Runners from nearly 6,000 cities across the globe came to Chicago in October to compete in the 2011 Chicago Marathon.
We ran the numbers to define, for each city, how many runners finished, and the average finish time for all participants in that town.
We've gone the next step to plot each of the cities that were represented at the Chicago Marathon, marked by a green dot.
Click on any of the dots/cities to see the number of finishers and average finish time. [For the numbers, see our complete Chicago Marathon Results Analysis]
We've represented the data in three successively narrowing views: 1. All US Cities; 2. Northern Illinois; 3. Chicago and nearby suburbs. You can navigate around each of the maps using google maps capabilities such as zoom and click-to-grab the map to move it. For example, you might want to use this approach to navigate to Europe and its representative cities.
Drill Down To Northern Illinois
Tighten the View to Chicago and Suburbs
Ironman Western Australia Results and Kona Qualifier Analysis
Those hoping for a better chance to qualify for Kona should consider racing Ironman Western Australia. This year, 40 slots were allocated among 1183 finishers; 3.4% of the field is going to Kona. Great odds, compared to the very many Ironman events that will see around 2500 athletes competing for 50 slots in the 2011/2012 season.
Even better: Ironman Western Australia is one of the fastest courses in the world, according to our rankings. If you race Ironman Western Australia, you might be able to achieve a personal best time. A big contributor: average bike split of about 6 hours. A full hour faster than triathletes experienced at Ironman UK, for example.
Ironman Cozumel 2011 Results Analysis
In the third annual Ironman Cozumel, 2299 triathletes finished in an average time of 12 hours, 43 minutes. Nearly 2900 initially registered for the event, 19% did not start, and of those who began the race, 7% did not finish. The finish average of 12:43 will change Ironman Cozumel's position on our Top 25 Toughest Ironman Course Rankings List: the 13:11 time in 2009 placed it among the slightly more challenging races, but 2010 and 2011 times indicate Cozumel is more accurately ranked as about average in terms of difficulty.
The Long Run: Ironman Marathon vs Standalone Marathon
You've run a marathon, finished in a pretty decent time, and now have your sights set on racing an Ironman. What should you expect your ironman marathon time to be? We crunched the numbers and the results are in Triathlete Magazine's December 2011 issue.
A sneak peak is below. Short answer: add 20-30 minutes, for starters.
A sneak peak is below. Short answer: add 20-30 minutes, for starters.
For more, see our comprehensive marathon and triathlon stats and analysis section.
Ironman Arizona 2011 Results Analysis
More than 2200 triathletes completed the 2011 Ironman Arizona in an average finish time of 12 hours, 55 minutes. Of 2974 registered to compete, 21% did not start; of those who began the race, 6% did not finish.
At an average finish time of 12:57 overall from 2009 to 2011, Ironman Arizona remains ranked in the middle of RunTri's Toughest 25 Ironman Races list.
With a welcoming flat and fast bike course, the average bike split is only 48% of overall time (50% is the norm), but time advantages gained on the bike are lost on the run. The average 26.2 mile run split of 5:04 is among the slower one compared to 25 Ironman races.
At an average finish time of 12:57 overall from 2009 to 2011, Ironman Arizona remains ranked in the middle of RunTri's Toughest 25 Ironman Races list.
With a welcoming flat and fast bike course, the average bike split is only 48% of overall time (50% is the norm), but time advantages gained on the bike are lost on the run. The average 26.2 mile run split of 5:04 is among the slower one compared to 25 Ironman races.
Compared with Ironman Florida, Arizona's marathon split is 10 minutes slower and those 10 minutes represent the gap between finish times of both races. For more, see our complete Ironman Arizona coverage.
Ironman Florida Kona Qualifying Times Analysis
In most ironman events, the competition to qualify for Kona is increasingly fierce, but the qualifying times at this year's Ironman Florida proved to be the exception. In 2011, nearly 2500 athletes began the race, with as many as 500 hoping they might have a shot at winning one of the 65 available qualifying slots.
Qualifying times in 2010 were generally faster than in 2009, across most age groups. And it was generally expected that qualifying times in 2011 would be even faster. Surprisingly, is actually was 'easier' to qualify for Kona in Ironman Florida this year, as indicated by slower qualifying times in nearly every age group.
Adding an additional element of surprise were qualifying times in age groups that actually offered fewer slots in 2011 compared to 2009. We would have expected notably faster qualifying times in M35-39, which lost 2 slots, but that was not the case.
Ironman Florida 2011 Results Analysis
One thing you can count on at Ironman Florida is relative consistency in conditions and finish times. The average finish time in 2011 was 12:45, merely minutes from the 12:42 in 2010 and 12:37 in 2009. Of the 2921 who registered to compete, 19% did not start and 4% did not finish, Congratulations to those who finished . . . see how your finish time compared to your peers in our analysis below.
Also see our analysis of the correlation between bike and run splits, and more of our complete Ironman Florida Race Coverage. For complete results, ironmanflorida.com.
Miami Half Ironman 70.3 Results Analysis
The 2011 Miami half ironman event stands out among the 40+ others on the 70.3 race calendar for 3 reasons:
- The most registered entrants: 2,995
- The highest DNS (registered entrants that did not start the race): 29%
- One of the largest improvements in year-over-year average finish time: 29 minutes -- from 6:18 to 5:51
Given the relative speed of this year's race, it's also a little surprising that the DNF (did not finish) rate exceeded 6%.
Of the 1982 triathletes who finished, here are the average times by age group.
Which Country has the World's Fastest Ironman Triathletes?
Which countries have the fastest triathletes? It's an often debated question, particularly when it comes to comparing one ironman race to another. Are the athletes in Europe faster than those in the US? Australia faster than Canada?
Taking results of the world's best triathletes -- their finishing times from the 2011 Ironman Triathlon World Championship -- we compared each country's top finisher across all age groups. Among the men, the countries with the fastest finishers were USA, Germany and Australia. Among the women, USA, Germany and Canada took fastest honors.
Here are the rankings, followed by comparisons of top finishers's times by country for several of the largest age groups competing in Kona 2011.
For this and all other charts below, each bar represents the finish time of the fastest athlete representing that country. In this example of the M50-54 age group, Australia's fastest finisher's time was 9:42, while Brazil's fastest finisher crossed the line with a time of 11:45.
Taking results of the world's best triathletes -- their finishing times from the 2011 Ironman Triathlon World Championship -- we compared each country's top finisher across all age groups. Among the men, the countries with the fastest finishers were USA, Germany and Australia. Among the women, USA, Germany and Canada took fastest honors.
Here are the rankings, followed by comparisons of top finishers's times by country for several of the largest age groups competing in Kona 2011.
For this and all other charts below, each bar represents the finish time of the fastest athlete representing that country. In this example of the M50-54 age group, Australia's fastest finisher's time was 9:42, while Brazil's fastest finisher crossed the line with a time of 11:45.
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