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Just looking through the Rankings as one tends to do these days as a pleasant diversion from reading about Dwayne, Chad and Ranger and I stumbled across this record.<br /><br />Woman's Marathon Rankings 2006<br /><br />Miriam Basco 23 yrs old 55k 2:25:03 on 1/02/06.<br /><br />This is over two minutes faster than Dwayne Adams Male Marathon Record of 2:27:48.<br /><br />Ind_V next to it.<br /><br />Surely the greatest ERG performance of all time time.<br /><br />Chris

Looks like C2 should take a second look at this, otherwise IND_V becomes farcical.

<!--QuoteBegin-H_2O+Feb 1 2006, 04:20 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(H_2O @ Feb 1 2006, 04:20 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Looks like C2 should take a second look at this, otherwise IND_V becomes farcical. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Well, considering that it beats the pace of the womens lwt WR of 6:56.7 for 21 consecutive 2k's, it might be reasonable to think it is some kind of mistake. <br /><br />This Marathon avg pace = 1:43.1<br />lwt WR average pace = 1:44.2<br /><br />Nice to see the lwts blooming.

<!--QuoteBegin-H_2O+Feb 1 2006, 08:20 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(H_2O @ Feb 1 2006, 08:20 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Looks like C2 should take a second look at this, otherwise IND_V becomes farcical. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Yes, and on top of that, it would be a real joke!

And just as the world was ready to welcome the new Super Hero to Indoor Rowing<br />the Name and Time disapear from the Rankings!<br /><br />Strange!

I believe that SOMEONE rowed that time--it just wasn't a light weight female. Maybe her boyfriend?

<!--QuoteBegin-cbrock+Feb 1 2006, 04:13 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(cbrock @ Feb 1 2006, 04:13 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Just looking through the Rankings as one tends to do these days as a pleasant diversion from reading about Dwayne, Chad and Ranger and I stumbled across this record.<br /><br />Woman's Marathon Rankings 2006<br /><br />Miriam Basco 23 yrs old 55k 2:25:03 on 1/02/06.<br /><br />This is over two minutes faster than Dwayne Adams Male Marathon Record of 2:27:48.<br /><br />Ind_V next to it.<br /><br />Surely the greatest ERG performance of all time time.<br /><br />Chris </td></tr></table><br /><br />Chris,<br /><br />Thank you for bringing this to our attention.<br /><br />I wasn't sure about the time on first inspection but, as you have duly noted it has the pretigious Ind_V which means the time is legitimate and thus a new world record for the marathon.<br /><br />Thanks to Miriam Basco for extending the boundaries of what all of us can aspire to.<br />

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.<br /><br />I wasn't sure about the time on first inspection but, as you have duly noted it has the pretigious Ind_V which means the time is legitimate and thus a new world record for the marathon.<br /><br />Thanks to Miriam Basco for extending the boundaries of what all of us can aspire to. <br />[/quote]<br /><br />John,<br />I am disapointed that you weren't sure at first, as I never once questioned the time. I certainly hope nobody else thought that was the case.<br /><br />Your point about extending the boundaries of human capability is quite relevant especially in Miriam's case.<br /><br />At the moment she is only 55kg.<br /><br />If she was able to get sponsorship, say from McDonald's this would enable her to move quickly into the heavyweight category.<br /><br />Put another 15kg on her frame and I doubt even a combined team comprising Graham, Dwayne, Ranger and Andreas combined would be able to match her.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Chris<br />

could have ben a typo ...... and she did 3hrs 25..... which is more like it ....

<br />Typo with an IND_V?<br />

I think the verification code and the IND_V code is a good thing in that it prevents<br />typos when entering the rankings. But I don't believe that it establishes a<br />legitimate row. All it says is that somehow the time that is entered in the<br />rankings actually appeared on your rower. How it got there is anybody's<br />guess. Perhaps that marathon time was a team row of some sort with<br />several rowers participating, and then the final time was entered into the<br />rankings by an individual?<br /><br />Steve<br />

Actually, I believe (C2 can correct me if I'm wrong) you can get "IND_V" classification w/o using a PM3 - just submitting the time and witness testimony to C2 will allow for an entry to get ranked w/ IND_V status.<br /><br />Now, the fact that a clearly bogus (or typographical) time was accepted and verified by C2 is, well...

Chris,<br /><br />Miriam Basco's being only 55 kg makes her time even more outstanding.

<br /><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->kinley Posted Today, 07:23 AM <br />  <br />Typo with an IND_V?<br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->sjmotzny Posted Today, 11:03 AM <br />  I think the verification code and the IND_V code is a good thing in that it prevents<br />typos when entering the rankings. But I don't believe that it establishes a<br />legitimate row. All it says is that somehow the time that is entered in the<br />rankings actually appeared on your rower. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Perhaps I was too flippant and, consequently, misunderstood. What I meant was, the "typo" would perforce have involved the marathoner's name/sex/weight, NOT the time.<br /><br />

Another possibility occurred to me...<br /><br />Perhaps this wasn't a rowing marathon. Maybe the time was for a running<br />marathon. A 23 year old, 55kg, woman marathon runner seems about<br />right. The 2:25:03 time would be an excellent time as well (but I don't<br />believe a world record).<br /><br />Perhaps her result was just entered in the wrong log? I don't see<br />her in any of the other rowing rankings.<br /><br />