Comments on: The McMillan Running Calculator http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html Marathoning Made Simple Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:21:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-42478 Blaine Moore Mon, 18 May 2009 17:17:00 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-42478 I personally can't think of any world class 100m runners that immediately convert their training to marathon training - I don't think that that is an accurate test since running 100m in 10 seconds is pretty difficult. That said, I've never used it w/a 100m time. I've tested it w/1 mile times and 5k times (or longer races to look at those shorter distances) and have found it to be pretty close to the mark for the average (or slightly above average) runner. Having never been or coached a world class athlete, it never occurred to me to test those sorts of numbers. I personally can’t think of any world class 100m runners that immediately convert their training to marathon training – I don’t think that that is an accurate test since running 100m in 10 seconds is pretty difficult.

That said, I’ve never used it w/a 100m time. I’ve tested it w/1 mile times and 5k times (or longer races to look at those shorter distances) and have found it to be pretty close to the mark for the average (or slightly above average) runner.

Having never been or coached a world class athlete, it never occurred to me to test those sorts of numbers.

]]> By: Andreas http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-42477 Andreas Mon, 18 May 2009 17:09:49 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-42477 I put just to test this calculator out, a time of 10 seconds on 100 m (just a test value to see if this calculator is any good). With a time of 10 seconds I could maybe have reached the semifinal in the Olympics. Well, when I put this time in the calculator, I found that I also would have been able to run a marathon on 1 hour 54 minutes and 37 seconds. The present world record is 2h03:59 set by Haile Gebrselassie in the Berlin Marathon in 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon#World_records_and_world.27s_best - So with this in mind I'm not very impressed by this calculator I put just to test this calculator out, a time of 10 seconds on 100 m (just a test value to see if this calculator is any good). With a time of 10 seconds I could maybe have reached the semifinal in the Olympics. Well, when I put this time in the calculator, I found that I also would have been able to run a marathon on 1 hour 54 minutes and 37 seconds. The present world record is 2h03:59 set by Haile Gebrselassie in the Berlin Marathon in 2008: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon#World_records_and_world.27s_best – So with this in mind I’m not very impressed by this calculator

]]> By: Marathoning Conference Call #1 : Marathoning.org http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-40359 Marathoning Conference Call #1 : Marathoning.org Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:41 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-40359 [...] 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) [...]

]]> By: Listen to the Replay of the Marathon Questions Call @ Run to Win http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-40182 Listen to the Replay of the Marathon Questions Call @ Run to Win Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:51:07 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-40182 [...] 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) [...]

]]> By: pfadvice http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-172 pfadvice Sat, 17 Dec 2005 11:25:54 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-172 interesting...may have to try this out. interesting…may have to try this out.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-161 Blaine Moore Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:06:53 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-161 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. 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.

]]> By: Scott http://news.runtowin.com/2005/12/15/the-mcmillan-running-calculator.html/comment-page-1#comment-160 Scott Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:54:40 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/?p=293#comment-160 Sounds great. Once you decide on your races for next year, are you game enough to post predicted + actual times for an upcoming race? Sounds great. Once you decide on your races for next year, are you game enough to post predicted + actual times for an upcoming race?

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