LA wrote:
Not taking anything away from Amy. It was a very good race for her. Just saying that there was a strong tail wind for a large part of the race, and since you mentioned it, it was also downhill. Both of those things affect the time.
What is the net downhill of the course?
It sounds like the course is extremely fast, other than the cold from the rain and the puddles.
I'm still very impressed with Hastings and her marathon though, especially in those conditions.
If you look at a map of the course and the direction it was run and the weather system, there's no way there was a tailwind for anymore that 1/4 of the course. Idiots. It's like a 400 foot drop maybe? with a few climbs and then the last 5k is pretty downhill.
here is the elevation profile. you have to climb from 19 to 23, then you get the downhill.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4ngX8xDdSJs/SvgvVGC81RI/AAAAAAAAAls/H-FqEu9LCrA/s1600-h/ElevProfile2.gif
If the direction of the race varied very much, that tailwind would have been a cross wind a fair bit and cross winds are more of a problem than most realize (although if it is warm, that cooling of the cross winds are a benefit; that was not the case here).
I would not race well in that kind of rain. I had that once for Syttende Mai, the 20-miler in Madison. It made my quads go earlier than I am used to and would have really killed a marathon (although that was primarily a headwind, not primarily a tailwind).
It will be hard to judge the true quality of this performance without backup information. She was an outstanding college runner who had not done as well, relatively, in the next stage was my general impression --- until now.
What has happened to Amy Hastings? Any races coming up? She fell off the map after the Olympics. I am sure she will be back.
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