Marathon Times to Beat - if you can.

Never heard of this singer Katherine Jenkins before, but she is quite a looker:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Katherine_Jenkins_-_Live_2011_%286%29.jpg

I guess they're just all British celebrities that don't come up in the US much...

LondonDairyAir wrote:

Once again, no actual celebrities ran London.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/21/gallery-celebrities-take-part-in-the-2013-london-marathon-3660587/

Andrew Strauss was the ex-England cricket captain, so, on as a global figure, probably more famous than any NFL player ever.

spa boy wrote:

LondonDairyAir wrote:

Once again, no actual celebrities ran London.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/21/gallery-celebrities-take-part-in-the-2013-london-marathon-3660587/

Andrew Strauss was the ex-England cricket captain, so, on as a global figure, probably more famous than any NFL player ever.

Cricket?

sam w wrote:

its weird seeing a thread you started about 5 years ago pop back up.

i do have an updated list that i can post. i updated the 2006 numbers as far as percentages for where people finish, added some updates on boston qualifying stuff, added a couple people.

if there are any people anyone thinks should be added, post them. i will post a list soon.

Dude, when are you planning on updating?

Update if you have more.

WoohooKatherineJenkins wrote:

Never heard of this singer Katherine Jenkins before, but she is quite a looker:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Katherine_Jenkins_-_Live_2011_%286%29.jpg

I guess they're just all British celebrities that don't come up in the US much...

Jenkins actually came in 2nd in the US Dancing with the Stars a few seasons ago.

xenonscreams wrote:

What about:

Alan Turing, AAA Marathon Championships 1947 (2:46:03)

Lance Armstrong's best marathon time is 40 seconds slower than Turing's!

Hw about as a time to beat the 4 hour qualifying time to get early registration for the Houston Marathon?

https://secure4.marathonguide.com/register/houstonmarathon/GuaranteedEntry.cfm

Statisticians Blues wrote:

Update if you have more.

i do have an updated list.

i did the following:

1) added a couple people

2) updated the chicago corral times

3) updated the "guaranteed" entry times for ny and removed the 2010 times

4) corrected a couple times that were out of place

i will post it in a little bit, if anyone has a few suggestions to add post that as well and maybe they could be added.

(just to make this thread easier to search for: celebrity marathon times, famous people who have run a marathon, beat, who have run a marathon, oprah, puff daddy, diddy, sean combs, finished a marathon, what was time? celebrity runners)

sam w wrote:

Statisticians Blues wrote:

Update if you have more.

i do have an updated list.

i did the following:

1) added a couple people

2) updated the chicago corral times

3) updated the "guaranteed" entry times for ny and removed the 2010 times

4) corrected a couple times that were out of place

i will post it in a little bit, if anyone has a few suggestions to add post that as well and maybe they could be added.

(just to make this thread easier to search for: celebrity marathon times, list of famous people who have run a marathon, beat, who have run a marathon, oprah, puff daddy, diddy, sean combs, finished a marathon, what was time? List of celebrity runners)

We will bump you. Looking forward to an updated list.

How about this guy:

J Button

Mar 2:58:34 c 66 Honolulu HI, USA Honolulu Marathon 9 Dec 12

One more thing, did you add Dana Carvey's 1972 time? He has been mentioned a few times. I went looking for a website to confirm his time but could not find it. The time is far enough back that I might not expect it to be on a website with results. I was hoping to find an interview with him where he confirmed it. I could not find one.

I also looked for Alan Paige's time on different sites and could not find a good site to confirm it.

I think I read earlier in a post they did not make the list because they were not verifiable times. If anyone has a link post it.

Did Teri Hatcher run a marathon? I have seen some references to her doing one, but it may be confused gossip writers talking about a tri.

Eliot Spitzer ran NY.

3:58

http://www.runnersworld.com/celebrity-runners/im-runner-eliot-spitzer

sam w wrote:

i do have an updated list.

i did the following:

1) added a couple people

2) updated the chicago corral times

3) updated the "guaranteed" entry times for ny and removed the 2010 times

4) corrected a couple times that were out of place

i will post it in a little bit, if anyone has a few suggestions to add post that as well and maybe they could be added.

(just to make this thread easier to search for: celebrity marathon times, famous people who have run a marathon, beat, who have run a marathon, oprah, puff daddy, diddy, sean combs, finished a marathon, what was time? List of celebrity runners who have run a marathon)

Sam W?????

Update?

Even if it's not a big update please do it anyway.

How about adding the qualifying times for the Gansett Marathon?

http://www.gansettmarathon.com/gansett-marathon-ri-qualifying-information.htm

This appears to be one of the few marathons with qualifying times and that is the ONLY way to get into the race.

Qualifying standards

Age Men Women

18-34 3:00 3:30

35-39 3:05 3:35

40-44 3:10 3:40

45-49 3:20 3:50

50-54 3:25 3:55

55-59 3:35 4:05

60-64 3:50 4:20

65-69 4:05 4:35

70-74 4:20 4:50

75-79 4:35 5:05

80+ 4:50 5:20

London also has guaranteed entries for UK residents who run certain times, and they are tougher than Boston!

http://www.uli-sauer.de/laufen/london/anmeldung_e.htm

I almost forgot, the Commonwealth Games qualifiers:

Men: 2:17

Women: 2:35

www.englandathletics.org/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=9753‎

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Make the list a little more world oriented, not so Americanized.