In terms of difficulty, how does the half-marathon course used today compare to the marathon course for the Olympic Trials?
In terms of difficulty, how does the half-marathon course used today compare to the marathon course for the Olympic Trials?
First lap times 4.
I don't think the trials course will include the northern hills. I think it's the 8k championship course 5 times plus a little more.
The map is here:
http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon-Men/athleteInfo/course.asp
Can someone familiar with Central Park give us an idea of how hilly/tough this course is?
Cheers.
4 times across 72St and once down past the zoo?
The course will be a little difficult on the west end, as that is where the up hills will be, but on the east side it is all down hill and flat. That is one loop I would not like to do 4 times.
I dont live in NY but just spent a few days there. Ran a 10k that did basically the whole loop around the Park and ran that loop repeatedly every day we were there.
There is really not a flat spot in Central Park. You are either going up or down. But not any really memorable hills per se. I think the course on the map you showed does avoid a pretty big hill up in Harlem. I wouldnt call that a PR course. Even Geb was talking about how hilly Central Park was after running there this morning.
One 4-mile loop, four 5-mile loops
Central Park has no flat stretches. It's rolling. You would not do the northern hills (2 ups and 1 down). The steepest hill is the downhill you hit between 24 and 25 in the Marathon. The west side has three not-too-steep but noticeable hills (especially the first). Lots of spots for surges from which you can recover.
Once you turn onto the East Park Drive on the last lap, with just 3 to go, I think the course is pretty quick.
The course for the NYCH pres. by Nike has the tough North Hills in the first 5mi of the race, but after 7.5 mi it's dead flat to the finish.
The USOTM course is tougher -- skips the north hills, but on the loop that they repeat it;ds pretty much either uphill or downhill, except for one flat straightaway of not quite half a mile (along the east side of the reservoir -- between the spots marked 30k and 15k on that map).
Thanks. I was thinking the the times were extremely quick compared to my sense of what the marathon course will be.
Joseph McVeigh wrote:
The course for the NYCH pres. by Nike has the tough North Hills in the first 5mi of the race, but after 7.5 mi it's dead flat to the finish.
The USOTM course is tougher -- skips the north hills, but on the loop that they repeat it;ds pretty much either uphill or downhill, except for one flat straightaway of not quite half a mile (along the east side of the reservoir -- between the spots marked 30k and 15k on that map).
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