t-and-f: New Track Calculator is Up

2002-10-26 Thread Patrick Hoffman
I even fixed the formatting a bit. here is the link http://www.cs.uml.edu/~phoffman/ex1old.html Patrick E. Hoffman, Sc.D Anvil Informatics http://www.cs.uml.edu/~phoffmanAnalysis and Visualization of Information X-Country, Running Analysis600 Suffolk St.

t-and-f: 1600 to mile conversion...GH wrong ??

2001-06-20 Thread Patrick Hoffman
h either the Big Green Book ? has totally changed the conversions or GH has misquoted. in my big Red Book ( a few years old) tf used 1.08 for 1500m to 1 mile and 1.0058 for 1600 to 1 mile so what is 1.0737 1609.3/1600 = 1.0058125 hence the 1.0058 assumes NO slow down

t-and-f: Top HS milers-is there a Trend Yet?

2001-06-11 Thread Patrick Hoffman
From the full page at http://www.cs.uml.edu/~phoffman/nats/milers1.htm 1 3:53.43 Alan Webb South Lakes Reston VA '01 2 3:55.3 Jim Ryun East Wichita KS '65 3 3:59.4 Tim Danielson Chula VistaCA '66

t-and-f: mile improvement since high school

2001-06-08 Thread Patrick Hoffman
Below is my full list of mile improvements since high school. After studying it a bit, the fact that somebody has improved 30 seconds (and broken 4 minutes) usually means that they weren't training enough for the mile, or that they were running the wrong event. It is more interesting to look at

t-and-f: Predict Webb's future

2001-05-28 Thread Patrick Hoffman
I'm so excited about the kid that I went back to my lists of high school improvements to see what he might improve to in the next 15 years. Here is a sample of runners to give you an idea. Highschool bestimprovement Steve Scott 4:10+ 3:47

t-and-f: Travis Landreth - Dedication

2001-05-26 Thread Patrick Hoffman
I haven't said much on these lists for a long time. My lists are becoming out of date, with many updates still pending. This is what happens when you finish up your degree and work in a start up company. But finally, I have made a major update to my web pages. This is an important one, so