Disney's Half Marathon Weekend

we stayed the weekend at disneyland for fun and thought it would be closer to the marathon.

checking in

view of monorail track from our room.

the room

jr and his buddy kai

kai, you must wait until your first birthday to start using a blackberry

uncle brian and kai playing in our room

5:30 a.m. 1/2 marathon day

(30 minutes until starting gun)

marissa and me

daisy, brian, jeff and me

(over 13,000 people were racing today)

the girls

ready, set...


go!!!! (jeff's head)

a blurry start, oops should have practiced my photo taking while walking...

(took us 16 minutes until we crossed the start line - we were in the next to last corral)

walking in disneyland

back of me

there are people behind us. is this possible???

along the way there were many groups and bands to cheer us on

mile markers

we wore timing chips in our shoes and walked over these mats throughout the marathon.
this is how we found out how fast or slow we were going.

cheerleaders were everywhere

girls doing hula

honda center (formerly the pond). where the mighty ducks play hockey.

walking along the santa ana river (hasn't seen water for 7 months).
(marissa)

volunteer's passing out clif shots (gel food) and water.
marissa, you are ahead of us!!!

big A at angels stadium.

walking by angels staduim and the sun is out!!!

(luckily we had overcast, cool weather for the first 3 hours)

go marissa

finally 10 miles, only 3 more to go.

(long way back to disneyland)

jr and kelly cheering wildly

we did it!!!

(special thank you to Brian for staying back with us first-time half marathoners)

auntie daisy and kai
waiting for everyone to take showers at the hotel

kai having fun

the end...can't wait for next year's race!