As most of you recall I ran/walk/ran the Disneyland Half Marathon on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. The above certificate acknowledges the finish – not a fast finish but a qualifying finish.
Alice and I stayed in Anaheim over the weekend at the Anaheim Marriott, attended the Run Disney Expo on Saturday, raced on Sunday, and went to the Magic Kingdom and California Adventure on Monday.
Here are some photos of the weekend:
Outside the Expo with Mickey
The Expo was Ok, and smaller than the one at the Los Angeles Marathon. But, Alice, Maria Elena and I were able to listen to Jeff Galloway and do the obligatory shopping for shirts, hats, et al.
The Start Line – the day before:
The next photo is the day of the race. After grabbing the shuttle from outside the Anaheim Hilton, hitting the porta-potties, we made our way through the massive throng to our Corral.
Maria Elena, Cleave and Alice – Cleave was finishing his Coast to Coast Medal having run the Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon earlier in the year – Wow!
The slow walk to the Start Line:
Look it is Mickey and Minnie Mouse at the Start Line:
The race started and I run/walk/run with Maria Elena, Cleave and Alice for a while and then fell back into my pace. I felt fine during most of the race but it did get HOT at the end. Salt Sticks and my Camelback were definitely my friends this race day. I didn’t take any photos during the race (since I was racing) and the copyright provisions of purchased photos are unclear – so, I may put some of those up later – probably on Facebook.
Ok, so I finished the race. Here are photos of Alice and Maria Elena after finishing:
They finished 30 minutes ahead of me and promptly found a seat on the ground, since there were few chairs or benches anywhere.
After I finished I found a place to sit down near the AV booth for the center stage area. There were a whole row of chairs and I made avail of them.
Note to the Run Disney folks: Place some benches or places to sit at the finish line. Sitting on hot pavement in a parking lot is not too cool after 13.1 miles.
Anyway, here is the money shot:
The Disneyland Half Marathon Certificate and Medal
We all went to eat afterwards and happily replaced the lost carbs at Chubby’s – a fitting name for the post race meal.
Monday we went to Disneyland. Yay!
Space Mountain:
Will I race the Disneyland Half Marathon next year?
You betcha. It was loads of fun.
