Pacers
Run with a flag
Four pacers hold the times most people aim for. Find their flag in your start pen and stay with it.
Inês Rocha
5K pacer, club coach
Inês has run the Luz Night 5K every year since the first, and paced it for the last four. She coaches the club's Tuesday intervals on the river.
Holds: 5K in 25:00
Tiago Alves
5K pacer
Tiago ran his first race at forty and his fastest at forty-six. He paces the half-hour 5K, and runs the Family 2K with his twins the hour before.
Holds: 5K in 30:00
Marta Sousa
5K pacer
Marta paces 35 minutes: steady, chatty and never late. If this is your first race, run with her flag.
Holds: 5K in 35:00
Duarte Lima
Hill specialist
Duarte grew up in Graça and trains on its stairs. On the Miradouros Hill Run he tells you when to walk, and when not to.
Holds: Hill Run in 30:00