Disneyland Marathon Weekend!

Crossing the finish line!

My family...my biggest fans!

It was really cool to have my parents there to support me...Love you guys!

Of course, Everyone got this huge gold meddle for finishing the race. Charlotte felt like she was the winner....Athlete in training.

This weekend Disneyland put on several different races, one in which I participated in was the half marathon ( 13.1 miles). It was such an awesome experience! Over 13,000 participants just in the half marathon alone. From the starting line, it was an automatic adrenaline rush, trying to keep a good pace while dodging and passing and being past. We ran through Disneyland, California Adventure, The Civic Center, The Angels Stadium, as well as the streets of Anaheim. As we came close to each mile marker there was a variety of people holding up signs, giving cheers, bands playing (high schools, Mexican, Bongos, etc.), high school cheerleaders, little kid cheerleaders, flag dancers...you get the idea. It was insane!!! Anyone and everyone yelling and encouraging all us runners, getting us that much more pumped up to push forward. I literally felt my veins flood with adrenaline at various times of the race.
My Favorite part of the race, besides the finish, was running through the Angels Stadium. We ran in and down around the baseball field, while the whole bottom "fan section" was filled of people cheering. As we ran we gave people high fives, and watched as our faces showed up on the big screen. It was such an experience!