Queens Half-Marathon

Last Saturday's (5/14/05) Queens Half-Marathon didn't get much national attention compared to the races like the San Francisco's Bay to Breakers 12K or the River Bank 25K, but one thing I like about it is that the New York Road Runners club has done an excellent job at archiving race results. This Half is just one of many races that they organize, and all of their races have extensive archives. They not only provide the results database, but also provide some stats for each archived race including temperatures and demographics. This will be useful to my temperature effect investigations.

Their race results archive for Queens Half-Marathon goes back to 1994. I'll be taking a closer look into the stats for the last 12 races. I just took a quick overview of the stats from these years. As far as demographics, it clearly shows the increasing popularity of running with women. Women's participation in 2005 is 450% of what it was in 1994. Men's participation is 211%. I've listed the details in the following table which is based on results from NYRR's archives.

Year	# Men	# Women	# Total	% of 1994 Men	% of 1994 Women
1994	805	204 (20%)	1009	-	-
1995	740	197 (21%)	937	92%	97%
1996	847	293 (26%)	1140	105%	144%
1997	956	342 (26%)	1298	119%	168%
1998	1102	509 (32%)	1611	137%	250%
1999	1233	608 (33%)	1841	153%	298%
2000	1288	691 (35%)	1979	160%	339%
2001	1444	766 (35%)	2210	179%	375%
2002	1636	844 (34%)	2480	203%	414%
2003	1539	711 (32%)	2250	191%	349%
2004	1419	655 (32%)	2074	176%	321%
2005	1698	918 (35%)	2616	211%	450%

Below are the detailed stats for the 2005 race that was held last Saturday (5/14/05). The temperatures ranged from 58 to 63°F (50% humidity) with partly cloudy skies. It's not the biggest half marathon, but it is substantial. runningusa.org listed it as the 38th largest half marathon in 2003. It doesn't attract international runners but the locals had some respectable times. The men's winning time was 1:09:27, and the women's was 1:19:38. There was some excitement at the end of the men's finish as the top two runners finished within a second of each other.

Total Runners by Times

under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
168 (6%)	1426 (54%)	907 (35%)	117 (4%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
teens	3 (23%)	8 (62%)	2 (15%)	0 (0%)
twenties	32 (11%)	193 (66%)	64 (22%)	5 (2%)
thirties	72 (11%)	420 (66%)	136 (21%)	6 (1%)
forties	39 (9%)	285 (63%)	120 (27%)	8 (2%)
fifties	13 (6%)	138 (59%)	70 (30%)	13 (6%)
sixties	1 (2%)	18 (31%)	28 (47%)	12 (20%)
seventies	0 (0%)	4 (36%)	4 (36%)	3 (27%)
Total	160 (9%)	1066 (63%)	424 (25%)	47 (3%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 1:30	1:30 to 2:00	2:00 to 2:30	over 2:30
teens	0 (0%)	2 (67%)	1 (33%)	0 (0%)
twenties	1 (0%)	155 (47%)	161 (49%)	11 (3%)
thirties	5 (1%)	132 (38%)	186 (54%)	21 (6%)
forties	2 (1%)	61 (36%)	87 (52%)	18 (11%)
fifties	0 (0%)	8 (15%)	35 (64%)	12 (22%)
sixties	0 (0%)	2 (11%)	10 (56%)	6 (33%)
seventies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (50%)	2 (50%)
eighties+	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)	0 (0%)
Total	8 (1%)	360 (39%)	483 (52%)	70 (8%)

Average/Best Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
teens	16	1%	1:45:19	1:15:53
twenties	622	24%	1:55:53	1:09:28
thirties	978	37%	1:54:24	1:09:27
forties	620	24%	1:55:16	1:14:56
fifties	289	11%	2:00:20	1:20:29
sixties	77	3%	2:12:33	1:28:19
seventies	15	1%	2:19:52	1:43:59
eighties+	1	0%	2:12:12	2:12:12
Total	2618	100%	1:56:15	1:09:27
Fastest Ages (by average)
teens	16	1%	1:45:19	1:15:53

Average/Best Times By Male Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
teens	13	1%	1:41:52	1:15:53
twenties	294	17%	1:48:33	1:09:28
thirties	634	37%	1:48:58	1:09:27
forties	452	27%	1:51:19	1:14:56
fifties	234	14%	1:56:57	1:20:29
sixties	59	3%	2:09:51	1:28:19
seventies	11	1%	2:16:52	1:43:59
Total	1697	100%	1:51:29	1:09:27
Fastest Ages (by average)
teens	13	1%	1:41:52	1:15:53

Average/Best Times By Female Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
teens	3	0%	2:00:15	1:38:43
twenties	328	36%	2:02:27	1:27:59
thirties	344	37%	2:04:25	1:19:38
forties	168	18%	2:05:53	1:27:25
fifties	55	6%	2:14:44	1:30:45
sixties	18	2%	2:21:25	1:46:47
seventies	4	0%	2:28:05	2:20:09
eighties+	1	0%	2:12:12	2:12:12
Total	921	100%	2:05:02	1:19:38
Fastest Ages (by average)
teens	3	0%	2:00:15	1:38:43

Average/Best Times By Cities (cutoff=20)

City	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
ASTORIA, NY	45	2%	1:54:00	1:16:54
BRONX, NY	71	3%	1:57:39	1:15:04
BROOKLYN, NY	350	13%	1:56:20	1:09:28
FLUSHING, NY	39	1%	1:54:14	1:14:10
FOREST HILLS, NY	22	1%	1:57:36	1:30:53
HOBOKEN, NJ	27	1%	1:55:39	1:27:15
JERSEY CITY, NJ	23	1%	2:01:51	1:14:59
NEW YORK, NY	1046	40%	1:54:58	1:12:37
STATEN ISLAND, NY	60	2%	1:58:06	1:26:19
unknown	21	1%	1:53:39	1:27:32
Below Cutoff	914	35%	1:57:32	1:09:27
Total	2618	100%	1:56:15	1:09:27
Fastest City (by average)
ASTORIA, NY	45	2%	1:54:00	1:16:54

Average/Best Times By State (cutoff=20)

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
CT	29	1%	1:52:06	1:20:29
NJ	283	11%	1:57:42	1:14:59
NY	2205	84%	1:56:11	1:09:27
other	32	1%	1:54:06	1:27:32
Below Cutoff	69	3%	1:54:44	1:18:28
Total	2618	100%	1:56:15	1:09:27
Fastest State (by average)
CT	29	1%	1:52:06	1:20:29

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