So is he excited to finally reach Magic Kingdom? Muchow told the Register that it will be a passing visit. On March 2nd, Muchow felt the time was right to resume the race. The runner said that her ran 1,200 miles during the break. Muchow said that they key to completing his race some 13 months later was staying fit in between. As the Register tells us, the run would resume in October but only briefly before being called off again when there was a spike in cases. “That’s when we started connecting the dots and realized people were panic-buying because of the pandemic,” Muchow said in an email interview.Ī post shared by Don Muchow would eventually decide to press pause on the race after making it about 1,260 miles in Tarzan, Texas. He recalled being in New Mexico and realized something was up when he witnessed shoppers panic buying in the grocery store.
Muchow recalls that he was actually enroute when he realized that the coronavirus had hit.
Muchow’s Mouse-to-Mouse run is part of Muchow’s larger Run Across America which the runner hopes will empower others with Type 1 diabetes. Muchow embarked on this incredible journey in Newport Beach on Februand ran 14 miles to Disneyland with the end goal of reaching Disney World in just over three months (May 4th, 2020.) However, those plans abruptly came to an end in March 2020 due to COVID-19.Īs the Register tells us, Muchow will complete the run in just under 90 days. A post shared by Don Muchow to a recent piece in the OC Register, Muchow said of the feat, “I never considered quitting even once.” The 59 year old of Plano, Texas resident continued, “COVID didn’t change my mission: I want every single person with Type 1 diabetes to see that we can still dream big, despite the very real 24/7 challenges and risks involved in balancing insulin, blood glucose, food and activity.”