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Topic: Ottawa Marathon RR: The Perfect Life of a Pace Bunny |
hollys4874
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 posted May-29-2007 01:20 PM
   
I’m another one who never knew there was such a thing as a pace bunny. How cool that you are willing to do it, and I bet it made such a difference for those on your team. Great race report!------------------
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Ileneforward
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posted May-29-2007 04:17 PM
It does seem like that was a great strategy for building a team. You are such a positive upbeat person, it must be great to be in your pace group.  Congratulations!
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tselbs
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posted May-29-2007 05:44 PM
This is a neat report from a different perspective, spankee. You did a fantastic job as the 4:30 pace bunny. Congratulations.TomS ------------------
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Benj Deppman
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posted May-29-2007 06:24 PM
Great job, Spankee. I ran the marathon and really enjoyed the event. I missed Chretien... that would have been neat! Thanks for doing this, it really helps a lot of runners...Benj
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bigapplepie
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posted May-30-2007 06:47 AM
Spankee, is this you warming up for Ottowa? 
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johnmaas
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posted May-30-2007 07:17 AM
Spankee,
Greta job with the pacing gig. It really is a rewarding experience. I chuckled about you becoming the "bathroom expert, etc person" once you put on the ears and hold the sign.
Sounds like a real good success rate for the runners that started out with you. You nailed the goal time "with a little help from your friends..."
It sounds like you had a real team effort going there.
Congrats again,
John
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spankee
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posted May-30-2007 09:56 AM
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Originally posted by bigapplepie:
Spankee, is this you warming up for Ottowa?
No, but perhaps I should add her to my pre-race routine. Benjj--how did you do at Ottawa--don't think I have seen your RR I appreciate everyone's comments but it really doesn't feel like much of a sacrifice when it is so much fun and rewarding to do. Really would encourage others to try it. If nothing else, it is a great excuse for a long paced training run, and I know races like Ottawa that don't have a sponsored pace team have trouble finding enough pacers to feel the need. PS I relooked at my split time which I took from the official results. I believe my stated half split was gun time so when deduct the delay at the start...we were right on 2:15 at the half. Man, my group was good. [This message has been edited by spankee (edited May-30-2007).]
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rosecoloredglasses
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posted May-30-2007 10:04 AM
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Originally posted by spankee:
We were using a 10:1 run walk strategy (not something I normally do when I am running) but something most of my group was familiar with, so I assigned one guy in the group the job of calling the walk breaks which he did brilliantly and with a great loud voice which sounded like a commandment from God. Ocassionally we would shorten or lengthen the run before the walk break in order to run down a hill or to take the walk break going up one, but we were pretty consistent.
I was expected huge attrition and there was some but not a lot. We cruised through the half at 2:17--a little slow by two minutes, but then held pace, and finished in 4:29:29 ( 31 seconds under the determined pace) Most of my orginal group were within 10 minutes of the mark, a nice group withme and several were ahead--which meant that they had great negative splits in their first marathon. Very impressive. I was thrilled by everyone`s success.
It was a perfect day--even the watch problem- presented a nice challenge which was overcome. Excellent. And bravo to my 4:30 pace team...I would do it again with you anytime.
Excellent!
Spankee, this was fun to read. You are wonderful to volunteer your skill and talent like this. I liked the part about the guy who shouted the walk-break times! Thank you for your dedication. Your group's finish times are a reflection of your success
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