Star Wars half-marathon on social media
The Force aided plenty of runners in Anaheim, Calif., over the weekend when the first Star Wars half-marathon took over Disneyland resort. A perfect opportunity for costume runners to shine, the course was littered with storm troopers and wookiees.
The weekend hosted a 5K, 10K and half-marathon. Many runners took part in the Rebel Challenge, racing the 10K on Saturday and half-marathon on Sunday.
The Anaheim weather was perfect and the half-marathon, held at 5:30 a.m. local time, started before the sun came up.
Nicholas Arciniaga won the men’s race in 1:08:13. Jennifer Berry won the women’s race in 1:22:34.
We’ve put compiled a few of our favourite social media from the weekend:
The Force was strong with athletes this morning in the first-ever #StarWarsHalf! http://t.co/9NZ0t1wrXx pic.twitter.com/xpLQVfnpiI
— Disneyland Resort (@Disneyland) January 18, 2015
Good luck to all Jedi and Sith participating in #StarWarsHalf Weekend. May the course be with you! pic.twitter.com/DFV6zKSKPY — Disneyland Resort (@Disneyland) January 15, 2015
The dark side is strong with this one. #runDisney #StarWarsHalf pic.twitter.com/LN2ymbZsDO — Star Wars (@starwars) January 17, 2015
I am in the one place in the universe where this is hilarious! #StarWarsHalf #running pic.twitter.com/KbHjYvV3On — Andrew Chak (@andrewchak) January 15, 2015
Set for the run… This is the race you’re looking for. #StarWars5K A photo posted by runDisney (@rundisney) on
Artoo, lightspeed to the finish line! #StarWars10K #startours pic.twitter.com/UjMvAd16oR — Star Wars (@starwars) January 17, 2015
Doing cartwheels at the finish line! #RunDisney #StarWarsHalf https://t.co/jcbYd9esM4 — Cole Horton (@ColeHorton) January 18, 2015
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