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why the spike for the sub 3 zone? Other than it being a popular objective
It'll be entirely down to it being popular.
My only standalone marathon was 3:15:29. If I felt I was near to sub 3 then I'd have gone for it. But I don't think I'd have had enough knowledge to know if actually a 2:56 or 2:58 was doable etc. so I'd go for the nice big target.Same for the big 3.30 and 4.00 spikes. And the drop off at 3.01, 3.31, 4.01 etc
Having thought about it, if my only standalone marathon was 3:00:29 instead of 3:15:29 then I reckon I'd have found that 30 seconds to go sub 3 that I didn't bother to look for to go sub 3:15
duncs
This is interesting graph - why the spike for the sub 3 zone? Other than it being a popular objective perhaps?