Disneyland Half Marathon Finish Line Video, or: “We can’t rewind, we’ve gone to far…”

“You want egg salad, I’ll give you egg salad!” What the character of Shepherd Wong has to do with today’s Friday Super Happy Fun and Smile-Time Variety Hour, I haven’t the foggiest. I just needed an intro. So sue me. This is my fourth post of the week, and I’m starting to feel a little…

Race Review: 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon (9/6/2015), or: “But you yourself are nothing so divine, just next in line…”

At around 7:49 AM PST on the morning of September 6th, 2015, I crossed the Finish Line of the 10th Anniversary 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon with an explosion of joy and elation, the likes of which would make a First-Century Mt. Vesuvius stand up and say, “Hot Diggity Damn!” More on that in a bit,…

Yup, we’re doing this again, or: “I am Superman and I can do anything…”

OK we’re off to Disneyland again for the 2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. As I type this we’re 35,000 ft. in the air, on our way from Fort Lauderdale to LAX, and I’m like the coolest husband in the world (for the next 10 minutes) because I surprised Boots with First Class tickets on Virgin America.…

Disney Running Logo for the 2015 Dumbo Double Dare Challenge, or: “Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need…”

Well I mean, you knew it was coming, right? For those new to the entire Hokified-lifestyle experience simulacrum, a bit of catch-up: every time we participate in a Run Disney race event, we design a custom race shirt for the event. Well, not every time; we didn’t create shirts for the 2012 Twilight Zone Tower Of…

Some Disneyland Half Marathon weekend stats and info, or: “I longed to speak but did not dare…”

Happy Friday, Hokeyfolk. Let’s get the grumpy stuff out-of-the-way: as much as I tried, as much as I prayed, as much as I was absolutely convinced that it was gonna be a done deal, I didn’t make it into the Big Sur Marathon lottery. Phooey! and Fiddlesticks!! And… you know, it’s not that big a deal.…