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2016 Disneyland Half Recap

10/11/2016

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The final day! Woohoo! We woke up the same time as the past few days: 3:45 up and leave at 4:15. We dropped our stuff off, snapped a quick pic and headed to the corral. The preshow went quickly and since we started in corral C, we were off pretty quickly. We did the quick downhill and then headed backstage. Before we knew it, we were in carsland! We stopped for a picture with McQueen and mater (with no one in line!)
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We continued towards the pier and had a quick stop with Meeko and Pocahontas
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On the pier right past toy story, we stopped for a picture with Gideon and Longfellow ​
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they had the viva Navidad float out so we stopped for a camera pic (it is really annoying to have photo opps out but no one stationed there to help out). We continued around the pier through grizzly peak and Bug's land and stopped for a pic with Flik and Atta. 
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We then backstage and over to Disneyland. Once we got to Disneyland, we went backstage and entered in Tomorrowland. We passed by the Stormtroopers and headed through fantasyland and stopped for a quick pic with Stitch.
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We then continued through the castle.  Right after the castle, we took a picture with Jane and Turk
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After that, they had a Main at bus with the characters from Robin Hood! Again a cute photo stop but no one to take your picture so we skipped it. 
We then did something I don't think we've ever done before: we went BACK to DCA through buena vista street, through Hollywoodland and out the backlot to ball road. It was weird to have the course loop by but it was great to have a bit more park time. 
And just like that we were out on the streets of Anaheim. Backstage was longer than I remember (it was the reverse of the first half mile backstage of the Star Wars light side races) and it was great when we first headed out but it soon got very quiet and boring. There were a few dance groups and a few bands but we were both ready for the antique car miles. Of course at mile 7.5 we stopped for a sparkly donut with #teamsparkleathletic! 
By the time the cars wrapped up, we passed Honda center and were on the Santa Ana trail over to Anaheim stadium. We hit the Clif station right before getting in the stadium 
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The run through the stadium was epic as always and I even moved to the side so I can high five the boy and Girl Scouts the whole way around the stadium. 
And after that, it was all downhill (in a good way!). Coming out of the stadium, it is lacking without the reenactors and veterans like at Avengers but still fun. We just need to head back to Disneyland. We tried to pick up the pace as much as we could and were in high spirits. 
Right after mile 12, we headed backstage and knew the finish was close. This race is always so special to me as it is my runniversary and my first challenge. I always get emotional towards the finish line. It's hard to imagine that when I ran my first race 6 years ago and was so sore and out of it, I would be back running challenges and feeling great! And it was my 45th Disney race which is CRAZY! 
We finished and both felt pretty great! We took some pics and then headed off to get ready for the day.
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I went back to the park for medal pics and then headed to hang out with Jacque one last time. I eventually I made it home, rested and got ready to go see John Williams at the bowl. Talk about an incredible concert! Just wow!
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Overall, I'm very happy with my performance at DL Half weekend. Going in I was super nervous as my training had been less than I wanted. I was able to get through it with ease and enjoyed the whole experience. Having Photopass on the course really increases the quality of the pictures. I wish there had been more Photopass people especially at landmarks like the Pier and the castle. 
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Of course I will be doing this weekend again next year as it will be the 5th year of Dumbo and the 10k and we will finally have the answer to if they are doing legacies for challenges other than Goofy and for the 10ks! The weather actually has gotten better every year of dumbo and this was the best one yet so I hope it keeps improving! 

What was the last half marathon you ran? 
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