Gmaps version of the DL Half route

[AprilN]

Hi everyone!

I thought it would be fun to put the DL half-marathon route into the Gmaps pedometer to look at what the actual route might look like, compared to the "pretty" map (PDF) provided on the official site.

Here's the result!

Obviously, this is my best guess - I'm sure I've made a couple of wrong turns here and there, but I think I have the basic route correct. Seeing it on the real map certainly points out how much of the race is on the "scenic", i.e. boring streets of Anaheim.

And acccording to the calorie counter on Gmaps (in the left-hand menu), I'll burn 1720 calories during the race. Definitely great justification for carbo loading the day before...

 

[Maherae]

Sooo, cool, April!!! Thanks, tons!!! Anne

 

[TiffJ]

I cant wait to eat those 1700 calories!!

It looks like on the DL map that we actually go thru the baseball stadium. Accross the field even. I hope they have all the doors open so we dont waste time fooling with going in & out doors

 

[DianeL]

TIFF!!! Last time I read the description of the course it says we RUN THE BASES!!! How kewl is that? Can't wait!!!!

 

[thndrmatt]

Did everyone turn on the large elevation graph too?

Couple of major annoyance hills over the freeway... And pretty consistently uphill from miles 4-9, luckily conistently downhill outside of the one overpass the rest of the way...

No more than a 50 foot elevation swing either way, but something to think about as you plan your pacing...

 

[plutosmyfav]

Hi April,

Good to see you Cool idea on the gmaps.

As for the calorie burn-- at the end of the WDW marathon my Garmin said I burned over 3500 calories! Unfortunatey, I made up for it in record time

Sunny

 

[plutosmyfav]

April's gmap got me thinking...

Here's a useless factoid. When I was in 10th grade my family moved to Garden Grove, just a couple of miles from Disneyland. My mom got free passes at work and we went all the time and could see the fireworks from our back yard!!!!!

http://www.zillow.com/aerial/DualMapPage.htm?zpid=25172121