marathon relay race -- which leg is best for each runner?

1st (Male) : 7.4K - Mason, 39, 41:30

2nd (Male) : 6.2K - Ethan, 48, 42:16

3rd (Female) : 6.6K - Emma, 36, 48:00

4th (Male) : 8.1K - Noah 25, 37:46

5th (Female) : 4.7K - Olivia, 29, 49:00

6th (Male) : 9.1K - Liam, 37, 37:32

I just slotted your fastest runners i the longest legs. You'll never make up for a slow runner on a long leg with a fast runner on a short leg. The only wild card would be if the course is tight at all. If it's a trail race for instance, you'll probably want to adjust things to avoid slowing down your faster runners who will be running from behind.

I don't think I've seen relays that mandated that a certain gender run a specific leg - interesting...

Best of luck.

Thank you, Memphian,

The race is will be in Seoul, S. Korea on a flat course of connecting bike paths. Good point about taking into consideration any tight spots on the course. I believe it's all fairly open.

This will be my 4th time doing this race. We've gone from just getting 6 people together and entering it to organizing our teams based on performance.

There isn't much variation in times for all the super fast teams entering, the wild card will be the women since their times vary quite a bit.

Has always been a great race!

Why are the women's relay legs 2 of the 3 shortest. Are Koreans worried that they may lose a uterus?

It's not always the case that the females get the shortest distances. The race directors seem to mix it up.

For example,

2014's race was:

1st leg: M 10.9K

2nd leg: F 6.4K

3rd leg: M 8.6K

4th leg: F 3.4K

5th leg: M 3.4K

Anchor leg: 9.4K

2013's was:

1. Male - 7.1 km

2. Female - 6.9 km

3. Male - 6.4 km

4. Female - 7.94 km

5. Male - 5.51 km

6. Male - 8.35 km