Pacemakers may be used to avoid the tactics of deception that are possible in competition by those who, for example, race away from the start line and are likely to subsequently slow down , giving the other runners the impression that they are far behind. If they are allowed to continue beyond the point where they had to drop off, they are going aginst the above logic.
An example :. The main reason to hire pacemakers is to get a very good winning time. Preferably, a world record. In races without pacemakers, such as Olympic Games or world championships, athletes tend to race tactical, since they only care about being the first to cross the finish, regardless of the time. The pacemakers make sure that the pace in the leading group remains high. I am certainly not an expert in this, my knowledge is based on watching several marathons live on television.
From this, I am pretty sure it is not allowed to have a pacemaker enter a marathon halfway in order to take over the job of a tired pacemaker. I suspect that according to IAAF rules I have not checked this pacemakers must be treated more or less as regular participants.
The main reasons marathon pacemakers sometimes carry on after the contractual agreed pacemaking distance is because they feel good and think they can achieve a PR, Olympic nomination or whatever goal. Personally, I do not see any problem when in the end a pacemaker turns out to finish the race and win.
After all, why would you prevent the best athlete in the race from winning? Besides that the very basic aim of a sports competition should be to see who is the best, by going on and winning the pacemaker achieves the organization's goal to hire him: to get an as sharp as possible winning time. For optimum performance on a long distance run in a flat terrain, each runner needs to follow their own optimum pace as opposed to a fluctuating pace.
Randomly fluctuating pace consumes more energy for the same finish time. Keeping awareness of the current pace at any given point consumes mental energy which could be spent elsewhere. The relatively easiest method of sticking to a known pace is to follow a runner who is known or expected to concentrate on a specific pace known in advance. It certainly helps if that runner pacemaker is incentivized by race organizers to serve other runners predictably; otherwise it is just a competitor, or worse, a potential conspirator of a competitor.
Furthermore, leading a fast group is slightly disadvantageous aerodynamically. Whoever can sustain being a steady front-runner for 25 km with a pack of closely following competitors and then go on outpacing them in the rest of a marathon track, has already helped the group tremendously basically regardless of what their exact pace for the first 25 km was.
This answer assumes that the pacemaker is at least barely professional in keeping their contract with the race organizers and that the contractual pace was chosen wisely. For more reading, this article predicts that. This isn't specifically about pacemakers, but about groups competing against each other, similar to cycling teams. The article has some good insights about the psychological aspects of running in a group. There are two in famous cases of pacesetters continuing the race and going on to win: Paul Pilkington at the Los Angeles marathon , and Tom Byers at the Bislett Games.
Byers built a ten-second lead when "the rest of the field refused to follow his pace" and Pilkington similarly was well away from the rest of the pack at the point he was supposed to step off. ASX 7, OIL GOLD 1, CMC Crypto 1, NZX 50 12, FTSE 7, Dow Jones 36, DAX 16, Hang Seng 25, For free.
Read full article. Anastasia Santoreneos. Pacemakers travel the world, stay in great hotels - and get paid to do it. Source: Getty. Story continues. Sometimes your legs are in better shape than you thought and the pace of a pacemaker seems a little sluggish. Should you accelerate? They can often provide valuable lessons in managing effort to less experienced runners.
The best advice is generally to follow their rhythm. Oleksandra Azarova Club: Run Base Kyiv Word to the participants: May finishing this half marathon course become a sparkling jewel in the crown of your life achievements.
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