In a message dated Sun, 31 Dec 2000 9:50:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>From the Web:
Cranston lettered twice in track at Stanford, and was on its mile relay
team—the fastest in the nation—in 1935. His undergraduate best time in his
regular event, the quarter mi
For Informations sake - A marathon course which drops the maximum 4.0m/km
(169m/554' total) allowable by the women's 2001 World Champs qualifying
rules, aids a runner about 1:10 at the pace these women run (about 56
seconds for men). Boston at 3.2m/km aids a 2:10 marathon about 45 seconds
and a
Behalf Of Floyd Highfill
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 11:01 PM
> To: Track & Field Listers
> Subject: Fw: t-and-f: World Marathon Champs qualifying
Boston at 3.2m/km aids a 2:10 marathon about 45 seconds
> and a 2:25 marathon about 55 seconds. As usual, I have a chart
> available..etc.
> I'm not so sure that Boston's topography aids anyone, in fact, most would
> argue that the brutal downhills at Newton Lower-Falls (15.5 miles), Saint
> Ignatius Church (21 miles), and Beacon St. after Cleveland Circle (22.5
> miles to finish) hinder performance. Dozens of runners have come throu
Boston at 3.2m/km aids a 2:10 marathon about 45 seconds
> and a 2:25 marathon about 55 seconds. As usual, I have a chart
> available..etc..etc...
And Malmo said that the downhills rip up a runner.
As the guy who wrote the book on Boston I can say that both are true...
sometimes. With cool w
Whoops,
I said,
Boston can be very fast as it was in 1975, 1984, 1994, and
> throughout its history at the rate of about one good year out of 10.
But I slipped as my friend Benji politely corrected me off list,
"I think you meant 1983 not 1984."
Benji ran 2:90:57 and Benoit ran her 2:22
Malmo/Parrot/Derderian are all right in substance but these items were not
part of the original post which was the limit on the allowable decline of
the course in the women's 2001 World Championships mararthon qualifying
rules of 4.0m/km.
Regardless of the topography of the course or the presence
In a message dated 1/1/01 4:38:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>1. There is no way to gain back what you lose on uphills with an equivalent
>number of downhills.
>
I would tend to agree w/ you Ed, (and my own experience would seem to
indicate that) except that I just finished reading some old
> The bottom line of my argument is that the selection committee
> should either
> limit WC qualifying times only to courses that meet 185.5 (1m/km drop) or
> allow all course to count - this halfway rule smacks of political
> favoritism
> to Boston at the expense of other races that may have stee
>, the fact is that Boston's drop in total elevation
>of some 555' from start to finish aids a runner by about 1 minute (give or
>take) over a course of similar topography and climatic conditions which has
> zero drop in total elevation.
Well if it has a drop of 555', then it does not by definiti
Actually, here's the text of your original post...:
...(Floyd said) For Informations sake - A marathon course which drops the
maximum 4.0m/km
(169m/554' total) allowable by the women's 2001 World Champs qualifying
rules, aids a runner about 1:10 at the pace these women run (about 56
seconds for
In a message dated 1/1/01 8:15:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I cannot name one runner who has ever said that they
>were "aided" during that last five miles of Boston, can you?
Great runner of 80s with powerful White Glove Kung-Fu, pranced like
grasshopper down Beacon Street, won 4 races to
In a message dated 1/1/01 7:55:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Jim Gerweck mentioned that 50% of the runners at
>Boston beat their PR or qualifying time or something along those lines.
> I'm not sure where he got that information, but I believe it is incorrect,
>except maybe for 1983 or 1994.
To list administrator:
I would like to complain that Tom's mention of his
wonderful, incredible, marvelous book on the history
of the Boston Marathon (1994 Human Kinetics
Publishers) violates the non-commercial spirit of this
list.
Fortunately, he didn't include ordering
information
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