Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Record Problem

I see in the NY Times that Paula Radcliffe had her world record, er, changed. Apparently the new rules discount races in which women start with men and thus garner pacing benefits (it doesn't say drafting, but that makes sense, too). Actually, I'm not quite clear whether it's any mixed race, or only races where male pacers are deliberately lined up for the elite women.

Just want to say that if anybody on this blog sets a record while being paced by or drafting on a biologically faster runner, as far as I'm concerned it still counts.

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