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Half Marathon State # 07 Half Marathon #14 |
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On Sunday, August 31st I ran the Disneyland Half Marathon in California. This was my 7th state completed in my 50 By 50 Challenge. With the completion of this race I am also a RunDisney Coast to Coast medal holder, which means I have completed at least a half marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California in a calendar year.
Well, coming from the east coast this race was much easier to get up for. I woke up at 4am (not the typical 3am in Walt Disney World), which feels like 7am back home, so I popped up ready to go. Here at Disneyland races, the race starts right at the on property hotels, so we could walk to the Start line about 45 minutes to start time. It was awesome, no waiting on buses like in Walt Disney World.
At the race start, it was not the pomp & fireworks like at Walt Disney World. As a certified pyrotechnician, I love the fireworks for Walt Disney World starts. Not Here… The reasoning is that the non-Disney community is right next door, so they could not be shooting fireworks off for every corral start at 5:30 in the morning. That was a bummer for me. They did fire a few small red comets during the national anthem though.
It is a pretty amazing starting line.
The corrals were policed well as with all RunDisney races. I was in Corral B, so I figured we would not go until at least 5:35am. Surprise…. Corral A & B, you are going together, so get ready, and off we went. It was a little warmer and humid than I expected, so my race plan was adjusted almost immediately. It was 70 degrees and 94% humidity at the start, and I had planned to shoot for a 1:55 finish. Not happening, but I was close at a 1:58:46.
