9700

On Monday, I needed 20 rides to reach the 9700 mark at Radiator Springs Racers. I showed up at the ride at about 11am. The single rider line was not crowded. Anywhere from a 5 to 10 minute wait,  most of the day. I got to 9698 at 4pm. I could of easily gotten 2 more laps. But I wanted to get over to Disneyland for the Mickey’s Trick or Treat Party. 

They allowed the guests to come into Toontown at 5pm for trick or treating. In Mickey and Minnie’s houses they had 8 candy stations. I was there until 6pm. I then ventured out to the rest Disneyland and all the other candy stations had candy stations. They were all over the park. By the Bobsleds, inside Star Wars Lauch Bay, by Nemo, Pixie Hollow, Fantasyland, 2 on the way from Fantasyland to Big Thunder, inside the Golden Horseshoe, Rancho Del Zocalo, Critter Country, Rivers of America, and by the train station on Main Street. The goal was to get 10 pounds of candy. I ended up with 14.4 pounds. I got the candy to give to some of my friends. 

On Tuesday I got to Racers at 11am. I only needed 2 rides to reach 9700. I turned the 9700 lap at 11:49am. I even won the race. I celebrated by getting pictures with my Racers friends. I ended the day at 9711. That was 13 rides for the day. Only 289 more rides to reach 10,000. 

Toontown 


One of the candy stations 


14.4 pounds of candy

Clever Carlene

Mikey and Annette


Carina


Sara


Amanda

Jared

Cidney and Jason


Carlene 

Toy Story Half Marathon

Woke up at 2am this morning to get ready for the race. I drank my protein shake and taped up my feet and knees. I left for Disneyland before 3 am. Got to the parking lot before 3:30 am. I checked in my bag then waited for the race corral to open up. I was in the last corral and wanted to be in the front. They let us in at 4 am. My friend Angela came to join me up front. She did the 10K yesterday. We had to wait until almost 6 am for our race to start. Corral A started just after 5 am. It was already hot. The temperature was over 85 and humid. I had a cooling towel and bottle water 

We started out pretty good. Angela could not believe the big stride I have walking. I never jog. I've always walked in these races. She let me go at my pace. I saw her when I came out of the Alice bathroom. I walked with her a little bit. She was getting hot. Angela also had a cooling towel. They had water and Powerade stations every 2 miles or so. I always filled up my bottle with Powerade and poured the water on my head. And also got the cooling towel wet. At about mile 6 a spectator had a chest of ice. I got a few. Man was that great. Just to have something cold. 

I was slowing down as the miles went by. They had guys on bike telling us how much we were ahead of the pace before they could kick us off the course. I was at 10 minutes, then 6 minutes. When I came out of Angel Stadium it was down to a minute. I noticed Angela got out of the stadium. Then they had to take her off the course for heat exhaustion. 

I got a text from my friend Carlene asking where I was at. This was when I was just coming out of the stadium. I asked if she could bring me a cup of ice when I turned the corner at mile 11 by her apartment. Right before we crossed the bridge over the freeway, a nice lady was passing out small water bottles. And they were cold. That was great. I got to Carlene. She gave me the ice and rooted me on by saying "only 2 more miles". I was too beat up to try and get a photo with her. I also got texts from my friends Tara and David. They were following me on the Run Disney tracker. They both said "you're almost there". I was walking along side of the balloon lady. She was walking at a 16 minute mile pace.

And as I crossed the finish line I made sure to show the container that had the ice from Carlene. It really helped those last 2 miles. 

According to Disney, I completed the half marathon in 3 hours and 41 minutes for a pace of 16:56. My Nike app got me going for 13:31 miles at 3 hours 37 minutes for a pace of 16:20. The Nike app paused when I went to the restroom and stopped for water. 

It was a tough race. Very humid. The cooling towel did help. I even got water from sprinklers that were on along the course. I was glad when I was done. They gave us cold water, Powerade, a cooling towel, a box of goodies, bananas and bags of ice. 

Is there a race in the future? Tara posted about her and Carlene doing the Dumbo Double Dare 3 years ago. Then she said, she would love to do a race together in the future. I guess I might have to. But now I'm out to reach 10,000 rides on Racers. 

The finish line with Carlene's container

Coming out of the castle 

In DCA

My Nike stats 

Medal 

Angela before the race 

9600

I did not think I would reach a milestone today. Good thing I had the sign in my backpack.

The single rider line at Racers was empty all day. I think the longest I had to wait was 15 minutes. 

Before we get to Racers, I was able to go on Guardians of  The Galaxy: Mission Breakout 4 times today. Was lucky and got the song "Free Ride" for one of the rides. I'm now at 85 on that attraction. 

At Racers I needed 27 rides to reach the 9600 mark. I got 7 before a break at 12:15pm. Five more before my second break at 2:56pm. I then went on 14 more times to reach the 9599 mark. The time was 6:51pm. One more to go. I took a long break. I went over to the Run Disney Expo. I'm signed up for the Toy Story Half Marathon on Sunday. I needed to get my race bib. On the way over there, I ran into Angela and her mom Kathy. I'm doing the half marathon with Angela. We are going to be racing buddies. We are both in the last corral. So we need to get in line early to be at the front of the corral. 

Along the way today I took pictures with my friends. I saw Jackie, Delaney, Rosy and Adriana. I also visited with my friend Amanda. She took the chocolates I got at Ghirardelli. I also got a photo of the moon above the Guardians Fortress. 

I also got to ride today with my friend Jamie and her racing friends. We all got Fastpass, so we could ride in the same car. 

I waited for the ride to close. I was the last one in line when the park closed at 10pm.

I got to ride race number 9600 with my good Pit Crew friend, Desiree. We sat in the front row. And we won the race. 

It was a great day. Full of Disney and Racers Magic. I want to thank all my friends who made this a very special day. They know who I'm talking about. 400 rides to go. KA Chow.

The 9600 ride with Desiree

 

Jackie

Delaney 


Amanda 


Amanda


Rosy 

Adriana 

Ride with Jamie and her friends


Moon over Guardians