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1. Amy Shertzer of Monument, Colorado wins the 2005 Walt Disney World Marathon. "I grew up in Orlando, and always wanted to run the WDW marathon." she said after the race. Amy is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, and formerly served in the Air Force herself. Amy, ironically, had just moved to Colorado, as her husband is an instructor at the Air Force Academy. The first male finihser from the marathon from Colorado was Alan Davies who finished in 51st place in 3:03:38. Photo by Mark Ashman / Walt Disney Company

2. Brazilian Adriano Bastos led start to finish Sunday en route to his second victory in the Walt Disney World Marathon. Bastos, 26, of Sao Paulo posted a time of 2:19:16 to lead the field of nearly 9,000 participants in the full marathon.

3. BKB Ltd. president Creigh Kelley has been the MC for the entire Disney Marathon Weekend for 11 years. Each year he leads the panel discussions during the expo, interviews the winners after the events and also gets to interact with Mickey and company before the start on race morning.

4. Colorado Runner publisher Derek Griffiths (L) and Aurora resident Peter Tanui before the start of the Disney Marathon. Peter spent most of the marathon running in second place, only to have to drop out at 24 miles. Peter is one of the many eltie runners living and training in Colorado.

5. Runners make their way towards the spilt of the marathon and half marathon. The half marathon finishes about one mile outside of the Magic Kingdom. Marathons continued on, getting to run though Disney's MGM Studios, Disney's Animal Kigndom and finally Disney's Epcot Center (for the second time) before finishing one-half mile outside Epcot.

6. Runners make their way down Main Street USA towards Cinderella's Castle in Disney's Magic Kingdom.

7. Tiffany and Patrick Green of Ft. Collins show off their medals after finishing the 1/2 Marathon in 1:37:17. They finished 182nd and 183rd, but were the 2nd and 3rd finishers from Colorado. Tiffany was the first female finisher from Colorado. Bob Vanlangenhoven was the first male finisher from Colorado, 12th in 1:20:16.

8. Runners continue on their way through Disney's MGM Studios, about 3 miles from the finish of the Marathon.

9. Team in Training uses the Disney Marathon as one of their major destinations of the year. Here is one of the Team and Training water stops located throughout the marathon course.

10. The Tylenol 8 Hour team had a good time at all of their medical stations throughout the course.

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