I walked the Towpath 1/2 last year and everything was great EXCEPT.....when I
reached the marathon start point, the runners has not been started yet. i was
yelling "walker coming through" but got little help picking my way through the
runners anticipating the start gun. I was even called some pretty nice names
for trying to make my way to the front of the crowd......... this is really bad
planning. Race officials either need to establish a passing lane through that
crowd for the walkers or start the runners sooner. I had a pr of 2:56 and
change, so its logical to expect that a walker will be at mile 2 within 26 mins
and mile 3 within 39.