New Posts For Thread: Athletics video to demonstrate the virtues of even pacehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pacehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omq_6KcQyp8Further to some ill-informed debate in the Horse Racing forum about Sea The Stars running style and energy expenditure...In this vid Renny Quow (lane 3) runs a really eye-catching race to get third place in lThe above are derived from individual horse sectionals not leaders, though the former have to be engineered from the latter now that TurfTrax no longer provide electronic figures.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706238#419706238The above are derived from individual horse sectionals not leaders, though the former have to be engineered from the latter now that TurfTrax no longer provide electronic figures.Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:39:09 -0600I suppose the knowledge advantage at any given track would be knowing the difference between leader splits and winner splitshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706230#419706230I suppose the knowledge advantage at any given track would be knowing the difference between leader splits and winner splitsWed, 13 Jan 2010 10:12:22 -0600The way to run 1m in optimum style at Kempton is, based on average %s of all handicaps March 2006 - May 2008 in which the winner ran a time within 5lb of its form rating, as follows:first 1f: 14.62% of overall timesecond 1f: 11.54third 1f: 11.75fourthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706186#419706186The way to run 1m in optimum style at Kempton is, based on average %s of all handicaps March 2006 - May 2008 in which the winner ran a time within 5lb of its form rating, as follows:first 1f: 14.62% of overall timesecond 1f: 11.54third 1f: 11.75fourtWed, 13 Jan 2010 07:57:52 -0600Surprisingly in 800 metres it is proven that overall expenditure is unaffected by pace in the first 50 metres, i.e. you dont save anything by going off slowly compared to going at full speed Many useful links between fitness, class, surprising resulhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706178#419706178Surprisingly in 800 metres it is proven that overall expenditure is unaffected by pace in the first 50 metres, i.e. you dont save anything by going off slowly compared to going at full speed Many useful links between fitness, class, surprising resulWed, 13 Jan 2010 05:55:57 -0600Yeah, the 800m is always susceptible to crazy pacing cos it's such a short race and people are desperate to get a good position. This often leads to the first 200m being run in something stupid like 24 secs. The guys that keep their head have a mashttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706174#419706174Yeah, the 800m is always susceptible to crazy pacing cos it's such a short race and people are desperate to get a good position. This often leads to the first 200m being run in something stupid like 24 secs. The guys that keep their head have a masWed, 13 Jan 2010 05:43:20 -0600a lot of Olympic 800's are won like that and not often by the fastest or best runner in the race.... watch that then imagine an Arc or Derby winner running from the back of a field and cutting down the front-runnershttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706170#419706170a lot of Olympic 800's are won like that and not often by the fastest or best runner in the race.... watch that then imagine an Arc or Derby winner running from the back of a field and cutting down the front-runnersWed, 13 Jan 2010 05:39:08 -0600good call Granpa, Dave Wottle from the good old days when athletes looked David Bedford ..https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706166#419706166good call Granpa, Dave Wottle from the good old days when athletes looked David Bedford ..Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:35:08 -0600http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45kWatch the man in the hat.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706162#419706162http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45kWatch the man in the hat.Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:33:13 -0600(Or maybe he is .. but how would a handicapper rate him?)https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706158#419706158(Or maybe he is .. but how would a handicapper rate him?)Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:33:08 -0600http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omq_6KcQyp8Further to some ill-informed debate in the Horse Racing forum about Sea The Stars running style and energy expenditure...In this vid Renny Quow (lane 3) runs a really eye-catching race to get third place in lhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494462/athletics-video-to-demonstrate-the-virtues-of-even-pace?post_id=419706154#419706154http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omq_6KcQyp8Further to some ill-informed debate in the Horse Racing forum about Sea The Stars running style and energy expenditure...In this vid Renny Quow (lane 3) runs a really eye-catching race to get third place in lWed, 13 Jan 2010 05:29:48 -0600