By the Numbers: Races For All Ages
As we get older we get better?

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  • Figures
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    Fig 1. The Profile of the Brooklyn Half Marathon
    The number of runners finishing each minute as a function of time. Each band is a different age and gender group.

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    Fig 2. (top) Average time for everyone in an age group as a function of age.
    (bottom) Average Age Grade score in an age group as a function of age.
    Where as runners do get slower as they age, there AG scores actually get better over time.

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    Fig 3. World Records by age and gender for the Half Marathon.
    The curves are the standards used for Age Graded scoring.

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    Fig 4. Distribution of Age Graded scores broken down by age and gender. The Brooklyn Half Marathon

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    Fig 5. Distribution of Age Graded scores for the Beach To Beacon 10k.

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    Fig 6. Distribution of Age Graded scores for the New Bedford Half Marathon.

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    Fig 7. Percentage of runners (Brooklyn Half) who are memebers of a running club.

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  • Extra Figures
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    • An Ras Mor 5K - 2016
    • B.A.A. Half Marathon - 2015
    • Beach To Beacon - 10k - 2016
    • Boston Remembers - Half Marathon - 2016
    • Brooklyn - Half Marathon - 2013
    • New Bedford - Half Marathon - 2016
    • Vermont City - Marathon - 2015