US marathon lists

Gee, thanks. Now you've given me something new to obsess about. I haven't been able to find anything online through the sources I'd expect to find this kind of stuff, and I've got some time to kill tonight. I may have DEEP 2003 lists soon (2:45 men/3:15 women). I'll start w/ links from marathonguide.com and go from there.

I gave up on figuring out last year's list. It's harder than you'd think. Figuring out who belongs on a US list can be tricky, because foreigners often list their place of residence in the USA, and there are expatriates living abroad who are still eligible for US teams (for example, Jason Mayeroff, 69th at Oly Trials, lives in China). Also, getting results of overseas marathons can be difficult.

But I've got this year's list done, through Feb. 7th (Oly Trials).

Men:

10th -- 2:16:17

25th -- 2:20:23

50th -- 2:25:50

100th -- 2:37:49

133 athletes under 2:45

Women:

10th -- 2:48:43

25th -- 2:56:38

50th -- 3:06:37

100th -- 3:14:06

111 athletes under 3:15, two athletes have 2 marks under 3:15

I'll post updates at the end of each month.

Here are some lists of Wisconsin marathoners, you can go back a couple of years. To get on the lists you have to run under 3 hours.

http://www.badgerlandstriders.org/champs/honorroll.asp

The 2002 and 2003 lists also have a US ranking, but I don't know where they got those numbers.

You can get a list of all of the '04 OT qualifiers on usatf.org. If you remember something like 100 men qualified for this event and numerous others were close (2:22 is the provisional standard). So you will not find a 2:25 anywhere near the top 50, I would say maybe top 1000. The USATF probably publishes a list of the top US marathon performances, but I have never seen one. I would suggest checking its website.

The trials qualifying window was about a two year period.

True. Is this person looking for all-time or year bests? All-time, there is no way a 2:25 would show up in the top million. Good luck compiling this info.

This makes no sense. There were nearly 100 runners who qualified for the trials. I understand they had a two year window but I find it hard to believe that only 133 Americans broke 2:45 this year. I came in 46th place at Grandma's with a 2:29.31.

MattP wrote:

This makes no sense. There were nearly 100 runners who qualified for the trials. I understand they had a two year window but I find it hard to believe that only 133 Americans broke 2:45 this year. I came in 46th place at Grandma's with a 2:29.31.

read his posts again, its THIS YEARS (2004) list that has 133 americans breaking 2:45.

so, for those who are a little slow in comprehension, 133 americans have broken 2:45 for the marathon in 2004 (through the olympic trials weekend).

much ado about nothing....

I began work on the 2003 lists, and had hundreds and hundreds of marks under 2:45 / 3:15 in US marathons just from June to December. I decided my time was best spent elsewhere. I'd say that there were probably over 1000 marks under 2:45 and a similar amount for women under 3:15.

At year's end I'll put up the list somewhere. For each performance I have time, name, place of residence, site and date. If you're a good-on-the-local-scene marathoner you'll make the list, and it will be easy to keep an eye on your competition too.

Try here:

http://www.marathonguide.com/results/index.cfm

Theoretically they have the results of every US marathon held since 2000. That includes some unsanctioned ones like the Half Voyageur Trail Marathon (which is 1 loop of the Voyageur 50 Mile Ultra) which is not certified for distance. The buttons are on the right side, near the bottom of the first page.

That's where the bulk of my data comes from. The only problems are determining nationality for resident foreigners, and international marathons aren't as well documented on that site. But I'm confident that they miss no races anywhere.

How many runners in the USA break 3 hours in a given year.??

I say about 3,700.

Eliteness wrote:

Does anyone have HUGE descending order lists for the marathon? There aren't all that many marathons out there, it wouldn't be like compiling every track meet that takes place.

First, a question: Why do you want this info?

Second, an answer: Try

and hit 'road running' link. Failing that, write: