The sport of marathoning continues to grow, with 505,238 official finishers in races held in the United States for 2010. This is close to a 7% increase from 2009. Female participation grew by 10% and is now 41% of the total.
The men's 40-44 age group continues to be the largest, as it has for many years, and the fastest average finishing times, with an average of 4:19. Finishing times ranged between 2:05:52 and 14:10:58 during 2010. Yes, just under 2 miles/hour compared to 12+ miles per hour for the fastest time.
The overall male average finishing time was 4:27:12 and female, 4:54, each average slower than the year before.
Anyone reading this who is a sub 3:30 marathoner? You are in the top 15% of men and only 3.6% of women break this mark.
There were 483 marathons held in the U.S. during 2010, up from 397 in 2009. One hundred forty eight of those had less than 100 finishers. Trail marathons? I'm not sure.
Source: http://www.marathonguide.com/
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