It depends where you are in the beach club. We were closer to the middle and it was faster to go towards the yacht club (near the swan/dolphin but not too close, cross a bridge to the left before you get to them). That path actually meets up with the path you'd take if you went by the boardwalk. Then there are no turns, one path the whole way to Hollywood studios (follow the water).
We did it at 6am in the dark on our VIP day. Surprisingly there were joggers out at the time.