Racing among the Ages: A Crowdsourcing Approach to Age-Grading the 5K

by David P. Dyer

Age-grading metrics are used to compare performances of athletes of differing ages. With data from almost 1300 U.S. based 5K races, Racing among the Ages examines two methods for age-grading athletic performance. Current standards for age-grading, based on world records, fail miserably when applied to the performances of over one million real world race participants representing a wide range of athletic abilities. Here I propose and then develop in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519350422
• ISBN13: 9781519350428
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"