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.
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