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In this “meet the pacers” section, we talk to RacePacing co-founder and also the founder of running brand Xempo, Dan Afshar who has run over a hundred marathons and ultras, as well as many of the best known, and not quite so well known half marathons in the UK....
Pacer Spotlight: Alex Radford Introducing another member of our pacing community. Alex was part of our Maidenhead Half Marathon pacing team, bringing home runners in under 1h40. An experienced runner, he started over eight years ago and run-commutes to and from work every day. He’ll be running his eighth marathon later this year,...
Run your fastest mile The mile. Short enough to run fast, too far to sprint. Anyone can run the distance but it takes a surprising amount of strategy to pace a single mile correctly. Each of the four laps of the track will have a different goal and focus,...
Maidenhead Half Marathon Race Report The first race in September always feels like the first day of a new school term. For many it’s a test to see how the summer’s training has gone, and lots of runners like to get an autumn half marathon in early as a...
Fun-tervals They hurt, they’re horrible but interval sessions – you know, the ones that leave your lungs by your ears and your legs wobbling like jelly – really will make you faster. That doesn’t make doing speed work or hill sessions any easier. A long easy-paced run is much...
Pacer Spotlight: Greg Allin As we look to our first September pacing event this weekend, we’d like to introduce one of the pacing team for the Maidenhead Half. Greg has been running for six years, after a growing family forced him to quit the gym and grab his trainers...
Pacing Opportunities: October After revealing our pacing events for September, we’ve been so impressed with the level of enthusiasm of runners willing to help others achieve their race goals. Unfortunately, we couldn’t include all of you in our teams but we’re delighted to be able to offer three more pacing opportunities for October....
Elite Pacer spotlight: Tom Payn If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a pacer for elite athletes, this post is for you. Elite pacer, Tom Payn (aka Kiprop), kindly took a break from all his running and pacing to talk to us. Here’s what he had to...
Pacer Spotlight: Paul Addicott In our new pacer spotlight, we talk to Paul Addicott about all things running, pacing and racing. He’s an experienced flag runner (with London Marathon and the Royal Parks Half among many others, under his pacing belt already), with plenty of brilliant advice. In particular, why you should...
5 Benefits of Running with Fast Friends Running with other people can sometimes be nerve wracking. There’s always the question of pace – are they really fast, will you be too slow, will you get left behind? No one wants to be struggling at the back but sometimes, that’s...
