no excuse needed wrote:
no excuse needed wrote:
3 Brits have ran between 3:35:00 and 3:39.99 in 2002
2 Brits have ran faster than 3:35:00 in 2002
4 Brits have ran between 3:35:00 and 3:39.99 in 2001
2 Brits have ran faster than 3:35:00 in 2001
should I look the numbers pre 1985...?
According to the IAAF list for 2001, 2 Brits have ran 'faster' than 3:35, both running 3:34, and one ran between 3:35 to 3:39, running 3:35. In other words, a meaningless sample of 3. Also, interesting you need to go back to the height of the EPO era even to pull out a meaningless sample size.
Furthermore, the lack of fast times for Brits in the EPO era (apart from 2 or 3 elites like Whiteman and Mayock) was because the rest of the world was doped up on EPO and even races in Britain were filled with supercharged Africans who could run 3:32 without breaking sweat or even raising their heartbeat. 3:38 guys certainly weren't getting into decent races in Europe.
Yeah, lets go back to before 1985.
In 1984, in Europe/GB 8 men went below 3:35 and 28 ran between 3:35 and 3:38:00 (seems the IAAF list back then didn't include slower times than that).
In 1984, in the USA 2 men went below 3:35 and 10 ran between 3:35 and 3:38:00
In 1984, in Kenya 1 man went faster than 3:35 and 2 ran between 3:35 and 3:38.
The equivalents for last year
In 2017, in Europe/GB, 10 ran faster than 3:35 and 21 ran between 3:35 and 3:38
In 2017, in the USA, 1 man ran faster than 3:35 and 19 ran between 3:35 and 3:38
In 2017, in Kenya, 10 men ran faster than 3:35 and 9 ran between 3:35 and 3:38