Archive for road race
some 2-part miracles…
Posted in pictures, Running, Travel with tags accident, Bahrain Grand Prix, boat race, halo device, hydrofoil, road race, roaring forties, Romain Grosjean, round the world race, Vendée Globe Challenge 2020 on December 6, 2020 by xi'anAntony ½ marathon
Posted in Running with tags Antony, Argentan half-marathon, road race, veteran (V2) on September 27, 2020 by xi'an
running the UTBM
Posted in Statistics with tags Butte Montmartre, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Fondation du Souffle, Mont Blanc, Paris, road race, ultratrail, Ultratrail du Mont Blanc, Urban Trail de la Butte Montmartre, UTMB on July 16, 2020 by xi'an
course PSL 2020
Posted in Running, University life with tags bois de Boulogne, coronavirus epidemics, course PSL, Paris Sciences et Lettres, road race, Université Paris Dauphine on March 14, 2020 by xi'an
my first parkrun [19:56,3/87,78.8%]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Running, Travel with tags 5K, age grade, Depot Park, Florida, Gainesville, parkrun, road race, University of Florida, USA, weekend runners on January 19, 2020 by xi'an
This morning, I had my first parkrun race in Gainesville, before heading back to Paris. (Thanks to Florence Forbes who pointed out this initiative to me.) Which reminded me of the race I ran in Helsinki a few years ago. Without the “self-transcendance” topping…! While the route was very urban, it was a fun opportunity to run a race with a few other runners. My time of 19.56 is not my best by far but, excuses, excuses, I was not feeling too well and the temperature was quite high (21⁰) and I finished in the first three runners, just seconds behind two young fellows who looked like they were still in high school. (I am now holding the record of that race for my age group as well!) Anyway, this is a great way to join races when travelling and not worry about registration, certificates, &tc.
Parkrun also provides an age-grade adjusted ranking (78.8%), which is interesting but statistically puzzling as this is the ratio of one’s time over the fastest time (ever?) in the age x gender category. Given that fastest times are extreme, this depends on one individual and hence has a high variability. Especially in higher (meaning older!) veteran categories. A quantile in the empirical distribution would sound better. I came across this somewhat statistical analysis of the grade,
