Predicting Race – Take II

Four methods of predicting your race performances at various distances were explained in a recent entry. Here I’m going to introduce a formula dating back to at least the 1970s from The Little Red Book by Bert Nelson. As well I’ll add some accepted time conversions for popular distances. It may be a bit more math [...]

Metric and English Race Distance Time Interpretation

We are forever stuck  with metric versus English measurement discrepancies. Here are some handy rules of thumb for translating times. Of course, you can go online and find any number of calculators to do many of these. However, some handy rules of thumb while you’re out at the track away from your computer can be [...]