I was looking at last year's finishing times in the Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon since I'm thinking of running it in December.
For my age group, (male 50-54) for a time of around 1:30:00 they had an "age group %" stat listed. For 1:30 in the male 50:54 it was 75.6%. Does that mean a guy running 1:30 in my age group should be faster than 75.6% of the other 50-54 year old guys and beat by over 24%?
Yes I know that a 1:30 1/2 marathon is not really fast but I would have thought the "age group %" would be higher than that.
Where are all these fast guys racing? Certainly not at the Las Vegas 1/2 marathon and most other races that I have ran in the past.
A 1:30 1/2 marathon would have been good for about 6th place in that race last year out of over 100 in that age group, I didn't really check to see how many.
The winning time for the male 50-54 age group was just under 1:21 and it was rated at 85.8%, I would have thought it would be a good deal higher if it means that this guy would get beat by more than 14% of all guys in the 50-54 age group in the world.
For my age group, (male 50-54) for a time of around 1:30:00 they had an "age group %" stat listed. For 1:30 in the male 50:54 it was 75.6%. Does that mean a guy running 1:30 in my age group should be faster than 75.6% of the other 50-54 year old guys and beat by over 24%?
Yes I know that a 1:30 1/2 marathon is not really fast but I would have thought the "age group %" would be higher than that.
Where are all these fast guys racing? Certainly not at the Las Vegas 1/2 marathon and most other races that I have ran in the past.
A 1:30 1/2 marathon would have been good for about 6th place in that race last year out of over 100 in that age group, I didn't really check to see how many.
The winning time for the male 50-54 age group was just under 1:21 and it was rated at 85.8%, I would have thought it would be a good deal higher if it means that this guy would get beat by more than 14% of all guys in the 50-54 age group in the world.