He has been running every day in Kabul.
He has always been in great shape (was a boxer, ran 3-4 times a week, did a 61 minute 15k) but never ran everyday, especially not at moderately high altitude.
The race was in 80' weather and was at about 6000 feet.
I would like to tell him that he should be be even happier than he is about the race, so I am looking for an altitude conversion.
Thanks for your help guys!
I don't know anything about conversions, but thats pretty solid for 54.
Plugging in your dad's 10K at ~6000ft yields:
"
Elevation Time min/km min/mile
sea level 35:43.8 3:34.4 5:45.0
1000 ft (305 m) 35:56.6 3:35.7 5:47.1
2000 ft (610 m) 36:09.3 3:36.9 5:49.1
3000 ft (914 m) 36:22.1 3:38.2 5:51.2
4000 ft (1219 m) 36:34.9 3:39.5 5:53.2
5000 ft (1524 m) 36:47.6 3:40.8 5:55.3
6000 ft (1829 m) 37:00.4 3:42.0 5:57.3
7000 ft (2134 m) 37:13.2 3:43.3 5:59.4
8000 ft (2438 m) 37:26.0 3:44.6 6:01.5
9000 ft (2743 m) 37:38.7 3:45.9 6:03.5
10000 ft (3048 m) 37:51.5 3:47.2 6:05.6
Calculations are based on data from Daniels' Running Formula by Jack Daniels PhD."
The calculator is generally fairly accurate within +-10 seconds, I'd say. Congratulations to your dad for being in such terrific shape!
If the course was downhill it doesn't count
Wow, that' amazing. I better start running again, can't let him be faster than me.
haha. It was a loop course, 8-9 of them around an army base. Boring, but it makes for easy wheel measuring.
stick with match.com wrote:
If the course was downhill it doesn't count
and a 20 mph tailwind like you know where this week
The NCAA has conversions for altitude; you can find a location similar to his race and link up from that conversion factor.
Was this performance in anyway, uh, er...enhanced?
Not trying to pee on your dad's accomplishment, but my friends who are in the high 16's (16:45-:50) for 5k's and are in their late 40's and early 50's have to go pretty hard to break 37:00 for a 10k. Your dad's 15k time does not translate at all to a 37:00 10k. The guys I train with run in the 54:00-56:00 range for a 15k. Your dad ran about 5 minutes slower for that distance, and yet runs a 10k within about 60-90 seconds of them?
Again, not trying to disrespect your dad, but it really does not seem likely of the either the 15k or 10k time.
He PRed by 2 minutes and he ran that 15k when he was running about 3 or so times a week, in new york. Now he runs everyday at 6000 feet in Kabul and has lost about 10 pounds. I am sure he could run way fast in the 15k now.
Quagmiregiggty wrote:
Not trying to pee on your dad's accomplishment, but my friends who are in the high 16's (16:45-:50) for 5k's and are in their late 40's and early 50's have to go pretty hard to break 37:00 for a 10k. Your dad's 15k time does not translate at all to a 37:00 10k. The guys I train with run in the 54:00-56:00 range for a 15k. Your dad ran about 5 minutes slower for that distance, and yet runs a 10k within about 60-90 seconds of them?
Again, not trying to disrespect your dad, but it really does not seem likely of the either the 15k or 10k time.
Congrats to your Dad! Hope he passed his good running genes to you.
But now, really, can we talk about that tail wind over Kabul that day? :p
He passed on the ability; sub 9:20 in HS. But not did not pass on the durability; only 9 total outdoor races in 5 years of college running.
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Congrats to your Dad! Hope he passed his good running genes to you.
But now, really, can we talk about that tail wind over Kabul that day? :p