'I hope everyone who has lost so much during the pandemic can find something to look forward to and hope for in the future.'
-themed half marathon, and a 5K on Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. The last of those was in March, and then the novel coronavirus emerged and everything shut down. My goal to cross the finish line of my 50th race had been put on hold, but I held on to hope that I'd at least be able to compete during theIn the meantime, I kept up some outdoor training and stayed motivated with RunDisney's annual summer virtual 5K series, which this year was themed to classic Disney attractions.
When I got the news about the canceled race, I decided to stop running until later in the fall. It wasn't worth the ridiculous heat and misery of doing training runs in July and August, when morning temperatures started out in the 80s. In November, I'll complete the 10K, setting up fake character meet and greets, virtually running by attractions that would have been along the race course at Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, and taking the coveted finish line photo — all in my neighborhood — then
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