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Reply to "Records on Intermediate Distances"

In NC we establish many records at certified intermediate distances within a course and also at distances which are mutiples of a course in which start and finish are at the same point.
An example of a course where both types of records are possible is a 6-km loop I devised, Run for Records (NC02016). This course allows record setting at all standard distances from 5 km to the marathon. In fact a friend of mine Susie Kluttz estabished a national age-group record for F65-69 in the 12 km by running the course twice in succession.
Intermediate distances are certified in the same way as full distances: at least two measurements must be made and these must agree to within 0.08%.
Certified distances are eligible for record setting provided that the drop is less than 1 m/km. (Particularly outstanding performances on courses where the drop is greater tha 1 m/km can sometimes get into the the national records as elevation-assisted records.) Also, the separation between start and finish has to be less than 30% or otherwise wind assistance has to be considered.
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