Photographic Quiz.
Photo number:- eleven
Question:- Where is
this, which football ground???
Dear Blog,
Apparently I now have nearly two million words about the 'History of Coventry
Godiva Harriers and Other Clubs in the City over the last 140 years' if I
include the comparative study of a northern harrier club which folded some
years ago! Blog, I kid you not .. two millions!!
I
have been meaning for some time to post you another of my occasional articles
about the club. This is not specifically about Godiva, but it impinges. I was
in a lengthy correspondence with a famous coach on the subject of steeple
chasing when he rather inconsiderately went and died. I have had words with a
well known author on the same subject. As a result I have now a considerable
amount of material relating to the history of the event.
Athletic statisticians are sticklers for details, OTT on occasions in my
humble opion. My tenet on the subject of steeple chasing is that separate
records/lists should be kept for each steeplechase race dependent on where the
water jump is situated. Barrier spacing and placements are affected relative to
where the water jump is on the track. Most water jumps are on the inside on the
top corner, but even these have straight run up approaches and others have a
curve on the apron. Outside the same situation occurs, and on some tracks,
notably for important international meets, the water jump can be virtually on
the top of the back straight ... so that gives five different race layouts
without going into too much detail. My argument is that with different
configurations, the effort distribution of the athletes racing is different
from one course to the next, so how come times recorded are compared when the comparison
is spurious as no consistency is demanded in the type of layout?
Oh
dear Blog, do I detect a stifled yawn and a glazed stare being to form ....
better stop while I am ahead. More later when you have made yourself a very
strong black coffee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colin
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