If you can run, you can run
Oct. 22nd, 2017 08:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwThere is an anti-homophobia in sports project with the motto "If you can play, you can play."
http://www.youcanplayproject.org/
I thought of that (with the subject line twist above) in conjunction with the Runners World race time predictor.
https://www.runnersworld.com/tools/race-time-predictor
The questions one has to answer are times for other races, and how many miles a week of training. The questions that are not asked are sex or age, even though both of them are usually collected for race data. On average, women's marathon times are proportionally closer to men's than say 5k times (at the speedy end), but I guess the point of the not asking is that if you're in good enough shape to run (whatever distance at whatever speed), you're good enough to run whatever other distance. After that, training volume seems to matter most (the more the better is too simplistic, because the more miles you run, the higher your likelihood of tripping on a pothole or something, plus repetitive stress possibilities). Kind of obvious, but also nice to know.
http://www.youcanplayproject.org/
I thought of that (with the subject line twist above) in conjunction with the Runners World race time predictor.
https://www.runnersworld.com/tools/race-time-predictor
The questions one has to answer are times for other races, and how many miles a week of training. The questions that are not asked are sex or age, even though both of them are usually collected for race data. On average, women's marathon times are proportionally closer to men's than say 5k times (at the speedy end), but I guess the point of the not asking is that if you're in good enough shape to run (whatever distance at whatever speed), you're good enough to run whatever other distance. After that, training volume seems to matter most (the more the better is too simplistic, because the more miles you run, the higher your likelihood of tripping on a pothole or something, plus repetitive stress possibilities). Kind of obvious, but also nice to know.
