I saw someone mentioned the out and back is a good place to cut the course if they need to with high temps. I wasn’t at DL for Halloween races last year, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed there won’t be a heat wave.
I initially was not a fan of the out and back section, but now that you mention it, one of my favorite parts of the marathon/princess half course is watching the runners on the other side of World Drive.
good question! id be interested in any knowledge for how their corrals work as a first time DL runner.
It's less about an advantage to being there super early, DL uses older metal detectors in security and as a result the lines to get through to the start village are significantly longer. So you'll want to be there early if possible.
There will be total 9 corrals from A to I, and they will release each corrals after each 5 minutes, which mean if you in the last corral, you will start 45 minutes after the actual start time. Try to get there early because the last race I were there, it took about 10 minutes to go through security.
Only done one RunDisney and that was Marathon at WDW. But they will send you and email with the packet pickup info shortly before the expo. It'll have your bib and starting corral in it.
The bib number will be in the email, the corral won't be known until you pick up the bib at the expo.
we got some smarties here that when bibs numbers are sent out they can begin to analyze and guesstimate potential corral placements based on the POT we submitted to disney.
Correct.
This used to be the case, but the expo pass no longer includes your bib assignment, only your number. As others have said, there are ranges bantered about and you may have some idea of where your number might place you, but you won't know for sure until you have your bib in hand. Be sure to check it and see runner relations right then and there if you think they've made a mistake.
Is that the same mini lounge fly that was a preorder? I can't remember....
