margotdarby wrote:
Wherever did you get the idea it was always 7 miles?
(Oh never mind, I'll just ask Rich Sherman myself. )
Friend, thanks for sharing who 'they' are. Please see the post following yours (Falmouth RR) for an answer to your question.
margotdarby wrote:
Wherever did you get the idea it was always 7 miles?
(Oh never mind, I'll just ask Rich Sherman myself. )
Friend, thanks for sharing who 'they' are. Please see the post following yours (Falmouth RR) for an answer to your question.
beenthere wrote:
there used to be a 7 mile marker about 30-40 yards from the finish line. So my guess is its slightly more than 7..unless theyve changed the distance a little.
Last year there still was that 7-mi marker, and it was indeed close to the finish. But this sort of thing happens all the time in road races, and usually just means some mile got slightly mismeasured so --oops! --they have to compensate at the end.
I'll bet a pitcher of Capt. Kidd's very finest draught ale that the total course run on Sunday the 13th was a good 100 yds or more than 6.999999999 land miles.
Indeed. Anyone wanting to follow the paperwork just has to look at the USATF course map. The detail is up to snuff for the RRTC. Seven miles it is!
Question for Falmouth RR: Is the 10K mark along the route a "questimate," or is it certified, too? I was pleased by a mild road PR at this split, but would like to know whether it passes the laugh test.
Thanks - R.R.
The 10k mark is certified. It was first done one year when Alberto Salazar wanted to break the mark on his way to setting a course record.
Captain Ogilvy wrote:
It was first held on a Thursday afternoon because that was founder Tommy Leonard's birthday. It is 7.1 miles because that was the distance from the Captain Kidd in Woods Hole to Tommy's workplace—the Brothers Four in Falmouth Heights.
But wait, the finish line never was at the Brothers Four (now condos) it's 150 meters past the Brothers Four, at where the Casino used to be.
Awesome, thanks!
Falmouth RR wrote:
The 10k mark is certified. It was first done one year when Alberto Salazar wanted to break the mark on his way to setting a course record.
Can you provide the certification code for the 10 km? Not doubting, too lazy to find out myself.
The top Americans of today are not road whores. If they were, they would rewrite your cherished road whore racing PR lists.
Correcto..hence the reason the US will always suck as a distance running nation. Its embarassing to finish 12th and get paid while people ahead of you get less or nothing.
Theres just something so un-American about all this.