WEJO - PAULA CLAIMS SHE DIDN'T HAVE 'PACERS'

Oh, juicy. Some very hurt feelings coming up.

If she is denying being paced, or that it helped her, her ego is even bigger than I thought.

The fact that without PACING she never came within two minutes (5 seconds per mile!) of her PACED time says it all.

Run007xx wrote:

While commentating on the London marathon - with Mary fading below the target world record pace but still on pace for a 'women only' world record - Steve Cram and Brendan Foster asked her to explain to the viewers the difference between the IAAF sanctioned world record and the 'women's only' record. She basically explained that back in the day, the men and women started together and there were 'some men around me' but that they weren't pacers.

However in your bio on letsrun.com you seem to suggest that the race organisers specifically asked you to be a rabbit. Is she LYING (or marginalising the truth)?

Wejo was working as an escort that day, and it was in Chicago. Different WR than than the 215.

Run007xx wrote:

While commentating on the London marathon - with Mary fading below the target world record pace but still on pace for a 'women only' world record - Steve Cram and Brendan Foster asked her to explain to the viewers the difference between the IAAF sanctioned world record and the 'women's only' record. She basically explained that back in the day, the men and women started together and there were 'some men around me' but that they weren't pacers.

However in your bio on letsrun.com you seem to suggest that the race organisers specifically asked you to be a rabbit. Is she LYING (or marginalising the truth)?

Different race, son

justwow wrote:

If she is denying being paced, or that it helped her, her ego is even bigger than I thought.

The fact that without PACING she never came within two minutes (5 seconds per mile!) of her PACED time says it all.

She does not remember being paced, she does not remember taking...

I'm starting to see a pattern here...

A comment on facebook:Shocking commentary by Paula Radcliffe when she was on course to beat her record though! "I hope she pays for this pace!'I think the BBC have better commentators. Amazing result and well done Mary.

What a bitch. That woman really irks me, disgusting!

Seems like Paula has some character flaws. What else would she lie about?

George213 wrote:

A comment on facebook:Shocking commentary by Paula Radcliffe when she was on course to beat her record though! "I hope she pays for this pace!'I think the BBC have better commentators. Amazing result and well done Mary.

What a bitch. That woman really irks me, disgusting!

Yes I heard that too. Pretty shocked imo. Didn't she say that athletes should not be afraid of running fast times?

Just another fat guy wrote:

Seems like Paula has some character flaws. What else would she lie about?

Behavioural psychologists will tell you that behaviour pattern repeat themselves.

Look at Amy Schumer. A few years ago, she admitted that she had been a compulsive shoplifter. Now, she's the poster child for joke theft...

I didn't see her comments but I definitely wouldn't say Paula is lying. I think she's making a distinction between what happened in Chicago with me and when she ran 2:15:25 in London.

I say I "paced" Paula to her first world record but a better term is "escort". It was nothing like London when she ran 2:15:25 and had guys running right in front of her, really consciously setting a pace, breaking the wind.

Here's my recap of it:

http://www.letsrun.com/news/2003/04/escorting-paula/

The race however definitely paid me to run with her. I wasn't some random guy running next to her. Most money I ever made in running by a lot since she broke the world record.

Just another fat guy wrote:

Seems like Paula has some character flaws. What else would she lie about?

Just a different race you actual moron.

Letsmoron wrote:

Just another fat guy wrote:

Seems like Paula has some character flaws. What else would she lie about?

Just a different race you actual moron.

Did I mention a race anywhere in my actual post?

I mentioned character flaws, of which you must have many too.

Paula was paced by wejo in one of her world records and paced again by men in her subsequent and current world record.

And I believe her 2:15 was a women only race with make pacers.

She definitely had pacers.

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Wejo was working as an escort that day, and it was in Chicago. Different WR than than the 215.

WeJo and Paula work for the same escort agency. I'm their pimp. I have Paula on a long term gig in Monaco with a John named Seb. WeJo is out to pasture.

She also claims to not have taken any pharmaceuticals too ....

Unlike all the normal, balanced world class athletes? Or the contributors to this forum for that matter...

Why is when there is a powerful woman, there is so much animosity? It blows my mind.

Take a look at this video. Yes, she had men near her but not necessarily setting the pace.

You can watch the race below. Take a look at the 1:06:32 mark or 1:27:14 mark. Does it look like the men are rabbiting her in a tradition sense? No it does not.

https://youtu.be/tZEBMCv4GXU?t=1h6m32s

When I 'rabbited' or 'escorted' Catherine ndereba in 2001 in Chicago, the race director told me to he wanted 2:19 pace so I should run 5:20. But the legality of pacing was sort of up in the air so he told me to run a bit ahead of them and make sure no one got in the tv camera. I mean clearly they thought I'd help as I got paid more if they broke the record .

But I remember asking him, "What if they don't run with me?" He said, "Hmm. Use your judgement."

I ran the first mile in 5:20. Catherine was nowhere to be seen. She ran like 5:40. Same thing for the 2nd and third miles. I stopped at each one. When she got to 5k, she realized she was like a minute behind pace and took off and then it was all I could handle to stay ahead of her for 15 ish miles.

The rabbits or escorts are certainly different than what appears in men's races.

RoJo, WeJo - You're both sort of making a distinction between 'escorting' and 'pacing', but when I read the nuances of your descriptions, I'm sorry but I really don't see the difference - other than to say 'escorting' is intended to be a little bit on the down-low while 'pacing' is overt. But when the pay you money to 'escort' someone - and if you get paid extra if that someone breaks the world record, then clearly the intent is that you're going to help them.This is important because the race we watched today was a phenomenal race but it is diminished a bit by the fact that it's not the officially recognised world record. And correct me if I'm wrong but the Sub2 attempt is going to be paced through all 42k, and that's the ONLY thing that will prevent it from being recognised as a world record.

I think it's different because the men are more instructed to react to the women's pace than set the pace. I mean Paula ran a big negative split.

As for the sub-2, I think the following will make it inelegible.

1) Pacers dropping in and out of the race.

2) Water bottles being driven up to the athletes (think about how much time you lose when you slow down at all of the aid stationgs).

3) Illegal shoes.

And he still won't come close to 2:00:00.