uj wrote:
Obvious Answer wrote:Oh, I see. I misread your post. My bad.
At any rate, it would seem odd if somehow 24 and 27 were more desirable than 25 or 26. I would suggest that a reasonable model is that there is a range that is most often ideal and that the data suggests that the range for most elites is somewhere between 23 and 27.
Obviously, any given individual may be better served by debuting outside of this range (or never running a marathon at all).
You can't just say that 24 and 27 "seem odd" and decide to ignore the data. The ages with the most occurrences are 24 and 27. Those are the facts. You can't make it a range. If you're going to do that then you have to include all of the numbers with similar occurrences which would then mean "anytime in your 20s". There is nothing reasonable about turning it into a range between 24 and 27 because it seems odd. That is a strong example non-reasonability.
OK, so you are either just trolling for fun (I can respect that) or monumentally stupid (nothing wrong with that really, if it can't be helped).
Cheers