Progression
of Top 10 Average From
the end of 2008 to end of 2011
By
K Ken Nakamura
|
Race
|
End
of 2008
|
End
of 2011
|
Improvement
|
|
Frankfurt
|
2:08:18
|
2:05:45
|
2
minutes 33 seconds
|
|
Dubai
|
2:08:55
|
2:06:52
|
2
minutes 3 seconds
|
|
Boston
|
2:07:40
|
2:05:39
|
2
minutes 1 second
|
|
Rotterdam
|
2:06:43
|
2:05:07
|
1minute
36 seconds
|
|
Eindhoven
|
2:08:43
|
2:07:12
|
1
minute 31 seconds
|
|
New
York
|
2:08:21
|
2:07:32
|
49
seconds
|
|
Berlin
|
2:05:34
|
2:04:55
|
39
seconds
|
|
London
|
2:05:58
|
2:05:21
|
37
seconds
|
|
Paris
|
2:07:03
|
2:06:29
|
34
seconds
|
|
Amsterdam
|
2:06:40
|
2:06:12
|
28
seconds
|
|
Seoul
|
2:07:53
|
2:07:30
|
23
seconds
|
|
Fukuoka
|
2:07:03
|
2:06:47
|
16
seconds
|
|
Chicago
|
2:06:12
|
2:05:58
|
14
seconds
|
|
Lake
Biwa
|
2:07:55
|
2:07:43
|
12
seconds
|
Frankfurt
marathon is the most improved marathon in the last three
years.
Perhaps,
other races with the top 10 average slower than 2:08 or
so could follow the example of Frankfurt
Marathon
to improve their average to 2:05 – 2:06 range.
Of
course, the race like London or Berlin has little room
for improvement because they were already very fast
races in 2008.
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