No. I am not the woodbridge coach. I checked strava and that is where I got my data set from. While you took one user's watch. Go on strava and take a larger sample and you will find that the distances are very similar.
No. I am not the woodbridge coach. I checked strava and that is where I got my data set from. While you took one user's watch. Go on strava and take a larger sample and you will find that the distances are very similar.
Yeah, always good to get lots of data when looking at Strava because sometimes GPS error can be a thing and there always will be outliers. I am confident this year that it was accurate distance. Varvas wheeled it more than once, the Northwood coach and El Toro also wheeled it. By the time I wheeled it, it was mostly being extra safe. Quadruple checking basically which in hindsight was probably not needed but rather be certain. I think it's safe to say that Varvas learned from when it was slightly long two years ago.
Everyone we know had it at 3.00 on the watch. It did seem to run slower than usual this year and it seemed to be in the last mile. Pretty sure the distance is correct though.
No. I am not the woodbridge coach. I checked strava and that is where I got my data set from. While you took one user's watch. Go on strava and take a larger sample and you will find that the distances are very similar.
Yeah, always good to get lots of data when looking at Strava because sometimes GPS error can be a thing and there always will be outliers. I am confident this year that it was accurate distance. Varvas wheeled it more than once, the Northwood coach and El Toro also wheeled it. By the time I wheeled it, it was mostly being extra safe. Quadruple checking basically which in hindsight was probably not needed but rather be certain. I think it's safe to say that Varvas learned from when it was slightly long two years ago.
Which method did you use to wheel the Woodbridge course? Did you wheel it while walking in the middle of the path? Or did you wheel the course taking all the tangents as close as possible?
Yeah, always good to get lots of data when looking at Strava because sometimes GPS error can be a thing and there always will be outliers. I am confident this year that it was accurate distance. Varvas wheeled it more than once, the Northwood coach and El Toro also wheeled it. By the time I wheeled it, it was mostly being extra safe. Quadruple checking basically which in hindsight was probably not needed but rather be certain. I think it's safe to say that Varvas learned from when it was slightly long two years ago.
Which method did you use to wheel the Woodbridge course? Did you wheel it while walking in the middle of the path? Or did you wheel the course taking all the tangents as close as possible?
It was measured close to the tangents. Essentially as close to the tangent as you can reasonably run. Close to a foot off the best tangent. Again, there were three people who measured it before me. I was just the verifier at the end just to make sure.
Woodbridge was a little over 3 miles this year, measured about 3.04-3.05, while last years was slightly short, around 2.97
I wheeled the course. After several other coaches wheeled it before me. It was verifiably not long. My best guess for why it ran slightly slower has to do with humidity making the turf slippery and the new turf in the 3rd mile mark being a little longer.
Congrats for getting third at Clovis! Look forward to seeing how you guys do at state and hopefully NXN.
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A kid demolishes one of the more hallowed high school XC course records and we are…checks notes…arguing about the Woodbridge course measurements?
I honestly can’t process this. I thought after the recent Newbury Park assault, German’s record might live forever. Taking 7 seconds off of it…just wow. What the actual f$&k is he going to do on the track this spring, considering the marks put up by the guys he just demolished??
I preface this message by saying I am a big fan of Spencer. Although it’s been years since I’ve been to this course, but it’s groomed similarly to the way Mount sac did over the years. This is not taking away from his performance, but the surface was amazing. Prior to the race, they put some water on it to take away, adding efficiency to the runners. Nevertheless, there was a great race for he and everybody else.
I preface this message by saying I am a big fan of Spencer. Although it’s been years since I’ve been to this course, but it’s groomed similarly to the way Mount sac did over the years. This is not taking away from his performance, but the surface was amazing. Prior to the race, they put some water on it to take away, adding efficiency to the runners. Nevertheless, there was a great race for he and everybody else.
Are you serious? Wow California is so obsessed with their times
can't wait for the speed ratings on this. conditions were great this morning but he DEMOLISHED the field on maybe the most consistently tested course in the country. 28 second win against some incredible runners. I could see something around 204-5.
That is genuinely absurd, though it’s not a “state record” as Spencer is from Utah not California
The dude has been absolutely dominating this year, could be an all time XC campaign if he wins NXN in similar fashion. 14:16 on that course is incredible. On that Alabama RunningLane course or something of that nature, maybe he could be the first sub 14?
NXN on a great weather day... he could smash the 14:44 course record
It's still absolutely absurd to me that Aaron Sahlman holds the NXN course record when he hadn't won a single XC race in the rest of his high school career, was primarily known as an 800 guy until then, and is neither the fastest runner in his family nor the fastest runner at his high school that year. And the way it happened, with his teammate Leo Young leading most of the race and then nearly collapsing on the final hill, was insane too. Has there ever been a bigger upset at a national meet?
can't wait for the speed ratings on this. conditions were great this morning but he DEMOLISHED the field on maybe the most consistently tested course in the country. 28 second win against some incredible runners. I could see something around 204-5.
Wild guess, 2nd place will be 190-91 and his rating will be pegged off that, which only gets him to 200-201.