2005 LA Marathon Results

Here's a summary of 2005 LA Marathon. Lyubov Denisova set a new course record for the women with a time of 2:26:11. The men's winner, Mark Saina, finished in 2:09:35 just missing the course record by 10 seconds. The previous women's course record is 2:26:23 set in 1992.

Here are some of the basic stats for this marathon based on data that I downloaded from doitsports.com. I'll be posting more stats over the next few days.

Did You Run Faster In 2005 Than In 2004?

First, I found 6431 out of 20379 runners who ran last year's LA Marathon in addition to yesterday's. On average, times were much faster. 4868 (76%) ran faster this year than in 2004. 1563 ran slower.

2005 vs 2004 Change	Number	Percent
over 60 min faster	939	14.6
30 to 60 min faster	1520	23.6
10 to 30 min faster	1683	26.2
1 to 10 min faster	663	10.3
under 1 min faster	63	1
under 1 min slower	76	1.2
1 to 10 min slower	453	7
10 to 30 min slower	559	8.7
30 to 60 min slower	297	4.6
over 60 min slower	178	2.8
Total	6431	100

Breakdown By State, Age, Sex

Below are the average times broken out by states, age, and sex. I haven't had time to look carefully at them to identify any interesting trends. Feel free to leave a comment about anything interesting or odd you might find.

Runners by State

State	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
AZ	58	0.3%	5:19:52
CA	18981	93.1%	5:39:28
CO	79	0.4%	4:44:19
FL	31	0.2%	4:55:14
GA	49	0.2%	5:15:07
IL	63	0.3%	4:37:08
MI	26	0.1%	4:36:39
NC	23	0.1%	4:58:24
NJ	24	0.1%	5:08:04
NV	61	0.3%	5:09:45
NY	81	0.4%	4:40:37
OH	47	0.2%	4:14:49
OR	34	0.2%	5:03:30
PA	21	0.1%	4:52:21
TX	86	0.4%	5:24:37
UT	29	0.1%	5:11:00
VA	26	0.1%	4:57:10
WA	61	0.3%	5:02:31
unknown	359	1.8%	4:35:14
other	240	1.2%	4:58:30
Total	20379	100%	5:36:13

Age Group (Males and Females)

Age Group	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	318	1.6%	6:38:52
teens	2298	11.3%	5:57:00
twenties	4007	19.7%	5:24:56
thirties	5273	25.9%	5:24:01
forties	4875	23.9%	5:28:06
fifties	2696	13.2%	5:52:11
sixties	771	3.8%	6:13:30
seventies	116	0.6%	6:42:20
eighties+	15	0.1%	7:26:07
unknown	10	0%	5:58:12
Total	20379	100%	5:36:13

Sex

Sex	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
F	7789	38.2%	6:04:05
M	12580	61.7%	5:18:56
unknown	10	0%	5:58:12
Total	20379	100%	5:36:13

Females by Age Group

Age Group	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	157	2%	6:58:35
teens	970	12.5%	6:26:09
twenties	1809	23.2%	5:40:10
thirties	2019	25.9%	5:52:06
forties	1702	21.9%	6:02:37
fifties	883	11.3%	6:32:45
sixties	221	2.8%	6:59:35
seventies	24	0.3%	7:30:19
eighties+	4	0.1%	7:38:51
Total	7789	100%	6:04:05

Males by Age Group

Age Group	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
preteens	161	1.3%	6:19:38
teens	1328	10.6%	5:35:44
twenties	2198	17.5%	5:12:24
thirties	3254	25.9%	5:06:36
forties	3173	25.2%	5:09:35
fifties	1813	14.4%	5:32:25
sixties	550	4.4%	5:54:58
seventies	92	0.7%	6:29:49
eighties+	11	0.1%	7:21:29
Total	12580	100%	5:18:56

[Revision Notice: An update in these stats were made on 8:00am CST 3/8/05 due to new download of race data on 7:00pm CST 3/7/05 from doitsports.com. Refer to this post for more details.]