run17: Cherry Blossom Run data, 2017

In JECheadle/RSOC317L: Data Sets and Supplemental Functions from David Diez's 'OpenIntro' Textbook

Description

Details for all 19,961 runners in the 2017 Cherry Blossom Run, which is an annual road race that takes place in Washington, DC. Most runners participate in a 10-mile run while a smaller fraction take part in a 5k run or walk.

Usage

data("run17")

Format

A data frame with 19961 observations on the following 9 variables.

bib

Number on the runner's bib.

name

Name of the runner, with only the initial of their last name.

sex

Gender of the runner.

age

Age of the runner.

city

Home city of the runner.

net_sec

Time to complete the race, after accounting for the staggered starting time, in seconds.

clock_sec

Time to complete the race, ignoring the staggered starting time, in seconds.

pace_sec

Average time per mile, in seconds.

event

The event the racer participated in, either the "10 Mile" race or the "5K".

Details

There was a time limit where all 10 Mile racers had to finish by. Can you figure out what that time is?

Source

http://www.cherryblossom.org

Examples

data(run17)
histPlot(subset(run17, event == "10 Mile")$pace,
    hollow = TRUE, probability = TRUE,
    xlim = c(200, 2000),
    border = COL[1], lwd = 2)
histPlot(subset(run17, event == "5K")$pace,
    hollow = TRUE, add = TRUE, probability = TRUE,
    border = COL[2], lty = 1, lwd = 2)

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