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Marathon analysis
This page summarizes all the analysis and discussion we do on the marathon event. From the big city marathon recaps, to the physiology of fatigue and performance, you'll find it here!
Ross
2009
- Boston
Live race coverage as Merga and Kosgei triumph
Marathon analysis and pacing strategy - detailed insights - London
Wanjiru rules the roads again in a fierce race in London
Splits and pacing from London 2009 - Rotterdam
Two men run 2:04:27 - the world's fastest ever race
- Berlin 2008: World Record 2:03:59 for Gebrselassie
Preview
Race Report and Splits: Gebrselassie breaks the 2:04 barrier
- Beijing Olympic Marathon
Sammy Wanjiru defies heat, humidity, pollution and everyone else to win the greatest marathon ever run
- London Marathon
Preview
Race Report and Splits: Magnificent Marin Lel confirms his standing
Further discussion and insights
- Comrades Marathon
Preview of the 2008 "Up" run. Includes route profile and description
The "real" Comrades Marathon: Survivorship and the Comrades spirit
Comrades 2008 Results
- Haile Gebrselassie's World Record
News report - 2:04:26 world record for Gebrselassie
Analysis of Gebrselassie's World Record in Berlin - features splits and pacing from the WR
Is a sub-2 hour marathon possible?
- Marathon survivorship - fatigue and performance at "the limit"
Tales of marathon survivors - courage and physiology in the Marathon
Kayoko Fukushi's debut marathon - the science of wrong pacing
Insights from 2007 Comrades Ultra-Marathon (90km)
