I tend to laugh at myself because I am guilty of being overly excited about corral placement. Mostly because I hate standing around a long time before a race (but I'll admit because I feel kinda bada$$ when I get a high placement.) And I too often have to remind myself that my 9+ min or slower mile doesn't somehow get faster because I'm in a C corral vs a K corral. I've been known to work my backside off in the hopes for a really high disney corral because I know I have a better shot at it than some of my home races. But that may just be a byproduct of me actually wanting to get faster.
I was overly excited to be in A this year at disney. I knew that doesn't mean I'll be in A at the big Chicago races...that's a far faster place to be. And I felt worried I was in the way of some of the type of people who could be in A in those faster races. But it ended up being fine.
But I do have to remind myself I'm being silly when I get bummed about getting in a C if I was hoping for a B or whatever. And then I see the pacers in my particular corral and realize I'm in the right spot.
I don't know if what I'm saying has anything to do with the topic at hand. Haha
I just wanted to share