Raysism wrote:
mileage_man wrote:(2) Does somebody want to extend this slightly in the 'slow' direction - count how many pictures were taken during 8:05, 8:06, 8:07? At that point we will have shown that he was at least a mile behind at X miles into the course (unless he was somehow missed when photos were being taken every Y seconds).
8:05 -- 51 photos
8:06 -- 42 photos
8:07 -- 58 photos
8:08 -- 52 photos
8:09 -- 50 photos
Like I said a couple days ago, you can take the bridge rolls, turn them into a movie, and you basically have a video of that portion of the course. Don't know where it is, but I suspect on the earlier side.
Not that it's to be trusted, but Sub3HourMarathoner's claim that MR ran with him for much of the race before fading would
indicate positive splits. In that case it's more likely he was running with folks that finished around 3 hours during the early stages.
But, I have strong doubts that the poster was a real person. As if we needed any other reason, most people will tell you that if you fall off pace in a marathon, you tend to continue to fall further off pace. If I dropped someone at mile 20, I would not expect them to finish anywhere near me.