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1. Pacer Training

   Handling Water Stations in Training

   Water stations are where pace is most often lost and where pacing groups most often break up. Water stations and toilet breaks describes the race-day rules; this article describes how to prepare for them in training.…

2. Race Day

   Water Stations and Toilet Breaks

   Don’t stop at water stations: aim NOT to stop. Grab your drinks while running. If it is crowded, one pacer collects drinks for all while the leader maintains the pace. Help struggling runners: see a runner struggling?…

3. Pacer Training

   Pacer Sessions: Team Communication

   …race: who leads, who is the deputy leader, who collects drinks at water stations, and who watches the runners at the back of the group. Agree on the calls and hand signals you will use (see below), so that nobody…

4. Pacer Training

   Pacing With a Watch: Compass and Steering Wheel

   …follow that line exactly: they weave through crowds, go around water stations and take wide corners. Combined with normal GPS error, this means a watch almost always measures a race longer than its official…

5. Pacer Training

   Summary of Training Modules

   …multiple pacers Cross-watch communication and consensus pacing Water stations Keep the group together Drinking on the move; assigned roles Heat and humidity Protect runners and pacers Conservative pacing;…