3:44 MILE in Manchester, NH road race

That's funny considering I wheeled The Milennium Mile at 1781 yards and 1779 yards, using tangents, I know for a fact it is a mile. What did you wheel it at? Or are you just a blowhard troll?

I ran the race yesterday and almost all of the elevation drop was in the first 1/2 mile. The last 800m was a very minor downhill, but in all honesty it was mostly flat so it really was barely noticeable. That got me thinking about how fast could someone cover 800m on the course. I highly doubt there has ever been a downhill 800m race anywhere, so I'm not sure what the unofficial world record might be. But I'm sure that SOMEONE has had to have broken 1:41 since someone mentioned earlier that the world downhill mile record is 3:24 (back-to-back 1:42s).

There are bonuses for the first runner through 400m, 800m, 1200m, and the overall race winner, so I'm sure someone might be willing to go all-out for the all-downhill first 1/2 mile if they realized they could get some prize money. I'm willing to bet that a mid- 1:40s 800m runner could run in the mid- 1:30s considering it drops about 150 ft over that first 1/2 mile. Just thinking of running 1:3x for 800m is ridiculous. Here's a link to the course elevation map on the race's website...

http://millenniummile.org/ManCourse.aspx

BS Detector wrote:

That's funny considering I wheeled The Milennium Mile at 1781 yards and 1779 yards, using tangents, I know for a fact it is a mile.

This would actually make it about 20 yards long, or three seconds or so for the fastest guys.

The Millennium Mile was in fact uncertified for the first couple of years it existed, but Mort took care of that maybe 10 years ago. And face it, not many New Hampshire road races manage to draw top American track talent like Culley and Blood, so at least these gimmicky affairs feature some marquee names.

What planet are we on that only has an acceleration of 0.397 m/s^2?

Shiba God of Death wrote:

What planet are we on that only has an acceleration of 0.397 m/s^2?

On a planet with no atmosphere?

If it took 1:30 to fall 1 mile from the top of a very high cliff, the gravitational force would be closer to 2 m/s².

Thanks for playing.

Bzzzt! wrote:

If it took 1:30 to fall 1 mile from the top of a very high cliff, the gravitational force would be closer to 2 m/s².

Thanks for playing.

d = (1/2)a(t^2)

1609 = (1/2)a(90^2)

3218 = a(8100)

3218/8100 = a = 0.397 m/s^2

Also, gravity has units of acceleration, not force.

d = (1/2)a(t^2)

1609 = (1/2)a(90^2)

3218 = a(8100)

3218/8100 = a = 0.397 m/s^2

Also, gravity has units of acceleration, not force.[/quote]

I hear Ventolin is on stuckwithstatistics. com it could be the start of a wonderful relatonship

KMB wrote:

These races are far less interesting than their almost nonexistent counterparts. In the early 1990s, there was a race in Burlington, Vt. called (I think) "The Longest Mile." It started right beside Lake Champlain and climbed up College Street to the University of Vermont green. The vertical gain was about 250' and Eric Morse, a notably strong hill runner, covered the race in 4:48 when he was capable of about 4:00 flat on the track.

Yeah there used to be a race around here called the Lookout Pass Uphill 10K. That this was brutal, 10K to the top of a ski mountain. All up.

Nice try but a mile is 1760 yards (440x4). No way it's long by 20 yards.

BS Detector wrote:

That's funny considering I wheeled The Milennium Mile at 1781 yards and 1779 yards, using tangents, I know for a fact it is a mile. What did you wheel it at? Or are you just a blowhard troll?

Millenniium is not certified.

KMB wrote:

BS Detector wrote:

That's funny considering I wheeled The Milennium Mile at 1781 yards and 1779 yards, using tangents, I know for a fact it is a mile.

This would actually make it about 20 yards long, or three seconds or so for the fastest guys.

The Millennium Mile was in fact uncertified for the first couple of years it existed, but Mort took care of that maybe 10 years ago. And face it, not many New Hampshire road races manage to draw top American track talent like Culley and Blood, so at least these gimmicky affairs feature some marquee names.

Checked it out wrote:

You're right. I know that the finish line was moved further down Mammoth Road from its original location, but if it's a mile there's no paperwork to prove it. The same goes for the HASLAW Mile, meaning that the claim on the front page about the 3:44 and the 4:14 being the fastest-ever miles run on U.S. soil is not legitimate (not that it was meant to be taken seriously anyway).

Although this race is not a mile, The Alta Peruvian 8k in Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake City) has, I believe, a 2100' drop. Guys that run 24-25 min. 8k are running 20-21 min.

Pretty sure Gagnon is a 1:46 guy for the 800m. That is pretty legit last I checked.