Riddle me this Batman. In the last 5K we all ran together, both my gun-time and chip-time are faster than Alfred's, but the results show that he beat me. Batman, of course, responds with the obvious... age-graded results.
This post is somewhat relevant being that the NYC Marathon is this weekend, and the qualifying times for the 2013 race just got a whole lot tighter, and they used age-graded tables to arrive at the new standards. Age-grading essentially assigns a handicap to "older" runners (over 34) to allow for a more direct comparison of "performance impressiveness". These handicaps are the results of years of research conducted by the World Master's Association, and differ based upon the distance of the race. Want to figure out how you stack up? Here's a calculator... not sure if this also takes into account sex-grading. In addition to figuring out who's really faster, you can also use it to compare PR's set in high school to current PR's to see where you're at (assuming you've actually been out of high school long enough).
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