Disneyland 1/2 Marathon

Most of you know that my sister is an Ironman.

But there's a whole other side to her racing personality...

She LOVES to race in costume.

And I let her dress us for this race.

She informed me that everyone would be dressed up, 

but there weren't so many others with costumes this elaborate.

(Thanks Mom)

This picture is for the kids--they love Phineas and Ferb!

This one is for the girls, of course

And what is a Disney race without a castle photo op?

Heather kept calling me Eeyore because of my grumpiness in wearing a costume.

She was the Tigger of the whole thing--trying to turn me into Tigger Too!

(Do you see my solidarity with Eeyore--we're holding hands, er... hand and paw, hoof?)

Running through Angels stadium was very fun

And the awesome medal made it all worth it.

Plus, we got our bonus Coast to Coast challenge medal.

Disney does medals right.  They were heavy, big, and eye-catching!

The Ironman still comes out in Heather, though.

She ran the race with a stress fracture in her tibia.

Basically, she has a broken leg.  And she still ran the race.

and her day was made when this funky Alice caught up to us for a picture.

Heather was sorely disappointed when no Alice in Wonderland characters were out on the course for a picture.

Luckily, Alice came along on our way to the car!

After the race, we headed to the hotel, ate and showered.

Then we headed to Disneyland to close the park down.

After running 13.1 miles we spent 13 hours one of my favorite places.

We were up for 22 hours straight and then headed home to crash!