Kara is in trouble and she knows it. Ignore what she says and watch where she is.
Does anyone believe that someone is capable of finishing 6 minutes (3 minutes per half marathon) behind Shalane at the trials and still make the team? I don't and I am sure that Davila, Hastings, Kastor, and Magdalena don't as well. Stick a fork in Kara.
redux wrote:
Unless I'm wrong: Grade = (rise/run) * 100
Hill 1 - (19/862.414) * 100 = 2.784
Hill 2 - (34/272.309) * 100 = 12.485
Hill 3 - (68/1489.501) * 100 = 4.565
Hill 4 - (72/1522.309) * 100 = 4.729
Hill 5 - (32/1318.897) * 100 = 2.426
Feel free to check.
Looks right to me. Now maybe someone can tell us whether those grades are considered tough. Because I seriously don't know. I've lived in flatlands for too long to know.
Think 6.0 grade is maximum that interstate highways and major bridges are built at.
I must have screwed something up there, then.
If someone can tell me the true height of the first Julia Tuttle bridge (the easternmost one), we can get a more accurate slope. I just estimated 40 feet, but it must be less then.
I have KG's splits between miles 6 and 10.
Notice between miles 8 and 9 she slowed to 5:50.
The last half of that mile is an uphill climb to the top of the MacArthur causeway. This should give you an idea of how much the bridges slow the pace.
7 - 5:31
8 - 5:31
9 - 5:50
10 - 5:30
You can see a video of the finish, and the wind....
I'm loving how many ppl are commenting on this without actually running the course. thanks to the previous poster for the example of just how windy it was out there....this picture (posted by someone earlier)
http://www.runnerspace.com/photos.php?pg=2&do=view&photo_id=198959
gave a great example of just how misleading Rock-n-Roll course maps are....i recall the seattle map being fairly flat....and then being shell shocked at how many nasty pops and flat out big climbs we had. look folks, when you're trying to run 4:50-5:00 EFFORT on those climbs, it freakin hurts....now add in the howling wind. pretty sure you can take close to a full min off those times, perhaps even more if you flatten the course to a houston style course....notice i haven't even mentioned the heat/humidity...everyone was SOAKED when they came across the line
dude-