**Last call for pacers for Dublin Marathon!**

donothoponpop

Last call for pacers! We have a great team of pacers in place for the Dublin Marathon, but could use a few more at specific time bands. If you think you could pace a band at 3:00, 3:30, or 3:45; drop me a PM and we'll take it from there. Pacers get free entry, kit, €50 expenses, use of shower after, and that warm fuzzy glow at the end, when your pacees shower you with gratitude and affection:)

*****Current list******

3:00 (Having previously ran sub 2:48)
Jason R*

3:15 (Having previously ran sub 2:56)
Krusty Clown*
Rory M*
Village Runner*

3:30 (Having previously ran sub 3:06)
TFBubendorfer*
Peckham*

3:45 (Having previously ran sub 3:19)
theboyblunder*
Oisin11178*

4:00 (Having previously ran sub 3:30)
MCOS*
SureWhyNot!*
christeb*
Ray O'C*

4:30 (Having previously run sub 4:00)
SPB100*
Wally Runs
ITB*
Izoard*
Reserve: Ultraman

Slots still open:

3.00 - 3 Slots open
3.15 - 1
3.30 - 2
3.45 - 2
4.00 - Full
4.30 - Full

donothoponpop

Thanks lecheile!:)

3:30 (Having previously ran sub 3:06)
TFBubendorfer*
Peckham*
lecheile

Slots still open:

3.00 - 3 Slots open
3.15 - 1
3.30 - 1
3.45 - 2
4.00 - Full
4.30 - Full

NeedsTraining

Any plans for any pacers at 3.10?
Just wonderign as it is the Boston qualifying time and there may be a few going for it.

donothoponpop

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Any plans for any pacers at 3.10?
Just wonderign as it is the Boston qualifying time and there may be a few going for it.

Won't be any pace bands other than those listed, sorry NT. Nothing to stop you running with the 3:00 pacers to get that elusive BQ!;)

TFBubendorfer

NeedsTraining wrote: »

Any plans for any pacers at 3.10?
Just wonderign as it is the Boston qualifying time and there may be a few going for it.

It's only the BQ time for males under 35. You can't have a pace group for every BQ band!

robinph

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

It's only the BQ time for males under 35. You can't have a pace group for every BQ band!

Seems that the BQ times would actually be 3:10 and 3:15, but then pretty much every minute from 3:15 up as you get an extra 59 seconds for each year within the age band.

http://www.bostonmarathon.org/bostonmarathon/qualifying.asp

BJohnson

Hey Andrew,

If you want to put me down as a reserve for the 4:30 group, I'd be happy to. I paced that time for Limerick and had a great time!

Brian

donothoponpop

BJohnson wrote: »

Hey Andrew,

If you want to put me down as a reserve for the 4:30 group, I'd be happy to. I paced that time for Limerick and had a great time!

Brian

Thanks Brian, but we're fine for pacers for the slower bands. Now if you could pace sub3 I'd bite your arm off!

BJohnson

donothoponpop wrote: »

Thanks Brian, but we're fine for pacers for the slower bands. Now if you could pace sub3 I'd bite your arm off!

Damn these slow legs!!!

Oisin11178

All the sexy people are pacing 3.45:D

village runner

Oisin11178 wrote: »

All the sexy people are pacing 3.45:D

Thought i was 3.15. But i could manage 3.45 i suppose.

TFBubendorfer

robinph wrote: »

Seems that the BQ times would actually be 3:10 and 3:15, but then pretty much every minute from 3:15 up as you get an extra 59 seconds for each year within the age band.

http://www.bostonmarathon.org/bostonmarathon/qualifying.asp

Totally off topic, but no, you don't! Everyone gets 59 extra seconds, i.e. they accept anything up to 3:10:59 for the 3:10 qualifier band, but that's for the entire age group. There is no mention of extra times per year.

donothoponpop

Last call for pacers! We have a great team of pacers in place for the Dublin Marathon, but could use a few more at specific time bands. If you think you could pace a band at 3:00, 3:30, or 3:45; drop me a PM and we'll take it from there. Pacers get free entry, kit, €50 expenses, use of shower after, and that warm fuzzy glow at the end, when your pacees shower you with gratitude and affection:)

*****Current list******

3:00 (Having previously ran sub 2:48)
Jason R*

3:15 (Having previously ran sub 2:56)
Krusty Clown*
Rory M*
Village Runner*

3:30 (Having previously ran sub 3:06)
TFBubendorfer*
Peckham*
lecheile*

3:45 (Having previously ran sub 3:19)
theboyblunder*
Oisin11178*
Corkrunning*

4:00 (Having previously ran sub 3:30)
MCOS*
SureWhyNot!*
christeb*
Ray O'C*

4:30 (Having previously run sub 4:00)
SPB100*
Wally Runs
ITB*
Izoard*
Reserve: Ultraman

Slots still open:

3.00 - 3 Slots open
3.15 - 1
3.30 - 1
3.45 - 1
4.00 - Full
4.30 - Full

robinph

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

Totally off topic, but no, you don't! Everyone gets 59 extra seconds, i.e. they accept anything up to 3:10:59 for the 3:10 qualifier band, but that's for the entire age group. There is no mention of extra times per year.

