The U.S. is producing more 2:15 marathoners than it did circa Y2K
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...and probably about the same number it did in the 1980s, adjusting for population growth since then. I "somehow" came across Track and Field News' top-50 U.S. men's performance lists from 2001. Post-Olympic years are sometimes lackluster in this area, but plus or minus years ago, this was unquestionably part of a nadir in American distance running.
The U.S. is producing more 2:15 marathoners than it did circa Y2K
The U.S. is producing more 2:15 marathoners…
The U.S. is producing more 2:15 marathoners than it did circa Y2K
...and probably about the same number it did in the 1980s, adjusting for population growth since then. I "somehow" came across Track and Field News' top-50 U.S. men's performance lists from 2001. Post-Olympic years are sometimes lackluster in this area, but plus or minus years ago, this was unquestionably part of a nadir in American distance running.