Best Frequent Marathoners 2010
This is a continuation of my efforts to identify the best “frequent marathoners” in North America. For each marathon in which a runner runs faster than the median time for women I calculate the difference between her time and this median time. (I also have a listing for men but I will use the female setting to avoid excessive use of “his or her”.) A runner’s final measurement is the sum of these differences. If a woman runs slower than median her value for that race is zero.
As an example, here are the calculations for Lauren Kearney in 2010.
|
Tucson |
3 |
32 |
16 |
12736 |
4 |
31 |
23 |
16283 |
3547 |
|
Malibu |
3 |
47 |
54 |
13674 |
4 |
47 |
38 |
17258 |
3584 |
|
Chicago |
3 |
47 |
14 |
13634 |
4 |
55 |
4.5 |
17704.5 |
4070.5 |
|
Park City |
4 |
0 |
57 |
14457 |
4 |
49 |
38 |
17377.5 |
2920.5 |
|
FootTraffic |
3 |
52 |
5 |
13925 |
4 |
23 |
17 |
15797 |
1872 |
|
RnR |
3 |
54 |
27 |
14067 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
18370 |
4303 |
|
PalosVerdes |
3 |
40 |
38 |
13238 |
4 |
50 |
22 |
17422 |
4184 |
|
CityofLosAngeles |
3 |
43 |
6 |
13386 |
5 |
37 |
23 |
20243 |
6857 |
|
SurfCity |
3 |
44 |
11 |
13451 |
4 |
38 |
25 |
16705 |
3254 |
|
RnRAZ |
3 |
40 |
14 |
13214 |
4 |
34 |
9 |
16449 |
3235 |
The first column shows the marathons she ran in 2010. The next three columns give her times in hours/minutes/seconds, the fifth column gives her times in seconds. The next four columns are the women’s median times for the marathons. The final column gives the numbers of seconds her times were faster than the median times. The total is 38,338 seconds, or 10 hours, 38 minutes, 58 seconds.
Here are the top 15 women for 2010.
|
Runner |
Number of Marathons |
Total Time Faster than Median |
|
|
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|
Traci
Falbo |
20 |
21:37:15.5 |
|
Stephanie
Arango |
23 |
20:44:58 |
|
Leah Thorvilson |
7 |
13:49:39.5 |
|
Parvaneh Moayedi |
20 |
13:48:58 |
|
Sue Mantyla |
23 |
13:45:04 |
|
Beth
Woodward |
8 |
12:52:10 |
|
Mary
Hanna |
8 |
12:10:27 |
|
Suzy
Seeley |
11 |
11:09:29 |
|
Lauren
Kearney |
11 |
10:38:58 |
|
Bekki Manville |
11 |
10:38:04.5 |
|
Debbie
Cropper |
8 |
10:30:20 |
|
Kay
Evans |
9 |
9:08:08 |
|
Laura
Skladzinski |
23 |
8:56:58 |
|
Debbie
Gibson |
8 |
8:22:05 |
|
Susan
Larsen |
11 |
8:10:16 |
And here are the top 15 men for 2010. (Actually the alert reader will note there are 16 men; I kept everyone who went over 12 hours.)
|
Runner |
Number of Marathons |
Total Time Faster than Median |
|
|
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|
Gary Krugger |
59 |
61:35:03 |
|
Sam Felsenfeld |
55 |
48:58:20.5 |
|
Chuck Engle |
22 |
31:26:10 |
|
Michael Wardian |
16 |
27:57:01 |
|
Justin Gillette |
16 |
24:50:44.5 |
|
Frank Livaudais |
16 |
18:27:16.5 |
|
Stephen Hibbs |
17 |
18:02:02 |
|
Dane Rauschenberg |
15 |
15:35:46.5 |
|
Rance Myers |
15 |
15:09:43.5 |
|
Tom Tisell |
10 |
14:23:30.5 |
|
John Piggott |
11 |
14:03:08 |
|
Robert Lopez |
27 |
13:05:19 |
|
Christopher Warren |
12 |
13:02:05.5 |
|
Mark Ott |
14 |
12:54:59 |
|
Karsten Brown |
8 |
12:47:24.5 |
|
Barry Brill |
7 |
12:05:04 |
Here is a link to the 2009 listings. As mentioned in that article I would appreciate hearing any comments or suggestions. In particular I am still looking for a fairly easy way to determine candidates for these lists. That is, I am still looking for a way to easily find those runners who run marathons often and fast. I am also looking for a complete list of results. Marathonguide.com is fairly comprehensive but I do not think they list every North American marathon. (By the way, I do restrict to North American marathons, mainly to simplify the work a bit.)