It’s Half Marathon Time!!!! After doing the Star Wars Dark Side Challenge 10K the day prior, it was now time for the half marathon.  On Sunday, April 23, 2017, I ran in the RunDisney Star Wars Dark Side Half Marathon.

We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House for this trip. I always enjoy this view from our balcony!

Because RunDisney races start so early in the morning, 5:30 AM, it was again an early night on Saturday night as well.  However, this was no ordinary half marathon for me.  I was not running for time, but for pictures!  In the end, it will have been my slowest half marathon, but my most fun, because I went overload on Star Wars character stops!

For this race, I try to dress up in costume as a Star Wars character.  Last year I ran as a storm trooper, and this year I went with Boba Fett, the Bounty Hunter.  So, here is flat Boba Fett.  We got the Boba Fett hat from the Disney Store.  The Boba Fett running shirt off Amazon.  The arm sleeves are volleyball sleeves which my wife dyed burgundy and drew all the weapons on.   The knee braces were dyed yellow to match Boba Fett’s knee plates.  It was finally topped off with my grey shorts, and Orange/Black Hokas (which do not match or go with the costume in the least).

The alarm clock went off at 3 AM on Sunday morning, and by 3:30 AM Boba Fett was ready for the hunt and heading toward the bus at the resort.

The crowds were much bigger for the half marathon than for the 10K the day prior.

Because we had all got the pre- & post race character pictures done at the 10K, we did not spend any time waiting in character lines.  So we just found some pavement in sat, relaxed, and socialized.

At about 5:00 AM we started making our way to the porta-potties & corrals.  We were all spread out for this race.  Becky was in Corral A, I was in Corral B, and Matt & Kira were in Corral E.  So we all did our goodbyes and ducked into our respective corrals.

Then it was time to take off for the race.

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