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... Steamtown drops 900 feet so is beyond aided. ...
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A course that drops 900 feet is very aided to the point of being silly.
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The course record is 3:16:39 for the men (set by my hero, Matt Carpenter) and 4:15:18 for the women.
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Many times these types of courses are not elligible for world or national records. Boston is actually considered an aided course, due to its point-to-point nature, though it is not a fast course.
Do they publish which courses are *not* eligible? If a course is USTAF certified - is it eligible? How about a BQ course - if its officially a BQ course, is eligible for records? Just trying to figure out where I'd draw the line for counting PRs. I figure if its certified or a BQ course, I'd count it, no matter how "aided" it might be. If not, I'd like to know.
A race can be certified and aided. Boston accepts just about any certified marathon. I'd count Steamtown as a PR if I were to ever run it and PR, odds are it would not be a national record or world record So many things have to go right to run a fast marathon, no matter where it is...
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Many times these types of courses are not elligible for world or national records.
Hmm. Okay - got a list of courses that should *not* be counted? I guess if Boston counts it, its good enough for me. Or should be. But I'd like my PRs to be legit. Call me anal. Then again, I'm not sure a really downhill course would be all that much faster. It might kill your quads and slow you down at the end. I dunno.
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