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The study showed how finish time changes with temperature, and the results are shown in the following graph.
http://jfsavage.smugmug.com/photos/817939120_uZxSb-X3O.jpg
This graph works well for runners finishing the race at 3 hour pace or faster, but that excludes the majority of marathon runners. How can we extend this to slower runners?
==The Answer(s), Part 2==
==Your Mileage May Vary==
There are a lot of flaws in this approach, which you should be aware of.
* Extrapolating information is a flawed approach, as there is no way of knowing what the actual data would look like.
==Usability of the data==
Given all these problems, is this approach usable or useful? I think believe there is some use, value as long as you understand the limitationsof the approach. If the charts below say you can run a 4:48 marathon based on your cool weather performance and the projected temperature, this does not mean you can run a 4:48 in practice. What it does provide is a sense of just how much you will need to slow down on a hot day, and how important weather is in your results. Hopefully this information will cause allow you to reset your goals and promote a flexible approach on race day.
==Marathon Selection==
One key note from this analysis is that weather will play a huge role in your results. If you are seeking a race to achieve a specific time goal, such as Boston Qualification, choosing a race that has a high probability of cool or cold weather becomes important. You are probably better off with a hillier course than warm weather for instance.
==Zero Origin Table=={| {{table}}| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''40f'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''50f'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''60f'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''70f'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''80f'''|-| 3:00:00||3:05:24 (3%)||3:10:48 (6%)||3:16:12 (9%)||3:21:36 (12%)|-| 3:05:00||3:10:42 (3%)||3:16:25 (6%)||3:22:07 (9%)||3:27:49 (12%)|-| 3:10:00||3:16:01 (3%)||3:22:02 (6%)||3:28:03 (10%)||3:34:04 (13%)|-| 3:15:00||3:21:20 (3%)||3:27:40 (7%)||3:34:01 (10%)||3:40:21 (13%)|-| 3:20:00||3:26:40 (3%)||3:33:20 (7%)||3:40:00 (10%)||3:46:40 (13%)|-| 3:25:00||3:32:00 (3%)||3:39:00 (7%)||3:46:01 (10%)||3:53:01 (14%)|-| 3:30:00||3:37:21 (4%)||3:44:42 (7%)||3:52:03 (11%)||3:59:24 (14%)|-| 3:35:00||3:42:42 (4%)||3:50:25 (7%)||3:58:07 (11%)||4:05:49 (14%)|-| 3:40:00||3:48:04 (4%)||3:56:08 (7%)||4:04:12 (11%)||4:12:16 (15%)|-| 3:45:00||3:53:26 (4%)||4:01:52 (8%)||4:10:19 (11%)||4:18:45 (15%)|-| 3:50:00||3:58:49 (4%)||4:07:38 (8%)||4:16:27 (12%)||4:25:16 (15%)|-| 3:55:00||4:04:12 (4%)||4:13:24 (8%)||4:22:37 (12%)||4:31:49 (16%)|-| 4:00:00||4:09:36 (4%)||4:19:12 (8%)||4:28:48 (12%)||4:38:24 (16%)|-| 4:05:00||4:15:00 (4%)||4:25:00 (8%)||4:35:01 (12%)||4:45:01 (16%)|-| 4:10:00||4:20:25 (4%)||4:30:50 (8%)||4:41:15 (13%)||4:51:40 (17%)|-| 4:15:00||4:25:50 (4%)||4:36:40 (9%)||4:47:31 (13%)||4:58:21 (17%)|-| 4:20:00||4:31:16 (4%)||4:42:32 (9%)||4:53:48 (13%)||5:05:04 (17%)|-| 4:25:00||4:36:42 (4%)||4:48:24 (9%)||5:00:07 (13%)||5:11:49 (18%)|-| 4:30:00||4:42:09 (5%)||4:54:18 (9%)||5:06:27 (14%)||5:18:36 (18%)|-| 4:35:00||4:47:36 (5%)||5:00:12 (9%)||5:12:49 (14%)||5:25:25 (18%)|-| 4:40:00||4:53:04 (5%)||5:06:08 (9%)||5:19:12 (14%)||5:32:16 (19%)|-| 4:45:00||4:58:32 (5%)||5:12:04 (10%)||5:25:37 (14%)||5:39:09 (19%)|-| 4:50:00||5:04:01 (5%)||5:18:02 (10%)||5:32:03 (15%)||5:46:04 (19%)|-| 4:55:00||5:09:30 (5%)||5:24:00 (10%)||5:38:31 (15%)||5:53:01 (20%)|-| 5:00:00||5:15:00 (5%)||5:30:00 (10%)||5:45:00 (15%)||6:00:00 (20%)|-| 5:05:00||5:20:30 (5%)||5:36:00 (10%)||5:51:31 (15%)||6:07:01 (20%)|-| 5:10:00||5:26:01 (5%)||5:42:02 (10%)||5:58:03 (16%)||6:14:04 (21%)|-| 5:15:00||5:31:32 (5%)||5:48:04 (11%)||6:04:37 (16%)||6:21:09 (21%)|-| 5:20:00||5:37:04 (5%)||5:54:08 (11%)||6:11:12 (16%)||6:28:16 (21%)|-| 5:25:00||5:42:36 (5%)||6:00:12 (11%)||6:17:49 (16%)||6:35:25 (22%)|-| 5:30:00||5:48:09 (6%)||6:06:18 (11%)||6:24:27 (17%)||6:42:36 (22%)|-| 5:35:00||5:53:42 (6%)||6:12:24 (11%)||6:31:07 (17%)||6:49:49 (22%)|-| 5:40:00||5:59:16 (6%)||6:18:32 (11%)||6:37:48 (17%)||6:57:04 (23%)|-| 5:45:00||6:04:50 (6%)||6:24:40 (12%)||6:44:31 (17%)||7:04:21 (23%)|-| 5:50:00||6:10:25 (6%)||6:30:50 (12%)||6:51:15 (18%)||7:11:40 (23%)|-| 5:55:00||6:16:00 (6%)||6:37:00 (12%)||6:58:01 (18%)||7:19:01 (24%)|-| 6:00:00||6:21:36 (6%)||6:43:12 (12%)||7:04:48 (18%)||7:26:24 (24%)|} ==110 Offset TableProjected Performance==
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