Marathon Pacers or pacemakers are the new phenomenon in the international marathons. The limit was in the past upunto 21 km race. Today not only 21km mark is surpassed but also the number of pacer engaged in these marathons have passed even the number of the elite runners. Berlin 2011 has bit the record by letting over 5 pacers the race. In total 13 placers were destroying the quality of the Marathon where over 40 thousand runners participated. When it comes on the distribution of pacers this marathon did not show equitably knowing the sportive rivalry between Ethiopian and Kenyanrunners. If Haile would have had the same number of Ethiopians helping him the whole race would have been completely different when it comes on the elit. The other phenomenon is that seen the amount of money put in these races game setting has been seen in many marathons. Though Patrick Makao was the defending champion of the race and he deserves N° 1 . Haile has the record two times and won the race three times before. Thus international marathons must stop pacers in each race.
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