Training
3 min read
Pace groups, explained in one lap
Three numbers on every run page. What they mean, how we hold them and when to move up a group.
Jonas Reiter, Berlin captain
The three numbers
Every run lists three paces, in minutes per kilometre. They are not targets to hit; they are promises the pacers make to you, held from the first kilometre to the last.
If you can talk in full sentences, you are in the right group. If you can sing, try the next one up at the regroup.
Why we never drop anyone
The sweeper at the back of each group is a captain too. Their job is simple: be the last runner home.
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Crew
4 min read
Why we run after dark
The city changes after seven. The pavements empty, the lights come on and a run becomes the best hour of the day.
Training
5 min read
Your first group run, without the nerves
Worried you will be too slow? Here is exactly what happens at your first Kerbline run, minute by minute.
Race Report
6 min read
Race report: the loudest cheer station on the river
Two hundred cowbells, one speaker and twenty crew members racing. A morning at the second bridge.