surfde22
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Howdy y'all...
First, let me introduce myself. I'm Chris, 32 years old, and living in a suburb of Minneapolis, MN. I have been married to my wonderful wife, 31, for three years after eloping in Maui. We have two pugs, Roxy, 7, and Ollie, 5. On top of that, as will probably come up multiple times through out these reports, my wife and I are expecting our first child in mid-June. I ref soccer during the short summer season we have up hear in Minnesota, so that can be a huge time suck and training detriment at times. This will be my first runDisney event, but based on the fact that Goofy is my favorite character and a share a certain clumsiness with him I figured the play on words would be appropriate for the title of my thread.
Well as it stands I am quite new around these parts, though not new to Disney. Way back in 2014 my brother partook in the inaugural Dopey Challenge. When I first learned he was doing it I thought it was just about the dumbest thing he could do, as I never have had the desire to run a marathon, let alone four races of increasing distance in one weekend.
As time went on my wife began considering running the Dopey Challenge, which surprised me as she has never been much of a runner, but eventually she talked me into joining her. I then decided that if I was going to run, I might as well try to beat my little brother's times. It was around the same time that my wife, to no surprise to me, decided she really didn't want to run the Dopey. All this happened between April and September of 2014.
As these discussions happened I decided to set a goal for the 2017 Dopey Challenge with my brother. Part of this decision was to give me time to prepare enough to beat my brother's 2014 times, part was make me a little older so I could tease him because I beat his times when he was five years younger then I will be, but mostly it was so he could run with me. 2015 was off the table fr him joining me because his wife didn't want to get roped into doing it every year and 2016 was off the table because, as it turns out, they had their first child earlier this month.
Now, on to me and my attempts at training. Sure, I've run over the last couple of years, but haven't trained for anything more than a 10K. Between working, reffing soccer, various trips my wife and I have taken, and just sheer laziness I didn't train is much as I had hoped.
Training is where things may get a little tricky this year. My wife and I have to make a trip out to visit our new nephew soon. A trip to Baltimore from Minneapolis isn't exactly the tropical vacation I was looking for this winter. Then, the more exciting event, my wife and I our expecting our first child in mid-June. So between not getting enough sleep, caring for a new born child, and entertaining various out-of-state family members that will surely want to visit, I hope not to get too thrown off of training through June and July.
And here we are, the reason for me writing this. I need someway to keep myself accountable. Sure, I'm new around here, and don't have the fan base of some of the other training report authors I've read, but if nothing else this will be for me. I have a few races lined up for 2016, including a 10 mile and half marathon, one of which I hope will give me the POT I'm going for. I have the majority of my training planned out, following various Hal Higdon plans based on the races I have upcoming. Seeing as I've never run a race over 5K this will definitely be a trying year, but hopefully it will be a fun one that I can learn from, with an amazing runDisney race as my reward.
First, let me introduce myself. I'm Chris, 32 years old, and living in a suburb of Minneapolis, MN. I have been married to my wonderful wife, 31, for three years after eloping in Maui. We have two pugs, Roxy, 7, and Ollie, 5. On top of that, as will probably come up multiple times through out these reports, my wife and I are expecting our first child in mid-June. I ref soccer during the short summer season we have up hear in Minnesota, so that can be a huge time suck and training detriment at times. This will be my first runDisney event, but based on the fact that Goofy is my favorite character and a share a certain clumsiness with him I figured the play on words would be appropriate for the title of my thread.
Well as it stands I am quite new around these parts, though not new to Disney. Way back in 2014 my brother partook in the inaugural Dopey Challenge. When I first learned he was doing it I thought it was just about the dumbest thing he could do, as I never have had the desire to run a marathon, let alone four races of increasing distance in one weekend.
As time went on my wife began considering running the Dopey Challenge, which surprised me as she has never been much of a runner, but eventually she talked me into joining her. I then decided that if I was going to run, I might as well try to beat my little brother's times. It was around the same time that my wife, to no surprise to me, decided she really didn't want to run the Dopey. All this happened between April and September of 2014.
As these discussions happened I decided to set a goal for the 2017 Dopey Challenge with my brother. Part of this decision was to give me time to prepare enough to beat my brother's 2014 times, part was make me a little older so I could tease him because I beat his times when he was five years younger then I will be, but mostly it was so he could run with me. 2015 was off the table fr him joining me because his wife didn't want to get roped into doing it every year and 2016 was off the table because, as it turns out, they had their first child earlier this month.
Now, on to me and my attempts at training. Sure, I've run over the last couple of years, but haven't trained for anything more than a 10K. Between working, reffing soccer, various trips my wife and I have taken, and just sheer laziness I didn't train is much as I had hoped.
Training is where things may get a little tricky this year. My wife and I have to make a trip out to visit our new nephew soon. A trip to Baltimore from Minneapolis isn't exactly the tropical vacation I was looking for this winter. Then, the more exciting event, my wife and I our expecting our first child in mid-June. So between not getting enough sleep, caring for a new born child, and entertaining various out-of-state family members that will surely want to visit, I hope not to get too thrown off of training through June and July.
And here we are, the reason for me writing this. I need someway to keep myself accountable. Sure, I'm new around here, and don't have the fan base of some of the other training report authors I've read, but if nothing else this will be for me. I have a few races lined up for 2016, including a 10 mile and half marathon, one of which I hope will give me the POT I'm going for. I have the majority of my training planned out, following various Hal Higdon plans based on the races I have upcoming. Seeing as I've never run a race over 5K this will definitely be a trying year, but hopefully it will be a fun one that I can learn from, with an amazing runDisney race as my reward.
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