Two Americans In Paris: Day 4 - Disneyland Paris Half Marathon and Wrap Up

This morning we accomplished what we came here to do, we completed the Disneyland Paris Half Marathon! This is my 4th Disney race and Peggy's 6th and it was hands down the best course out of all of them. The start area was walking distance from our hotel. The race started at 7AM, so we got up around 5AM, got ready, had breakfast at our hotel's restaurtant and walked to the start.

There were four corrals (A, B, C and D), but they split those up in to 100-200 people chunks to space everyone out on the course which would wonderfully! We started in Walt Disney Studios then went right in to Disneyland Park and ran through the majority of both parks. All of the cast members that were on the course were very enegetic and cheering every runner that passed. It was fantastic!

We went backstage from there and on to the ring road surrounding the Disney property. This took us to Val D'Europe, a small village to the east of the Disney property. There many locals were out to cheer us on as we ran through their town, around the pond at the center and back out the way we entered.

We spent some more time on the ring road before turning toward the hotels. We ran around Hotel Santa Fe, through Hotel Cheyenne, and down the path to pass in front of Hotel Newport Beach before arriving at the finish line. We had water, Powerade and actual food (apples, cereal bars and granola bars) available on the course to keep us going! At the finish line they provided water, Powerade, bananas, nuts and a fruit and nut mixture.

After the race we walked back to our room and took a nap. We then went to Walt Disney Studios to hit two of the big rides we had yet to experience, RC Racer and Crush's Coaster, which were both great. We also made a final visit to The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror before switching to Disneyland Park for the Disney Dreams night show at 10PM.