Someone brought this whole shag/sag thing to her attention on Twitter, but she still things it's about shagging baseballs. I feel like someone told her this as a story (I've never heard it called anything besides the slow bus so I initially believed it!) and she just went with it instead of doing the research. Just googling shag wagon for running comes up with nothing; sag wagon has a ton of links. Seems pretty obvious.

I sent her a friendly note on the topic. I wonder if this will get a NYT correction at some point. EVERYONE HOLD YOUR BREATH.

If the manfromnantucket were a race director, I have a feeling a shag bus would be one of the amenities.

 

I have heard of a shag wagon, which serves a very different purpose than a sag bus.

 Just chalk it up to fake news.  Sag stands for “support and gear”  Shag wagon for running would be a whole different kind of sport.  Supporting arguments with a reference to “shagging balls” well what that means depends on context.  (Can’t help but hear Austin Powers “yeah baby” in my ear when writing this)

Maybe go undercover infiltrate the “shag wagon culture” and write up a piece.  That would be something worth reading...

Someone brought this whole shag/sag thing to her attention on Twitter, but she still things it's about shagging baseballs. I feel like someone told her this as a story (I've never heard it called anything besides the slow bus so I initially believed it!) and she just went with it instead of doing the research. Just googling shag wagon for running comes up with nothing; sag wagon has a ton of links. Seems pretty obvious.

 

I sent her a friendly note on the topic. I wonder if this will get a NYT correction at some point. EVERYONE HOLD YOUR BREATH.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/02/london-marathon-runners-harassed-to-speed-up

So due to the delay at the start, was this pacers group getting screwed by the time limits to close the roads coming due? Being asked to move off the road sounds like they ran out of time.

Having 7:30 pacers is just beyond ridiculous....you aren’t even running at that pace.

 

This year was the first year that the London marathon specifically requested pacers for the slower times, and its pretty awful how the race organization has treated them.

Having 7:30 pacers is just beyond ridiculous....you aren’t even running at that pace.

Both of these statements can be true.  I agree that marathons shouldn't have 7:30 pacers.  But once they provided a 7:30 pacer, the race organizers should have treated those participants the same as the runners.

Physically it is not harder but mentally is total exhausting. My BQ time was much easier than my 8 hour finish in Utah. The high was 90F with absolutely  no shade on paved roads.

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Having been at both ends of this range, sub-3:00 and over 6:00 over a 50 year running career, I do not agree with this statement.  Certainly the slower runners work longer, but at a much less intense effort, so it is not harder.

The 2:20:00  marathoner is probably thinking the same thing about you needing a 2:50 pacer.

Yeah whatever buddy. 👍