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mosaicCalc (version 0.6.4)

Runners: Running times

Description

A longitudinal record of running times. There are 5977 individual runners included here, each with a unique id. Each runner ran the 10-mile race (See mosaicData::TenMileRace) on multiple occasions.

Usage

Runners

Arguments

Format

Data frame with 24,334 rows

  • year the occasion on which the runner ran the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler

  • age the runners age at the time of that occasion

  • gun the time (in minutes) from the gun to crossing the finish line.

  • net time between crossing the start line and crossing the finish line. Sometimes this is missing. It's typically smaller than gun because it takes time to reach the starting line.

  • sex as recorded by the race organizers.

  • previous How many previous occasions did this person run the race.

  • nruns The total number of runs recorded for this person (including future runs)

  • start_position A qualitative indication of how close to the front of the pack the person was positioned at the time the gun went off.

Author

Daniel Kaplan