RunningAHEAD - Topic: Geek out

Lifesabeach

posted: 2/12/2009 at 10:44 PM

I got this spreadsheet last year from the Boston forum at RW. It's a lot (too much) of fun if you like to geek out on data. Someone had some major time on their hands when they created this. Tongue

http://www.box.net/shared/75o3rqgty9 and now that I've linked it, I can't seem to get it to work on my new computer. DRAT!

Jennifer mm#1231

workn2bfaster

posted: 2/13/2009 at 10:22 AM

Thanks for posting. Wow. I what do you think the creator's day to day running log looks like? Every bit of information helps! It gave me some insight as to how the corrals work. Thanks,

Goals: Marathon: break 3:40 Half marathon: break 1:42 10K: break 45:00 8 K: break 37:30

Lifesabeach

posted: 2/13/2009 at 10:26 AM

Quote from workn2bfaster on 2/13/2009 at 10:22 AM:

Thanks for posting. Wow. I what do you think the creator's day to day running log looks like? Every bit of information helps! It gave me some insight as to how the corrals work. Thanks,

haha! I met him last year at the Boston FE. He's a geek, but a very serious runner! Big grin

Jennifer mm#1231

Fetherolf

posted: 3/11/2009 at 9:22 PM

I read this awhile ago but I'm just now getting around to saying thanks. I love it

Lifesabeach

posted: 3/11/2009 at 9:37 PM

oh cool, I'm glad y'all like it! I finally got it to work on our other computer, I guess we needed to install Excel. Now I'm in geek heaven! the guy who created this is a 40 something sub 3hr marathoner.

Jennifer mm#1231

workn2bfaster

posted: 4/16/2009 at 12:13 AM

Lifesabeach: Thanks again! I found it interesting but abstract when I read it several weeks ago. Now I'm finding it facinating.

Goals: Marathon: break 3:40 Half marathon: break 1:42 10K: break 45:00 8 K: break 37:30

BadDawg

posted: 4/16/2009 at 9:32 AM

Quote from workn2bfaster on 4/16/2009 at 12:13 AM:

I found it interesting but abstract when I read it several weeks ago. Now I'm finding it facinating.

Geek.

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
Cry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.

workn2bfaster

posted: 4/16/2009 at 10:28 AM

Yeah, but and exicted Geek. I"M RUNNING BOSTON IN 4 MORE SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goals: Marathon: break 3:40 Half marathon: break 1:42 10K: break 45:00 8 K: break 37:30

evanflein

posted: 4/16/2009 at 11:02 AM

I used this last year for my first Boston and it was great. Really helped.

missy1102

posted: 4/16/2009 at 11:28 AM

Quote from workn2bfaster on 4/16/2009 at 10:28 AM:

I"M RUNNING BOSTON IN 4 MORE SLEEPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey, me tooo!!!!!!!! Big grin

BadDawg

posted: 4/16/2009 at 11:31 AM

Quote from workn2bfaster on 4/16/2009 at 10:28 AM:

Yeah, but and exicted Geek.

Hard not to be. I bet the Python (or Pythons) that came up with the running scene from the Holy Grail was a marathoner. It just doesn't seem to get any closer, then WHAM it's here.

E.J.
Greater Lowell Road Runners
Cry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!

May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.

btb1490

posted: 4/16/2009 at 11:38 AM

Quote from BadDawg on 4/16/2009 at 11:31 AM:

Hard not to be. I bet the Python (or Pythons) that came up with the running scene from the Holy Grail was a marathoner. It just doesn't seem to get any closer, then WHAM it's here.

Very appropriate, BadDawg. I could do without the bloodshed on race day however, but you never know how it's gonna go.

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btb1490

posted: 4/16/2009 at 11:39 AM

Quote from evanflein on 4/16/2009 at 11:02 AM:

I used this last year for my first Boston and it was great. Really helped.

It must work, because you had a great race last year. I have mine all printed out, weather proofed, packed and ready to go for this year.

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OnceADCV

posted: 4/16/2009 at 1:14 PM

I've got to do that before I leave work by tomorrow... Which of the three do you guys use, I'm using the "too much information" split bracelet I think...

btb1490

posted: 4/16/2009 at 1:21 PM

Quote from OnceADCV on 4/16/2009 at 1:14 PM:

I've got to do that before I leave work by tomorrow... Which of the three do you guys use, I'm using the "too much information" split bracelet I think...

In the middle of a marathon, there is just too much information on the TMI version to easily spot and make sense of. I prefer the one that only has 5k splits for its simplicity. On courses that are relatively flat or consistent, that's the type of pace band I use. But for Boston, with its hills, your mile by mile pace will vary quite a bit, so that's why I'm going with the one that has your cumulative time for each mile.

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Boston Marathon 2009

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