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The air quality in the San Francisco bay area has been unhealthy/very unhealthy for the past 8 days. Here are pictures of the SF skyline taken a week apart. This is from the smoke from the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA, approximately 170 miles away. Locally, the Berkeley half marathon and the North...

Another Monterey Bay Half Marathon Weekend Report: Smoke was blowing in from the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA (about 260 miles away from Monterey) all weekend. The air quality was deemed moderate on Saturday so the 3k and the 5k were held. The 5k was an out and back along Monterey Bay. The views...

I'm from San Francisco and there are a lot of hills! During the Rock n Roll SF race earlier this year, we turned a corner to face a 200 foot climb. "Holy ****," I heard someone yell. "Welcome to San Francisco," someone replied.

@jennamfeo, Running the strip at night is so much fun! Crowd support was awesome last year--it was the first big event in Las Vegas after the shooting :-( I think you'll really enjoy RnR Las Vegas! Hope you like listening to Elvis music... I heard a lot on that run!

Long time lurker here. @LSUlakes, Add a race for me: 11/11/18- r2chewbaccad2- Monterey Bay half marathon (N/G... hope to see a whale or some sea otters!) I've been meaning to run this race for years, but it always fell on the same weekend as Avengers and RnR Las Vegas. I did Avengers in 2015...

I too ran the Ottawa half last weekend. I was stuck in the middle of/behind the very large 2:15 pace group along the narrow path beside the beautiful Rideau canal. When I got the chance, I skipped a walk break to stay ahead of the group. I was on a PR pace for the first 10 miles but ultimately...

My sister and her friend both ran their first races at the Avengers 10k in 2015. My sister put down her estimated finish time at 1 hour 15 minutes while my friend posted 1:30 and they were both placed in Corral A. They did not cheat! Perhaps it was because they booked the race through a Disney...

Great safari pics Ryan! What size lens do you have on your camera? Have you ever done the Wild Africa Trek?

I missed my fastpasses for Tower of Terror and Toy Story Mania on Sunday. The CM at Tower of Terror recommended that we go to Guest Relations and have them issue us new FPs. After explaining that I was slower at the marathon than I expected (I think it helped that I was wearing my medal :)), we...

Our party stayed at BLT in a 1 bedroom also. Great room and we loved being able to walk to Magic Kingdom! My nephew loved it that he could make his own bacon in the room, too!

Is that the gray long-sleeved BB8 shirt? I packed that one and might wear it for the marathon if the temperature drops below 50 degrees.

Has Duffy the Bear made an appearance at any of the races lately? Does he still have a meet and greet in Epcot or has he been totally excommunicated from WDW? Do I have to go to Japan to get a picture with him?

My dad was named Wilbur. All this time I never knew he was a grasshopper! Let alone Goofy's pet grasshopper!:)

QOTD: Put me in the category of trying to survive my first marathon and seeing if I can make it to the parks later that day! Also excited about seeing Avatar Land, riding Flight of Passage and seeing Rivers of Light for the first time! Can't forget taking a night-time safari!

@rteetz Please include me in at Bay Lake Towers. This will be first time running a full marathon. Nervous but excited! Longest training run at 21 miles. Just took my magic bands out of the mailbox! :-)

I woke up at 4am Pacific time and still couldn't get Flight of Passage until our last day! We did get everything else we wanted though!

Yes, the Vacation Races are on the outskirts of our national parks. I have run the Yellowstone one and the course was in Gallatin National Forest in Montana, about 10 miles from the park's entrance. It was loads of fun but the air was thin as the elevation is over 6600 feet. Coming from sea...

Congratulations courtneybeth! I'll be running my first full at WDW in January. I'm up to 15 miles in my training so I've got a looooong way to go. You'll be fine for Dopey!

Interesting LA Times article. Themeparkinsider.com has a good rebuttal to the LA Times article. I find it hard to believe that the city of Anaheim would want to upset its biggest job provider and tax revenue generator.

Thanks for the info! I'll have to try that!