Run/Walk - Is it actually frowned upon in races?

[roomthreeseventeen]

I recommend checking out a smaller, non-Disney, local race if you're looking to avoid crowds and run completely unimpeded. Everyone who signs up for RunDisney understands there will be tens of thousands out there all wanting to enjoy their own personal experience in their own way.

I have run NYCM and it's not this bad. The issue is not the crowd.

 

[Nole95]

It's not even just people with linked arms. It's groups of 10-15 people who are clearly running together that are annoying, too.

I have no problem with people running together so long as they are not all lined up across the course. If it is a group of 10-15 people back to back in groups of two or three, who cares. There is still plenty of room to get around them. Most likely they are pace groups that are sanctioned, and I have seen these in pretty much any long race I have run.

What I have an issue with are the people who are running or walking in groups of 5 or 6 people on the course and make it difficult to pass. Those are the ones that cause a bottleneck and are not following good race etiquette.

I also have an issue with these groups if they are walking right in the center of the course. If you want to walk in groups that big, then pull over as far right as you can.