Author: ted

Well, this is my third time starting to write up a race trip report for this past weekend’s Goofy Challenge / Walt Disney World Marathon trip and I think I might finally have figured it out!  Let’s start of with saying that this trip was unique and full of firsts and cool events. I didn’t…

With a new year we get a chance to reflect on things both good and bad from the past year and make plans for the future. What do we want to change? What should we keep doing? What can we do (or not do) to build ourselves and others up? For the coming year there…

My Goofy Challenge trip this year is kind of different from any other Goofy or Dopey Challenge I have ever done. I will be going to Orlando completely on my own. In the past, I have always traveled with my wife, or my wife and kids, or with my brother for Walt Disney World Marathon…

Time again for a year end recap – and this one is a bit of an odd one to write up. On one hand my total mileage is not really awful and I did manage to get in my longest race event ever, but on the other hand my weight is up, my motivation was…

A few years back, I put up a packing list for the Goofy Challenge and then added another packing list specifically for the Dopey Challenge. But, both of those assumed I would be checking a bag with the airline to fly down, which is what I would normally do. However, this year I am hoping…

Hi folks – as the post title says, please check out my Instagram account @biggoofyrunner over the next few weeks. In honor of heading into the final push towards Goofy Challenge 2017, and to do a bit of a celebration of 4 years of this blog, I will be posting a picture a day from…

I just wanted to get up a quick update this morning for how my training is going for the Goofy Challenge in January. Just under 5 weeks to go – I guess 5 weeks this morning until the Donald Duck half marathon! My ankle has been improving slowly and steadily and I have been able…

Just figured I would do a quick update post for my Goofy Challenge training and how my ankle / Achilles issues are impacting the running. I managed a decent 5 miles Tuesday night on the treadmill at near the 7.5 mph mark – and my ankle felt good during the run, potentially due to running…

I got up this morning and was surprised to find that there was no aching from my right ankle. There was a nice bit of swelling around the Achilles tendon though unfortunately so I knew a longer run was a bad idea today. It can take weeks to rehabilitate an Achilles tendon issue from what…

Just wanted to put out a quick update on my running since the WFPS Half Marathon. I have done a few runs since the race but I am way off schedule at this point. About a day after the WFPS Half my right ankle started to ache pretty bad when I tried to move it…