I could do that, yeah. I am not so sure which races I am going to run next year yet; there is one that I will definately run come hell or high water, but the rest I won’t decide on until I figure out at least the first marathon of the season. I am also not sure how good my powers of prediction will be if I am too far ahead of the game. I usually know when I reach the start line what I am capable of on any given day, but it could be fun to try and predict.
[…] The McMillan Running Calculator: A surprisingly accurate way to assess how well you could run a race of one distance based upon the time you ran at a different distance. Bear in mind that this calculator assumes you train for the other race first, it merely lets you know what you are probably capable of. (my review) […]
[…] The McMillan Running Calculator: A surprisingly accurate way to assess how well you could run a race of one distance based upon the time you ran at a different distance. Bear in mind that this calculator assumes you train for the other race first, it merely lets you know what you are probably capable of. (my review) […]
December 15th, 2005 at 8:54 am
Sounds great. Once you decide on your races for next year, are you game enough to post predicted + actual times for an upcoming race?
December 15th, 2005 at 9:06 am
I could do that, yeah. I am not so sure which races I am going to run next year yet; there is one that I will definately run come hell or high water, but the rest I won’t decide on until I figure out at least the first marathon of the season. I am also not sure how good my powers of prediction will be if I am too far ahead of the game. I usually know when I reach the start line what I am capable of on any given day, but it could be fun to try and predict.
December 17th, 2005 at 6:25 am
interesting…may have to try this out.
January 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
[…] The McMillan Running Calculator: A surprisingly accurate way to assess how well you could run a race of one distance based upon the time you ran at a different distance. Bear in mind that this calculator assumes you train for the other race first, it merely lets you know what you are probably capable of. (my review) […]
January 17th, 2008 at 1:00 am
[…] The McMillan Running Calculator: A surprisingly accurate way to assess how well you could run a race of one distance based upon the time you ran at a different distance. Bear in mind that this calculator assumes you train for the other race first, it merely lets you know what you are probably capable of. (my review) […]