The KYtrackXC discussion board had a question posed that made me want to get some answers. The question was,
Did anyone else think that the overall times at the Tiger Run seemed a bit slower this year? Humidity? Competition? Change in course?
Thanks redsteepler for the question! So, I looked into the data from the six years of the Tiger Run. Each year the race has been run at Louisville Champions Park and has been run on the last weekend in August. This has been as early as August 25 (in 2018) and as late as August 31 (in 2013). Here is what I found.
The average time of a high school boy in the 5K (regardless of which race; varsity, B Squad, or freshman) has been as follows:
YEAR | AVERAGE TIME | NUMBER OF RUNNERS |
|---|
| 2018 | 20:48.58 | 424 |
| 2017 | 20:24.97 | 406 |
| 2016 | 21:18.50 | 436 |
| 2015 | 20:47.20 | 449 |
| 2014 | 20:35.48 | 307 |
| 2013 | 21:13.06 | 416 |
With that in mind, the median times for the boys in the 5K (regardless of which race; varsity, B Squad, or freshman) has been as follows:
YEAR | MEDIAN TIME | NUMBER OF RUNNERS |
|---|
| 2018 | 2... |
