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So, Jeff, where can I find the World Record holder for Female age 65-69?
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(BTW, the WAVA calculator also gives the "age standard" that it uses to calculate the percentage.)
Some of those guys just keep setting records everytime they get another 5 years older!
Ed Whitlock from Canada has the current records for 3K (75+ and 80+), 5K (75+ and 80+), 10K (70+, 75+ and 80+) and marathon (70+, 75+ and 80+). The only reason it looks like he doesn't have the mile record at 75+ and 80+ is because he ran a 1,500m instead of the mile at 80+.
At 80+ he could still smoke me at all of those distances!
Age: 50 Weight: 224 Height: 6'3" (Goal weight 195)
Current PR's: Mara 3:14:36* (2017); HM 1:36:13 (2017); 10K 43:59 (2014); 5K 21:12 (2016)
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Some of those guys just keep setting records everytime they get another 5 years older! Ed Whitlock from Canada has the current records for 3K (75+ and 80+), 5K (75+ and 80+), 10K (70+, 75+ and 80+) and marathon (70+, 75+ and 80+). The only reason it looks like he doesn't have the mile record at 75+ and 80+ is because he ran a 1,500m instead of the mile at 80+. At 80+ he could still smoke me at all of those distances!
I suppose I should be thrilled to know that on a good day I won't be beat by anyone in the world over the age of 75, in a 5K race...
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No more marathons
1st - since I ran in HS and at a small college, I use it to get my equivalent time from those early days. It gives me an idea how my fitness compares. I figure if my age equivalent is close to what I use to be able to run, my training is going well. (I'm not there yet)
This ^.
I ran for about 5 years in the 80's. While I can't come close to those times now, I can look at the age graded %s and use that as a goal target for any and all race distances. Let's me know how far I still need to go. One thing I find interesting is that my recent marathon, which got me a BQ by 7 1/2 minutes, would have missed the required time in the 80's by over 13 minutes. The qualifying times have gotten much easier (thank goodness).
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
It's not a percentile in terms of the numbers of people able to achieve a performance. Obviously, fewer than 11% of runners are running sub15 5ks at 40 years old. The percentage simply takes your time in seconds as a percentage of an age-calibrated world record. It's only humbling or demoralizing if you misunderstand the meaning of the percentage.
I appreciate that explanation, I was indeed misunderstanding those percentile meanings. Thanks :-) Makes easy sense now, such as a 22:00 5K time would be in approx the 55% range of a world record time, which would be 12:something for a 5K. I learn something every day on these RA forums.
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