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One Hundred Years of Deep Annual Marathon Rankings
The Association of Road Racing Statisticians are proud to announce that the ongoing research undertaken by their network statisticians into the development of the Marathon has reached a significant milestone. This weekend the ranking list for 1911 was posted completing a unique set of historical marathon data stretching back one hundred years.
The Annual Marathon Project has taken over five years thus far and has resulted in rigorous re-evaluation of marathon marks and the acquisition of a mass of new material from across the globe.
Co-ordinator of the Project, Andy Milroy, said “Creating such a set of detailed statistics reveals new insights into the development of the event. Despite all the work that has been done, the rankings are not complete, the long term task will be to fill in any remaining gaps and add new found results and dates of birth as they are discovered.
The years 1911-2011 are now posted on the ARRS website.
In parallel with the Annual Marathon Project, ARRS also is attempting to document EVERY marathon held . The Marathons Project also now stretches over one hundred years, showing how the event has changed and developed over the decades, from very small fields frequently numbering under ten to the massive events of today with thousands and thousand of runners running the big City marathons.
Together these two projects take marathon research far beyond what has previously been attempted. The ARRS network statisticians from across the globe have pooled their research and knowledge to create the most complete picture of the event which has come to dominate long distance running in the latter half of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.
Ken Young, ARRS webmaster said “The intention is to extend the research back to 1900 and beyond. Excellent progress is already been made towards achieving this.”
In addition to the Marathons projects, the ARRS website also documents hundreds of long held marathons, road , track and cross country races, including national and international championships. Further information can be easily accessed at www.arrs.net.
For further information contact:
Andy Milroy at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ken Young at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
