{"id":22111,"date":"2015-01-14T17:29:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T23:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/?p=22111"},"modified":"2015-01-14T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T23:29:46","slug":"inaugural-star-wars-half-marathon-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/2015\/01\/14\/inaugural-star-wars-half-marathon-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More than 23,000 runners embarking on intergalactic adventure; Compelling local human-interest stories, runner interviews and visual live shot opportunities available<\/em><\/p>\n

More than\u00a023,000<\/strong>\u00a0runners<\/strong>\u00a0from across the United States and 17 different countries are trekking to a galaxy far, far away for the debut of the\u00a0Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend\u00a0<\/strong>presented by Sierra Nevada Corporation\u00a0at the Disneyland Resort this weekend<\/strong>. The new Star Wars-themed\u00a0run<\/em>Disney event will involve kids\u2019 races, a 5K, a 10K and half marathon, plus several family-friendly events such as the Health & Fitness Expo and the\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0Wookiee Welcome Party.<\/p>\n

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LA-area military veterans Sandra Greenman and Jose Romero each struggled in their separate returns to civilian life, losing their jobs and their homes because of various addictions. Both were forced to live on the mean streets of metro Los Angeles, Sandra living out of her car starting in 2012 and Jose on the streets in 2013. But last year they became involved in the \u201cBack On My Feet\u201d program, the race weekend\u2019s official charity which helps LA-area homeless people achieve independent living through running. Program participants run together three to four times a week at 5:30 am.\u00a0 As a result of the running program, both are beginning to live independently again, Sandra working in a government IT position and Jose off the streets and into his own apartment. Sandra and Jose, along with other program participants, are continuing their personal life development and training at the inaugural Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland Resort.<\/em><\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Jan. 15-18, 2015<\/p>\n

Star Wars Half Marathon
\n<\/a>Sunday, Jan. 18, 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Star Wars 10K
\n<\/a>Saturday, Jan. 17, 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Star Wars 5K
\n<\/a>Friday, Jan. 16, 5:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

run<\/em>Disney Kids Races
\n<\/a>Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

Star Wars Wookiee Welcome Party
\nThursday, Jan. 15, 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

run<\/em>Disney Health & Fitness Expo
\n<\/a>Thursday, Jan. 15, 10:00 a.m. – 8 p.m.
\nFriday, Jan. 16, 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
\nSaturday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
\nDisneyland Hotel Exhibit Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 23,000 runners embarking on intergalactic adventure; Compelling local human-interest stories, runner interviews and visual live shot opportunities available More than\u00a023,000\u00a0runners\u00a0from across the United States and 17 different countries are trekking to a galaxy far, far away for the debut of the\u00a0Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend\u00a0presented by Sierra Nevada Corporation\u00a0at the Disneyland Resort this … Continue reading Inaugural Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,13],"tags":[1483],"class_list":["post-22111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-donations","category-events","tag-star-wars-half-marathon-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22115,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22111\/revisions\/22115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yakfaceforums.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}