Virginia Beach Shamrock Sportsfest 8K

At first I didn't notice much about this 8K race since I was concentrating mostly on the marathon. However, this article about the marathon also had some interesting news regarding the 8K event. With money prizes matching the marathon, the 8K seems to attract some top runners. One in particular was the 50 year old female runner Tatyana Pozdnyakova who set a new age-group world record with a time of 26:41. Looking at the stats, this was faster than any of the men in their fifties (nearest time 27:56). Also it was faster than any woman in the forties (nearest time 29:55).

On the demographics side of the stats, women 8K runners outnumbered the men (56% of the 3213 runners). And for the runners in their twenties, women make up 64%.

Here are the Virginia Beach 8K stats. They are based on results provided by Lin-Mark.

Total Runners by Times

Under 30min	30 to 40min	40 to 50min	Over 50min
53 (2%)	412 (13%)	1178 (37%)	1567 (49%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see best times

AgeGroup	Under 30min	30 to 40min	40 to 50min	Over 50min
preteens	0 (0%)	2 (9%)	6 (27%)	14 (64%)
teens	2 (3%)	28 (41%)	25 (36%)	14 (20%)
twenties	14 (6%)	64 (27%)	98 (42%)	58 (25%)
thirties	6 (2%)	85 (23%)	166 (46%)	106 (29%)
forties	13 (3%)	94 (24%)	160 (42%)	117 (30%)
fifties	4 (2%)	42 (18%)	99 (43%)	84 (37%)
sixties	0 (0%)	9 (10%)	33 (38%)	44 (51%)
seventies	0 (0%)	1 (6%)	5 (28%)	12 (67%)
eighties+	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (100%)
unknown	0 (0%)	1 (20%)	4 (80%)	0 (0%)
Total	39 (3%)	326 (23%)	596 (42%)	452 (32%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see best times

AgeGroup	Under 30min	30 to 40min	40 to 50min	Over 50min
preteens	0 (0%)	1 (4%)	4 (17%)	18 (78%)
teens	0 (0%)	6 (9%)	18 (26%)	45 (65%)
twenties	8 (2%)	28 (7%)	169 (40%)	216 (51%)
thirties	4 (1%)	27 (5%)	202 (34%)	363 (61%)
forties	1 (0%)	19 (4%)	150 (34%)	275 (62%)
fifties	1 (1%)	4 (2%)	34 (18%)	152 (80%)
sixties	0 (0%)	1 (2%)	5 (11%)	40 (87%)
seventies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	6 (100%)
Total	14 (1%)	86 (5%)	582 (32%)	1115 (62%)

Average Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	45	1%	1:00:22
teens	138	4%	51:27
twenties	655	20%	50:16
thirties	959	30%	53:20
forties	829	26%	53:25
fifties	420	13%	56:26
sixties	132	4%	59:24
seventies	24	1%	1:05:34
eighties+	3	0%	1:09:03
unknown	5	0%	43:46
Total	3213	100%	53:30

Average Times By Male Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	22	2%	56:22
teens	69	5%	43:53
twenties	234	17%	45:21
thirties	363	26%	46:46
forties	384	27%	46:56
fifties	229	16%	49:34
sixties	86	6%	53:54
seventies	18	1%	1:01:12
eighties+	3	0%	1:09:03
unknown	5	0%	43:46
Total	1413	100%	47:42

Average Times By Female Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	23	1%	1:04:11
teens	69	4%	59:02
twenties	421	23%	53:00
thirties	596	33%	57:20
forties	445	25%	59:00
fifties	191	11%	1:04:39
sixties	46	3%	1:09:40
seventies	6	0%	1:18:41
Total	1797	100%	58:03

Average Times By State

StateGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
MD	119	4%	48:46
NC	128	4%	53:47
NJ	20	1%	52:55
PA	41	1%	48:17
VA	2749	86%	53:54
Below Cutoff	156	5%	51:02
Total	3213	100%	53:30