There's a marathon near the city I'm from for which you must show proof of a sub 2:25 marathon or 1:11 half marathon to be able to start in the elite corral.
Problem is, last year the race was won in 2:34, and it only had 4 people sub 2:40.
Doesn't the cutoff for the elite corral seem a little unreasonable? I mean, they're gonna have at most 1 or 2 people in there...
obs: not in the US