Hi, I am training for a marathon in January. Few blips but overall training going well. I would like to run Boston. To be 10 mins under BQ, which should mean a definite place I need to run 3 44 59! A friend suggested I ran with the 3 45 pacer then 'sprinted' the last 200 metres.
My question is, how much leeway does a pacer have? Do they come in on time, or can they be over by a margin? Only asking as I have always run races without using the Pacers.
Thank you!
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if there's just one pacer for a time (like there was at the marathon i did), i abandoned my pacer early, because he ended up coming in 15 mins over time! anyone can have a bad day - stomach, etc. pacers are equally human
If it's the new Boston times you shouldn't need 10 mins under.It was 4:52 on the old times so with usual improvements it should be 2-3 mins under the new times.