If you ran in college and competitively post college, at what age was your marathon PR?

Shouldn't your first Marathon always be a PR?

26

No, some people get better.

Just did an age analysis of the top 100 finishers at the 2022 Boston Marathon.

Average age= 29.97

Median Age= 30

Number of finishers in 20-24 age group= 7

25-29= 41

30-34= 37

35-39=15

Actually those are wrong. I can only see results by age group, so those results are for the 18-39 age group

I was 29 but started running marathons at 25 after taking some time off after college. Steadily improved my times during that time and maintained by best through 30. Injuries and other commitments made me step away.

Never had the desire to race the marathon so I didn't.

26y 8m