The document summarizes the author's experience running in the 2016 Walt Disney Half Marathon and Full Marathon. In the half marathon, she got a 26-second personal record and placed 2nd for women with a time of 1:22:06. In the full marathon, her time was 3:09:43 and she placed 9th for women. For both races, she made friends with other runners along the course. Overall, she had an excellent experience meeting people, feeling good on the courses, and running faster than expected.

1. 2016

2. Walt Disney Half Marathon 2016
1:22:06
26-second PR
2nd Place Woman

3. Half Marathon Stats
Check out these times.
I totally made a friend on the course!
(And out-kicked her at the end . . . barely.)

4. Half Marathon Pain Face
Okay, this one’s not nearly
so painful.
This one? Definite pain face.

5. Walt Disney Full Marathon 2016
3:09:43
9th Place Woman

6. Full Marathon Stats
It’s not nearly as obvious here,
but I made a friend on THIS
course, too! We clicked in around
mile 13 and stuck together
through 23. She’s crazy-
talented—this was her first
marathon!!!

7. Full Marathon of Smiles
Starting the silliness early.
(Alas, no one picked up my call,
not even Abu.)

8. Is this Ariel in her post-
mermaid transformation? Or
some other Disney princess? I
honestly don’t know.
I’m late! I’m late!

9. Groovin’.

10. Me and the baddies.

11. Be . . .
Our . . .
Guest!

12. Oops! Another baddie.
(Oh and Shan Yu, too. Haha.)

13. Welcome to the Animal Kingdom! I think I’ll fit right in here.

14. Hakuna matata!

15. Daylight at last! As we run around the
ESPN Sports Complex.
Me and my new marathon friend Danielle.

16. Focus faces. Time for the real
work to begin.

17. Wish granted!
Genie, I wish for this race to still
feel fun, even though I’m now in
the evil 20-26mi range.

18. Clearly still having a blast.

19. Okay, now I’m ready for this race to be over.
The finish line has to be out there somewhere. . . .

20. That would be the finish line.
No caption necessary.

21. So, so happy.
I could not have asked for these
races to go any better. I met (and
ran with!) awesome women, felt
good on the courses, and ran faster
than I ever expected.
Huge thanks to Josh, Allie, and my
amazing GCR teammates—I
couldn’t have done it without you.
And a big thank-you to my fiance, as
well. I actually wouldn’t have done it
without him. So thanks for the
inspiration.

22. One final note to Marathonphoto, Disney, and/or anyone else who is wondering:
I’d gladly purchase the valid versions of these photos . . . if they didn’t cost so darned much! I already
paid several hundred dollars for these races, and winning 2nd in the half didn’t even get me a free pass to a
park. (Instead I got a trophy so heavy that UPS charged me $80 to ship it home to myself.) I simply
cannot justify another $100+ for photos. But thanks for the proofs!