Deadspin just published an interview they did with Matt Scherer. Here's the link:
http://fittish.deadspin.com/matt-scherer-got-paid-to-drop-out-of-races-1610142836/+tcraggs22
Pretty interesting to read some about what life was like as a professional rabbit. He also linked something very cool in the interview, a spreadsheet that includes all his pacing jobs, distance to be paced, required splits, and actual splits. He used this document to self-market. That can be found here:
Good find guys
Guys?
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
Guys?
I'm here. I'll read the article. It's great that he kept that spreadsheet.
I would not expect most of the pre-teens on this site to even know who the best pacer of the last decade.
vivalarepublica wrote:
I would not expect most of the pre-teens on this site to even know who the best pacer of the last decade.
What?
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
vivalarepublica wrote:I would not expect most of the pre-teens on this site to even know who the best pacer of the last decade.
What?
Translation: the young people on this site most likely are not aware of the pacing abilities of Matt Scherer. Is that clear enough?
vivalarepublica wrote:
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:What?
Translation: the young people on this site most likely are not aware of the pacing abilities of Matt Scherer. Is that clear enough?
Just want to point out that the only post made by me, the actual JHA, is the original post. I understood exactly what you meant, vivalarepublica.
The poster above me is a fake.
They should stick a mike on a rabbit. In race analysis. That might get the networks interested.
I just don't appreciate that he takes credit for guys setting PRs in the races he rabitted. Had NOTHING to do with him.
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
The poster above me is a fake.
No, YOU are.
vivalarepublica, is English your second language? That might help explain the poor sentence structure in your first post.
That this article gives us an idea of the money regular journeyman pro's make.
Scherer said he made about 30,000 in 2013. Generally the fee is equal to 3rd to 5th place prize $. In '13 he paced 22 races and that would average 1400 bucks a pop.
How many mid-D runners place at least 5th in 22 races a year?
Hbwl wrote:
I just don't appreciate that he takes credit for guys setting PRs in the races he rabitted. Had NOTHING to do with him.
Compare the likelihood of a runner setting a SB, PB, NR, or WL under a certain set of conditions, then contrast that against the percentage of times that's happened in races where Scherer was the pacer.
If what he does had nothing to do with the performances, he would never have gotten paid that much to do what he did, and we wouldn't be talking about the relative value of Scherer vs. other pacers.
He should be given credit for helping those guys get their PBs and records. He brings you through in the splits needed, and his size makes him perfect to draft behind.
Josh Hamilton's Addiction: why don't you register your username?
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
Josh Hamilton's Addiction: why don't you register your username?
It is too long. There is a character limit for registered names. I've tried but can't. Oh well.
Did he ever set the pace for a WR?
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:
Josh Hamilton's Addiction wrote:The poster above me is a fake.
No, YOU are.
vivalarepublica, is English your second language? That might help explain the poor sentence structure in your first post.
No, me hablo ingles. I just do not proofread my posts because I post. My sentence structure usually is impeccable. My livelihood depends upon it.