Question:Today I received a message from the CERS in wich was stated the
following:
"No new marathon world Record!
The try to make the new official marathon World Record (42.195 km by
IAAF, AIMS, DLV, DRIVe, CIC) still held by MARTIN ESCOBAR, ARG - 1.00.38
at World Championships in Pamplona ESP could not be reached because of
the wet track at the beginning of the circuit, CHAD HEDRICK says."
A while ago I asked some questions about record times, and several of
you came up with marathons that where faster then an hour.
Someone knows what are the rules that recognize a record time as
official?
Answer:
point to point race with
favorable tail wind that year, lots of personal bests; typically 4-6 min
faster than other years.
http://www.northshoreinline.com/course.html
Not an official record. Strong tail wind the whole way and a slight
downhill alignment to the course.
He tried to set a new "official" record in Berlin last weekend. However on
the first 3 miles the street was so wet that the guys had no chance to
realize it. So he "just" run a time of an hour and a minute (exactly
1:01:45).
I met him before the race and he was very optimistic that heŽll break the
on-hour-limit. So I guess he was a bit sad after race.
I believe the rules to be some what like the rules for runners. The
racestart and finish line has to be cose to each other. I don't remember the
distance but I think it's a few 100m's. with start and finish like that
there will be no adv. of downhill or tail wind. - you'll experience uphill
and headwind aswell.
