Events DL Half Marathon (results)

Tom Morrow · 08-26-2008, 03:22 PM

Disneyland Half Marathon to snarl Anaheim traffic

Disney half marathon to snarl downtown Anaheim traffic

Orange County Register
Motorists should plan to avoid downtown Anaheim Sunday morning – two dozen roads and throughways will be closed to make way for the Disneyland Half Marathon.

The race is scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. The course will take runners through Disney’s California Adventure to Disneyland Park, and then onto the streets of Anaheim, past the Honda Center, along the Santa Ana Trail, around Angel Stadium, and back through California Adventure and the Downtown Disney.

On the morning of the marathon, the following roads will be closed… continue reading
by Adam Townsend

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tropicskenzie · 08-26-2008, 03:29 PM

Will this affect guests at all? I see that it is early though.

**pheediddy23** · 08-26-2008, 03:43 PM

i will be running in this with my brother and brother in law, they are both out of shape and a little more round then they would like so i'm going to run in this with them to support them...

BCC · 08-26-2008, 04:46 PM

Man...I have not even trained for the half...I'm not kidding. This is gonna be the hardest day of my life.

kairamoon · 08-27-2008, 06:54 AM

My brother's girlfriend is running in this. I'll be in bed sleeping

#1DisneyFreak · 08-27-2008, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by pheediddy23

i will be running in this with my brother and brother in law, they are both out of shape and a little more round then they would like so i'm going to run in this with them to support them...

Haha I have this visual of Two round guys similar to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in jogging suits leaning on you through the whole marathon. Serious case of the giggles, even though I'm sure that's not at all what you meant! hahaha

**pheediddy23** · 08-27-2008, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by #1DisneyFreak

Haha I have this visual of Two round guys similar to Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in jogging suits leaning on you through the whole marathon. Serious case of the giggles, even though I'm sure that's not at all what you meant! hahaha

haha actually it will probably look alot like this! except there will be the skinny guy ready to pass out in the middle of them haha

Tom Morrow · 09-01-2008, 12:22 AM

New records in Disneyland Half Marathon

Records fall in third Disneyland Half Marathon
13,500 runners participate in 13.1-mile race this morning through Disneyland, Anaheim landmarks

Orange County Register
Runners raced through Disneyland and other Anaheim landmarks during the third annual Disneyland Half Marathon in record time today, breaking course records in Men's Women's and Master's divisions.

John Lucas, a marketing specialist for a sports apparel company in Eugene, Ore. crossed the finish line of the third annual Disneyland Half Marathon ahead of the field 13,500 runners with a record time, knocking two full minutes off last year's winning time.

Despite having to start at the back of the pack after losing her race chip, Mary Akor, 31, of Gardena turned in a record-setting performance in the Women's Division, finishing in 1:19:24.

Kevin Broady, 45, of Brea, who won 2007 Disneyland Half Marathon, won the Master's Division (age 40+) with a record time of 1:13.26. Edith Martinez, 40, of Brea was the top women's Master's finisher with a division record time of 1:28:29.

Ralph Pieplenbos, 55, of Monrovia won the men's Half Marathon wheelchair division. Kristen Messer, 21, of Austin, Texas won the women's Half Marathon wheelchair division.
by Kimberly Edds

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Tom Morrow · 09-01-2008, 10:37 PM

Former 406 lbs man competed in DL Half Marathon

A 406-pound couch potato turns into a marathon man
After surgery, Kyle Wright cut the candy and put on his running shoes.

Orange County Register
A little more than a year ago, Kyle Wright weighed 406 pounds and was addicted to Milky Ways and In-n-Out Double-Double's. "If someone told me I'd be running a half marathon," he says, "it would have been a punch line to a joke."

Kyle Wright of Orange has lost over 150 pounds since his lap band surgery. On Sunday, Wright competed in the Disneyland Half Marathon. Let the laughs begin. continue reading
by Lori Basheda

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elizabethsparrow · 09-02-2008, 02:32 PM

One of these days I hope to try it out! I just don't like the rules about no headphones because I need music to motivate me.

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