Crunching Numbers from the 30K: Part 1
There were 805 finishers at today's Methodist Sugar Land Hospital 30K - the last race in the Marathon Warm-Up Series.
I just got done looking at the complete lap splits which were posted for 792 of those finishers. There were four laps (or loops) -- the first and last ones were 5.1 miles each while the middle two were 4.2 miles each.
I've always been curious as to whether runners improve their pace on each loop or if they've gone out hard and faded slowly as the race went on.
65 runners - 8.2% - improved their minute per mile pace with each loop
122 runners - 15.4% - had their minute per mile pace get slower with each loop
The 10 fastest finishers who improved their pace each lap?
5. Larry Millard, 1:48:57.6
29. Simon Brabo, 2:05:18.2
31. Raul Valdez, 2:05:23.1
36. Jose Reyes, 2:07:43.2
49. John Hill, 2:10:40.6
55. Robert Hahn, 2:12:43.2
57. Amy Rounkle, 2:12:54.6
65. Scott Wonderly, 2:14:13.8
66. Eric Stotzer, 2:14:15.5
67. Scott Bounds, 2:14:22.7
How impressive were the victories of Brett Riley and Heidy Lozano of almost four (4) and seven (7) minutes, respectively, over Vidor's Michael Defee and Galveston's Autumn Ray? Both runners had the fastest lap in each and every lap!
259 runners - 32.7% - had a negative split on the back half of the course.
The best negative splits on the day?
19:38 -- Craig Bluerock, 359th overall, 2:55:01.0
15:06 -- Jennifer Wilson, 766th overall, 4:02:06.5
13:56 -- Alicia Balderas, 729th overall, 3:45:47.5
12:47 -- Jon Shaffer, 439th overall, 3:02:14.9
12:02 -- Scott Neal, 379th overall, 2:57:02.7
11:35 -- Delia Akers, 641st overall, 3:25:25.0
11:18 -- Jerry Fugate, 496th overall, 3:09:28.0
10:39 -- Rebekah White, 240th overall, 2:40:22.7
10:39 -- Scott Wonderly, 65th overall, 2:14:13.8
10:38 -- Mike Crowley, 66th overall, 2:14:14.4
10:37 -- Eric Stotzer, 67th overall, 2 :14:15.5
10:31 -- Scott Bounds, 68th overall, 2:14:22.7
Three (3) runners did both the Pearland Jingle Jog 30K last Saturday and the Sugarland Methodist Hospital 30K today. They are as follows:
Jennie Minken, 28, Houston -- 2:28:01 last week, 2:23:10 today
Brian Gomez, 31, Houston -- 2:25:13 last week, 2:39:59 today
Laura Rachita, 36, Friendswood -- 2:49:01 last week, 2:47:46 today
I just got done looking at the complete lap splits which were posted for 792 of those finishers. There were four laps (or loops) -- the first and last ones were 5.1 miles each while the middle two were 4.2 miles each.
I've always been curious as to whether runners improve their pace on each loop or if they've gone out hard and faded slowly as the race went on.
65 runners - 8.2% - improved their minute per mile pace with each loop
122 runners - 15.4% - had their minute per mile pace get slower with each loop
The 10 fastest finishers who improved their pace each lap?
5. Larry Millard, 1:48:57.6
29. Simon Brabo, 2:05:18.2
31. Raul Valdez, 2:05:23.1
36. Jose Reyes, 2:07:43.2
49. John Hill, 2:10:40.6
55. Robert Hahn, 2:12:43.2
57. Amy Rounkle, 2:12:54.6
65. Scott Wonderly, 2:14:13.8
66. Eric Stotzer, 2:14:15.5
67. Scott Bounds, 2:14:22.7
How impressive were the victories of Brett Riley and Heidy Lozano of almost four (4) and seven (7) minutes, respectively, over Vidor's Michael Defee and Galveston's Autumn Ray? Both runners had the fastest lap in each and every lap!
259 runners - 32.7% - had a negative split on the back half of the course.
The best negative splits on the day?
19:38 -- Craig Bluerock, 359th overall, 2:55:01.0
15:06 -- Jennifer Wilson, 766th overall, 4:02:06.5
13:56 -- Alicia Balderas, 729th overall, 3:45:47.5
12:47 -- Jon Shaffer, 439th overall, 3:02:14.9
12:02 -- Scott Neal, 379th overall, 2:57:02.7
11:35 -- Delia Akers, 641st overall, 3:25:25.0
11:18 -- Jerry Fugate, 496th overall, 3:09:28.0
10:39 -- Rebekah White, 240th overall, 2:40:22.7
10:39 -- Scott Wonderly, 65th overall, 2:14:13.8
10:38 -- Mike Crowley, 66th overall, 2:14:14.4
10:37 -- Eric Stotzer, 67th overall, 2 :14:15.5
10:31 -- Scott Bounds, 68th overall, 2:14:22.7
Three (3) runners did both the Pearland Jingle Jog 30K last Saturday and the Sugarland Methodist Hospital 30K today. They are as follows:
Jennie Minken, 28, Houston -- 2:28:01 last week, 2:23:10 today
Brian Gomez, 31, Houston -- 2:25:13 last week, 2:39:59 today
Laura Rachita, 36, Friendswood -- 2:49:01 last week, 2:47:46 today
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