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2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – Expo and 10K

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
The events of our Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend have begun! We are running the Dumbo Double Dare for the third time, which means running the 10K on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday. As always, we started at the Health and Fitness Expo, held in the Convention Center of the Disneyland Hotel. It opened … Continue reading "2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – Expo and 10K"
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2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – A Look Back

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
It’s time for the 10th Annual Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend!. In this blog I thought I’d take a look back at the very first Disneyland Half Marathon and some of the changes over the years. I remember how excited we were for the Inaugural race weekend nine years ago, on September 15-17, 2006. At the … Continue reading "2015 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – A Look Back"
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2014 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend – Part 2

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Another Disneyland Half Marathon successfully completed! That makes seven for us. We had a good race, and felt strong despite running a 10K the day before. Even though at Disneyland we have the advantage of proximity to the starting line, we still had to get up pretty for a race that starts at 5:30! Lee was happy that the Hearthstone Lounge in the hotel opened at 4:00 so he could get his morning coffee. (All of the coffee-type places in the Disney hotels opened early today as did many locations in Downtown Disney.) We again met some of our fellow runners in the lobby and walked over to the pre-race area together. Even though there were 18,000 registered this morning (as opposed to 10,000 for the 10K) the walkways still weren't congested, and even the porta-potty lines weren't very long.
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2014 Disneyland Half Marathon Preview

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
This weekend, August 28-31, is Disneyland's Half Marathon weekend. (This is #9, for those keeping track of such things - like me.) Events include the Health and Fitness Expo Thursday-Saturday, the Family Fun Run 5K on Friday morning, the Disneyland 10K and Kids Races on Saturday, and the Half Marathon on Sunday. The Dumbo Double Dare race challenge, where participants run both the 10K on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday, will be held for the second time.
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Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend 2013 – Half Marathon

Posted on by Laura Gilbreath
Laura Gilbreath shares day 2 of the Dumbo Double Dare, which was the Disneyland Half Marathon. "Whew...it was a very warm day for a half marathon (even warmer than it was on Marathon Sunday at WDW in January), but we did it, and added another DL Half Marathon medal and the new Dumbo Double Dare medal to our bling collection. 2:28:14 for me and 2:28:50 for Lee. Considering the heat I was very happy to finish in less than 2:30."
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