Tag: Marathon

Double dipper

Stumbled on this relic recently.

Double dipper means you dip your rear tire in the Atlantic, you bike 170 miles across Florida and dip your front tire in the Gulf of Mexico.

We began our full-time Disney careers in 1984.

Some backstory: Had worked two-thirds of 1982 at Walt Disney World, then returned to Pennsylvania to attend my Dad’s second marriage. Shortly thereafter, embarked on a cross-country, solo, bicycle tour.

Fast forward, ended up in Washington State and got married in 1983.

In 1984 when we arrived in Florida, we owned one car. Cheryl used it. We both worked at Disney. There is no public transportation in Orlando. We never worked the same shifts. Because i had an 18-speed touring bicycle, i biked 36 miles roundtrip to Disney’s River Country Water Park lifeguard job.

So in 1985, the idea of biking 170 miles in one day intrigued me. Could i do it?

Only one way to find out.

You only get the patch if you successfully bike 170 miles in one day.

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The half marathon morphed to 20

Disney's Contemporary Resort Hotel
Disney’s Contemporary Resort Hotel. Yesterday.

The half marathon morphed to 20 miles.

Had the roadways to myself.

Surreal.

Covid-19.

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My first 3 half-marathons

This morning is the Disney half-marathon. My first 3 half-marathons began and ended at our mailbox.

My first 3 half-marathons began and ended at our mailbox.

No trophy.

No participation medal.

No commemorative runner’s bib.

Not even a mention on social media.

i just did it.

Maybe that’s the slogan that should replace just do it.

PS. Not judging people who seek the recognition, just saying there’s another option, one that i believe pays far deeper dividends. i’ve done both, which allows me to offer a personal comparison.

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Barrier breakers

Barrier breakers.

The two-hour marathon barrier was broken yesterday.

Carefully orchestrated, precisely executed, decently promoted.

The time won’t count as a world record because so many factors were manipulated to facilitate the achievement.

Even so, a human ran the distance and the time.

Things are only impossible until it’s done the first time.

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Never intended to run a half-marathon yesterday

Masters Track World Championships starting blocks
August 2009, Lahti, Finland, Masters Track & Field World Championships.

 

Never intended to run a half-marathon yesterday.

But am no longer surprised at logging three miles of warmup before the actual track workout. And three miles of cool down is also no longer a surprise.

Just warming up and cooling down is farther than i ran between 1999 – 2014. Retirement blew things up.

Simply running enough 400-meter intervals, with a 400-meter walk between each can cover six miles, if you do 12 x 400-meters.

Two weeks into track work and the times are coming down. Slow and steady.

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