Figured Letsrun support should make it more accurate at the front end of things at least..
Figured Letsrun support should make it more accurate at the front end of things at least..
All of these calculators are inferior to more sophisticated methods that use two times (like Ventolin's calculator).
Ventolin may get something right every so often but overall his calculator and his approach is suboptimal. His is an assumption driven approach. Data would work much better.
Particularly troubling is his insistence that ever runner races better with even pacing or his similarly impaired at this or that altitude, wind-speed, etc.
I like how they ask about mileage, as obviously that bears on how close to linear the rate of slowing down is as distance increases. And also their collecting of data from hobbyists and sub-elites to discern a meaningful relationship between the mileage and race performances. I wonder whether any of the existing notable calculators where created in the same way.
eh ???
that is only way to approach it
if you used rubbish data like the 1k or 2k all time lists to predict 800 or 1500m times you will get absolute nonsense results
similarly on women's side, using the 10k all time lists is a waste of time
we have priscah who ran an estimated 30'03 split in her 65'45 great north run last year when destroying dibaba/defar - & she kept ~ 30-flat pace going for almost 11.1k !!!
http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/09/priscah-jeptoo-uses-mid-race-434-mile-and-3003-10k-to-show-shes-queen-of-the-roads-and-defeat-defar-and-dibaba/she has never run a track 10k !!!
this already shows women's 10k lists are nonsense & therefore using them for data is a waste of time when probably the greatest non-chinese 10k runner of all time has not even ever run a track 10k !!!
only a total fool woud attempt to argue against premise that even-pace is best for anything over 800
more drivel
what do you think this run wouda been without wind ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CaPl8C5gpoout of shape wrote:Figured Letsrun support should make it more accurate at the front end of things at least..
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/technology/2014/04/running_calculators_are_inaccurate_and_misleading_help_slate_build_a_better.html
these guys shoud read letsrun more
i'm pretty confident i've already got the real mccoy
more for male runners
( because womens distance running is seemingly eternally p!ss-weak - maybe in a coupla centuries they'll get to where they shoud be )
these are tables i got for absolute mathematical equivalence between track distances
( no physiology, no stats lists involved - just mathematical treatment of a number(s) )
i don't think better tables are possible - you are not going to beat maths
go to here :
https://2008olympictrialsakatommyleonard.shutterfly.com/filecabinetlook under
"Malmo Files"
& then go to
"Ventolin worksheet"
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!