This half marathon was the culmination of the runDisney Kessel Run Challenge! I stayed at the Polynesian Resort the night before so I could walk to the start line.

This run is in April and at 5:30 a.m. in Central Florida the humidity was at it's worst! The first mile is leaving the Magic Kingdom parking lot and into a service road surrounded by trees which was like running into a straight wall of humidity. There was one of the coolest scenes on that road with explosions, lasers, and battle noises from the Star Wars movies.

The route was great with only two "rough" hills and little to no repeated lines out/in. I had previously run the runDisney Dopey Challenge in January and thought the roadside characters and photo ops were better then. This race was a lot of jumbotrons showing mixes of various Star Wars movies as well as photo ops with scenes and no characters.

There were two spots for the 501st which was really fun. Overall I think it was a great run and a must do for Star Wars fans because of the scenery and the medals.....oh the medals....These were some of my favorites ever!

You can see a little of our experience here: https://youtu.be/1DHnpUJIAfs