Back at the Club AGM in November it was suggested that for each of our races we work out each participant’s age-graded performance. The idea was partly inspired by the fact that Ian Hilditch took the AJ Taylor Award for the Best Performance in 2022/2023 for his age-graded effort in the BMAF 5 kilometres championship at Horwich. Forgive me I’ve been a bit slow on the uptake but find below the AGM 5k and the December Virtual 5k Age-Gradings. I hope you find them interesting and motivating.
What is Age-Grading? The British Masters Federation Explanation
Age-Grading is a way of measuring your athletics performance taking into account your age and sex. It enables you to produce a percentage score for each run or other athletics event based on how old you were when you did the competition and the comparative performance of world record holders taking into account their age and event itself.
Why is Age Grading useful?
As we get older it is reasonable to expect that we won’t be able to run/walk at the speeds we achieved when we were young. This can be demotivating for runners/walkers who are ‘past their peak’ even if they are competing well for their age. So, rather than focusing solely on how fast you are running/walking, it can be more motivating to focus on your Age-Graded performance.
AGM 5 Kilometres; Simister, November
- Ken Connor 27:28 81.13%
- Tony Taylor 29:05 93.24%
- Adrian Edwards 30:40 73.86%
- Tony Bell 31:54 71.32%
- Martin Payne 32:05 72.10%
- Nigel Shaw 32:06 70.56%
- Roy Gunnett 33:02 82.09%
- John Crahan 34:47 75.80%
- Greg Smith 35:32 71.39%
- Sailash Shah 36:15 61.29%
- Joe Hardy 36:33 78.70%
- Dan Maskell 37:14 72.83%
- Pat Evans 37:17 77.92%
- Phil McCullagh 38:16 68.46%
- Ian Hilditch 38:32 77.08%
- Steven Wilde 39:31 63.39%
- Andrea Lennon 43:12 82.45%
VIRTUAL DECEMBER 5 kilometres
- Ken Connor 29:44 76.16%
- Tony Taylor 30:15 89.64%
- Nigel Shaw 31:03 72.95%
- Tony Bell 32:40 68.67%
- Martin Payne 32:41 70.78%
- John Crahan 34:23 76.68%
- Greg Smith 35:42 70.92%
- Stephen Walker 36:34 64.43%
- Joe Hardy 37:04 77.61%
- Pat Evans 37:21 77.78%
- Phil McCullagh 38:18 62.40%
- Steven Wilde 39:50 62.89%
- Andrea Lennon 42:27 83.90%
A REMINDER TO SUBMIT YOUR JANUARY VIRTUAL 5K CLOCKINGS, ANECDOTES AND PHOTOS TO TONY BY JANUARY 31st
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