2014-2015 Race Season- #DopeyAintEnuf

By Disneybrideandgroom
It seems like all the cool running kids are coming up with names for their racing seasons.  Here are a couple of examples:
  • @GooberMonkey78 has #MARATHONPALOOZA
  • @DopeyRunr has RACE A RAMA
Not to be left out, let me introduce my race season name  #DopeyAintEnuf!  I started contemplating a name for my race season a couple of months ago. No offense to Dopey, he and I go way back... but my running journey has brought me a long way in just one year.I can't believe it was one year ago that I had just completed my first marathon (Running for the Bay) and was gearing up for my second (Space Coast), and then my first multi-day challenge: the Inaugural Dopey Challenge.  The months of training was a lot of hard work, but completing the Dopey Challenge just left me with a taste for more.  More distanceMore multi-day challengesMore runningAnd that is what I am going for this year.Originally, DisneyBride did not like the name, her Inner Grammar Cop was silently screaming. We batted a couple of other ideas around but never came to a decision.  Weeks passed and this package from Tervis arrived one day in the mail.
Apparently, a marathon is just not enough for me anymore.  I am either crazy (current leading theory) or I just haven't found my limit yet.  Either way, my upcoming schedule features a couple of marathons, several halfs, a pair of multi-day events, and my first ultra.  Some guys make their wives sports widows, I guess this season my wife will be a running widow.  Here are the current races on the #DOPEYAINTENUF schedule (subject to more crazy additions):
    • Oct. 4th      Tower of Terror 10 Miler
    • Oct 11th   Pine Run 20K
    • Nov 27th  Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K
    • Nov 30th  Space Coast Marathon
    • Jan 3rd     Swamp Forest Trail Half Marathon
    • Jan 8th     WDW 5K- Dopey Challenge
    • Jan 9th     WDW 10K- Dopey  Challenge
    • Jan 10th   WDW Half Marathon- Dopey  Challenge
    • Jan 11th   WDW Marathon- Dopey Finale
    • Feb 15th   Destin Beach Ultra Runs 50K
    • Feb 21st   Gasparilla Distance Classic 15K & 5K - Ultra Challenge 
    • Feb 22nd  Gasparilla Distance Classic Half Marathon & 8K - Ultra Challenge 
    • Mar 1st     Excalibur 10 Miler
A few other races may get inserted into the calendar in the upcoming weeks. This racing thing has really become an addiction. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter; I'm @Disney_Groom on both platforms. And check in with the blog for more on my running Odyssey as it unfolds.  What does your race season look like?Are you running a Turkey Trot this week?-DG