NM, Pasadena Runners Win Disneyland Run

Anaheim (myFOXla.com) - Jaeyung Hyung of Las Cruces, N.M., was the men's winner and Mandy Grantz of Pasadena the women's winner in Sunday's fourth annual Disneyland Half Marathon , dubbed by organizers as "The Happiest Race on Earth."

Hyung, 38, completed the 13.1-mile flat loop course in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 44 seconds. Benjamin Gomez-Gutierrez of Mexico was second in 1:12:46.

"I really enjoyed running the race here," Hyung said after topping the field of nearly 12,000. `There were so many people, and Disney made it a lot of fun."

Grantz won in 1:26, 32 seconds ahead of runner-up Stacy Schafer of Carlsbad.

"I've never been the winner of any race before and I've never been to Disneyland before, so running through the parks was so much fun," said Grantz, a 23-year-old Caltech graduate student. The race began near Downtown Disney, continued through Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, went near the Honda Center, then through the Angel Stadium parking lot and finished at Downtown Disney.