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Post by frojoe23 on Apr 16, 2008 7:08:59 GMT -5
Recently asked by the guys how much of a drop the first mile is and I had to guesstimate. I did find this chart in the 2006 Boston Program.
Mileage Feet Differential
Start 475 N/A 1 354 -121 2 302 -52 3 254 -48 4 183 -71 5 191 +8 6 175 -16 7 161 -14 8 158 -3 9 149 -9 10 165 +16 11 191 +26 12 143 -48 13 148 +5 14 136 -12 15 164 +28 16 53 -111 17 102 +49 18 142 +40 19 108 -34 20 143 +35 21 228 +85 22 151 -77 23 119 -32 24 30 -89 25 30 0 26 18 -12 Finish 16 -2
NET -459
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Post by frojoe23 on Apr 16, 2008 9:02:29 GMT -5
I decided to figure out the average grade of each mile as well:
1 -2.3% 2 -0.98% 3 -0.91% 4 -1.3% 5 +0.15% 6 -0.30% 7 -0.27% 8 -0.06% 9 -0.17% 10 +0.30% 11 +0.49% 12 -0.91% 13 +0.09% 14 -.23% 15 +0.53% 16 -2.1% 17 +0.93% 18 +0.75% 19 -0.64% 20 +0.65% 21 +1.6% 22 -1.5% 23 -0.60% 24 -1.69% 25 0 26 -0.22% Finish -0.17%
As a comparison:
The Rail/Trail is about 1 - 1.5% from Frostburg to Cumberland (positive or negative depending on which way you are going). Our Knob Road climb is an average of 9.48% The long hill on Christie Road is an average of 10% with the steep pitch at the start for the first 400 meters approaching 16%.
So at 21 miles, when it is a +1.6% uphill grade, just remember it could be a lot worse!
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Post by burgrunner on Apr 16, 2008 12:31:31 GMT -5
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