If someone’s doing 6.6 for 6min they should be looked at very closely regardless of what their HR data says. Not a large number of people in the world doing that.
The full-stop HR mandatory, DQ if it malfunctions or disconnects is highly unnecessary. Cheaters are going to find a way around it pretty easily.
If I’m running with somebody running 5 minute miles in zone 5 then I’m more inclined to believe it over somebody with no HR or cadence.
There’s nobody running speeds that aren’t achievable, the HR at least helps show they haven’t set their treadmill running whilst they’re sat having a coffee.
I like this idea, extreme performances should automatically flag a review where the rider has to supply some proof they are capable of that. Nothing fancy needed, just examples to prove the ability which if they can do that will be easy enough.
3.30km is roughly a 17min30sec park run. If you look on the web, that would give you the park run record for at least half the courses, so I would say that is a lot faster than your average club runner. On top of that, you have these times coming off a 35-minute hard bike ride when doing the WTRL duathlon. If that is normal to you I would say you are far far above the level of the majority