Herding_Cats
DIS Veteran
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- Aug 3, 2017
Dotties are great. I have the all lavender one from last year (that I ran the half in) and I’m looking for a jasmine one now. 
Up Where They Walk, Up Where They Run: Going the Distance with Disney & My Dissertation (comments welcome!)
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DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
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- Oct 15, 2015
WillRunForPizza
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2022
Happy birthday! Hope your pupper is okay 
lookingforsunshine
it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2021
It is prettier than I could have anticipated!!! I am so excited to wear it. It's nice that it's rainbow because it -should- match any color that the Girls on the Run shirt ends up being.Gorgeous skirt
Happy birthday! Hope your pupper is okay
Thank you all! Jack seems to be doing okay. He is just resting and acting pretty normal.
GollyGadget
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2017
What a frightful way to start your day! Glad things seem to be back to normal.
Happy birthday! Wishing you many happy adventures in your year ahead!
Happy birthday! Wishing you many happy adventures in your year ahead!
HangWithMerida
And away we go!
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2017
Happy birthday! Glad to hear your puppy is doing ok. That skirt is really pretty! Love all the colors.
LosAngelesRunner
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2022
Happy birthday! Love this update. And echo everyone else's sentiments about your puppy! Thank goodness.
lookingforsunshine
it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2021
July 11-17
My mental health is blah. I slept a ridiculous amount this weekend. I am trying to focus on “progress not perfection” and be at peace with what I did get done this week rather than what I didn’t.
One good thing about my week is I started fundraising for MW. I am officially running the 10k for Girls on the Run but since I’m signed up for all 4 races I am actually trying to fundraise the normal Dopey amount.
Anyway, my first official donator was… John Green. The famous YA author/YouTuber/my favorite human being. Long story short is I had a Zoom with him which was a perk from his annual Project for Awesome fundraiser, a 48 hour livestream that raises money for a variety of nonprofits. The perk I bought was a Zoom where he was going to recommend me books. We chatted for like 30 minutes and at the end I asked him to donate $10 to sponsor one of my miles in the spirit of the Project for Awesome. He donated $100 (!) and is the sponsor of mile 1 of my marathon. So cool!!!
(Also, he is the author I sobbed in front of last week… I think I wrote about how the original zoom was supposed to be on my birthday but my dog had a seizure right before. He was so kind about rescheduling and the first thing he asked was how Jack was doing.)
(Image description: Zoom selfie with John Green!)
Monday:
Oh, and I became the female Strava “Local Legend” for the 1 mile track loop, which is something my high school would have never predicted. (My first memory of running a mile was around a track for 10th grade aerobics class, and I puked after it.)
Thursday:
Saturday:
My mental health is blah. I slept a ridiculous amount this weekend. I am trying to focus on “progress not perfection” and be at peace with what I did get done this week rather than what I didn’t.
One good thing about my week is I started fundraising for MW. I am officially running the 10k for Girls on the Run but since I’m signed up for all 4 races I am actually trying to fundraise the normal Dopey amount.
Anyway, my first official donator was… John Green. The famous YA author/YouTuber/my favorite human being. Long story short is I had a Zoom with him which was a perk from his annual Project for Awesome fundraiser, a 48 hour livestream that raises money for a variety of nonprofits. The perk I bought was a Zoom where he was going to recommend me books. We chatted for like 30 minutes and at the end I asked him to donate $10 to sponsor one of my miles in the spirit of the Project for Awesome. He donated $100 (!) and is the sponsor of mile 1 of my marathon. So cool!!!
(Also, he is the author I sobbed in front of last week… I think I wrote about how the original zoom was supposed to be on my birthday but my dog had a seizure right before. He was so kind about rescheduling and the first thing he asked was how Jack was doing.)
(Image description: Zoom selfie with John Green!)
Monday:
- Run (2.1 miles- 30:03)
- Walk (1.6 miles- 30:28)
- Strength (25 minutes)
- Yoga (Deep Stretch- 50 minutes)
- Pickleball (1 hour)
- Walk (1.3 miles- 28:49)
- Run (2.2 miles- 34:10)
Oh, and I became the female Strava “Local Legend” for the 1 mile track loop, which is something my high school would have never predicted. (My first memory of running a mile was around a track for 10th grade aerobics class, and I puked after it.)
Thursday:
- Nothing
- Peloton Bike 1 (8.5 miles- 30 min)
- Peloton Bike 2 (5.4 miles- 20 min)
Saturday:
- Yoga (Deep Stretch- 50 minutes)
- Nothing
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striker1064
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2018
Woah celebrity alert! That's super cool.
DopeyBadger
Imagathoner
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2015
What a fun experience!
lookingforsunshine
it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2021
quick update:
I went on a girl’s trip this weekend. We went to Point Pelee National Park in Canada and I ran to the southernmost tip of mainland Canada! There was a lot of sand and it was hard to run in lol. But I did 4.6 miles plus a .8 mile walk with everyone afterward. One of the other girls is training for a 50 miler so she ran with me.
(Image description: Selfie in front of Lake Erie. It was so humid and the lake breeze felt wonderful.)
(Image description: I found a catfish skeleton on the beach.)
(Image description: Selfie of me at the point. My hat almost blew away but my scrunchie saved it.)
Besides the run I didn’t get much exercise this weekend. I did walk 2.1 miles on Monday, which was pretty impressive because it was after a wine tour haha.
The girls and I also dressed up as Spice Girls which felt like good practice for Marathon Weekend.
Can you guess which Spice Girl I was? Pictures after guesses! First one to guess correctly wins (the simple prize of glory).
I went on a girl’s trip this weekend. We went to Point Pelee National Park in Canada and I ran to the southernmost tip of mainland Canada! There was a lot of sand and it was hard to run in lol. But I did 4.6 miles plus a .8 mile walk with everyone afterward. One of the other girls is training for a 50 miler so she ran with me.
(Image description: Selfie in front of Lake Erie. It was so humid and the lake breeze felt wonderful.)
(Image description: I found a catfish skeleton on the beach.)
(Image description: Selfie of me at the point. My hat almost blew away but my scrunchie saved it.)
Besides the run I didn’t get much exercise this weekend. I did walk 2.1 miles on Monday, which was pretty impressive because it was after a wine tour haha.
The girls and I also dressed up as Spice Girls which felt like good practice for Marathon Weekend.
Can you guess which Spice Girl I was? Pictures after guesses! First one to guess correctly wins (the simple prize of glory).
SheHulk
off to the (runDisney) races
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2016
same!
Herding_Cats
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2017
The answer is clearly Scary Spice. 
GollyGadget
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 15, 2017
The first spice girl I could name was Posh so I'm going with her as my guess 
lookingforsunshine
it never hurts to keep looking for sunshine
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2021
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