About 300 more finishers in VA Beach, 200 male, 100 female. Fastest male and female times about equal. Average finishing time VA Beach 4:19; Hartford 4:09. What do you make of this?
If the fastest times are about equal then I suspect the courses are pretty similar. Both are advertised as flat and fast. Most of the runners in the website pics are wearing at least gloves so I suspect the weather is also similar.
As for the faster average finishing time in Hartford, i would check the weather from the day of the race. I read a study that demonstrates that as the temperature increases (from an optimum of around 50 F, I think), average finish time decreases.
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If the fastest times are about equal then I suspect the courses are pretty similar. Both are advertised as flat and fast. Most of the runners in the website pics are wearing at least gloves so I suspect the weather is also similar.
As for the faster average finishing time in Hartford, i would check the weather from the day of the race. I read a study that demonstrates that as the temperature increases (from an optimum of around 50 F, I think), average finish time decreases.
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