tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post2620592054152155355..comments2023-04-03T07:30:27.274-07:00Comments on Old Gal Running: Pacing the RacerEllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06684598207691030496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post-6095080997628941382010-10-13T14:59:42.635-07:002010-10-13T14:59:42.635-07:00What song/band are you referring to?? It would be ...What song/band are you referring to?? It would be interesting to know what my time would have been on Sunday had we not been afraid of the pacer-police...Sarah Bowen Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825453914105581222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post-49260564552665318872010-09-17T12:41:20.864-07:002010-09-17T12:41:20.864-07:00Okay, now I really feel old because I have NO memo...Okay, now I really feel old because I have NO memory of mentioning Myles. Oh, dear. My most vivid memory is that look you gave me - priceless! I disagree with you saying you should have known better since that was only your third marathon (right?) and you had shaved over 40 minutes off between your first two.Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684598207691030496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post-48732452519748565652010-09-16T13:23:46.901-07:002010-09-16T13:23:46.901-07:00Too funny E. What I remember you saying at Newpor...Too funny E. What I remember you saying at Newport was, "do it for Myles", my darling nephew who I was spending loads of time with then and just over the moon about. NOTHING could have made me happy at that race except maybe an IV. I felt so rough! Let's hope that was the one and only brush with dehydration. I should have known better.MoGoEAT.eat.aperitivo.travel.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09031918118449335710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post-46364871183492556362010-09-15T14:25:57.115-07:002010-09-15T14:25:57.115-07:00It was my pleasure, Jill! and I'll remember th...It was my pleasure, Jill! and I'll remember the billion dollar story if Sarah begins to flounder. Heck! I'll think of that during my next marathon. All the books I can buy.....Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684598207691030496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014224039621488208.post-70115358312058954632010-09-14T22:20:27.076-07:002010-09-14T22:20:27.076-07:00You were an excellent pacer, Ellison. My problem ...You were an excellent pacer, Ellison. My problem with the nutrition was just that, my problem and not yours. I hadn't been playing enough with the slew of other choices out there and the pb&j was what was working at the time and I didn't think out logistics. I should have just taken that dang GU in my pocket but I wasn't thinking too clearly. I'll forever be grateful for spotting your lime green shirt at mile 21 and jumping in to save my life!! I've never been one to be chatty on a run and have, for the vast majority of my 13 years of marathoning, trained solo, so I wasn't sure I was going to like someone there by my side yaking at me....but I loved it. And your other girlfriend was right, you could have told me you won a billion dollars and was giving me half and I'd have just been wondering how I was going to get up that hill at mile 23 and nothing else. But hey, if you ever DO want to give me half of the billion, I'm willing to listen now :).<br /><br />You're going to do great bringing Sarah in. I recently paced a friend in her first marathon and I was trying to hard to think of things to tell her and I was just drawing a blank. Like we talk ever week at the pool non-stop but when it was time to perform and tell a story that would distract her, I was just blank. I think I rambled on something about my daughter and her new boyfriend - something so dumb and she could care less. <br /><br />I'll never forget the dinner nor the pace pal - thank you always!!!<br /><br />HUGS!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174883718651790845noreply@blogger.com