Is it possible to find out the average age of the FRA membership.
Both men and women
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Is it possible to find out the average age of the FRA membership.
Both men and women
I'm above that sort of thing!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Hey Daz,Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
We could run a sweep! Open it up with your best guesstimate!...........careful you could be on thin ice here, especially with the ladies;)
Ladies are you sure about that ?.
sorry???Quote:
Originally Posted by tri-mind
Of course present company excluded.
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Originally Posted by tri-mind
See what I mean!!.......we haven't even come close to guessing anyones age yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
And already it's getting tetchy...;)
Thin ice Daz, thin ice!:rolleyes:
Maybe he likes living dangerously?! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
Wheres Brett when you need his IT skills??Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Probably beavering away working out the average age of us forumites
Care to speculate emmilou?
On the average age of the membership!! not the whereabouts of Brett:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
Are we talking birth age or mental age? :D
(41 and 13 would be my guess if both - hey, I am Mr Average!!)
Hmmmm! At least we have a mark in the sand, I suspect that the average birth age (we are talking male only here!) is a bit more than 41, the reasoning behind this less than scientific statement is that all the fell runners that I see look like me......grey hair and not much of it:oQuote:
Originally Posted by stumpy
Aye, I'm with you on that score. I'm nailing my colours to the mast. 45.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
Yup, that's not a bad guess, I was thinking 46;) C'mon all you geeks....whats the answer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rodders
Average age accross both sexes: 40 +/-2yrs
Early 40's is my estimation
It's amazing how wrong your percieved age of people on here is, i thought one particular forumite was about 38 but they are actually approximately half that.
Who....me?Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I'm only 23 myself. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
If Al and Tom left it would double the average age :D
Its just wouldnt be the same.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Trog
Are we talking mean, medium, or mode? Don't you also need to ask about the variance? And hey, if we're assuming a Gaussian distribution...., well don't get me on to interquartile ranges....:eek::):DQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Somebody moved the flags in the Tockholes race. I think that was standard deviation.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Yep, you would both be missedQuote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Graham Breeze noted in his article Classic lakeland races that the population of fellrunners was ageing . Has this stat changed or are we still ageing even further.
Daz,
Although this won't be up-to-date, based upon the membership stats provided by Martin Stone to the FRA Committee earlier this year the membership has an average age of 47, with the average male member being 47 and the average female member being 39.
I've not really got the time to go back through the lists over the past years, but it is generally accepted that people are taking part in active sports later in life these days, and that there is an increasing choice of activities available for young folk. Without looking at any other measures, these two factors are likely to create an aging population.
Alan
so... the average is older than all previous estimates... and I'm still older than the average:(
but lovely nevertheless! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Boy Wonder
I'm not entirely sure what the point of this thread is but two things that may be relevant...
1) Not all fell runners are members of the FRA
2) Not all members of the FRA are fell runners.
--Steve
Good point Steve, I also think the younger runners are less likely to join an organisation, even join a club.
... and I thought my secret was safe with you!! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveT
Yes it is a good point, and I'm not sure what the real point of this thread is either.
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Originally Posted by freckle
Ahhhh shucks....:o:o
I'm 19 ... honest :o
Well no. I suppose I am not really 19 :(
I thought we were talking ages? And is that metric or imperial?:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
All I'll say in my defence is it's cold in them there hills.:p:D
Bugger, I thought I was above average :)
Using these parameters I am below it :(
Yay, less than half the average age :)
I wonder how quick I'll be if I continue to fell run till I'm the average age!
Is it possible that the ageing average age will always be getting away from us?
anorak modeQuote:
Originally Posted by Alan
This could only be true if females make up a very small fraction of the total. If the numbers are anywhere near equal, the overall average would be close to half way between the male and female averages.
/anorak mode
My male member is 2 years older than average.:)
Fortytwoteen and now counting backwards.Will be using dog years from now on ie 7dog yrs = 1two leg year.
My boss has started counting his age in hexadecimal (we're geeks).
So being 48 in decimal makes him 30 in hexadecimal.
I am 1D in hexadecimal - not quite so impressive :(