Results

Well, I finished the Disneyland Half-Marathon. Considering that it was about 80 degrees at the start (at 6 am!), I'm happy with how I finished. My time was 1:41:34. That was my chip time. It took 26 seconds to get to the starting line after the start.

The route was nice, mostly flat. It was interesting running through the two Disney parks, having various characters cheering you on. I gave high-fives to a couple monsters from Monsters, Inc. And running through Angels Stadium was pretty cool. They had the Angels' announcer calling out names as we rounded home plate with our image being put up on the huge jumbotron screen in left field.

I was very impressed with the organization of the race. Very well-organized for only their 2nd annual race. I'll be running it again next year, but we might make a weekend of it and stay in a hotel close by or maybe at the Disneyland Hotel itself.

Running with Goofy

Wow, I just realized how long it's been since I last posted. A week ago, I ran almost 4 miles in Phoenix at 3:30 pm. It was about 108 degrees and sunny. That was the toughest 4 miles I've run in a long time. Felt good to get back in the cool hotel room. I don't know how they do it down there.

This weekend is the Disneyland Half-Marathon. I'll be running in that and one other person from Elijah's Running Club will be running in the 5k race on Sunday. I'm beginning to think that the 6 am start time for the half is not all that bad, since we've been having a mini-heat wave here lately. I'll post on our results next week.

New Attendance Record!

First of all, congratulations to Nancy for running in the Redondo Beach 4th of July 5K race! It's great for motivation to enter a few races a year.

We had our largest turnout so far at ten!!! The morning marine layer was back again this morning. Nice and cool, but a little humid. Today there were a couple events going on. The U.S. Paddleboard Championship was being held right by the Hermosa Beach Pier. There was also a rowing competition being held, but I'm not sure what that was all about.

I've heard through the Hope Chapel grapevine that at least one person has not shown up for Elijah's Running Club because we don't run far enough for them (this person is a marathoner). My response to that would be that I will run as far as you guys want, since I'm getting started in training for the Disneyland Half-Marathon. We can do the Pier to Pier and back as a warmup and then do a good 6-8 mile run or longer if you'd like. My goal is to get as many folks out as possible with a wide variety of running levels.

Well, have a great week and happy running!

Running With Mickey

I've registered for the Disneyland 1/2 Marathon, which is on Labor Day Weekend. Looking at the map for the race, it appears that we run through both Disneyland and California Adventure, then run out under I-5, run down to the Anaheim Angels' stadium, run around the field, then return to Disneyland. Should be a fun race. My goal will be to beat 1:40, but really all I care about is beating Goofy.

I just got an email telling me that there is still time for more folks to sign up. They're 85% full on the half, which is on 3 September. They're also having a family fun run 5K and various kids races on the 2nd of September. Click here for more information.