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Pace Runners

The Pat Carroll Online & Onland Pacers assist participants to their time goals in the Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon and Southern Cross University 10km Run. Pacers are experienced runners who aim to maintain an even pace throughout the race with the goal to have you finishing slightly faster (30 seconds or so) than your goal time.

For easy visibility, the pace runners will be carrying a coloured balloon and a goal time sign high amongst the starting runners. Each pace runner will also wear a singlet with the goal time marked on the back. It’s important to know the start zone your pace runner will be in and ensure you choose the same start zone when you enter so you can start the race near your pace runner.

Each pace time will have at least two pace runners who will lead the pace (off net-time) whilst guiding & motivating you throughout the race.

Pacers will run to the ‘Net Time’ (also called ‘Chip Time’). Net Time is the time it takes you to complete the distance once you’ve crossed the start line. Note: Due to participant numbers, it may take several minutes to cross the start line after the gun is fired.

Gold Coast Marathon Pace Times

Pace Group min/km Balloon Colour Position Pacers
2 hrs 50 mins 4:02 min/km Light Purple Middle of Zone A Dean Robinson & Emmanuel Vergara
3 hrs 4:16 min/km Light Blue Front of Zone B Ethan Pham & Jason Huang
3 hrs 10 mins 4:30 min/km Blue Middle of Zone B Erin Wallace & Stefan Taranto
3 hrs 20 mins 4:45 min/km Pink Back of Zone B Ricky Arnold & Matt Tomlinson
3 hrs 30 mins 4:59 min/km Green Front of Zone C Thomas Li & John White
3 hrs 40 mins 5:13 min/km White Middle of Zone C Ken Pritchard & Kieran McAndrew
3 hrs 50 mins 5:27 min/km Red Back of Zone C Matt Crawford & John Brereton
4 hrs 5:42 min/km Black Front of Zone D Simon Foster & Darrell Giles
4 hrs 15 mins 6:03 min/km Yellow Middle of Zone D Ervin Chan & Hung Pham & Matt Larter
4 hrs 30 mins 6:24 min/km Orange Front of Zone E Craig Bibby & Calvin Phil
4 hrs 45 mins 6:46 min/km Lime Green Between the 4:30 & 5hr pacers Samantha Bond & Jason Reid
5 hrs 7:07 min/km Purple Middle of Zone E Carolyn Overy & Mugsy Moloney
5 hrs 30 mins 7:50 min/km White Between the 5hr & 6hr pacers Bec Petersen & Dean Azzalini
6 hrs 8:32 min/km Green Between the 5:30 & Chaser pacers Maurice Gregory & Chris Humphries
Chaser (6hrs 40mins)* 9:29 min/km Blue Back of Zone E Carmel Grashuis & Peita Hillman

*Chaser will run to gun time.

Half Marathon Pace Times

Pace Group min/km Balloon Colour Position Pacers
1 hr 24mins 3:59 min/km Light Blue Front of Zone A Connor Graham & Matt Brace
1 hr 30 mins 4:16 min/km Blue Middle of Zone A David Loader & Michael Cacciola
1 hr 40 mins 4:45 min/km Green Back of Zone A Thanuj Kumar & Jarrod Gibson
1 hr 50 mins 5:13 min/km Red Front of Zone B Sally Matsubara, Humberto Alvarez & Scotty Roberts
2 hrs 5:42 min/km Black Front of Zone C Katie McKenzie & Regan Tare
2 hrs 10 mins 6:10 min/km Yellow Front of Zone D Jodie Cumner & Steve Gamble
2 hrs 20 mins 6:38 min/km Orange Front of Zone E Ben Kelly & Mel Haley
2 hrs 30 mins 7:07 min/km Pink Middle of Zone E Samuel Pedrosa & Kirsty Sutton
Chaser (3hrs 20mins)* 9:28 min/km Purple Back of Zone E Alex Hardy & Ian Alhadath

*Chaser will run to gun time.

Southern Cross University 10km Run Pace Times

Pace Group min/km Balloon Colour Position Pacers
40 mins 4:00 min/km Light Blue Front of Zone A Carl Nield & VACANT
50 mins 5:00 min/km Red Front of Zone B Waid Sinclair & Pat Carroll
60 mins 6:00 min/km Black Front of Zone C Tina Adams & Cairine Lambole
1 hr 10 mins 7:00 min/km Yellow Front of Zone D Shane Dicinoski & Vina Rahmati

 

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