My marathon schedule is kinda bizarre. I've got a few "self-interested" races in the spring race season (Little Rock and Boston, and *possibly* Flying Pig, depending on the result of Little Rock), but before I get to those, I still have two pacing gigs to be prepped for. And *such* different paces, both from each other, never mind what my "self-interested" paces are.
When I'm running "for time" for myself, it's to have a sufficient BQ, meaning 3:15:00 or better.
When I'm running as a pacer, the faster end of my range is approximately 3:50:00 or 3:55:00, and typically goes to about 4:30:00. However, for my upcoming races at the end of this month, I will be running the first one at 3:50:00, and then the following week for 4:50:00. This is going to be an interesting and fun challenge. The broader my range, the more opportunities I have for pacing and getting people across the line in their respective goal times.
I don't know if it will be possible to join the pacer team for Flying Pig in early March, only after I know if my Little Rock performance suffices for BQ, but for now I'm considering it a "self-interested" race. And in the next several weeks, I'll find out if I've been added to the team for the Historic Half that takes place a couple of weeks after Flying Pig.
Might there be other pacing opportunities that crop up before summer? Sure; we'll see. Seems like most of my pacing gigs are more in the fall season, though. Just the way it all falls out.
