So I was playing around with this data for a little while, but was inspired to post it following Eliud Kipchoge's sub two hour marathon attempt earlier today.
Edit: /u/lunaismycopilot and /u/Captain_Lambkin kindly pointed out that the word 'pace' in running is typically used to describe the time taken to travel a set distance rather than a term for speed. Given this:
Here is the graph redone to show minutes/kilometer
![image showing World Record running pace by distance [OC]](050688ae-6b8c-5e7b-b73f-4510bb8dbae0.jpg)
dkdviz on May 6th, 2017 at 16:43 UTC »
So I was playing around with this data for a little while, but was inspired to post it following Eliud Kipchoge's sub two hour marathon attempt earlier today.
Data source is the International Association of Athletics Federations' website. Tool used was Excel.
Edit: /u/lunaismycopilot and /u/Captain_Lambkin kindly pointed out that the word 'pace' in running is typically used to describe the time taken to travel a set distance rather than a term for speed. Given this:
Here is the graph redone to show minutes/kilometer
Here is the graph redone to show minutes/mile
23andrewb on May 6th, 2017 at 17:29 UTC »
It's crazy that record marathon runners are running 5 minute miles for TWO HOURS. That's wild.
Euthy on May 6th, 2017 at 17:30 UTC »
It's pretty insane that by cutting speed in half, distance rises nearly 1000x.