Barca33Runner
Please excuse the crudity of this model
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2014
I have a question for the slower runners and walkers:
DW is thinking about entering the 10k with me (we aren't getting to town in time for the 5k) but she is not a runner and we would plan on walking and would probably finish around 1:45-1:50. There's a notice on the runDisney site that a 16:00 pace must be maintained or the participant could get swept up and transported to the finish.
I looked at the results from last year and there were a lot of participants who finished after that cutoff time. I told DW that I don't expect that we would be directed to leave the course, but she's concerned and doesn't want to just take the word of her DH.
So if we would finish a bit slower than the cutoff for the 10k, should we just skip it or go ahead and register since there are so many others who are also in that category?
Thanks!
The previous response covered everything very well. Just going to add that my mom (over 60) has walked the 10K for the last 5 years from the last corral. She finishes in ~1:40-1:45, doesn't stop for pictures or anything outside of the restroom when necessary. She has never been swept or really appeared to be all that close to being swept.
It has always been apparent to me that Disney is very accommodating to all runners in their races as long as they are making reasonable progress to the finish. It is no guarantee but runDisney is in the business of people having a good time and finishing their races (although we certainly all have our gripes about some of their decisions).