Predict different race results with Jundo online form
Dr. Ajay Kumar Dosaj of London is a big track fan. A Kenyan-born Indian, he has posted more than 7,000 times (as “eldrick”) on the Track & Field News message boards. He knows track inside and out, and isn’t shy about expressing his opinion. Now he’s gone the extra mile. He’s devised a commercial site called Jundo Predictor. What’s it do? Ajay writes me: “If you always wanted to know what a 57.50 / 2’10.00 is ultimately capable of for 1500m/1 Mile/3000m/5000m/10000m, then try it…” The site says: “From two races, the ultimate times for other distances can be predicted. With knowledge from the predictions, you can ascertain ultimate abilities at other distances.” Of course, when I plugged in my own recent 400 and 800 bests, it calculated my half-marathon potential. Ha! If only. Anyway, I asked Ajay some masters-centric questions.
Do you compete in athletics? If so, what are your bests?
I’m a non-competitive runner now.
How did this site come to be? Was it your idea?
Site was my idea, as I realised the method used is the MOST accurate ever devised for predicting times ( used sensibly ). It took a lot of time/money/effort to develop & therefore I do have to charge to recoup this.
Do your formulas work as well for masters age-group athletes as open (age 20-30) athletes?
The Predictor works perfectly well for ALL ages. The athletes just have to be dedicated to run as well as possible at distances under consideration.
How many people have used the calculator? How accurate has it been shown to be?
About a dozen+ people have beta-tested the product with excellent reviews. It is by far the most accurate race-time predictor ever produced.
How is your calculator different from any of the many pace charts on the Web?
It is much different from pace charts : e.g. if you put in a 3’50 Mile in a pace charts/tables, it gives you no realistic idea what that athlete can run for 800m or 3000m or 5000m ( except that it should be generally fast!)
Me again:
For about $10 a year, it’s not that costly. (Ajay gave me a free year’s trial to inspect the tool.)
But it’s untested and pretty much a curiosity right now.
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Many thanks for extensive write-up Ken. All I was hoping for was a little link, so at least people had some awareness of it!
Main thing is, it’s a tool for “professional” runners, casual runners will not really benefit, so you must be aware of that.
For instance, if a Hicham El Guerrouj tried it, the best line of fit for his “prime” is 47.75s / 1’43.00 which implies :
2’11.77, 3’25.88, 3’42.42, 7’19.88, 12’47.68, 27’09.11
indicating to him that in his prime he was capable of also breaking the 1000m & 3000m records, information which may have been valuable to him at the time. Also indicates in his prime he was a 1’43-flat runner ( people always ask what was his 800 potential ! )
Same will work for any “dedicated” Masters runner, who is serious about their running.
So please, only consider this product if you are extremely serious about your running, otherwise, it will be of no benefit to you.
Yours Sincerely
Ajay Kumar Dosaj
This looks similar to the McMillan Running calculator?
http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/Running%20University/Article%201/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm
The McMillan calculator also calculates target pace for different types of workouts based on your current performance.
It’s a lot more useful than the Mcmillan calculator : for instance, that says a 3’30 runner should run 1’42.0 for 800m. There are plenty of 3’30 Kenyans in history, but none of those individuals have run 1’42.0.
Similarly, it says they should also run 13’03 for 5000m : you’d usually expect a 3’30 Kenyan to go a lot quicker than 13’03
For completeness sake, I’d better post a demonstration for elite runners :
http://www.iaaf.org/community/forums/ListThread.htmx?lngCatId=67&ForumID=140&TopicID=20010
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