Countdown to the Dopey Begins

Registration for the 2012 Disney World Marathon weekend opened yesterday.  I was so excited!  This date has been on my calendar for months.  Being able to register makes the whole thing seem real - even though it is still 294 days away!

A day before registration opened, my husband received an email for a discount on registration.  Being a Disney Visa cardholder certainly has its rewards.  So yesterday morning I signed on to Active.com and registered for the following:
1.  Disney 5k - Friday
2.  Disney Half Marathon - Saturday
3.  Disney Marathon - Sunday

Running 2 and 3 is officially recognized by Disney World as "the Goofy Challenge". However, running all three events is unofficially known by runners as "the Dopey Challenge".  Three days, three races, four medals. 

It has been tough running all winter.  I haven't gotten the miles in January and February that I would have preferred.  Two weeks ago I ran the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Disney World and it was tough.  (Not enough training and too hot.  Forty degrees warmer than it has been at home.  The polyester princess costume didn't help either!)

So I consider today my first REAL day of Spring Training.  Time to get back out there and start logging miles. 

"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare."
          - Juma Ikangaa, Tanzania

Nice easy nine miles!  I am back!!