Disneyland 1/2 Marathon Course
The Disneyland 1/2 Marathon course has been released. I would say FINALLY but I haven’t checked in a long time and to their credit, it may have been posted for quite awhile. As a fan of all things sports, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the course route. I’ll explain…
In 2007, the first year I ran this 1/2 Marathon, the course wound around the Honda Center, along the Santa Ana Trail and then looped thru Angel Stadium. We entered thru an entrance in the outfield and ran down the first base line, rounded home base and then exited down the third base line. It was a total “geek out” moment for me as I’d never been to Angel Stadium. They had a camera on the runners and up on the huge video monitor. To add to the coolness of this moment, they had an announcer behind home plate who would call out peoples names based on their bib numbers.
Last year, the Los Angeles Angels were in town and that meant no running thru the stadium. Talk about a letdown!!! Disney then replaced our baseball running experience by routing us underneath the “the Big A”. Ummmm, no, not the same thing!!!
This year the Angels are again on the road. Rejoice runners!!! We now get to run thru the “Big A” AND make our victory lap thru the stadium. Let’s just hope that this trip down memory lane doesn’t include the weather from 2007 where the race was almost black flagged due to the heat and humidity.
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Tags: Angel Stadium, Disney, Disneyland Half Marathon, Honda Center, Los Angeles Angels, Santa Ana Trail, The Big A
July 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am
The Memphis Marathon and half finishes inside the AAA stadium. The whole stadium announcer thing was going on and it was pretty cool.
But that doesn’t compete with finishing in a major league stadium. That’s pretty cool!
July 27th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Depending on what I wear, I might smuggle a phone/camera with me.