An added bonus of a Coach Rio race is that results are always published within hours of a race. True to form, the VSO results are now in Coach Rio’s website. As I promised last time, I sliced and diced the data to come up with some facts and figures about the race.
A total of 1,229 runners participated in the 3 events last Sunday. 72% were men while 28% were women. The majority ran in the 5k event while it was almost evenly split between the 10k and 15k. There were proportionally more women in the 5k than either the 10k or 15k.
My age group, 30-39, had the most number of runners. I don’t quite know what it is about running that seems to attract a slightly older set than other sports, like maybe badminton. My theory is that running appeals to more “mature” folks since it takes a lot of patience and you have to endure a certain amount of monotony to train for races. What do you think?
The average times, even by age group didn’t look too interesting since there were probably times at either extreme, making the average times look more or less the same across age groups. I did frequency charts of the race times instead.
I thought the 5K results were quite curious – you’d expect most runners to finish within 40 minutes or less but for some reason, you see the majority finishing in more than 45 minutes. My guess here is that there were a lot of who joined the 5k because of the cause-oriented race but were not really regular runners.
The 10k was distributed normally, nothing too eye-catching here.
I’m just glad that my finish time in the 15k was where most runners ended up too.
8 responses so far ↓
prometheuscometh // November 12, 2008 at 11:18 am |
I think also a lot of first time runners start out with the 5k first before any other distance.
doralicious // November 12, 2008 at 12:12 pm |
Also, I think more are from our age group (30-39) because this is when we start to feel the sudden slump in our metabolism. Hence, people engage in sports activities (more cardio work-outs, and less physical contact) to balance that decline in metabolism, and in effect, prevent us from gaining weight. :O)
run unltd. // November 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm |
This is cool Dindo. Inspiring.
marga // November 13, 2008 at 1:03 am |
running statistician hahahahaha
Javy // November 13, 2008 at 1:47 am |
This is very interesting.
Excel rocks!
schlagger // November 13, 2008 at 3:50 am |
interesting stuff you get from graphs… hehe.
i’d agree with dora… plus i think that peeps from our particular age group are more inclined living a more “balanced” lifestyle (kasi nga we’re in the crossroads between the “young” and “old”) , thus the tendency to expose ourselves to sports, spas, nature trips, healthier foods, and such.
sundaywarrior // November 13, 2008 at 7:07 am |
Ei Dindo, nice analysis, I think people in your and my age group are looking for that second wind..
Running Diva // November 25, 2008 at 3:36 am |
Great analysis, Dindo! Thanks.