It’s only a few more sleeps until the Disney Dopey Challenge! And the other day I shared some tips for running at Disney World. Today I have some new info about the updated corral system.
Coming soon…
Over on the RunDisney Facebook page, I noticed some trolls have been trolling. I’m not used to runners behaving that way because when you exercise you release endorphins, which make you happy, and happy people don’t troll people.
They’re complaining about their new corral placement. But like most people on the internet, they are making much ado about nothing, because they failed to edumacate themselves before spouting off.
As you may know, corrals are set up for your race pace. The closer your corral is to the start line, the faster a runner you are. This is a very good thing for races to do. Imagine if it were reversed and walkers were at the front, there would be a lot of collisions from the faster runners trying to get around people.
In previous years the Disney Marathon only had like 7 or 8 corrals. Which meant that there were thousands of people in each and every one. I have always been in Corral B. But this year I’m in Corral F. Here’s the corrals for the Marathon…
Revised corrals with corresponding marathon pace. Click to enlarge.
Now if you’re like me, and used to being in the 2nd corral, at first glance it’s tempting to get upset at suddenly being in corral 6. Hence the trolling.
But if they took the time to look, they’d see they are still in a corral with their pace peers. They’d also see that the corrals are MUCH smaller this year. Some have less than 100 people in them!!!!
I feel bad for the volunteers at the Expo, I know they’re going to get unedumacated people complaining about their corral placement. And the website says there will be NO corral changes at the Expo!!!
I couldn’t find how long the start delays are for each corral, but I’m guessing it’s not more than a minute or two.
In years past they’ve shot off fireworks for each corral start, I’m curious to see if they’ll do that again this year! That’s a buttload of fireworks they’ll be shooting for all those corrals!
Kaboomo!
If you’re running Disney this year, don’t be dismayed by the new corrals. It’s all for the best!
How bout you? Ever been in a big race with no corrals? Ever had to change corrals. Have you ever been a troll?
Piratebobcat 