Cynthia/Horsestreet

[kitts]

I have been using Cynthia Publishing Pars since the '80s and they work for me. A subscription to the Pars gets one a large book with all sorts of additional information re running styles and variants. Check it all out at the Cynthia site:

http//www.cynthiapublishing.com

[proximity]

one other possible benefit of horsestreet that i neglected to mention is that their pars are in 100ths of a second vs fifths for cynthia's......

[Dave Schwartz]

In special recognition of the wonderful support and friendship HorseStreet has received over the years from Pace Advantage, we'd like to make this special offer.

The 2010 pars are targeted to be released on March 20th, 2010. The price will continue to be $134.97. However, anyone wishing to pre-order the 2010 pars may do so now and receive:

1. An electronic copy of the 2009 pars NOW.
2. An electronic copy of the 2010 pars when they become available.
3. Receive the printed form of the materials for an additional $15 (plus shipping).

A special price of $109.97 will apply! This is a $25 savings!

This offer will be in effect until February 8th, 2010. To order, call our office with your contact and credit card info - 775.825.0260.

In addition, $5 from every order will be donated to HANA.




*Electronic par formats come in several comma-delimited formats as well as the standard easily-printed PDF format.

1. TrkSurfDist
This is our simplest. Each track/surface/distance is one record.

2. Kearns
Our most popular format. Each track/surface is one record. Tracks go downward, distances across. Note that this format supports multiple pars for each track (i.e. GP 2004, GP 2005, GP 2006, etc.) via the "end date" field. Thus, when you order this format you actually receive several past years of pars for each track.

3. PubClassPars
This is an exact match to our printed pars, with each track/surface/class having it's own record. Note that the first column contains other info such as sprint and route ADVs (avg daily variants), class level, etc.

4. HiTech
This is the most powerful but also most complicated format. Only for professional level programmers. There are two files - a track file and a class level file - which relate together through a unique ID number. Essentially, each track file is similar to the Kearns file (format #2), with each track having a unique ID number. The Level file is a "child" of the track file, with each ID number containing an entire set of levels for that track.

You may download a sample of these formats from this link:
http://horsestreet.com/package/Users/2009Pars-/Samples/


Note also, that if you order a particular format and it does not work for you, we will be happy to swap it for another format without any additional charge.

[headhawg]

Great offer Dave. Count me in. Is there a PayPal option?

[Dave Schwartz]

Hawg,

Check your PM.

Dave

[Track Collector]

Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz

We do as many of the small tracks as we can. I must admit that some of them are just impossible because the information is so out of whack.

BCF (Brown County Fair) is my favorite example.

One year BCF's 6.5f par was 6 seconds faster than its 6f par. Looking at the races, I assumed that the distances were recorded incorrectly.

Trotman asked my privately about Canadian tracks. Truthfully, I sometimes forget which are which, although there is actually a field for it.

Here are the tracks I consider "small" that we cover.

ANF ARP ASD ATO BOI BRD DUN EUR FAR FER FLG FMT FON FTP GCF GF GIL GLD GPR GRP HPO KAM KD LBG LNN MAN MD MPF MPM NMP NP SAF SJ SRP STP SUD TIM WRD


Regards,
Dave Schwartz

Dave,

I'm familiar with all of the above except one. What is MPF? It may be a new track for me to visit!

[Red Knave]

Originally Posted by Track Collector

Dave,

I'm familiar with all of the above except one. What is MPF? It may be a new track for me to visit!

I think he meant to type MOF (MOHAVE COUNTY FAIR).

[Track Collector]

Thanks Red.