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immunedata t1_ircthia wrote

Reply to comment by english-doyouspeakit in Eliud Kipchoge's New Marathon World Record, Visualized [OC] by chartr

3 hours is Boston Qualifying time for men age 18-34 and generally a very good benchmark so a popular target time.

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cswanger22 t1_irdj310 wrote

Berlin is a fast course with good crowd support. It’s a great course for someone around the 3hr mark to accomplish their goal of sub 3 for Boston. So it probably attracts more people in that time group

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