New York City marked the last of the Marathon Majors this year. Course records were smashed in London, Boston, Berlin, Chicago, and NYC. I've talked before about the astonishing pace with which records seem to be falling.
Sports Illustrated has a great article looking at the reasons behind this trend. One of the factors driving this seems to be the allure of the marathon as the premier event in running, with lucrative sponsorships and prize money, all of which are attracting the most gifted runners at an early age.
Read the article here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/david_epstein/11/06/new.york.city.marathon/index.html
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