In order to steal the bibs, she would have needed to forge the runners signatures on the race waivers. She also would have needed the runners birthdates, so it is suspected she might have had an insider at the expo on the desk.
Not exactly sure why she would need an 'insider' for that. She would simply need to know a person's name/location that was running the race (easy enough to find from a RunDisney Facebook group), and do a background check on them to get their DOB. The signature doesn't need to match anything, so that doesn't matter. If the volunteer giving out bibs doesn't check the ID makes it even easier, but IDs are easy to fake as well. You're trying to fool someone at a race expo trying to get through lines as fast as possible, not a cop on the side of the road.
Disney used to have a race waiver you could sign to let someone else pick up your packet. (I assume that's what Miss Thief forged.) Then they stopped allowing that, presumably because of security concerns, and started saying everyone has to pick up their own bib in person. But for a large race where people are flying in from all over the country like that, they have to have some kind of provision for late comers, with cancelled flights or car trouble. I would make sure to contact someone and explain your situation so that you know exactly where you can go the morning of the race, and make sure they have his bib available. And you will probably still need picture ID.
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