pacing

Light jog on Saturday...

Posted by baselbutt on 6/22/2007 on baselbutt's blog

Hey everyone,

My posts have been sporadic, I know… Things should pick up in 3 days…

”how do I know that?”

Well – this weekend I’ll be pacing a friend of a friend (who I can say is now officially bumped up to “friend” status) for the final 38 miles of the Western States 100. With four river crossings to deal with, I can’t guarantee any pictures, but I can almost guarantee a story or two out of it.

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Take me home, Country Roads...

Posted by Jetfuelburner on 6/18/2007

My position from behind the runner I am pacing (Sean McCormack in the green) during the Mohican 100 trail race yesterday. I had a long and joyous experience at the race as a course marker, aid station volunteer, and pacer for three different runners. The running total for me was in the neighborhood of 47 miles over three days, with 32 of it serving as a pacer. I have a detailed blog about it at www.fitfromfat.blogspot.com, with a link to many other photos.

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So much for even pacing...

Posted by simon on 12/5/2006 on simon's blog

Haile Gebrselassie ran his third marathon of the year at Fukuoka on Sunday and beat last year's winner Dmytro Baranovsky (UKR) in 2:06:52. He ran the second half much faster than the first: 62:33 to 64:19.

Geb is now only the second runner (after Felix Limo) to run four career sub-2:07 marathons.

It was the first time in the history of the race that three men ran sub-2:07:30 in the same year; Baranovsky set a national record of 2:07:15.

Geb is now contemplating a 2007 attemnpt on Paul Tergat's world record 2:04:55.

Quotes from the Daily Yomiuri online:

"I could have made it faster but I decided just to win."