[runner13579]

runner13579 on December 15, 2007 at 7:50 pm #13535

hey, has anyone here been to splitcalc.com. you can calculate your splits on the site and you can also use their text messaging service to calculate your splits from anywhere through your phone. I find this useful for when I am at practice or at a meet and I want to calculate my target times

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on January 14, 2008 at 1:01 am #68083

When I first read the description, it sounded hokie but I think it could be useful for setting up split times and for race-modeling activities…especially if you’re not good with math.

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[star61]

star61 on January 18, 2008 at 7:09 am #68138

It seems to just be a calculator, not a split calculator. In other words, when I asked for 100m splits for a 56sec 400m, it simply divided by four and gave all four splits as 14secs. This is not a good race model. Do races longer than 400m, such as the 800m, 1600m etc. utilize evenly paced splits for all segments of the race? Even so, if you want, for example, 100m splits for the 1600m just divide your target time by 16 and there ya go.

A more useful calculator would be one that calculated splits based on best race models. For the 400m in 56secs, are the best 200m splits 26.5/29.5secs or 27/29? What are the target 100m splits?

Different calculators and tables give quite different results.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on January 20, 2008 at 7:29 am #68150

Well, for events >800m even or near-even splits is ideal. I saw utility in it for odd-distance intervals (which I use quite frequently). For example, if you wanted race-pace splits for 105s or 120s or 175s the split calculator will give them to you. Sure you could do it pretty easily with any old calculator but this site makes it a one step process.

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