Originally Posted by
StanSeven
This is good and is much more informative than looking at run times. Running times are a joke now with so many participants walking or jogging while saying they are competing or racing. This table has run times in the triathlon not much slower than the NYC marathon
Really has very little applicability to each of us an individuals. These statistics are of a very small population of people who have specific genetic characteristics, mental attitudes and training regimens. The statistical universe is a so small it makes our already small group seem like at least a galaxy, if not the known celestial universe.
It is fun to use all kinds of mathematical and graphical toys for play. This result is interesting for That Group but has little or no meaning to each of us.