I appreciate your support...but I'm going to Fact Check you guys here because I'm a stickler for facts.
1. "absolute cream of human fitness" we were talking about Matt's 1993 run at Pikes (not some 2005 record).
2. "BOPA" thanks! I actually ran my 2:16:52 at the 2011 Rock n' Roll San Diego Marathon (not Boston).
It is point to point (hence why not World Athletics cert for official World Records etc).
HOWEVER, it was an Olympic Trials Qualifying performance for the 2012 US Olympic Marathon Trials.
Much like guys that run an OTQ on a course like CIM or Grandmas or Boston.
So if you can't count a USATF certified marathon run on a course that gets you an Olympic Trials Marathon Qualifier as your marathon time/PR then you're technically dismissing a heck of a lot of people (or anyone that ran a marathon time on a course like CIM, Grandmas, Boston or Rock n' Roll San Diego etc).
This will be my last post on this thread. I think the most interesting thing I learned on this thread is discovering that "Avocado's Number" might actually be Matt Carpenter. Thanks for the entertainment and for indulging me!