Fastest Marathon Course in the US.

Vegas....no doubt..most downhill you can get without becoming an illegal course

You go through a time warp?

What do you mean by the fastest?

People have run the fastest times on the course or people could run the fastest times if fast people went there?

I am looking for the Fastest flatest Marathon Courses in the US.

thanks

Chi town.

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Iced Tea ale wrote:

I am looking for the Fastest flatest Marathon Courses in the US.

Fastest flattest - probably Chicago, Shamrock in VA Beach is also flat and fast

Fastest overall - Steamtown (Scranton, PA) deserves a nod as does Las Vegas. Although I've heard LV may have changed the course in recent years and may not be so downhill

Don't listen to people who say Saint George is fast. It has an incredible overall elevation drop but also has some nice uphills. More importantly, the altitude will kill you - I think it starts at 5200 feet and ends at 2600.

fastest?

the now "DOA" Pines to Palms Marathon...now its probably Tucson

fastest "IAAF" certified marathon?

Chicago or London

speedee wrote:

fastest?

the now "DOA" Pines to Palms Marathon...now its probably Tucson

fastest "IAAF" certified marathon?

Chicago or London

Yes, Pines to Palms if you're going on total drop. Bizz Johnson in CA looks pretty fast, and since it's no a rail trail might not trash your legs as much.

Given that the past 2 men's WRs (plus da Costa's) were set there, I'd put Berlin up w/ and maybe ahead of Chi & London. That course always seems to get overlooked

Myrtle Beach Marathon is pretty darn flat.

Chicago is obviously one of the flatest/fastest.

For IAAF certified nobody can touch Berlin:

http://www.arrs.net/QP_Mara.htm

Chicago is it in the US, although Las Vegas sounds pretty good as an alternate.

I think for non eligible downhills the recent thread on St. George pretty much established it is a net 4 to 6 minute PR over a flat course. Don't know what Pines to Palms records were but the downhills on that look pretty deadly for the legs.

Steamtown has the fastest median times for any marathon over 750 entrants. I have run it twice and think it is a 2-3 minute PR over the flat.

Las Vegas is a totally different race now. It's a loop course with some gradual hills. Not tough but not the old downhill route.

Berlin is overlooked because they're filthy Krauts. We beat them in the war and damned if we couldn't do it again.

And that's the value of the draft.

While the altitude is not much it is high enough to have some negative effect on marathon times.

Cim

West Wyoming Marathon is really fast.