LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Lisa Hart’s running career has been on the rise since leaving Connecticut last year to live within a few miles of The Most Magical Place on Earth; Hart has run in two runDisney races and won them both, including Sunday’s Disney Princess Half Marathon.
“I love the atmosphere here, I think even though it’s a really, really early start, when you go through the Magic Kingdom, that tunnel of sound is amazing,” says Hart.
Hart narrowly won the women’s division of the Disney Princess Half Marathon, battling Brittany Truitt of Austin, Texas and the field of nearly 11,000 runners through Magic Kingdom.
Hart triumphs with a time of 1:19:21, about a minute ahead of Truitt at 1:20:33. Maria Andrea Abularac of Guatemala was third at 1:23:27.
Hart shares that her return is imminent, motivated by the values that highlight all Disney princesses, like courage, kindness and endurance. “Yes, I will definitely be coming back for another runDisney race in the future,’’ she said.
Alma Cooper, the reigning Miss USA, finished among the leaders on her first trip to Walt Disney World since she was a little kid. “It felt euphoric. I mean, the last time I was here, I was eight years old, so to be back here at (age) 22 is so, so special,’’ said Cooper
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