2007 Disneyworld Half Marathon and Marathon Trek
The LEE-CAM in the Land of Mouse was designed in order to share the 2007 Disneyworld Half-Marathon and Marathon experience with family and friends. Following a stress-fracture in October 2006, Lee was instructed by his doctor not to engage in any stressful long distance running until February 2007. Already registered for the Goofy Race-and-a-Half Challenge (running the half-marathon and full marathon on consecutive days), Lee decided to slow his typical pace, run both races and film/photograph along the way. Thus, the LEE-CAM adventures have been birthed into existence...

2007 Disneyworld Half-Marathon: Saturday, January 6, 6:00 am
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Overall Place: 971 of 12,292 finishers (Top 8%)
Gender: 714 of 4827 (Top 16%)
Age Division (40-44): 145 of 852 (Top 17%)

Click on the image on the right to load the 3-minute webcam overview of the Disneyworld Half-Marathon through the eyes of Lee Hoedl.

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*Lee's Disneyworld half-marathon race is dedicated to Andrew Fullerton, a young boy Lee coached in the summer of 2006 and who was recently diagnosed with leukemia.

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LEFT: Runners (over 16,000 participants) arriving to the Disneyworld Half-Marathon at 3:00 am, just outside of EPCOT; RIGHT: Lee, waiting in the hospitality area for the race to begin.
 
 
 LEFT: Runners lined up on the Florida highway outside of EPCOT, just moments before the Half-Marathon begins; RIGHT: Lee, completing the Half-Marathon in just under two hours.
 
 
2007 Disneyworld Marathon: Sunday, January 7, 6:00 am
     
Overall Place: 4498 of 10,936 finishers (Top 41%)
Gender: 2905 of 5782 (Top 50%)
Age Division (40-44): 608 of 1127 (Top 32%)

Click on the image on the right to load the 4-minute webcam overview of the Disneyworld Marathon through the eyes of Lee Hoedl.

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*Lee's Disneyworld marathon race is dedicated to Lawrence Stenger, a family friend who died on Christmas morning 2006 of brain tumors.

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As is usually the case on Hoedls' trips to Disneyworld, Lee is usually the one taking pictures of family members with Disney characters. The Disneyworld Marathon changed all that, as there were characters all along the route - and Lee took every opportunity to make up for lost photos not taken.

The photo in the bottom left hand corner is one of a satisfied but tired Lee after running 39.3 miles in a 30-hour period.

 
 
 
 
 

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