UNBELIEVABLE! MARATHON PACER ENDS UP WINNING THE RACE 

“fine, I’ll do it myself” -thanos

Wasn't he supposed to keep the pace in stead of breaking away?

@@jaytang3972 He kept the pace, the others didn't stay with him. he isn't supposed to slow down to whatever pace the athletes choose to run.

He looked embarrassed.

Probably made enough prize money to retire in kenya

You have a good memory, the LA marathon was won by a pacer in the 90's. He got a bran new Mercedes and the prize money. The top athletes objected like prima donas but to no avail. Cheers !

The fact that it happens so infrequently supports my point.......

Troy Cameron What point?

@@CM-ky5go lol exactly

@Marina Mansfield they are hired to run at a certain speed so that the actual runners have a point of reference.

Yeah noticed that, he seemed to raise his arms slightly, then drop them.

Look up Andrea Carrea, it's similar to this but in cycling. Edit: misspelled the name, should be Carrea not Correa

ive experienced the feeling of failure trust me

To expand my Andrea Carrea comment: He was a professional cyclist, and served as a domestique (instead of team captain). As a domestique, your goal is to help your team captain (usually the strongest rider) so he can win. As a domestique, the glory, the yellow jersey, is not for you, but for your captain. You grab his water bottle from the team car, you give him your bike if his broke down, etc. During Stage 9 of Tour de France 1952, Carrea joined a breakaway group of eight to protect his leader's (Fausto Coppi) interests. After finishing the stage, he went to his hotel, but he got picked up by the local police. He thought he had done something wrong, but then he was informed that he's now the leader of the race. "... I heard I had inherited a jersey destined for champions. For me, it was a terrible situation." He burst into tears, and had to be dragged to the stage to receive the jersey. He cried as he accepted it, fearing retribution from his captain. When he met his captain afterwards at the hotel, he cried as he offered excuses. "You must understand that I did not want this jersey, Fausto. I have no right to it. A poor man like me, the yellow jersey?" Before the start of Stage 10, he posed for the media, polishing Coppi's shoes while wearing the yellow jersey. Carrea was pleased that he lost the race lead that day. After Stage 10, the new yellow jersey owner, the leader of the race, is Fausto Coppi, Carrea's captain.

@@rahmatramadhan9874 not gonna lie that's kinda fucked up....

Usually even if they can win they still drop off tho lol

@@420jettt2 Of course, like in any paced race, the pacer should be instructed to ease up if the pack don't go with agreed pace. Maybe that message didn't get through Rueben.

@@musik102 In this case the strongest runner won, doesn't matter if he is the pacer or not. So if the others can't keep up, it's their problem.

@@Hans87Dampf Well, that depends on the instructions the pacer was given.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Happened before but not in races of this magnitude.

same

Brazilian bronze medalist Vanderlei Cordeiro in 2002 olympics (he was leading, but was attacked) won Paris as a pacer, dont remember the year

Happened before few times

wont happen again... i doubt rueben is gonna have any friends after this one

Good for him, what a legend.

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The professional Pacer that Can actually represent 99% of all countries in the marathon..except Kenya and Ethiopia. Absolute legend.

@@ballerinChrist why are you here even? no one wants this

That's really cool

The purpose of using a pacer is to ensure a fast time....a pacer is not expected to run the entire distance.... thats why is bib is mark PACER!

@@troycameron337 Did you even read the comment you replied to??

The role of a pacer is to set a specific pace that suits his teammate that he is pacing for, not to run as fast as he can lmao

@@troycameron337 you say he's not expected to run the entire distance. Would this not be because usually pacers aren't able to keep up with the main competititors for the entire distance, and they start slowing down? In this case the pacer held a fast, but stable and doable speed for the entire distance. He did his job, it's not like he had a fluctuating speed or slowed the pack down. He just pushed for a good time, and the competititors just weren't good enough.

@@jnaylor4389 and Ruben followed pretty much dead on the time he was told to pace for before he started. He was actually told to pace for a 2:05 marathon. Which with 2:04:40 I would say he got dead on. That the people he was pacing for couldn't keep up isn't on him. And unless he got instructed during the race to start pacing for a different time (because the favourites couldn't keep up) then he did his job as a pacer just right.

Because it's legal it does not make it right!

@@troycameron337 what’s wrong with a pacer winning wtf

@@troycameron337 Why is it not right? If you let someone pull away you don't win. Participation trophy generation

@@troycameron337 Given that the pacer kept a consistent pace for the entire race, sure sounds like he was doing a bang up job of pacing the race. The "competitors" should have been able to stay with him.

@@buddhabunny4142 This is it right here. as long as the pacer did his "pacing" job correctly and came through in the times he was supposed to then he did nothing wrong. He burned more energy leading the race the entire time than the other runners so he deserves the win. If the "elite" runners cant keep up then they are not elite

He enjoyed a secret advantage. The actual racers were of the mindset to be lead on. Removing that advantage was a big psychological blow to these racers.

