Call me sad , but as no post from our resident hack , Mr Downes( probably preening himself following race photo in July RW magazine ), I considered the various comments from WRC runners with regard the times run last night at the Dunham Massey 5k .
Fact , 17 WRC runners ran both Christleton and Dunham and all 17 were slower .
Numerous considerations , effects of Chester half , mid week fell race , a couple of sharp bends on the course, final 1k of slight incline, heat , part off road terrain , too much beer at club Thursday etc .
The average drop off from Christleton for the 17 that ran both was 2.95% . For those who ran 15 or 16 minutes at Christleton the drop off was 1.93% . Those running 17 or 18 minutes at Christleton the drop off was 3.62% . Those running 19 or 20 minutes at Christleton the drop off was 3.44% and those running 21 or 22 minutes at Christleton the drop off was 3.58% .
The least drop off was Tom Mcgaff ( 0.25% ) .
Using the mean drop off for your groupings as above , ten runners would have better related times when compared to Christleton and seven ( myself included ) poorer related times .
Full results with second row showing adjusted times and final column the Christleton time .
4. Damian Nicholls 15.44/15.26/15.27
7. Mike Halman 16.01/15.44/15.42
12.Tom McGaff 1st V50 16.33/16.19/16.28
17.Rob Downes 1st V40 16.56/16.36/16.29
22.Jim Pendrill 17.10
27.Nick Bishop 2nd V45 17.20/17.09/16.52
42.Ray Noble 18.22
43.Mick Fairs 1st V55 18.24/17.44/17.50
49.Peter Carne 9th V40 18.41/18.00/18.20
51.Ian Smallwood 10V40 18.48/18.07/18.15
57.Richard Paris 18.55
62.Tony Hulme 3rd V55 19.07/18.25/18.43
69.Mike Cooper 13V40 19.36/18.53/18.40
72.Kate Ayres1st L45 19.40/19.00/19.05
73.Jane Clarke 1stL35 19.40/18.57/18.55
77.Steve Russell 8thV45 19.46
78.Sally Gilliver 1st L40 19.46
100.Ian Ashcroft 5V55 20.05/20.21/20.38
112.Nicky Mowatt 2ndL45 21.45
113.Paul Ayres 14V45 20.51/21.06/20.48
131.Roy Pownall 9v55 22.39/21.50/21.48
132.Sally Maddock 22.45/21.55/21.46
140.Julie Lucas 4L40 23.25/22.35/22.52
146.Penny Hinke 5L40 23.49
159.Angela Lee 25.06
202 finishers.
Another excellent turn out and a pleasant evening run in good surrounds . Well done !
Nick
Yes, I can see that I’ll have to brush up on the statistics for the next report.
I talked to Dave Gee after the Sale 5 who offered a further perspective on Tom’s excellent run. Dave reckoned that he had run about 17:00 to win V50 in 2004. Despite improving his time this year he’d been left 30s behind by Tom, the youngster.
Rob