Marathon is becoming very popular and more runners are running many of them. What are your thoughts on guys running 10 to 15 marathons a year at decent clip?
I been particularly impressed my Brian Morseman that has run at least 12 last year most under 2:30. It's like Wardian who use to run a lot and still does. I guess the questions here is who are some guys that run all the time and get decent times under 2:30 .
His name slips my mind, but there's a pretty good runner with long hair (mullet-like) that runs a lot of 'thons at sub 2:30. Warkian or something like that?
Yuki Kawauchi seems to be the world leader in this practice. 2014 results here:
http://japanrunningnews.blogspot.jp/2014/03/the-kawauchi-counter.html
So far in 2014, Kawauchi has 9 marathons @ 2:09-2:15, & one 50km @ 2:47. Three more marathons planned for this year.
Browsed 2014 USA marathon lists at all-athletics.com, which go to 2:35. Found these:
Michael Wardian 6 @ 2:22-2:35 (actually 5 @ 2:22-2:27, plus the 2:35)
Ben Bruce 4 @ 2:21-2:27
Bryan Morseman 4 @ 2:23-2:25
Mario Macias 4 @ 2:21-2:24.
I think I read somewhere that Ben Bruce is going to do one more this year.
A few more of Wardian's marathon #s (from all-athletics.com):
2013 7@2:27-2:38
2012 8@2:21-2:34
2011 13@2:17-2:34
2010 10@2:21-2:39
As for Morseman,
2013 6@2:23-2:28
I checked the thread date after the first sentence
Have you guys ever heard of Doug Kurtis?
76 sub 2:20's (wr)
40 marathon victories
Did this all while a f/t engineer at GM in Detroit area.
No, never heard of Dave. That's a lot of sub 2:20s though. Good for him.
Also in the Midwest area there is one runner Arturs Bareikis 2014 6 marathons 2:27 to 2:32 most of them In 2:27. There use to be a polish man that ran a lot of them too.
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