Once again, Runner's World invites you to enjoy the free pace groups we lead around the Virgin London Marathon. All you need is a place in the race - you don't need to register with us separately
how our pacing groups work at various build-up races and training runs throughout the spring. Look out for the Runner's World stand at these events too - your chance to come and chat to the team before and after the race. February 2010 When
time.We take care of the pace estimates and the mile splits; you put in the training and turn up on the day for a great run. The groups vary from sub-three-hour marathon pace to run-walk at most events, so there's one for everyone. All you need is a
as the occasional Masters track race. Andy’s set up for the team spirit of his pacing group – he often heads to the Green Belt and Welsh Castles relay events as part of a team. Ros TaborThis will be Ros' second year pacing our 9-minute-mile group around
, but runnersworld.co.uk is handling all online entries right now. Just click here. As well as being the exclusive online-entry provider, we're delighted to be bringing our free pacing groups to the race once again, to hit targets from 1:30 to 2:30. See you
.The Leisure Centre where we will be meeting is adjacent to the track - it's not the building which houses the swimming pool a few hundred yards to the southPace GroupsThere will be a pace group for each of our eight marathon target bands
of the group before we had to line up on the running track for the start.Before the event I'd promised to try to help DawnM finish in under 4 hours. ICRAM caught onto this in the forum thread and it wasn't long before I had a group of people threatening
, age-group competitors may, for once, have appreciated their early start this year. The deceptively sunny conditions and lack of current in the Thames certainly helped, with Matt Molloy becoming the first age-group athlete (40-44) in 12 years
will be on hand every day to dispense last-minute advice and tell you all about our free pacing service. You can also learn more about our pacing groups from Runner's World Publisher Steven Seaton, who'll be talking on the adidas stage throughout the week (see
minutes to go there was a good group of 15–20 of us laughing nervously in the sunshine.We broke up our little band to join the 2,500 other runners, going in small groups according to the pace we hoped to run at. There isn’t much space on the road in front
