Where are the women pacers???

Women start at the same time as men at Berlin. It's easy to organise pacers for the men because they're running at the front of the entire crowd.

The women had personal pacers - coaches/husbands/training partners.

If women started before the rest of the crowd then race-supplied pacers would make more sense.

It's not a sexism issue.

The women have a crowd to run with but the men would be alone. Also, there are not sufficient women to pace even if they started ahead of the men. This has been discussed before. There is way more disparity in women than men.

Dumb question, but is it still the case that a women's world best at Berlin would not count as a world record, due to it not being a woman's only race? Or did the IAAF back peddle on that rule?

Predictor wrote:

The women have a crowd to run with but the men would be alone. Also, there are not sufficient women to pace even if they started ahead of the men. This has been discussed before. There is way more disparity in women than men.

In other words, the depth of women's running isn't as great as men's. There are fewer women out there capable of running times close to the world record who aren't already top marathoners.

dummby wrote:

Women start at the same time as men at Berlin. It's easy to organise pacers for the men because they're running at the front of the entire crowd.

The women had personal pacers - coaches/husbands/training partners.

If women started before the rest of the crowd then race-supplied pacers would make more sense.

It's not a sexism issue.

Damn Star you don't need to reply to every thread

So all the guys pacing 2:01 can run 2:01.....your stupid.

Runnnn wrote:

So all the guys pacing 2:01 can run 2:01.....your stupid.

You wrote your when you meant you're

not ROJO wrote:

Runnnn wrote:

So all the guys pacing 2:01 can run 2:01.....your stupid.

You wrote your when you meant you're

You get the point. Forgive me for not re reading my comments, as letsrun is the place for proper grammar.

Runnnn wrote:

So all the guys pacing 2:01 can run 2:01.....your stupid.

He's saying there's a lot more good male runners than female ones. The female runners good enough to pace a world record marathon attempt would not be pacers, they would be competitors in the race.

Runnnn wrote:

not ROJO wrote:

You wrote your when you meant you're

You get the point. Forgive me for not re reading my comments, as letsrun is the place for proper grammar.

I forgive you.

Why don't the women run as fast as men? I hope you're not insinuating that women are inferior because let's face it, it's 2018, and they can do everything a man can do!

Josh also pointed out that the male pacers were obligated to try and hit a certain pace, whereas the pacers the women brought with them could adjust as the women wanted as the race flowed.