In another thread Dana (the person who works for IBM and jogs in his spare time), wrote:
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When we talk of averages we (I) first think of a distribution curve, with the mean sitting within it and standard deviations of that mean sitting either side. So, to define an average runner, one would be happy with taking the distance of the running event, collecting data for finishing times for said event, calculating a mean, and looking at the distributions about that mean. If a runner falls near to the mean and (probably) within one standard deviation of the mean, then they be average, right?
So an elite athlete is one who sits to the left hand side of the first standard deviation for the mean time, or are they better still?
I guess an average runner, is not an elite runner, so first we might want to define what an elite athlete is? Not as easy as one may think...What is the definition of an elite athlete in the London (or any big city) marathon?
Or was Kevin using the word "average" as an adjective, to mean "typical; common; ordinary"? Maybe so.
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