I got into an argument with a co-worker today who was talking about his friend who ran the Chicago Marathon this past weekend and was able to BQ. We then began discussing running achievements and I mentioned that breaking 17 in a 5K is probably harder than a breaking 3 hours in marathon. He acted like I was crazy - "dude, it's only 3 miles - trying running 26!"
I mentioned that there are girls who run in the high 18's running sub-3 and he still didn't think my argument was valid.
What does LR think?