HERSHEY 10K

CHECK OUT ADAM!!! I was excited to run the Hershey 10K with him this past weekend and he did FANTASTIC!!! Just look at him go!! He was one of a very few number of young runners for this race and finished in a super time of 53 minutes 54 seconds and was 3rd in the age group of 13 and under. He sprinted past Uncle Shawn to the finish line and was ready to spend an afternoon riding the rides in the park. We're really proud of how he did and excited to run another race with him sometime soon!!

Hershey 10K Course Map

Just signed up for a new race in Hershey on April 15, 2012. It's the inaugural Hershey 10K benefiting the Ronald McDonald House. Check out the video above to see the course as it goes around and through Hersheypark. Sweet!!

RACE PICTURES

Just a reminder to go to Shawn's running site to see photos from the race. Click above.

York White Rose Run

Finished York White Rose 5 mile run in 35:53. It's my fastest run ever with 7:11 per mile. Nice run through downtown York ending at the stadium. Ted cheering me on at the finish line. Off to Baltimore to see aunt and grandmother.

Another Personal Record Set at Hershey

Awesome run!!! Official time 1:38:01. Shaved 5 min off personal record set 2 weeks ago! Felt really good through the race and had my fastest average per mile EVER!! (7:29 per mile on average).

Feeling great but will definitely nap later today. Thanks to Ted for cheering me on. Next race is a 5 miler next weekend followed by the Gettysburg Half the weekend after that. Running season is here!!!

Rail Trail Run

Finished York Rail Trail 10 Miler in 1:20:04. Placed 73 out of 374 runners. Now ready to run the Disneyland 5k & half marathon!!

Garden Spot Village Half Marathon

See Shawn run his latest race in Lancaster County at
Http://seegodackrun.tumblr.com

Hey everyone,
Uncle Shawn has a new site just for his running information. I'm putting it up for my students at school so they can see me train for and run the Disney Marathon this January 2011. Check it out here or by clicking the running man above.

WILSON BRIDGE RUN THIS WEEKEND

Hey everyone,

This weekend, Shawn is running a half marathon in DC. It's starting at Mt. Vernon, George Washington's house.....

Then running along the George Washington Parkway along the Potomac up along the newly constructed Woodrow Wilson Bridge on the DC beltway/I95.

This is the crazy bridge that is a DRAWBRIDGE on a major interstate highway. There is a 14ft pedestrian path we'll run along and finally end up at the new National Harbor area. We are staying there at the Gaylord National (where the Lowes saw the ICE show.)

The race is on Sunday but on Saturday, we are seeing a Cirque Du Soleil show there too. They are putting up a big tent in the parking lot.......

We are seeing the new show OVO, which has a bug theme......


We're really excited for the weekend including the race. The medal is shown at the top of the page. You may wonder what the creepy hand is holding the new bridge. It's a famous sculpture that has been recently moved to the National Harbor area. It's called The Awakening......

Pretty cool sculpture and now the medal makes sense. Look for pictures this weekend here on the blog!!

Love,

Uncle Shawn & Uncle Ted

HERSHEY HALF MARATHON COURSE

Hey everyone,
In 4 weeks, Jason and Shawn will be running the first ever Hershey Half marathon. I'll be sharing more info over the next few weeks. Thought I would share the route first. Wonder if they will be passing chocolate out along the route??????

DISNEY MARATHON MEDAL FOR 2011

This year Disney tried something new – they let the fans vote for the 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon finisher’s medal.


They received over 50,000 votes – that’s almost as many registered participants they had for the entire Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events in 2010. Receiving an overwhelming majority of votes, here is your 2011 Walt Disney World Marathon finisher’s medal:





It's not the medal I voted for but I still think it's pretty cool!! Can't wait to run it in January 2011!!! Last year I got the Donald for running this half, this year, I'll get the Mickey for running the full!!

MARATHON MONDAY & CHOOSING THE MEDAL

Love ya,
Uncle Shawn & Uncle Ted

PRINCETON 10K

Hey everyone,

Here's a picture of Uncle Shawn and his friend Mike before the 10K (6.2 mile) run on Sunday. BOY WAS IT HOT!!!!!!!!! Some people were even passing out. We did fine. We paced ourselves, had lots of water and finished in good time. Uncle Shawn finished in about 49.5 minutes. Offical time coming out later. Very happy with his time. He just signed up to run a half marathon in September that goes from George Washington's house, Mount Vernon, up to Alexandria to the new National Harbor. Can't wait!! Hopefully cooler by then.

Love ya
Uncle Shawn & Uncle Ted

DISNEY MARATHON....YOU GET TO VOTE!!!

Hey everyone,

Did you read my Twitter post on Tuesday? Uncle Shawn has signed up to run the Disney Marathon next January but Disney had some exciting news recently. Next year, all marathon runners will be getting a free day in the park the day after the run. They are calling it "Marathon Monday." We were planning on going into the park the day of the run (Sunday) as well as Monday. Now that day is FREE!! This is a first in the 17 years of the Disney runs. Very cool!

The next exciting news is about the Mickey medal that you get when you finish the marathon. This is a photo of the one given out this past year. Uncle Shawn got the Donald since he ran the half marathon this year.

Well, next year, they are asking ANYONE to vote for the medal they think the marathon runners should get. THAT MEANS YOU!!!!!!!!!

I want all of you to go the thewebsite link below and vote for your favorite medal that you think Uncle Shawn should get. Let us know which one you chose by posting a comment below. Uncle Shawn has his favorite but will let you know later.

VOTE HERE FOR THE 2011 MARATHON MEDAL

Here is more info about the exciting news from Disney about the marathon weekend.

Thanks for voting!! Uncle Shawn is already really excited and it's 6 months away!!

Love ya
Uncle Shanw & Uncle Ted

MARATHON PICTURES

Hey everyone,

Check out the slideshow below of some of the pictures from our weekend at Disney for the marathon!! Weather was so cold. Sleet and snow during the race but SO MUCH FUN!! Planning to return next year to run the full marathon.

Enjoy!!

Love,

Uncle Shawn & Uncle Ted

(Double-click the slideshow to take you to a new page with larger photos.)

TURKEY TROT RESULTS

Hey everyone,

Here's some pictures from the Turkey Trot that Jason, Brandon and Shawn ran on Thanksgiving. It was a 10K race that was a "prediction run." You could start the race whenever you wanted to. The goal was to finish at 11:00 exactly. The three of us did really well. Here's our finishing times....

Jason finished at 10:58:11.32
Shawn finished at 10:58:52.94
Brandon finished at 11:01:33.86

Not too bad!! Brandon did really well for his first long running race. Hope we can do some more together soon. Enjoy the pictures!!

Shawn finishing.
Jason starting.

Brandon finishing.

After the race. Got the last of the donuts too!

Love, Uncle Shawn & Uncle Ted

DAZZLE DASH

Hey everyone,

On Saturday, I went down to run the Dazzle Dash with Brandon, Eric and Adam. It's a run through the Symphony of Lights in Howard County and the race supports Howard County Hospital. We got a chance to run through the lights before any cars are allowed. All the boys did GREAT!!! It was a 1.5 mile loop through the park. See how everyone did below....

Eric did 3 laps for a total of 4.5 miles!!!!!!!

Brandon did 5 laps for a total of 7.5 miles!!!!

Adam did 2 laps for a total of 3 miles!!!

Hot chocolate and other goodies after the race. Yummy!!

We all had a great time running the race.

Brandon did so well, he's running the 10K Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving with Uncle Shawn & Uncle Jason!! Can't wait!!

See you all at Thanksgiving. Gobble Gobble!!

Love,

Uncle Shawn