The Gift of Life, Lazarex Cancer Foundation

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Disney Halloween 5K

This weekend I went down to Disney World and participated in the WDW Wine and Dine Family 5k. It was a lot of fun. It was held at the Animal Kingdom park. The same park that I did my 5k race in May. This was all part of my continuing training to get ready for my 1/2 marathon in January. In the spirit of Halloween I did dress up as Minnie Mouse. My race time was ok, coming in at 39:46, about a 12:35 minute mile.


I also had the opportunity to see first hand the Wine and Dine 1/2 marathon event later that evening around EPCOT. Depending on how the Tinker Bell 1/2 marathon goes, I might be running this 1/2 marathon next year. The race did not start till 10:00 pm and since I had to be up at 4am that day for my 5k, I was exhausted. I was watching from about mile marker 12, so the runners only had a little over a mile to go. Some runners were dress up in costume. I think the highlight for me was to see a runner dressed as a giant grape. How he ran in it, I will never know.

You Go Grape!

Hey, anyone seen my fibula?

Just a quick post today. I have seen countless photos of my jaw over the last few years but this is my first post surgery photo for my leg. You can see how much of my bone was taken out. It is amazing that the bone that was once in my leg is now in my jaw.

So this is what my leg looks like...

5k Run Today

As part of my ongoing training towards getting ready for my first half marathon, today I participated in a 5K run. It was the Virtua HealthFitness 5K in Voorhees, NJ. The hardest part for me was not so much if I would finish the run. I knew I could as I have been training on this very same course for the last four weeks. For me, it was the time that I would finish.

Using the run-walk method for the last few weeks has allowed me to finish a 3.1 mile course in about 40 minutes and 30 seconds or a 13 minute mile pace. Now that is a wonderful pace for a newbie like me. But when you are surrounded by runners who actually run all out, it can be a little intimidating. Makes me want to run faster and longer than I should for my level. So I have to run with blinders on.


It was fun and I finished at 38:43 or a 12:25 minute pace. A personal best.