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Arbitrary goals are motivating

oldrunner · 2014-05-29 10:55:56

See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/what-good-marathons-and-bad-investments-have-in-common.html?rref=upshot Of course, it might be argued that there is nothing arbitrary about theses goals. Article probably also downplays significance of pacing straegies.

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29-05-2014 11:55am

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oldrunner

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See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/what-good-marathons-and-bad-investments-have-in-common.html?rref=upshot

Of course, it might be argued that there is nothing arbitrary about theses goals. Article probably also downplays significance of pacing straegies.

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#2 29-05-2014 2:15pm
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Interesting that it seems like more 5 hr marathoners miss their goal, going by the drop-off after the hour mark instead of at it as you see for the previous half hour marks.

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#3 29-05-2014 8:01pm
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There is a similar step after the 6hr mark, and the last intermediate step I can see seems to be at 4:40,rather than 4:45. Strange how people's minds work out these targets.

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