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Running => Running => Topic started by: Handsome Jack on November 18, 2016, 10:25:34 AM

Title: marathon finish time calculator
Post by: Handsome Jack on November 18, 2016, 10:25:34 AM

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/marathon-calculator/ (http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/marathon-calculator/)

Title: Re: marathon finish time calculator
Post by: Ice Cream on November 21, 2016, 08:36:07 AM

Interesting link, but based on my most recent 10K and HM, I would be running 20 minutes faster than based on my most recent 5K.

Title: Re: marathon finish time calculator
Post by: Handsome Jack on November 21, 2016, 01:56:49 PM

I always take these things with a grain of salt and add 10 mins.

It's been 3 years since I've finished a full. It'll be interesting to see how much better, if any, this prediction is. I'll go crazy and target 5 mins faster than what the calculator tells me.

Title: Re: marathon finish time calculator
Post by: Ice Cream on November 21, 2016, 05:48:23 PM

They tend to be accurate.  I actually believe that their predicted time based on the 10k and HM is right.  It would be a BQ, even though I have no intention to ever run Boston again.

Title: Re: marathon finish time calculator
Post by: ctjim on November 22, 2016, 11:55:57 AM

Is this thing as accurate as their election predictions ?