New Star Wars half marathon event announced for Disneyland

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Disney has announced a new Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at Disneyland in January.

From Jan. 15 to Jan. 18, 2015, this Star Wars event will feature kids races, a 5K a 10K and a half marathon. This is the fourth runDisney race weekend at Disneyland joining Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend, Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon Weekend and the Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend.

“We will continue to identify opportunities to collaborate with other Disney franchises and partners to develop more unique runDisney race weekends that will appeal to an increasingly wider range of runners across the country and beyond,” Maribeth Bisienere, senior vice president of Disney Sports Enterprises said in a press release.

Registration opens June 10 at www.runDisney.com.