From: berkery@emmax5crd.ge.com (jack berkery)
Newsgroups: rec.running,misc.fitness
Subject: Re: 1/4 miles in 46 seconds - what's a decent pace for fat people?
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:16:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: crd.1992Aug19.201657.29215
Reply-To: berkery@emmax5crd.ge.com (jack berkery)
Organization: GE Research Center



Equivalent times for runners of different weights. Based on results from
races which have included "Clydesdale" weight divisions in their competition.
Source: Clydesdale Runners Association. These are from all age groups. In
time they may get enough data to break it down by age group as well. 

This is old, old, old, like 1988 data when the C.R.A. was a very new club
and I'm sure they must have built a much better data base since then. Does
anyone on the net belong to this Assn. who could possibly fax me some more
recent charts?

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MEN 10k
 percentile  <150 lbs  150-164  165-179  180-194  195-209  210+ lbs
    99.5       29:26    30:46    33:17    36:53      -        -
    99.0       29:49    31:31    34:33    38:33    39:22      - 
    95.0       32:28    35:47    38:59    41:40    43:00    45:46
    90.0       34:17    37:53    40:46    43:25    45:00    47:40
    80.0       37:26    40:36    43:05    45:38    46:49    50:01
    75.0       38:29    41:42    44:03    46:27    47:35    51:09

no. of runners  1018     1319     1216      783      288      115
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MEN Marathon
 percentile  <150 lbs  150-164  165-179  180-194  195-209  210+ lbs
    99.5       2:28     2:36     2:47     2:54       -        -
    99.0       2:33     2:40     2:51     2:59     3:09       - 
    95.0       2:49     2:55     3:05     3:15     3:28     3:38 
    90.0       2:57     3:03     3:15     3:26     3:40     3:51 
    80.0       3:10     3:17     3:28     3:39     3:54     4:06 
    75.0       3:17     3:22     3:33     3:47     3:58     4:10 

no. of runners 4011     4160     3240     1813      485      177
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WOMEN 10k
 percentile  <115 lbs  115-129  130-144  145+ lbs
    99.5         -        -        -        -  
    99.0       34:47    37:19    38:30      -  
    95.0       39:32    42:50    45:41    47:29
    90.0       43:01    46:07    48:09    51:00
    80.0       46:32    48:57    50:26    55:43
    75.0       47:45    50:10    51:16    55:37

no. of runners   385      614      317       87
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WOMEN Marathon
 percentile  <115 lbs  115-129  130-144  145+ lbs
    99.5       2:49     2:52     3:08       -
    99.0       2:52     2:57     3:18       -
    95.0       3:12     3:21     3:36     3:47
    90.0       3:26     3:33     3:44     3:56
    80.0       3:45     3:48     3:58     4:22
    75.0       3:53     3:54     4:04     4:27

no. of runners  826     1041      511      158

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The Clydesdale Runners Association, a non-profit organization, has been a
major force behind recent growth in adding weight divisions to road races.
For more information on how to join write: Clydesdale Runners,
1809 Gold Mine Rd, Brookville Md 20833 , tele (310) 774-2493.

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Jack Berkery, Computer Scientist, GE Research, Schenectady NY
(berkery@crd.ge.com) "The Common Sense Coach"