AreYouOnDope? wrote:
The major marathons are a business and business is good. Like MLB, They don't really want to catch dopers. They want blazing fast times and 40,000 participants.
Anyone who believes that the progression of Marathon times over the past 15 years is due to natural causes is delusional.
eh. Is there really a progression in the majors?
At NYCM there is no real progression. Mutai's recent 2:05 is an outlier, but otherwise it's all 2:08/2:10s
Women the same.
The most you can argue is that the global depth list for
marathoning has gotten much deeper - but that is counting races like Dubai.
Probably Berlin and London have become faster - but the advent of massive pacing has changed those races into time trials - it has added a variable.
NYCM Men for 30 years:
1980 Alberto Salazar United States United States 2:09:41 Course Record
1981 Alberto Salazar United States United States 2:08:13 World Record, 2nd Victory
1982 Alberto Salazar United States United States 2:09:29 3rd Victory
1983 Rod Dixon New Zealand New Zealand 2:08:59
1984 Orlando Pizzolato Italy Italy 2:14:53
1985 Orlando Pizzolato Italy Italy 2:11:34 2nd Victory
1986 Gianni Poli Italy Italy 2:11:06
1987 Ibrahim Hussein Kenya Kenya 2:11:01
1988 Steve Jones United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:08:20
1989 Juma Ikangaa Tanzania Tanzania 2:08:01 Course Record
1990 Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya Kenya 2:12:39
1991 Salvador García Mexico Mexico 2:09:28
1992 Willie Mtolo South Africa South Africa 2:09:29
1993 Andrés Espinosa Mexico Mexico 2:10:04
1994 Germán Silva Mexico Mexico 2:11:21
1995 Germán Silva Mexico Mexico 2:11:00 2nd Victory
1996 Giacomo Leone Italy Italy 2:09:54
1997 John Kagwe Kenya Kenya 2:08:12
1998 John Kagwe Kenya Kenya 2:08:45 2nd Victory
1999 Joseph Chebet Kenya Kenya 2:09:14
2000 Abdelkader El Mouaziz Morocco Morocco 2:10:09
2001 Tesfaye Jifar Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:07:43 Course Record
2002 Rodgers Rop Kenya Kenya 2:08:07
2003 Martin Lel Kenya Kenya 2:10:30
2004 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa South Africa 2:09:28
2005 Paul Tergat Kenya Kenya 2:09:30
2006 Marílson Gomes dos Santos Brazil Brazil 2:09:58
2007 Martin Lel Kenya Kenya 2:09:04 2nd Victory
2008 Marílson Gomes dos Santos Brazil Brazil 2:08:43 2nd Victory
2009 Meb Keflezighi United States USA 2:09:15
2010 Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:08:14
2011 Geoffrey Mutai Kenya Kenya 2:05:06 Course Record
2012 Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
2013 Geoffrey Mutai Kenya Kenya 2:08:24 2nd Victory
and the women no progression either:
980 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:25:42 Course Record, 3rd Victory
1981 Allison Roe New Zealand New Zealand 2:25:29 Course Record
1982 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:27:14 4th Victory
1983 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:27:00 5th Victory
1984 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:29:30 6th Victory
1985 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:28:34 7th Victory
1986 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:28:06 8th Victory
1987 Priscilla Welch United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:30:17
1988 Grete Waitz Norway Norway 2:28:07 9th Victory
1989 Ingrid Kristiansen Norway Norway 2:25:30
1990 Wanda Panfil Poland Poland 2:30:45
1991 Liz McColgan United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:27:32
1992 Lisa Ondieki Australia Australia 2:24:40 Course Record
1993 Uta Pippig Germany Germany 2:26:24
1994 Tegla Loroupe Kenya Kenya 2:27:37
1995 Tegla Loroupe Kenya Kenya 2:28:06 2nd Victory
1996 Anuţa Cătună Romania Romania 2:28:18
1997 Franziska Rochat-Moser Switzerland Switzerland 2:28:43
1998 Franca Fiacconi Italy Italy 2:25:17
1999 Adriana Fernandez Mexico Mexico 2:25:06
2000 Lyudmila Petrova Russia Russia 2:25:45
2001 Margaret Okayo Kenya Kenya 2:24:21 Course Record
2002 Joyce Chepchumba Kenya Kenya 2:25:56
2003 Margaret Okayo Kenya Kenya 2:22:31 Course Record, 2nd Victory
2004 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:23:10
2005 Jeļena Prokopčuka Latvia Latvia 2:24:41
2006 Jeļena Prokopčuka Latvia Latvia 2:25:05 2nd Victory
2007 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:23:09 2nd Victory
2008 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:23:56 3rd Victory
2009 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:28:52
2010 Edna Kiplagat Kenya Kenya 2:28:20
2011 Firehiwot Dado Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:23:15
2012 Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
2013 Priscah Jeptoo Kenya Kenya 2:25:07