Pacer Roger
Hometown |
Old Town, Maine |
|
Current P.R. |
2:59:04 at Boston 2011 |
Where were you born? |
Bangor, Maine |
|
Number of marathons |
85 Marathons and 5 Ultra
marathons |
Birthday |
May 15th |
|
Favorite marathon |
New York City |
Typical pace |
3:10 to 3:45 |
|
Favorite running music |
Black Eyed Peas |
Occupation |
General Electric
Corporation (Steam Turbines) |
|
Favorite running food |
Spaghetti |
Any hobbies? |
Golf, Running, Softball and
Soccer |
|
Who do you train with? |
My Wife Regina |
Favorite book, what are you reading now? |
Running Times and Runner's
World |
|
A quotation you likeā¦ |
Life Is Good! |
Personal goals |
Run many many marathons,
along with Ironman Hawaii, Big Sur, Comrades, Badwater and the Appalachian
Trail. |
|
|
|
|
Why do you run? |
Fitness and Fun. |
|
Describe your best
marathon memory. |
I come from a running
family. My best memories from running marathons with family. I've run
marathons with my wife, sister-in-law, 3 brothers, and my son. |
|
Why do you pace? |
I grew up in a large family
with 9 siblings and competition was introduced at a very young
age. I challenge myself to run every mile on goal pace. No banking
time and no sprints at the end to hit the numbers. My goal is to run
every marathon with a negative split of 1 second. First half right on and the
2nd half 1 second faster. |
|
Tell us your best
pacing experience. |
I drove 6 hours the
morning of Hartford Marathon, paced 3:20 with an actual 3:19:59. Drove
to Albany immediately after to 3:30 pace lead the Mohawk Hudson with an
actual finish of 3:29:44. This was my 3rd weekend in a row of
marathon doubles. |
| Why should
someone run in your pace group? |
My number one goal is to help
the group. Each mile I shout out the actual mile splits so that
everyone is on the same page. Many people use GPS watches and I do as well
for reference. As an experienced pacer I have found GPS watches have their
issues. As an old school runner I will always give splits for each mile run and
reference GPS calculated pace for a given mile. |
|
Any tips for
runners about to join your group? |
Run the tangents, run
TALL and have fun. |
|
Anything else you'd like to share? |
l alternated running and biking 500
miles with my son Hogan over 10-day period in May. I averaged 35
miles of running and 15 miles of biking per day with the start of each day a
full marathon. This was a fundraise event to help kids with
disabilities attend summer camp. |