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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 ...

Have I mentioned lately that while I dearly LOVE runDisney events, occasionally one comes along that is less than runDisney standards? I’ll be posting a full write-up of the inaugural Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 10 Miler Weekend very soon but in the interim I will say they could have had a major hit but in my humble opinion they have a long way to go to bring this one up to the runDisney standards we all enjoy and expect.

We’ll keep this post short in anticipation of the upcoming ...