{"id":844650,"date":"2023-10-02T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/?page_id=844650"},"modified":"2023-10-02T16:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T15:13:30","slug":"the-eric-mitchell-memorial-trophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/the-eric-mitchell-memorial-trophy","title":{"rendered":"The Eric Mitchell Memorial trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This magnificent cut glass bowl is the reincarnation of Eric\u2019s last bike. His family sold the bike and used the proceeds to buy the trophy. They have generously donated it to the club, to be awarded annually in Eric\u2019s memory to the club member who achieves the best overall performance in a club event. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the best overall performance, which may not necessarily be the winning time \u2013 we\u2019ve come up with a weighted formula that is designed to give an equal chance to both genders, and to all age categories, (in keeping with Eric\u2019s championing of advance age athleticism and of women runners). Eric grew up in sight of Kinder, and fought hard for our right to roam freely there and across all the Peak District moors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve tried to come up with a reasonably objective formula for quantifying who has achieved the best time, allowing for their age and gender. To do this, we took the six English Championship races for 2018, (two short, two medium, two long), and assessed the winning time in each category as a proportion of the overall winning time. As an example, at Wasdale the V60 winner finished in 5hrs 17mins 27secs, which was 155% of the winning time of 3hrs 40mins 53secs. We have then averaged these proportions across all six races, to give the following formulas for each competing gender\/age category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are the currently used percentages (as of 2021):<\/p>\n\n\n\n