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Thinking about registering for an event during the Princess Half Marathon Weekend? If so, make sure you check out the Team MousePlanet Forum for all the latest race information including registration capacity tracking. We'll be posting updates throughout the day as they are available. It's just after 10:00 a.m. PST and the Glass Slipper Challenge is already at 72%!

Getting to the Princess Half Marathon expo via car just got a little more complicated. Downtown Disney has the East Side bus drop (the Disney Marketplace / first stop for hotel buses) shut down during the Princess Half Marathon weekend for construction. That means EVERYONE is now using the West Side / Pleasure Island parking and bus drop/pickup location. I was down there tonight and it was a zoo! If you are going to Downtown Disney, plan to be there early and bring your patience with you. On the ...

If by chance you haven't been following the fun this morning on the Team MousePlanet forum, the Dumbo Double Dare, runDisney's newest challenge event, sold out in 60 minutes this morning after opening at 80% capacity. As you can imagine, the runDisney site experienced extremely heavy volumes this morning and seems to be having connection issues since the 9:00 a.m. opening.

As of 10:00 a.m., the 10k is at 75% and the half is at 52%.

We tend to find inspiration in the oddest things. It’s Monday night and I’m sitting in my hotel room at the Chicago Hilton O’Hare bouncing between schoolwork and writing this article. For further distraction, I’ve got the Chicago Bears playing the Detroit Lyons at Soldier field in Chicago and the 7th game of the SF / St. Louis playoff on TV (sound off but still a distraction). I’m kind of regretting that I’m in Chicago but didn’t go to the football game in person when an odd movement on the screen ...

As you may have heard, I was ‘knee-capped by a speed bump’ around 8.5 miles into the inaugural Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Miler. I finished the run but have spent the past week nursing two mangled knees and left hand. Running has been out. So have Barre3 classes. And not only did I miss the Portland Half Marathon on Sunday I’ve now missed a week of marathon training! Now what do I do?

Well, according to a variety of web sources, all is not lost. Running Planet.com suggest if ...