Disneyland Anaheim - Disneyland Resort and the City of Anaheim Announce Inaugural 2006 Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend

Tuesday, October 25 2005 at 15:56

Dust off those running shoes -- Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, Disneyland Resort President Matt Ouimet and Mickey Mouse announced today plans for the inaugural Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend scheduled for September 15-17, 2006. Nearly 10,000 runners are expected to participate in the "Happiest Race on Earth," a 13.1-mile road race that will take runners through Disney's California Adventure and Disneyland Park. Runners will cruise such world-renown attractions as the Matterhorn and Sleeping Beauty Castle on their way to Angel Stadium and Arrowhead Pond then finally to the race's finish line at the ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney where every participant will be awarded with a medal in the shape of Sleeping Beauty Castle.

Learn more about the Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland Anaheim at http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-14-2005/0004169453&EDATE=.