I also had a question about the sixth mile and exchanged email with Henry
Campbell on the subject. Here is his comment:
"Hi Mo:

I see where a few others had questions about the last mile. Here is what my
GPS indicated. From mile marker #5 to mile marker #6 the distance I got was
1.11 miles. From mile marker #6 to the finish I got 0.185 miles. The end
results was that instead of being 1.214 miles from mile marker #5 it was
1.295 miles. That would make about 48 more seconds longer at my 10 minutes
per mile pace.

See I just had 48 more seconds of fun then I had planned for.. Thank you
race course measurer !!"

If the GPS data is accurate, I figure that there was an extra 427.68 Feet.




At 07:19 PM 2/19/2005, you wrote:

>My 6th mile took 40-45 sec longer than my average splits for first 5 miles
>without a significant change in my effort or speed (or so it seemed). Two
>people who measured the course via GPS units found it to be 6.34
>miles....not sure how that may figure in to the mile 6 problem???
>
>Wolfgang
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>----- Original Message -----
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> > It seemed to me that the 5th mile was about as short as the 6th mile was
> > long!!
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> > don hawkinson
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> > > Did anyone notice that the 6th mile at today's Tiger Dash 10K seemed
> > > very long? I ran consistent 7:10 miles for the 3rd, 4th and 5th
> > > miles, and then went to 8:00 on the sixth mile without a perceptible
> > > change in speed or effort. Just wondering if anyone else noted the
> > > same, if so they might want to re-calibrate the distance or the mile
> > > markers before next year.
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