PRE-RACE
Disneyland®
Health and
Fitness Expo
All registered runners are required to attend the
Disneyland®
Health and Fitness Expo to pick up their race number, shirt and
goody bag. If you have not done so already, please
click here
to download and print
your personalized race number pick-up/waiver form and be sure to bring it with you to packet pick-up
at the Expo at the
Disneyland®
Hotel Exhibit Hall.
If you purchased Pasta in the Park Party ticket or VIP
Spectator Seating packages, you must pick up those packages
at a designated location inside the Expo. Please look for
signage to direct you.
Disneyland®
Health and
Fitness Expo Hours
Friday, August 29
12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 30
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Official Race Merchandise
A variety of
Disneyland® Half
Marathon merchandise will be available for purchase on Friday
and Saturday at the Health and Fitness Expo, and Sunday at the
Family Reunion Area during the Half Marathon.
Transportation
Anaheim Resort Transit (ART) provides complimentary event
shuttles to race participants and their guests from select hotels
to all Half Marathon Weekend activities.
Click here to view details including the schedule and list
of hotels that will be serviced. If you are staying at one
of the hotels listed, upon check-in, please ask hotel
staff for up-to-date information about transportation routes and
operating schedules.
Event Parking
Throughout race weekend, parking is available at the Mickey
and Friends parking structure; just follow the signs for ‘Theme
Park - Parking’. The fee for parking is $12.00.
RACE DAY
Weather Plan
The Half Marathon will be held rain or shine.
Heat Index
IN THE EVENT OF EXTREME HEAT, all course Medical Stops will have the appropriate flag color
displayed according to the existing conditions:
YELLOW FLAG – Those runners with high risk for heat stroke
should withdraw.
RED FLAG - All runners should be aware that heat injury is
possible. Those susceptible to heat should be advised not to
compete and all runners are urged to slow their pace and hydrate
adequately.
BLACK FLAG – If a black flag condition occurs, all runners will
be advised not to compete; the race will become a fun run and no
times will be recorded from that point forward.
If
the Black Flag is warranted, we strongly urge you to slow your pace for safety reasons.
Safety Reminder
For everyone’s safety, no bicycles, baby
joggers/strollers, skateboards, roller skates, inline skates
or dogs will be allowed on the course. Headphones are
discouraged due to audio messages that are placed throughout the
course to ensure your safety.
Race Start
The Half Marathon is scheduled to begin at 6:00 am with a
wheelchair start at 5:58 am.
Spectator Viewing
To increase the possibility of seeing your friends and
family run, be aware of their pace, expected time at each mile
marker and anticipated finish line. Due to space restrictions,
there will be no viewing area available for the Half Marathon in
the theme parks.
Course Clocks
Clocks will be located at every mile marker along the
course.
Water Stops
Dasani® water and
Powerade® will be available
at miles 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and the Finish Line.
Nutrition Stop
Clif® Shots will be
available at mile 9.2. There will also be a post-race refreshment area
located just inside the Family Reunion Area providing Dasani® water, Powerade®, Clif®
Builder Bars, Dole®
fruit cups, bagels, bananas and oranges.
Medical Support
Medical personnel will be available to give emergency care,
as well as tend to non-critical injuries at mile 2.7, 6.2, 9.5,
12.5, and the main medical tents located at the finish line and
Family Reunion Area. There will also be four roving medical
personnel on bicycles along the route. Runners unable to finish
the race may stop at one of the medical or water stations for
assistance. Support vans will follow the race, picking up
runners who need assistance and transporting them to the Pinocchio
lot which is adjacent to the Family Reunion Area. If you
require information on a runner who does not return to the race
area please see the Information tent located in the Family
Reunion Area.
Port o Lets
For your convenience, an ample number of port o lets will be
located near the start/finish lines, Water Stops 1, 5, 6, 8, 9,
10, 11, Angel Stadium and the Family Reunion Area.
Pace
If you are not able to maintain a 16 minute mile, orange
flags will be posted at each mile marker to indicate that you
are behind the 16 minute mile pace and that you will not be able
to finish the race in the 3.5 hour time limit. There will also
be Half Marathon staff on bicycles to verbally
announce that a flag has been raised. There will be buses
available at Angel Stadium to transport you from the course to
the Family Reunion Area once you fall behind this pace. Runners
unable to finish the race due to injury or fatigue may stop at
any of the medical or water stations for assistance. Support
vans will pick up runners and transport them to the Pinocchio
lot.
POST-RACE
Family Reunion Area
Your family
and friends are welcome to wait and watch you cross the finish
line on the big screen in the Family Reunion Area which is
located in the Lilo parking lot near the finish line. There
is only one entrance to this area for spectators, located near
the parking tolls to Downtown Disney®.
Runners will enter the Family Reunion Area after receiving their
finisher’s medal.
Finisher’s Medal & Certificate
All
finishers will receive a specially designed medal before exiting
the finish chutes in exchange for returning the ChampionChip.
Finisher’s Certificates will be mailed approximately 30 days after the race.
Photographers
ASI will be on the
course and at the finish line taking your picture during the
race. You can also look for them in the Family Reunion Area for
group and family photos. Remember to smile and keep your race
number in the front uncovered and in clear view. ASI will email
you your photograph proofs or you can visit
www.asiorders.com after the race to view your photos.
Awards Ceremony
The Awards Ceremony
will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Family
Reunion Area. All award winners are requested to be present to
receive their awards.
Chip Times
Chip Times will be available at the
Information tent located in the Family Reunion Area.
Race Results
Results will be posted
on the results boards located in front of the ESPN Zone in
Downtown Disney® at 2:00 pm
on race day. A complete list of results will be posted online
at
www.disneylandhalfmarathon.com beginning Sunday evening.
