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Zander Chase

Writer

Zander Chase is a data scientist, climate advocate and trail runner. He writes iRunFar’s Running the Numbers column, applying data analysis to endurance-running performances such as Appalachian Trail fastest known times.

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In The Ultra Minute

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November 6, 2024Published in TUM

Chase examines Dower’s Appalachian Trail data

Chase wrote iRunFar’s analysis of Dower’s Appalachian Trail FKT data.

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Wrote the linked FKT data analysis

iRunFar

TUM linked Zander Chase’s iRunFar analysis of Tara Dower’s Appalachian Trail FKT, emphasizing time moving each day rather than treating pace alone as the performance.

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Analyzed Dower’s Appalachian Trail FKT data

Tara Dower

TUM linked Zander Chase’s iRunFar analysis of Tara Dower’s Appalachian Trail FKT, emphasizing time moving each day rather than treating pace alone as the performance.

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November 2024 analysis recommendation: Decoded Dower’s Appalachian Trail FKT dataThe original uses daily GPX elapsed time on trail; TUM’s moving-time shorthand is not a pure movement metric.Source

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TUM describes time moving; Chase’s analysis defines the daily Strava measure as elapsed time from the start to the end of each GPX recording. It is not verified as pure moving time.

iRunFar / Zander Chase October 30, 2024 byline day label; exact original publication timestamp not established. · Checked Oct 30, 2026

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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2024-11-06
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Public source linked by TUMirunfar.com · linked in 2024-11-06
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