With the release of The Incredibles 2 movie this summer, runDisney is hosting the 2018 Virtual Shorts Series again. You can choose to run one, two or all three of the virtual 5K races and earn an incredible medal for each one OR earn a special series medal in addition to all three of them!…read more
The Walt Disney World 10K is the second race of the Dopey challenge. It took place on Thursday, January 5 at Epcot. The corrals were the same set up as the previous day’s 5K race. Since I was in Corral F with my family the day before I also had to start in Corral F…read more
The Walt Disney World 5K took place on Thursday, January 4 at Epcot. The corrals were separated from A through F. Our family was spread apart into three different corrals, from C to E to F. We all began in F so we could stay together. With the start time of 5:30 we all woke…read more
runDisney has created a new race this Spring called the Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon Challenge. Registration is open from now until February 28, 2018. Your half marathon run must be completed between January 3, 2018 – March 31, 2018. What Is The Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon? The Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon lets you run…read more
Bindu Panapalli, 47 years old and resident of Glen Allen, Va. near Richmond, always felt a desire to help people with cancer through research. By February 2016, she found herself at the start of 18 months of firsthand experience battling the disease through three surgeries and eight rounds of chemo – she just didn’t know it…read more
As a member of Team Achilles CT Chapter, I am always happy to share stories of other Achilles athletes. One athlete who will be running the Walt Disney World® 5K presented by Cigna on Thursday, January 4th as a member of Team Cigna is Sonya Hazel. Last year I was lucky to find one of the…read more
Tonight my son and I prepared kits of toiletries for the folks that visit the soup kitchen. The kits include shampoo, conditioner, soap, body lotion, deodorant, tooth paste and a tooth brush. My company, Slalom, volunteers at this soup kitchen every first Tuesday of the month. The employees in my office collected the toiletries from…read more
As the race weekend is coming up quickly, I am sharing stories about the athletes from clients, employees or Cigna foundation partners. Cheryl Murphy is an insulin-dependent diabetic. When her endocrinologist read her latest test results, he asked, “What in the world have you been doing? Whatever it is, keep doing it. You are saving your…read more
With the start of the runDisney races just a week away from today I will be sharing with you stories from Cigna, runDisney’s presenting sponsor of the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Marathon! My first runDisney race was the Walt Disney World Marathon 5…read more
One week ago Sunday I was in NYC running the NYC marathon. It was my first time running this event and it won’t be my last! I have a lot of memories to share about this race and will do so in a series of posts throughout the week. Highlights Today I want to share…read more
