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.
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
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
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
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
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My lists are becoming out of date, with many updates still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