Had this scenario occur a few times at KATL headed to OMDB. Tower would instruct us to taxi to 26L with the explanation that there would be a 20 minute, or more, delay for runway 27R due to traffic.
Although we were legal by the numbers for 26L we always, (at least my augmented crew), accepted the delay and requested the longer runway, 27R.
Even then, because of our weight, a lot of Captains would use one of the higher thrust options offered by our AWABS, and some would use full power regardless.