It is my understanding a pacemaker wouldnât usually run the entire race?
Any marathon runners that can chime in.
It is my understanding a pacemaker wouldnât usually run the entire race?
Any marathon runners that can chime in.
Lolol.
Deliberately slowed down to let him win.
They really thought he could beat Kenyans without people being suspicious
Pacers for recreational / noncompetitive runners generally do, for elite, no (partly cause they canât keep pace for the whole thing, or theyâd be the elite runner).
He paid them enough to do it, but not enough to not humiliate him.
What a joke.
I understand itâs also being mercilessly mocked by folks in the PRC too.
Guy
I saw this video yesterday and didnât think much of it. They appeared to be demonstrating good sportsmanship by letting a disadvantaged runner win, in the same way that an adult would let a child win a race.
Thatâs what it seemed like to me, so I just assumed the Chinese runner was in some way disadvantaged and didnât look further into the incident.
Maybe they thought Africans ran faster than Asians and that it wasnât a fair race?
I know there have been instances of a pacemaker (âthe rabbitâ) winning the race when he or she was supposed to drop out at a certain point.
BTW, I couldnât find anything related to how He was a pacemaker in the article. Thereâs obviously something very fishy going on with the race in Beijing.
Whatâs the angle though? Did they interview anyone on it? It doesnât seem to be a typical rabbit situation.
Keep pace, lose face.
Yes, quite common to have a pacer to lead a group of runners for certain targets ie for sub three hour marathons. Usually has a helium balloon tied round the waist in Taiwan races.
To keep him on his feet. If heâs too tired, he just let the balloon carry him and drag him to the finish line.
I was curious as to why the pace runners have a helium balloon, so I googled it.
Itâs very interesting, but kind of obvious.
It makes it so much easier to measure your own effort plus thereâs great camaraderie running in a group.
Looking forward to see the results on this so called âinvestigation â
Our conclusions affirm that the glorious Chinese race has suffered 5000 years of humiliation, and finally the great running rejuvenation has occurred, allowing the glorious Chinese civilization to stick to to those imperialist running dogs from . . . Kenya.
Hold on . . . I think my ChatGPT PRC language generator mixed up a few things there.
Guy