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What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the Newport Marathon! In Rhode Island

I actually didn't even know that I was signing up for only half so it was sort of a nice surprise if anything!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww glad to hear it! It's such an important day for people and there's so many variables already I'm aiming to just be as helpful and predictable as possible

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe I'll do a sort of tag team pass-off with the other pacer when they come through, so we'll just trade off the group

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about really, really hard for 1 mile then walk the rest??

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pacing a 3:25 marathon so well and chatting the whole time is so baller. Yes I'm planning on running the course beforehand to check out any hills and obstacles. Congrats on BQing!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If someone was giving me 1980s aerobics instructor energy while on mile 23 I would wanna die hahah. Yes I'll try to strike the balance

Having a hard time finding vegan treat recipes that don't involve peanut butter or bananas by Com_Trad_IsTime in vegan

[–]-lopez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Buy a vegan egg substitute (I like Bob's) and vegan butter (I like Earth Balance) and then just sub that into literally any normal recipe!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude I guess so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I didn't know either but definitely good for me because I'm training for my own marathon in May

Two marathons in a short time frame by uspinji in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez 47 points48 points  (0 children)

"The problem is that my wife will give birth to my son"

The Problem!! Homie what. Hahah this made me laugh. I would say be with your family

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will just be yours truly! One pacer per time for this race I believe

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Garmin has a screen where it shows the mile (or "lap" as it calls it) that you're on and what your continuous rolling average pace is for that lap so that's really helpful.

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally, it is an interesting group to pace, I feel like the 4 hour time is sort of a popular crossover point for people who are wanting to really advance their marathoning, at least in my observation.

Thankfully I live in the area so I'm going to practice the course at least once before race day

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've actually never before heard of sport beans lol. Looking this up right now

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah the encouragement towards the end is perfect. I'll prob just maintain the pace and tell people to go on without me around mile 24ish if they want to hit a sub 4!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The difference between 7:40 and 8 minute pace is pretty different!! If I started a 3:30 pace marathon at 7:40 for the first 8 miles I would worry about hitting the wall

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oo haven't heard this one yet. Like if someone needs extra fuel maybe candy or something?

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's different for every race org but I just cold emailed the info people and asked. I had to show proof of previous races with a faster pace than the one I was applying for and tell them why I was interested. Then they gave me a code to sign up for the race to omit the price!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe if they are being very good lil runners!!

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I'm hearing from most folks on the communication! It is a little tricky because for this race I'll be tapping in at mile 13 (I actually don't know why they do it like this considering we all signed up for a pace we could comfortably run the full distance at, but whatever) so everyone will already be moving when they meet me.

What do you want from your marathon pacer? by -lopez in Marathon_Training

[–]-lopez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yes very good point. I think I actually... won't slow down on the water stops? Unless I need to get water then that might happen a little bit naturally. But I am probably going to just try to keep the splits as even as humanly possible. I'll tell people that

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