Marathon weekend – YouTube video collection

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    Hi All – I’m just going to put up a quick post linking in the YouTube videos I have done for the 2020 Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. This will include my course predictions, my training “am I ready?” video and my review of the course changes. 2020 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend overview: Video…

  • What does the addition of Blizzard Beach to the 2020 Walt Disney World Marathon mean for the course?

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    Hi there – On Sept 19th, runDisney put up a blog post indicating that there were changes coming for the Walt Disney World Marathon course for 2020 – Blizzard Beach is being added! But what does that mean?   I put up a video on YouTube where I go through my theories of what might…

  • 2019 Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon – my runs!

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    Hi there. I just recently completed my first virtual running race! I have never really thought much about doing virtual races as part of the fun of races is actually being at the event – and you don’t really get that feeling running around the local neighborhood, unfortunately. That being said, I have generally really…

  • 2019 Cigna Blogger Meet Up – Walt Disney World Marathon weekend

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    Hey everyone! Before I dig too deep into my photos and videos for the Dopey Challenge races, I wanted to make sure I quickly talk about the Cigna Blogger meet up. Cigna is a major health services company and is the premier sponsor of the Walt Disney Marathon Weekend event. As part of all the…

  • Dopey Challenge 2019 overall thoughts – more posts to come!

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    Hi everyone! I just got finished up running the Dopey Challenge in Walt Disney World again and I wanted to do a quick overview of the full weekend and everything I did before I get some blog posts and videos up for some more specific events. So first up – I went on my own…

  • 2019 Dopey Challenge training – catching up in the last week before it’s go time!

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    Hey everyone! Time for a quick update on the Dopey Challenge 2019 training! It has been a few weeks since I managed to get a blog or video up so I have a few things to cover! First up – my actual training… It has been ok – nothing spectacular but not awful either. I…

  • Dopey Challenge Packing List – respect the weather!!

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    Ok – so I just got done my 2nd snow shoveling of the day and I was put in mind to put a quick video to discuss what to take for the Dopey Challenge and how the weather plays into that. To start with the full Dopey Challenge packing list is here: http://biggoofyrunner.com/to-take-lists-for-goofy-and-dopey-challenge-races/to-take-list-for-the-dopey-challenge/ There has…

  • Dopey Challenge 2019 training blog – weeks 12 and 13 – return to distance

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    Alrighty – time for another check in for my Dopey Challenge 2019 training – this write up is for part of week 12 and week 13. Over the past few weeks I haven’t been feeling well and really haven’t been feeling running – especially long distance running. So I have mostly been doing shorter distance,…