Marathon

The type of shoes the runner has, what the runner ate before they ran, if there were any hills to run up or down, and if it was hot or cold outside or inside.

For a female, something on the order of 5'3", 97 pounds. For a male, slightly larger - perhaps 5'8", 130 pounds. -- According to IAAF records: The top 5 fastest female marathoners of all time: average 5'3" and 104 lbs. While the 5 most recent men's world records were set by athletes averaging: 5'6" and 127 lbs.

It depends on how much running experience you have already and how much time you have to train.

The marathon is 26 miles, 385 yards. The standard distance for the marathon race was determined by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) in 1921 (Rule 240 of their Competition Rules), at a distance of 26 miles 385 yards, or 42.195 km. This seemingly arbitrary distance was that adopted for the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Contrary to popular stories, the British Royal Family had no direct influence on the distance. At a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in The Hague in May 1907 it was agreed with the British Olympic Association that the 1908 Olympics would include a marathon of about 25 miles or 40 kilometres. In November 1907 a route of about that distance was published in the newspapers, starting at Windsor Castle and finishing at the Olympic Stadium, the Great White City Stadium in Shepherd's Bush in London. There were protests about the final few miles because of tram-lines and cobbles, so the route was revised to cross the rough ground of Wormwood Scrubs. This lengthened the route, as did plans to make the start 700 yards from Queen Victoria's statue by Windsor Castle, and it was decided to fix the distance at 26 miles to the stadium, plus a lap of the track (586 yards, 2 feet), using the Royal Entrance as the marathon tunnel, and finishing in front of the Royal Box. For the official Trial Marathon on 25 April 1908, organized by the Polytechnic Harriers, the start was on 'The Long Walk' - a magnificent avenue leading up to Windsor Castle in the grounds of Windsor Great Park. For the Olympic Marathon itself the start was on the private East Terrace of Windsor Castle, with the permission of King Edward VII, so that the public would not interfere with the start. The Princess of Wales and her children drove from their home at Frogmore on the far side of Windsor Great Park to watch the start of the race. Shortly before the Games opened it was realized that the Royal Entrance could not be used as the marathon entrance-it was raised to permit easy descent by the royal party from their carriages, and did not open onto the track-so an alternative entrance was chosen, diagonally opposite the Royal Box. A special path was made just outside the Franco British Exhibition ground so that the distance to the stadium remained 26 miles. The finishing line was left unchanged, but in order that the spectators, including Queen Alexandra, could have the best view of the final yards, the direction of running was changed to "right-hand inside" (i.e. clockwise). This meant the distance in the stadium was shortened to 385 yards, and the total distance became 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km). Source: http://wiki.phantis.com/index.php/Marathon_(event)

The two most popular long distance races are the London Marathon and the Great North Run.

The earliest recorded record time of the marathon was run by Spiridon Louis with a time of 2:58:50 at the 1896 Olympics.

Yes a marathon can be called a sprint. Hope that helps! :)

I'd say Mesomorph at about 171

The ING New York City Marathon is usually held in the fall of each year.

However, the 2012 race was cancelled due to the damage from Hurricane Sandy. The 2013 race is scheduled for November 3rd, 2013.

23,021 runners started the 2010 Boston Marathon (out of the 26,735 who entered).

The five marathon "majors" are Boston, Berlin, Chicago, London and New York. Other, but by no means an exaustive list, marathons that have large participation include the Marine Corp Marathon, LA Marathon and the Paris Marathon.

usually it starts at 8:00 a.m and ends at 2:00 p.m

the marathon takes place because there used to be a man called pheidippides and he ran to Sparta there and back which was 2 kilometers there and back. they needed help for a war but they were in a festival so they couldn't come for ten days. they won the war but when he ran all the way back to Athens ( 1 mile ) he said they had won but he fell down and died by running tooooo much and that's why we do the marathon ( in favor of pheidippides. )

16:00 men and 22:00 may be avrage for track runners but not the avrage person check the data here http://www.competitiverunners.com/?mod=tools

out of 22k results the average FT for men was alittle over 30:00 and the womens where alittle over 36:00. This avrerage comes from road race results and runners of all types.

Samuel Wanjiru & Liliya Shobukhova each won $75,000 in prize money in 2010 as top finishers. In addition, they each received $40,000 bonuses for their finishing times. However every year, the total prize money depends upon the sponsorship funds received for the event.

A local named Bill Rodgers (nicknamed "Boston Billy") won the marathon and set a new American record. He broke the record again in Boston four years later. During his career, "Boston Billy" won 22 marathons.

6 permute 6

=720 ways :))

13 kilometers = 8.078 miles

Your exhalations are 100% humidified, especially for mouth breathers, so you lose moisture with every breath when running.

Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.

They are Heatsheets® made out of polyethylene. Runners are typically wearing just shorts and a light shirt, so when they stop they get cold. The space blanket is an inexpensive way to keep the runner warm until they can retreive their warmup clothes.

An "ordinary" marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards (26.22 miles) or 46145 yards.

The Olympic marathon is 42.195 kilometers, which is longer by about 4.7 inches.

Any marathon race may add up to 42 meters to assure that the actual course distance qualifies under IAAF rules (1 meter per kilometer).

Paula Radcliffe was born in Davenham, Chesire, England.