January 14th, 2017
Disneyland 2017 Star Wars 10K
I woke up this morning at 3am to get ready for the Star Wars 10K. The first wave of the race started at 5:30am, I was in wave C, or the third wave.
Finish Line Selfie
I took a bunch of photos along the route and wore a gopro that took a photo every 30 seconds. Along the course there were various places to stop and take photos and a few characters. The majority of the characters had lines of over 100 people so I didn't stop for any of those. I jogged for the majority of the route and finished with an unofficial time of 1:11:04 which is about 15 minutes slower than my 10K PR.
Afterwards my legs didn't feel too stressed and ready for tomorrow!
Before the race they had a few places to get your picture taken including this scene from Episode IV in the trash compactor.
This was photo opp was on the back of the garbage scene. They didn't have a 10k banner.
10k Start!
At 5:40 my wave, Wave C, crossed the starting line!
GoPro Photos
The majority of the GoPro photos were blurry because the race started at 5:30am and it was dark. When the GoPro started taking photos it was at 1/5 of a second and at the end 1/25 so only a few photos were not blurry, most when I was stopped.
This was a trial run for tomorrow's half marathon and I realized that I quickly warmed up. Tomorrow I will wear less layers and leave the GoPro in the hotel room.
During the race the amusment rides were going and the lights were on.
Running through the castle
At the finish line I took a few selfies and grabbed my medal. This is probably my favorite photo of the entire race. Just good timing I guess.
Route
The entire route can be explored over on Strava.
Medal
After I got back to the hotel I changed and took a few pictures of the shirt and medal I got for the race.