Hypothetical Disney Half PR attempt question.

***Warning: Star Wars nerd alert****

My half PR is 2:03 and change set about 3 years ago.  I feel like with good weather (looks to be in the 40's at the start) I have a good chance to beat it and go below 2 hours.

Here is the senario:

I have completed 12 miles of the race in about 1:50.  My legs are hurting and I really want to be done but knowing that I am 10 minutes from beating my PR at slightly slower than 9 minute pace is pushing me toward a fantastic finish.  I enter EPCOT and head toward the out and back portion near the lagoon.  As I reach the turn around I look over and see what I have been waiting to see since I began running Disney races.  Darth Vader is standing there with two storm troopers and line for pictures is 5 people long. (of course I have my camera with me)  Stopping will most certainly derail my PR plan but here is the moment I have been waiting for.

What to do - what to do?

Honestly, this event is unlikely because everyone knows that Darth Vader is more likely to be seen in Hollywood Studios during the full but just in case I have to have gone over it in my head so I don't choke.

 tough decisions.  At the 12th mile I'm not even sure I could recognize darth vader.  Best bet is to average 8 min miles, that way you have time should the scenario transpire. :)

Good point.  If I just hammer the first 12, there is no issue.  I'll trust my training and use the force!  ;)

Honestly, being a huge Star Wars nerd myself (You were the chosen one Anakin!) the minute I saw Darth Vader I would forget about a PR and get a pic with the Sith Lord and try to PR in a month or so at a local HM. Half Marathons are going on all the time all over the US, how often do you get a chance for a pic with the master of all evil?

I like that answer.  How often does one get a chance at a picture with a sith lord?  hehe  They are usually so ornery.

tough one, you could hammer the race and then double back for the pic...

Since it is Disney, you have to go for the picture.  Get your PR at another race.  I still remember that Disney was my first marathon, and I bought a micro camera the day before the race.  I thought I had lost it prior to the race when I hit the restroom.  I found it after the marathon when I sat down to have a snack.  I'm probably the only person in America who has run a marathon with a camera wedged in their shorts.  I did get some good shots which I shared with my surgeon and his staff.  But none of Mickey.
Rob

Can you do a relay and pass the "Chip" to an Ewok at 12?

I say you haul ass and then run the 2 miles back to Vader.

My son got to do the Star Wars battle at Disneyland 2 years ago.

They pulled him up on stage to fight Darth Maul.  I was jealous to say the least.
I would have put a beating on his ass.

Scott