big salmon wrote:
you gotta take into consideration California's year round perfect 70 degree weather . . Thats why they are faster.[quote]easy son wrote:
You've got to be kidding. Or, you're not very familiar with CA. Sure, we have pretty decent weather year around compared to the East but San Diego is about the only area that has near the weather you describe. I think most likely we're faster because the competition is better and a person has to work that much harder to excel.
It's not the 35 million people?
Definitely not surprising that CA, with 10 times the median state population, has 10 times faster than half of the states' best. Los Angeles alone has more people than 80% of the states. California has more high school students than Oregon, Oklahoma, Connecticut, Iowa, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, West Virginia, Nebraska, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming . . . combined.
And the weather is indeed much better than average most of the time in most places. Especially for the state meet. They also smoke less, exercise more, and are less likely to be overweight. In fairness, there should probably be an adjustment, as there is for altitude, or an asterisk for geographically-aided times.
the depth of the 3200 race is insane. is there any other HS meet where 9 guys have gone under 9:00?
holy cow wrote:
"is there any other HS meet where 9 guys have gone under 9:00?
The answer is "NO"
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
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year