Small turnout...fast times.

Dan 14:06 Spike 14:56 Fritz 16:09

The conditions were good. The trail was dry and the weather was cool.

Fritz ran the test loop for the first time. Fritz didn't even jog the test loop to learn the route. He just took a short warm-up and then plunged right in.

-- Michael Eglinski (meglin@juno.com), September 21, 1999

Answers

Rumor has it Mook has chosen to skip this year's U.S. Chumps even though he lives only one state away. Fritz has confimed the reason behind this decision is to devote his full attention and effort to breaking the World Test Run Record when he returns to the homeland in December. Fritz has been know to embelish the truth so we will not be able to confirm this rumor until Mook shows up (or skips out) at the U.S. Chumps. The odds in Reno however are running 2 to 1 against Mook showing up and where better to have the odds set than at Reno? Coincidence? I think not.

-- Dan (daniel.meenehan@umb.com), September 23, 1999.

It would be interesting to see the times of the faster OKers (I am thinking of Magnus and Mook). I hope they will each get a chance to try the test loop. Will they be able to break the record Fritz set -- fastest time for a first-time?

-- Spike (mike_eglinski@kcmo.org), September 23, 1999.

While fast times are noteworthy achievements, most people who are really in the know look at the test run results with an eye towards such statistics as the Spike UV exposure relationship, the Mean Gene absenteeism factor, the Raymond climbing/decending pace ratio, and most particularly the Spike-Dan times coefficient "SD".

However, despite careful analysis, experts continue to disagree on the correct interpretation of SD trends during the '99 test run season. I'll include the familiar SD plot below in hopes that some discussion board readers can provide more insight.

-- Mook (everett@psi.edu), September 24, 1999.