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Mark Dowdeswell

@mrdowdeswell

16 x Comrades (#4670) + 36 other ultramarathons, 50 marathons. Eternal student. African. Joint Guinness World Record holder. Statistician.

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#COMRADES2024: SPLIT HAPPENS Here are biggest negative & positive splits by medal, batch & age. As stated yesterday, both sides of table deserve plaudits – & those on positive table are more likely to have an interesting story to tell (I’m all ears if anyone is sharing!).

#COMRADES2024: SPLIT HAPPENS
Here are biggest negative & positive splits by medal, batch & age. As stated yesterday, both sides of table deserve plaudits – & those on positive table are more likely to have an interesting story to tell (I’m all ears if anyone is sharing!).
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It would be a mistake to read this & conclude that something is amiss with the race or its organisation, similar to blaming a bank for having people trying to defraud it. The 2024 ComradesRace was superbly organised. Handling tiny % that cheat is a matter of course to be 👏👏.

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Detailed age by year view. The best ages by finish rate are 23, 29 & 31 and for time 32, 34 & 33. The number prefixing avg finish time is finishers for that age. Other than very old & very young at fringes, the numbers for each age are large enough to be statistically relevant.

Detailed age by year view. The best ages by finish rate are 23, 29 & 31 and for time 32, 34 & 33.  The number prefixing avg finish time is finishers for that age. Other than very old & very young at fringes, the numbers for each age are large enough to be statistically relevant.
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This is a powerful statement from Barry Holland. Enough is enough, it’s time to take #ComradesMarathon back to an event that places the best interests of the runners first. The document calling for an SGM was handed over at Comrades House this morning...

This is a powerful statement from Barry Holland. Enough is enough, it’s time to take #ComradesMarathon back to an event that places the best interests of the runners first.

The document calling for an SGM was handed over at Comrades House this morning...
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FANTASTIC NEWS: WE WON - EVERYONE CAN ATTEND & VOTE AT #COMRADES SGM Breaking news from Pmb High Court. Ruling granted for members of CMA against CMA Board/KNZA with "all relief granted" (in layman's terms this = CMA Board/KZNA have unequivocally had their arses handed to them).

FANTASTIC NEWS: WE WON - EVERYONE CAN ATTEND & VOTE AT #COMRADES SGM
Breaking news from Pmb High Court. Ruling granted for members of CMA against CMA Board/KNZA with "all relief granted" (in layman's terms this = CMA Board/KZNA have unequivocally had their arses handed to them).
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Including people that cheated for (double) Green Numbers? 🤔 It should follow that the group is not so prestigious if it includes cheats, but here we are. I’d far rather you remove the cheats (DQ their results & withdraw their numbers) than open my entry a week earlier. #4670

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This is an interesting challenge: take an (interested) layman from the basics to the cutting edge of an area in three hours.

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This…could have been thought through a lot more carefully. Trading history and tradition for logistical shortcuts is short-sighted.

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If all you want is to collect your number at Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon expo, *make sure* you take a left turn as soon as you can under the stadium…then walk…keep walking…some more…until you find the exit, & then you’ll be warm. You’ll still walk a mile - at least it won’t be two.