LPWire: Images from the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon

Images from the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon

Amidst a flurry of fireworks, honorary race director Mickey Mouse signaled today's start of the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon as thousands of athletes began their journey through Disney theme parks and resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Photo: Gene Duncan/Disney)

 (Photo: Gene Duncan/Disney)

Brazilian runner Adriano Bastos jumps for joy as he crosses the finish line of today's Walt Disney World Marathon in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Bastos, age 26, was crowned the overall champion of the 26.2-mile trek through Disney's theme parks and resorts for the second time, having placed first in the 2003 event. Bastos, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, completed this year's race in 2:19:16.

 (Photo: Gene Duncan/Disney)

Cheered on by Goofy and thousands of fans, Renzo Martinez, age 40, of Boca Raton, Fla., sprints to the finish line of today's Walt Disney World Marathon in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Martinez won the men's wheelchair division of the 26.2-mile trek through Disney's theme parks and resorts in a time of 2:12:22.

(Photo: Mark Ashman/Disney)

Amy Shertzer, age 27, from Monument, Colo., soaks in the feeling of victory as she crosses the finish line of today's Walt Disney World Marathon in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Shertzer was crowned women's champion of the 26.2-mile trek through Disney's theme parks and resorts with a time of 2:56:06.

(Photo: Preston Mack/Disney)

Stephanie Danahy of Fairfax Station, Va. gets into the spirit of the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon in her "Tinker Bell" costume.

--Posted January 10, 2005
Source: Walt Disney World