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Sep 2022
11:09am, 13 Sep 2022
1,891 posts
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Steve NordRunner
I tend to get higher division ranking on 5 mi and 10 mi, and a bit worse on 5 km. Maybe it's because of how often people take a decent shot at these distances. The long tail of the 5 km will get hit more often what with the amount of people doing parkruns, for example.
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Sep 2022
11:24am, 13 Sep 2022
43,821 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Yeah I think it's what Steve said. Also, those who train well for a marathon and convert well to longer distances will get good WAVAs, rather than having "inherent" speed.
I always got best WAVAs at shorter distances - rugby players legs! I don't know why I ever got into marathon, to be honest!  oh, cos it's seen, obviously! G
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Sep 2022
11:24am, 13 Sep 2022
43,822 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
*sexy, not seen!
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Sep 2022
11:50am, 13 Sep 2022
28,147 posts
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fetcheveryone
I've added a bike league now too
I copied across everyone from the running league who had logged some biking (about half of those who play standard UTMOST). I've created the divisions based on ability (I put every person in the same division initially, then ran the standard algorithm to order everyone).
I've also amended the distance categories. Instead of being Mile to Marathon, the bike distances go from 10k up to 100k. We can all get a fast mile by finding a big hill - but I wanted to gently discourage hurtling A minimum of 10k means you probably need to do a bit of up and down.
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Sep 2022
11:54am, 13 Sep 2022
28,148 posts
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fetcheveryone
NB I am aware that no-one below division 5 has got a 100k time, at present. But bear in mind that it is only 5 of your distances that count. So you can still get 100 points in your group with a maximum ride of 40 miles.
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Sep 2022
11:58am, 13 Sep 2022
178 posts
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tommy_b
Woohoo! Top place in Div19 WAVA following the re-running. Went down a couple leagues but got a better chance of some promotions now.
Clearly all my good WAVA scores were hidden in races and my everyday runs are sandbagging me.
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Sep 2022
12:01pm, 13 Sep 2022
1,892 posts
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Steve NordRunner
Right now the sub-category of electric biking shows up. I do a lot of this, on my way to and from runs. Should I quietly remove myself from the biking UTMOST? I'm not sure what my placement by «ability» means, but if it's speed it might be better to exclude myself.
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Sep 2022
12:06pm, 13 Sep 2022
28,149 posts
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fetcheveryone
Ah. Forgot to exclude some categories I'm just heading out for a ride myself - I'll tidy up when I'm back.
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Sep 2022
2:13pm, 13 Sep 2022
34,975 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
WAVA league has cheered me up
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Sep 2022
2:42pm, 13 Sep 2022
15,578 posts
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Badger
Loving the wava League. Bike not so much, as the handful of rides I log have me propping up the entire league. One ten mile ride would change things a lot though, not least because my one scoring ride had a two hour break in it for tea at a friend's place and is extremely easy to improve
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