Originally Posted by
StanSeven
This is good and is much more informative than looking at run times. Running times are a joke now with so many participants walking or jogging while saying they are competing or racing. This table has run times in the triathlon not much slower than the NYC marathon
RUNNING in my mind requires having a stride during which both feet are off the ground at some point,
AND the pace is in the 8 minutes per mile or less range. 9 minutes to 12 minutes with both feet at some time off the ground would be jogging. Having one foot always in contact with the ground is walking.
My 2:11:10 half marathon at 62 and 4:56:28 marathon at 61 were done
WALKING and believe me, they
CAN in my opinion be considered competing or racing. I must have 2 Cho-Pat Dual Knee Straps on during training and racing other wise my knees will buckle and I wind up on the ground.
Don't believe a 10mpm pace is hard to maintain when walking???? TRY DOING IT. A cadence of 200 with a heart rate of 155bpm. Fastest walking mile 8:36. Almost died.
Being out for 13:31:48 in last year's Ironman Florida at age 63, took a lot more endurance than those who finished in 9 hours. It is us SLOW people who are the endurance racers simply because we are not gifted with the abilities allowing us to really "RACE" fast.