Stupid trying to over explain things on their website when they could have just said the times were 3:10:59, 3:15:59. :mad:

calidude

hi Dono

I ran 3.11 last year and would love to get the 3.34 slot:o

donothoponpop

Last call for pacers! We have a great team of pacers in place for the Dublin Marathon, but could use a few more at specific time bands. If you think you could pace a band at 3:00, 3:30, or 3:45; drop me a PM and we'll take it from there. Pacers get free entry, kit, €50 expenses, use of shower after, and that warm fuzzy glow at the end, when your pacees shower you with gratitude and affection:)

*****Current list******

3:00 (Having previously ran sub 2:48)
Jason R*

3:15 (Having previously ran sub 2:56)
Krusty Clown*
Rory M*
Village Runner*

3:30 (Having previously ran sub 3:06)
TFBubendorfer*
Peckham*
lecheile*

3:45 (Having previously ran sub 3:19)
theboyblunder*
Oisin11178*
Corkrunning*
calidude*

4:00 (Having previously ran sub 3:30)
MCOS*
SureWhyNot!*
christeb*
Ray O'C*

4:30 (Having previously run sub 4:00)
SPB100*
Wally Runs
ITB*
Izoard*
Reserve: Ultraman

Slots still open:

3.00 - 3 Slots open
3.15 - 1
3.30 - 1
3.45 - Full
4.00 - Full
4.30 - Full

This may be a stupid question from a Marathon novice but what are pacers for?

donothoponpop

Deleted User wrote: »

This may be a stupid question from a Marathon novice but what are pacers for?

Pacers will run the marathon (carrying balloons so you can see who they are) at steady pace, and come in c.30 seconds before their time band. So, if you are looking for a sub 3:45 time, look for the pacers with the 3:45 balloons when you line up at the start, and run the race with their bunch. You'll have great support/chat along the way, and will be running a marathon in the most efficient manner.

donothoponpop

Final call for anyone interested in becoming an official pacer for the Dublin Marathon. At this stage, we have a wealth of experience and talent, and have a number of reserves. However, if you fit the qualifying times below, we still have room for a few more pacers of the faster variety. If you think you could pace a band at 3:00, 3:15, or 3:30; drop me a PM and we'll take it from there. Pacers get free entry, kit, €50 expenses, use of shower after, and that warm fuzzy glow at the end, when your pacees shower you with gratitude and affection:)

*****Current list******

3:00 (Having previously ran sub 2:48)
Jason R
Robert W

3:15 (Having previously ran sub 2:56)
Krusty Clown
Rory M
Village Runner

3:30 (Having previously ran sub 3:06)
TFBubendorfer
Peckham
lecheile

3:45 (Having previously ran sub 3:19)
theboyblunder
Oisin11178
Corkrunning
calidude

4:00 (Having previously ran sub 3:30)
MCOS
SureWhyNot!
christeb
Ray O'C

4:30 (Having previously run sub 4:00)
SPB100
Wally Runs
ITB
Izoard


Slots still open:

3.00 - 2 Slots open
3.15 - 1
3.30 - 1
3.45 - Full
4.00 - Full
4.30 - Full

NeedsTraining

To all you Pacers,

YouR invaluable opinion would be appreciated.

As per my previous post, my aim is to run 3:10 in the Dublin marathon.
However, I am thinking of following the sub 3 pacers as there are no 3:10 pacers. Is this wise? All going well, I would hit the sub 3.

Some background, my PB's so far are,

5k - 18:40
10k - 39 mins
10 miles - 65 mins
HM - 1.34 - Aiming for 1:29:59 in the half in 2 weeks
Mara - 3:16

My training runs are going well so far and I feel good. However, I don't want to risk going at at sub 3 pace and blowing up at 22 miles or anywhere in fact.

Should I base my decision on my half marathon time and how I feel then or should I forget about it.

Apologies if this is pie in the sky.

Cheers,

NT

donothoponpop

NeedsTraining wrote: »

To all you Pacers,

YouR invaluable opinion would be appreciated.

As per my previous post, my aim is to run 3:10 in the Dublin marathon.
However, I am thinking of following the sub 3 pacers as there are no 3:10 pacers. Is this wise? All going well, I would hit the sub 3.

Some background, my PB's so far are,

5k - 18:40
10k - 39 mins
10 miles - 65 mins
HM - 1.34 - Aiming for 1:29:59 in the half in 2 weeks
Mara - 3:16

My training runs are going well so far and I feel good. However, I don't want to risk going at at sub 3 pace and blowing up at 22 miles or anywhere in fact.

Should I base my decision on my half marathon time and how I feel then or should I forget about it.

Apologies if this is pie in the sky.

Cheers,

NT

If you run 1:24/1:25 in the half, you might think of hanging on to the sub 3 pacers, otherwise the times you post suggest around 3:10 finish. So run to that pace, ie, somewhere between the sub 3 and sub 3:15 pacers. You shouldn't see either throughout the race after the start. No point going at sub 3 pace if you haven't trained for it, you'll just blow up. Best of luck on the day.

NeedsTraining

Cheers donothoponpop

village runner

donothoponpop wrote: »

If you run 1:24/1:25 in the half, you might think of hanging on to the sub 3 pacers, otherwise the times you post suggest around 3:10 finish. So run to that pace, ie, somewhere between the sub 3 and sub 3:15 pacers. You shouldn't see either throughout the race after the start. No point going at sub 3 pace if you haven't trained for it, you'll just blow up. Best of luck on the day.

I assume your 10 miler is recent. Based on that sub 1.30 should be relatively straight forward.
After the half review your target. Aiming ot stick with the 3 hour group would be lunacy.

Krusty_Clown

village runner wrote: »

I assume your 10 miler is recent. Based on that sub 1.30 should be relatively straight forward.
After the half review your target. Aiming ot stick with the 3 hour group would be lunacy.

I ran the 10m in 66, and Berlin in 3:00 a few weeks later, so not entirely outside the realms of possibility. But yeah, I agree. Review the target after the 1/2 marathon. It really depends on your training and the volume of pmp runs.

If you do the half marathon at 6:50/mile and find it tough, then forget about running with the 3:00 pacers, as you may get to 13-15 miles on marathon day, and then struggle. It's a long, long way to the finish line from the 15 mile mark!