@@lazygamer7469 they were lead on... they are supposed to be elite runners so why cant they match the pace. if they cant keep up with the pacer then i think the pacer deserves the win, if he feels up to completing the whole race. its known that pacers can win races. He might as well let the other team win by slowing down for the runners.

@@lazygamer7469 it’s really not an advantage

The video said there were 3 pacers rotating so at least for part of the race he was only in the front 1/3 the time

Jeopardy: The answer is a question. This Dude: The question is an answer

Lmao

Hahahahahaa you just made me laugh like a retard alone on my couch

Exactly! I was like, what?

This guy really needs to work on his narration. Very repetitive too.

Yeah no cap

Yes....literally

actually it literally actually is. Still appreciate it though.

Literally yes, literally in the most literal way that is literally possible… LITERALLY

yeah literally

Unfair from a psychological perspective...

Hey, as long as he performed his agreed upon roll of pacer, and it was the elites inability to keep up with the agreed pace that caused him to win, there's absolutely nothing unfair about it. It wasn't their day.

But he didn't keep the pace he supposed to.

@@gogoldiego He sped up before or after everyone dropped back? I agree it's not ok if he pushed the pace past what was agreed upon, resulting in them dropping. But if he sped up after, fair game.

@@Kelly_Ben he didn't even do that. Agreed upon pace that he was told to keep was to pace for a 2:05. Which with 2:04:40 he fot pretty much dead on. Just that some athletes didn't agree with that from the start. Since they thought 2:05 was too fast. Well it was for most of them. Except for Ruben.

To be honest, "kip" can be in every place in your name and you'll be invincible.

I guess they just kip running untill they win...

Eluid kipchoge

@@mobile_gamer_legend i have heard of Eliud Kipchoge but who is Eluid Kipchoge?

@@braedinkolar8357 it is a ultra marathon runner

Yeah, the way that was phrased bothered me, but I think he clearly meant a "competing athlete."

Literally

* how

like literally

Yeah, they literally make us sick by overusing the word “literally”. I’ve told them a million times to stop exaggerating that way.

As a non native speaker like you know we often use like like you know it gives us something like a break like thinking for the missing word like you know

I'm literally hyperventilating holy shit

Now that suprised me

Was looking for this comment haha, so confused

If the pacer is Kipchoge, then yes😆

@@wakimura303 or Bekele ?

@@icedtea7700 maybe

He was around 30 seconds off the race record.

@@nachobroryan8824 2 secondes actually

Is that just your conspiracy?

@@Michael-yf4de he is joking

@@kylemalachowski bro he is kidding

Hahahah

Didnt expect to see you here

If he was first he would have seen the ladies hold the tape lol

@@hami7050 haha

What it's linkmon WHAT

If he can run like that, he doesnt need a pacer.

Literally man

Who Eliot? 😂 only only one can do that

"Hey bro, you need to slow down."

World class time in that heat.

And he didn't even need water afterwards lol

hes not sweating cause its so hot that your sweat evaporates really fast.

@@gustavocornelio5605 bro have you been outside before?

This literal person was literally a pacer yet he literally won the race

@@Hendurik 😂

lit comment

and again at 4:58

😂

about which one are you talking about ? cant spot a organizer there

A Literally goes a long way

Long live pacer Reuben!

When the question is "yes", if someone manages to come up with an answer, it's impressive!

@@beorlingo I guess you're right

If u cant beat a pacer then u dont deserve to win

They also act as windbreakers for the runners

MARATHON MAN

Yes, and that's alright, the organizers wanted a fast race, and the pacee delivered the sub 2:05 time

He wasn’t even top 3 his last race kid

A pacer is there to essentially help the competitors pushing but not too fast so they don’t gas out. But not to slow when they can do better. They run either right in front of right at the heels usually.

ive had this once in my life, unfortunately it was in a team race with the cadets and we were timed as a group I was trying to up the pace for my group coz I felt unstoppable, I ended up breaking off and running the fastest time of the whole contest however the timer stops when the last person from your group crosses the line so it wasn't officials but I'll never forget this moment

Literally literally literally

The question is yes, and the answer might shock you

“Loners, on their own, by themselves” 😜

Literally

Absolutely shocked. Mind blowing. Literally.

True

Buahahahahahhahaha

Enemies or friends ,he got it

That's what I thinking! 🙄 I wonder will he get to keep the money?

He also made 100k 😁

Literally! I was actually going to literally say this, but then you actually said it!

His mind boggled so much he lost track to other words in his private thesaurus.

i agree.. companies should start endorsing him after such an achievement. (and it's good PR for being able to say "we signed the pacer that won in Abu Dhabi").