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The American Statistician Volume 52, 1998 - Issue 3
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Statistical Practice

Modeling Road Racing Times of Competitive Recreational Runners Using Extreme Value Theory

Matthew Strand Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Duane Boes Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Pages 205-210 | Received 01 Jul 1995, Published online: 22 Mar 2012
 
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Abstract

Times of competitive recreational distance runners in a 10K road race can be modeled using extreme value theory. The derivative of the function fit to the times across age using this theory will express the rate of change in time per year that the runners are experiencing.

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