goingthedistance
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- Mar 23, 2005
Even though we have a link to the guide, remember that things can change and it has not yet been officially published.
Like the Marathon Course?Remember that things can change and it has not yet been officially published.
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).Like the Marathon Course?
It looks like there are a lot of out and backs and retracing of steps on this course. Plenty of time to view other participants.Might Runners in the last corral be able to see the first Runners, while they are going to pass the Starting Area around Mile 4?!
It looks like there are a lot of out and backs and retracing of steps on this course. Plenty of time to view other participants.
Do they put Corrals on both lanes of Epcot Center Drive?Handcycles and lead pack will be going through there (mile 4) as early as 5:10-5:20. That will be dangerous. Don't think Corral H will be moved up by then?
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.
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?
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.
Yeah they look to be on two different sections of the road. The two groups of runners won't be on the same route.
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 ;-)