ZellyB
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Makes total sense. Thanks.
So, I'm not running the marathon this year but I'm struck by this section as well. The elite runners are likely running a sub-6:00 min/mile pace right? And it looks like the course retraces mile 1 with mile 4-5 before it diverges at mile 5. Right? So, that would mean you would have to have your last corral started and at least close to the one mile mark within 25 minutes or so wouldn't it? And if your balloon ladies are at a 16 minute per mile pace for that first mile, that leaves you like 9 minutes to get all the preceding corrals started? That's impossible right? Or maybe I'm misreading the map and it just looks like the courses cover the same ground but maybe they are on different sides of a divided road??? I think it is a divided road there isn't it?
Do they put Corrals on both lanes of Epcot Center Drive?
It looks like, there are two lanes and right after the start, the first sharper left turn looks like a "bridge". So, Lead Pack and last Corral Runners should be on two different "lanes", hopefully ;-)
My first reaction is disappointment. There’s an awful lot of highway time, and more importantly, an awful lot of highway time in the dark. I want to run down Main Street and through the castle while it’s dark, or run around WS in the dark, not down the highway.
I actually thought the same. For the most part the sun will be up enough that the run up Main Street with the dream lights against a dark sky will not be something most runners will see.
Uh I hope that is a mistake because I am arriving early on Friday and running Goofy.The course should be pretty close but we have seen the illustrations change in the past (for example prior years showed the course not going through the castle on the illustration).
An example of something I saw in the guide currently is the requirement for Goofy Challenge runners to pick up race bibs on Wednesday and Thursday. There is no reason why Goofy runners would be prohibited from Friday pickup.
The half mile on bear island road between western way and Savanah Cir seems problematic. It’s a half mile where the whole field will pass each other on a two lane road. Am I looking at this right?
At least this far into the race the runners will be strung out, so hopefully crowding won't be an issue. Maybe Cone Alley won't be as bad with this new course.Yes, once you cross Western Way there will be runners coming and going from AK.
It looks like the half has us going in the main entrance but for the marathon, we'd be going backstage and then coming out onto Main Street by Tony's. That backstage entrance was how we came in for the 2016 marathon.I know that the map has been wrong before (i.e. - appearing like we don't run through the castle but actually do). Am I reading it correctly that we will enter MK differently on the day of the half compared to the full?
Really glad they moved the finish line back from where it was at Wine and Dine!
Uber is probably your best option right now.I booked Pop Century to be able to take the skyliner to DHS on marathon morning, but it looks like boarding groups are have been gone by official park opening and the skyliner hasn’t been running early. Any thoughts on whether a 6 AM Uber/lyft would be doable during marathon road closures?
The positive I am looking forward to is that it’s a little more packed with landmarks on the back half of the course. During the longest boring slog we have MK to look forward to and after we reach AK the race seems to be sectioned pretty nicely with the small portions of parks we get to enter all back to back to back. Before it was about 9 miles of highway and WWoS before reaching DHS. That could get pretty soul-crushing.
I know that the map has been wrong before (i.e. - appearing like we don't run through the castle but actually do). Am I reading it correctly that we will enter MK differently on the day of the half compared to the full?
Really glad they moved the finish line back from where it was at Wine and Dine!