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meet our pacers
Keeping You on Track
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A pacer helps you to finish a race in a specific time. Our Half Marathon provides pacing teams for a variety of finish times. Xempo are led by experienced racers who are trained to help you maintain a steady pace. If your goal is to finish a half marathon in 2 hours, for example, running with a 2-hour pacer will help you to maintain an average pace of 9 minutes 09 seconds per mile.
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Keeping You on Track
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A pacer helps you to finish a race in a specific time. Our Half Marathon provides pacing teams for a variety of finish times. Xempo are led by experienced racers who are trained to help you maintain a steady pace. If your goal is to finish a half marathon in 2 hours, for example, running with a 2-hour pacer will help you to maintain an average pace of 9 minutes 09 seconds per mile.
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Pacer Groups: 1h30, 1h40, 1h45, 1h50, 2h00, 2h10, 2h15, 2h20
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All the pacers will be highly visible in the starting pens, wearing flags with “Xempo” and their target time written clearly on them. Most pen pacers will be in pairs.
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The pacers are a friendly bunch and will be happy to discuss any pacing questions either before or even during the race (yes they can run and talk!). Feel free to come and speak to the pacers before the race at the Xempo tent in the Race Village for some pre-race chat.
You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter
A colour for everyone
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Visit the Xempo shop to view the whole range of running kit. Every single piece of Xempo kit has been hand stitched in the UK to the highest possible standard from lightweight, high tech wicking fabrics.
There are nine colours in the Xempo range. The first colour in the scale is white (not shown). You’ve earned this for whatever time you’ve achieved in a 5k, 10k, half or full marathon. So well done! You’ve already qualified if you’ve run 5k or more.
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meet our marshals
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We could not run the event without the continued support from the local voluntary organisations listed below. Every year through rain or shine, these voluntary groups: marshal the routes, have a presence in the runner’s village and help with the setup/ take down of the event.
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We would like to say a BIG thank you to all the voluntary organisations that have helped with the event over the years and we look forward to working with you some of you in 2024!
Park Street Scout Group
Sandringham School
Friends of T.O.S.E
How Wood School
Prae wood School association
Abbey CE VA Primary School
Garden Fields PTA
North Herts SANDS
The Ryde School
St John Fisher School PTA
Old London Road Pre School
Colney Heath JMI PTA
Museums & Galleries Trust
Mind in Mid Herts
St Albans Judo Club
Hertfordshire Society for the Blind
50+ walking Group
St Albans Mencap
St Columba's School
Samuel Ryder Academy
Marshalswick Judo Club
SOSA
Verulamium Cycling Club
Aboyne Lodge PTA (ALSA)
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Old Verulamian Rugby Club
Friends of Bowmansgreen School
3rd St Albans Scouts
St Albans Sub Aqua Club
St Albans Rangers FC
1st Bricket wood Scout Group
No.220 squadron Air Training Corps
5th/13th St Albans Scout group
St Peters School
Bernards Heath PTA
Abbey Flyers Netball Team
St Albans Network Scouts
Rennie Grove
Neuroblastma UK
Cunningham Hill Junior School PTA
Marlborough Science Academy PTA
21st St Albans Brownies
St Lukes School PTA
Harpenden Town Football
St Michael's
PHAB
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running clubs
Check out some of the amazing running club's taking part in the St Albans Half Marathon!
Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers
Athena Women’s Running Group
Barnet & District AC
Barnsley AC
Bath Road Beers CHELTENHAM
Bedford Harriers AC
Best Athletics
Best lads run club
Bishop's Stortford Running Club
Broxbourne Runners
Cambridge & Coleridge AC
Chiltern Harriers AC
Chineham Park Running Club
Clapham Chasers
Coopah Running
Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Dacorum Atheletics Club
Darlington Harriers
Datchet Dashers
Deal Triathlon & RC
Dunstable Lions RC
Dunstable Road Runners
Ealing Eagles Running Club
East Down AC
Edmonton Running Club
Fairlands Valley Spartan
Fareham Running Club
Fordys Running Club
Freedom Runners Woking
Gade Valley Hariers
Garden city runners
Great Bentley Running Club
Harlow Running & Tri Club
Harpenden Arrows
Haywards Heath Harriers
Herne Hill Harriers
Herrington’s Club
Hertford running club
Herts Phoenix AC
Hitchin hares
Isle of Wight road Runners
Jetsream Tri Club
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Royston runners
Ruislip Running club
Run Redbourn
Serpentine Rc
Sexy Walrus Triathlon Club
Sittingbourne Striders
St Albans Athletics
St Albans Striders
St edmunds pacers
St Neots Riverside Runners
Steeple Chasers Running & Cycling Club
Stevenage Phoenix Running Club
Stopsley striders
Stratford Athletic Club
Sudbury Court Running Club
Team Balancise RC
The Glee Team
The North London Darlings
trent park running club
Tri-Force St Albans
Tring RC
Ucanjog2
UKRunChat Running Club
vegan runners UK
Victoria park harriers
Viewtube runners
WalxRidgeway
Ware joggers
Watford Joggers
Wellingborough & District AC
Welwyn Garden City Runners
Wheathampstead Warriors
Jetsream Tri Club
King’s Lynn Triathlon Club
Lindsey Fitness Running Club
London Fields Triathlon
London Frontrunners
London Heathside
Lonely Goat Running Club
lordshill road runners
Lowestoft Road Runners
Maidenhead Athletic Club
Marbella Summit Club
Metropolitian Police AC
Milton Keynes Nordic Walking
MudCrew Running
Nordic Walking Watford
North herts road runners
Northampton Road Runners
Oh ladies running club
Old Hatfield Ladies Running Club
On The Run Aylesbury
Orion Harriers
Parkrun Potatoes
Pitsea Running Club
Queen’s Park harriers
Reading Roadrunners
Redway Runners
Ridgeway Nordic walkers
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