Hey folks,

Chapter five in Beyer On Speed contains some wonderful musings on the 'Sartin methodology' which is all about converting times and lengths beaten to a velocity measurement (eg 56 feet per second). It is interesting reading, though I must admit it is a little over my head.

My measurement of a length is also time based: 1 length = 0.2 sec. A little simplistic you might think, but it does favour those runners who finished close to the winner in past performances. After all, these are the runners we are most interested in supporting next time.

Regards
Chops