How fast was the Furman XC invitational?

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11 years ago 09/16/2013 11:24am EDT

I was looking at results from the weekend and noticed how skewed these were. Anyone want to take a guess at how fast/short the course was? Obviously there are a lot of very talented and accomplished runners in the top 25 (many very, very good in track), but the stats just don't add up.

Place Time Things of Note

1. 23:46-----24:15 (3rd @ Big South conference champs)

2. 23:53-----N/A (Freshman-14:34 track 5k in high school)

3. 23:59-----25:17 (8th @ conference champs)

4. 24:04----N/A (Freshman-15:19 5k in high school)

5. 24:07----25:46 (72nd @ conference champs)

6. 24:08----24:02

7. 24:10----24:51(11th @ conference champs)

8. 24:10----25:32 (73rd @ Pre-nats black)

9. 24:14----24:53 (154th @ Pre-nats red)

10. 24:15---N/A (Freshman-15:07 5k, 9:02 3200 in high school)

11. 24:16---24:45 ( 26:16 for 7th at University of Georgia Invitational two weeks earlier. Understandably could've been running it as a workout)

12. 24:16----N/A (Freshman-15:07 5k, 8:51 3200 in high school)

13. 24:20----25:09 (66th @ conference champs)

14. 24:29----24:34 (on another lightning fast/short course. 8:55 steeple, 14:31, 3:47 1500)

15. 24:30----26:51 (14:50 5k PR)

16. 24:31----N/A (14:44 track 5k in high school)

17. 24:31----25:23 (56th @ ACC's, 26:01 for 3rd 2 weeks ago at Georgia Invite. Workout hypothesis again.)

18. 24:33----25:00 (41st @ ACC's)

19. 24:35----25:40 (16th @ Big South, 14:34 5k track pr)

20. 24:36----24:49 (32nd@ ACC's)

21. 24:44---26:24 (9:12 for 3200 in high school)

22. 24:45---25:19 ( 26:45 for 11th at University of Georgia

Invitational two weeks ago. Another workout.)23. 24:46---N/A (26:37 for 10th at University of Georgia Invitational two weeks ago. Workout.)

24. 24:48---26:12 (26:52 for 15th at University of Georgia Invitational two weeks ago. Workout.)

25. 24:51---25:57 (15:19 5k track PR)

11 years ago 09/16/2013 11:47am EDT

re: Crate

Also the "Things of Note" section is not to belittle any athlete or be disdainful. There are many athletes in this list that are absolutely phenomenal at what they do. All of this data is simply supplied to make a judgement on the accuracy of the course, nothing more.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 1:57pm EDT

re: Crate

Someone from Furman should measure it out for us.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 2:05pm EDT

re: Crate

Looks like a fast course. Nothing really makes it look like it was short.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 2:59pm EDT

re: owk

I was there. It was a 2k loop on a golf course, pretty flat, and 65 degrees believe it or not. Furman guys took it out fast. I would say it is pretty accurate, MAYBE 10 or 15 seconds short.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 3:21pm EDT

re: commonSensei

I was there too, I was 25th. Very fast course but didn't have a wheel to measure it out. Perfect conditions for a race

11 years ago 09/16/2013 3:26pm EDT

re: Crate

Wow Crate.... Do you have a job? Seems like you have spent a little too much time researching for your "things of note" stats. Clear fact is if it was fast/short it's not going to change the results much if at all. So add 10 seconds or whatever makes you feel better- those times are still decent at the top.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 5:25pm EDT

re: Getalife

I had some spare time. It probably took 20 minutes to compile that section off of Milesplit. The fact is it was a big meet in which the top 25 guys Pr'ed (for those who had a previous 8k time) by an average of 1:02. That's a bit ridiculous for this early. It's just conjecture, I wasn't there. I'm assuming that you (Getalife) have some association to the race or you wouldn't have clicked on the link. Sorry if I offended you. All in all time is irrelevant in XC anyway. I'm not sure why it peaked my interest.

11 years ago 09/16/2013 5:54pm EDT

re: Crate

Actual 2k loop is exactly 2k, we run our repeats on it and the coaches wheel it off every week. Where the course may be a little short is the start straightaway. I would guess the distance is not far off at all though ( less than 100m) but its just fast.

11 years ago 11/08/2013 1:50pm EST

re: Imfromfurman

The course was short on the start. I don't think the course would have been deemed fast if it was normal length. I am almost certain it was about 100m short. Everyone on our team ran the first "2k" significantly faster than the others.

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