Star Wars Half-Marathon – The Light Side in photos

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. was full of runners and Star Wars references this weekend.

The Star Wars Half-Marathon – The Light Side was held in southern California from Friday through Sunday one week after the Walt Disney World Marathon in Florida. The event, a favourite among many runners, featured a half-marathon, the Star Wars 10K and the Star Wars 5K.

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Race weekend wrapped up on Sunday morning with the half-marathon beginning at 5:30 a.m. (All races began at 5:30 a.m.) As expected, the race medals were a highlight for runners with the half-marathon souvenir reading “May the force be with you.” RunDisney hosts two Star Wars events each year including this past weekend’s Light Side and April’s Dark Side. The April event is Empire-themed where Darth Vader is likely to make an appearance.

Runners may have been particularly motivated as this weekend’s races came one month after the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Participants were dressed as Ewoks, Jedi, Lando Calrissian, Wookiees and many others.

First 10k of the year done!!! The force was strong with this lil Ewok!!! #starwarshalf #rundisney #starwars#ewok#disneyland#itsasmallworld #run#runner#starwarshalfmarathon2017 #thelightside#10k#happyewok#disney

A photo posted by Gabriella?☺️?? (@g_and_burrito) on Jan 14, 2017 at 11:55am PST

One of the weekend’s highlights was the Rebel Challenge, which involves running both the 10K and half-marathon on back-to-back days on Saturday and Sunday. Like the Walt Disney World Marathon Dopey Challenge, runners earn a medal for each of the individual races as well as the Star Wars Rebel Challenge finisher medal.

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Adam Roach won the Star Wars Half-Marathon – The Light Side in 1:10:33 and Jennifer Brill won the women’s race in 1:24:18.

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Some rad costumes from those that ran with the Force during the @rundisney #StarWarsHalf Marathon -The Light Side 10K. #StarWars

A photo posted by Star Wars (@starwars) on Jan 14, 2017 at 11:59am PST

Nick Arciniaga, who last year won the Star Wars Half-Marathon finishing with a lightsaber in hand, finished sixth on Sunday morning and was dressed appropriately for the entire 21.1K. He referred to his singlet as a “storm trooper jersey.”

Fun fact! Today's @rundisney @starwars #halfmarathon was my 33rd half marathon. It's fun because I'm 33 years old. It's not my birthday though. Maybe that wasn't a super fun fact. #SweetMedalThough. ? @c_arciniaga

A photo posted by Nick Arciniaga (@ownyourrun) on Jan 15, 2017 at 9:09am PST

Geeking out! This may be my favorite race photo ever! #dopeychallenge #starwarshalf #coasttocoast #nerdygirl #runnergirl #rundisney #runningcostume

A photo posted by CraftyDisneyNerdRuns! (@craftydisneynerdruns) on Jan 15, 2017 at 9:51am PST

It's not every day you meet your heroes. @runDisney #StarWarsHalf – The Light Side 10K pic.twitter.com/z8ROfowNc9

— Star Wars (@starwars) January 14, 2017

They found the droids they were looking for at the @runDisney #StarWarsHalf – The Light Side 5K. pic.twitter.com/YzO2zNeT2K

— Star Wars (@starwars) January 13, 2017

The Force is strong at the #runDisney #StarWarsHalf 10K at @Disneyland! pic.twitter.com/l5fW05WagM

— runDisney (@runDisney) January 15, 2017

It’s time to race through the galaxy at the #runDisney #StarWarsHalf – The Light Side 5K! pic.twitter.com/iv9M6qpDjo

— runDisney (@runDisney) January 13, 2017

We run with the Force. #runDisney #StarWarsHalf pic.twitter.com/r3sMDCBqbR

— runDisney (@runDisney) January 15, 2017

Running the galaxy. @runDisney #StarWarsHalf – The Light Side 10K pic.twitter.com/ZSTaCX3kNw

— Star Wars (@starwars) January 14, 2017

Race medal

My #NikeVomero10 just completed their first half marathon and my feet feel pretty ok, now to continue training for the LA Marathon ?#ItsARunOrDieThing #JustDoIt #RunDisney #StarWarsHalf #NikeFree #NikePlus #StarWars #MayTheForceBeWithYou

A photo posted by KathArine (@katharine013) on Jan 15, 2017 at 10:15am PST

This will be a weekend long remembered. Congrats to everyone who participated in the #runDisney #StarWarsHalf Marathon – The Light Side! pic.twitter.com/Y0ENGWI4Xe

— runDisney (@runDisney) January 15, 2017

It's all about the medal. #rundisney #starwarshalf #disney #starwars #princessleia #hansolo #medalofvalor #medal #halfmarathon #run #runner #running

A video posted by jag (@jagdesign) on Jan 15, 2017 at 10:14am PST

BB8! ? Totally worth losing a minute of my time for a pic with this droid! ? #bb8 #disneyland #starwars #thedroidimlookingfor #rundisney2017 #starwarshalf

A photo posted by Tara (@road_runnert) on Jan 15, 2017 at 9:04am PST

Used the force to run the #starwarshalf this morning. I'm coming for you next #kaiserpermanentehalfmarathon #watchmiarun

A photo posted by Mia (@miadannelle) on Jan 15, 2017 at 7:36am PST

Full results can be found here.