California man and Japanese woman win the 10th Disneyland Half Marathon

Disney publicity photo James Lander  win the 10th annual Disneyland  Half Marathon.

A Japanese woman became the first international winner of the Disneyland Half Marathon in its 10-year history and a Fullerton, California man won his first runDisney race.

James Lander from Fullerton won the 10th annual Disneyland Half Marathon presented by Cigna. with a time of 1:08:56.

Momoko Tanaka, 29, from Urayasu-shi, Japan, finished 1:21:30, taking the first place in the women’s category.

“I’ve loved this race, even though I had never done it before, because everyone has an amazing time,” Lander said in a press release.

“I see people laughing and smiling the entire way versus most races where everyone looks like they are killing themselves.”

Disney publicity photo Momoko Tanaka  comes in first in the women’s division.

More than 400 runners who ran this weekend have completed all 10 Disneyland Half Marathons since the race started in 2006. The half marathon traveled through Disney California Adventure Park, Disneyland, the streets of Anaheim and Angel Stadium.

More than 29,000 runners from across the nation and 28 countries participated in the event.