Hello! I am alive. And ready to start training for my perfect runDisney season attempt (which I am now officially all registered for).
Given how my last two MWs have gone, I feel like I’m risking a lot, but I have a good feeling about this year!
Hopefully a more thorough update is coming soon. The TLDR of why I have been MIA is I got divorced. This was initiated by me but has still been difficult. I moved closer to where I work and am mostly settled in at this point. I brought one of my three dogs with me.
How I have been doing has definitely ebbed and flowed, but overall I am okay and feeling better. I don’t know how much I’ll delve into it here, but I feel like I am finally becoming myself. runDisney played a big role in this discovery, actually. (spoiler alert: I am gay, lol.)
I have a lot to update on… I don’t think I ever finished my PW or SS race reports— two complete challenges finished! This summer I also:
-spent a spontaneous week at WDW
-went hiking in Moab & California (Arches & Pinnacles National Parks)
-went to
Disneyland Pride Nite
-saw Fall Out Boy in Chicago
-saw the Taylor Swift eras tour!!!
-spent a week in the Bay Area
-ran 20 miles in 12 hours (really, 5ish hours of running with breaks)
-rode a bicycle across Iowa
-backpacked in the Otter Creek Wilderness in West Virginia
Now, it is back to the grind but I do have a trip to Disney planned basically every month haha (a short Halloween DLR weekend, a few days at WDW for Halloween, Wine & Dine, a few days at WDW for Christmas, MW, Disneyland Half, Princess weekend, NOTHING IN MARCH!?, Springtime Surprise, then a
Disney cruise in Alaska!).
Life is hard and life is good.
Happy training season! May every mile be magic. And without humidity.