10.19.2007

Thought I'd add this quote to the record

"In 2006, there were 410,000 marathon finishers in the United States--an increase of 40 percent from 1995."

Is this number not astonishingly low?

As of today, the US population is about 303 MM.

1 comment:

Geoff K said...

Neat statistic. Actually it seems more astonishingly high than low. I know many quality runner that have never completed a marathon. One of my co-workers (and perhaps the best runner I know personally) has never been able to complete a marathon. He trains at such a high level that the 20 mile training runs beat him down. But when he runs the half marathon or shorter, he is highly competitive in his age group (and overall).

I am happy that you and Dan decided to try a marathon and had such great success but I don't think marathons are for everyone.