Some debate in the club last night was on the relative merits surrounding the speed of Bowdon and Christleton 5k courses . Our editor Mr A. suggested some analysis !!
Of the 16 that ran both , 5 were faster at Bowdon , Andy Penney ran the same time and 10 were slower at Bowdon . Of the improvers at Bowdon the average improvement was 10.6 seconds with the most significant gains coming from Ian Ashcroft ( 16 seconds ) , Tony Hulme ( 12 seconds ) but star prize goes to Tracy Alderson ( 20 seconds ).
Seven runners ran times of within 5 seconds difference( faster or slower )at either race .
The average drop off at Bowdon of the ten who were slower was 12.8 seconds .
There is no real science as other factors influence individual performance , and a couple of significant time differences from runners can skew the analysis . I guess that it does confirirm that Christleton is a touch quicker and if you work on the mean difference between faster and slower times based on the sixteen runners , it would suggest that Christleton is 5 seconds quicker based on the average time.
Club Analyst , Nick Bishop .