Paul Miller, physicist in residence here at NETT, again established a complex handicapping system for the Wrentham Duathlon to try to create fair competition between experienced and non-experienced participants. Paul even offered up a $50 gift certificate he had won as a prize to the winner of the handicap race. His handicaps worked well and the person who put in the best race on Sunday won the event--HIM!
From Paul:
"Here are the handicap results. Note that if either Joe or Dmitry had worn speedos like Frank they would have gained a 1min costume bonus and won the prize ...
I awarded a 1 min shoe-tying bonus for Dmitry and Dave, but in Dave's case it doesn't help him, since he was in the same situation last year and I automatically subtract bonuses from last years times as comparison :-) Note that handicap results were all within 1 min, but I'm open to suggestions of refinement (eg add an extra min for mtn bike). I think the windy conditions favored those with more bike experience, so next year the non-triathletes should lose less on the bike and therefore do better in the handicap...
1) Paul +0:25 (base 56, bonus,1 , actual time 57:25)
2) Dmitry +0:33 (base 60, bonus 1, actual time 61:34)
3) Tina +0:34 (base 73, bonus 2, actual time 75:35)
4) Dave +1:06 (base 66, bonus 3, actual time 70:07)
5) Joe +1:09 (base 61, actual time 62:09)
6) Frank +1:23 (base 63, bonus 4, actual time 68:23)
(Ps if shoe-tying took you longer than 1 min, well, it just shouldn't--I tested and with gloves on, I can untie laces, remove shoes, for T1, then remove gloves, put on shoes and retie laces in under 1min -- in fact, 35s, double-tied!
And for those of you keeping score at home, Frank DID beat Dave in the overall race on a mountain bike, although their "racing" times were only 1 second apart (Dave simply took longer in the transitions).
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