Re: Marathon / Moneymaker

lanceandrew@xxxxxxx wrote:

> That drop is very close to Tucson's 2500 downhill marathon
> http://www.tucsonmarathon.com/exec/tucson/marathon.htm

Yes, pretty close. It looks like the Tucson marathon goes from 4700' to
2600' or a drop of 80' per mile. St. George goes from 5420' to 2680', a
drop of 105' per mile.

> a side note...An IAAF Olympic standard qualifying course calls for
> greater drop of elevation than 126 feet.

Did you mean to say that a drop exceeding 126 feet will NOT meet the
IAAF standards?

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Phil M.

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