2005 Little Rock Marathon

Some interesting news about the 2005 Little Rock Arkansas Marathon was the story of Arkansas Governor Huckabee. He has lost 110lbs and finished Sunday's marathon with a time of 4:38:58. The 49 year old governor was 1 of 233 male runners in their 40's. The average finish time for this group was 4:12:23.

Little Rock Marathon Stats

There was a total of 934 marathon runners who finished, and their mean chiptime was 4:36:44. Men accounted for 68% of the runners. 20 men and 2 women were "sub 3" runners who finished under 3 hours.

Below are the details stats. They were derived from data posted at the Little Rock Marathon 2005 results page.

I'll look into posting the half marathon stats later. Let me know in the comments if there are any other stats you would like to see.

Average Times By Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
teens	16	2%	5:09:45
twenties	129	14%	4:38:43
thirties	229	25%	4:22:58
forties	319	34%	4:25:19
fifties	187	20%	4:57:53
sixties	41	4%	5:18:15
seventies	5	1%	5:23:27
unknown	8	1%	4:52:18
Total	934	100%	4:36:44

Average Timess By States

StateGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
AR	464	50%	4:46:06
CA	18	2%	4:34:13
FL	13	1%	4:42:17
GA	16	2%	4:47:41
IL	40	4%	4:20:50
IN	14	1%	4:04:55
KS	21	2%	4:24:22
LA	22	2%	4:24:04
MN	12	1%	4:29:51
MO	26	3%	4:28:22
MS	10	1%	3:39:56
NE	11	1%	4:58:59
OH	19	2%	4:16:33
OK	26	3%	4:13:10
TN	34	4%	4:20:05
TX	90	10%	4:44:15
Below Cutoff	98	10%	4:22:14
Total	934	100%	4:36:44

Average Times By Cities

CityGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
BENTON, AR	19	2%	5:07:55
CONWAY, AR	15	2%	4:05:19
FAYETTEVILLE, AR	11	1%	4:12:04
FORT SMITH, AR	10	1%	4:21:23
HOT SPRINGS, AR	17	2%	4:23:19
HOUSTON, TX	19	2%	5:46:53
LITTLE ROCK, AR	166	18%	4:50:29
MAUMELLE, AR	26	3%	4:52:47
NORTH LITTLE RO, AR	25	3%	4:49:22
RUSSELLVILLE, AR	14	1%	4:22:34
SHERWOOD, AR	15	2%	4:50:47
Below Cutoff	597	64%	4:30:19
Total	934	100%	4:36:44

Average Times By Female Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
teens	1	0%	4:25:07
twenties	66	22%	4:59:12
thirties	77	26%	4:39:09
forties	86	29%	5:00:19
fifties	55	19%	5:34:02
sixties	8	3%	6:10:54
unknown	2	1%	6:36:45
Total	295	100%	5:03:16

<Average Times By Male Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Chiptime
teens	15	2%	5:12:44
twenties	63	10%	4:17:16
thirties	152	24%	4:14:46
forties	233	36%	4:12:23
fifties	132	21%	4:42:49
sixties	33	5%	5:05:29
seventies	5	1%	5:23:27
unknown	6	1%	4:17:28
Total	639	100%	4:24:29

Total Time Breakdowns

Under 3hr	3hr to 4hr	4hr to 5hr	Over 5hr
22 (2%)	251 (27%)	382 (41%)	279 (30%)

Time Breakdowns By Age For Male Runners

AgeGroup	Under 3hr	3hr to 4hr	4hr to 5hr	Over 5hr
teens	0 (0%)	5 (33%)	3 (20%)	7 (47%)
twenties	5 (8%)	19 (30%)	32 (51%)	7 (11%)
thirties	7 (5%)	59 (39%)	65 (43%)	21 (14%)
forties	8 (3%)	93 (40%)	93 (40%)	39 (17%)
fifties	0 (0%)	30 (23%)	59 (45%)	43 (33%)
sixties	0 (0%)	5 (15%)	11 (33%)	17 (52%)
seventies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (40%)	3 (60%)
unknown	0 (0%)	2 (33%)	4 (67%)	0 (0%)
Total	20 (3%)	213 (33%)	269 (42%)	137 (21%)

Time Breakdowns By Age For Female Runners

AgeGroup	Under 3hr	3hr to 4hr	4hr to 5hr	Over 5hr
teens	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)	0 (0%)
twenties	1 (2%)	6 (9%)	27 (41%)	32 (48%)
thirties	1 (1%)	15 (19%)	40 (52%)	21 (27%)
forties	0 (0%)	15 (17%)	29 (34%)	42 (49%)
fifties	0 (0%)	2 (4%)	15 (27%)	38 (69%)
sixties	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (13%)	7 (88%)
unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
Total	2 (1%)	38 (13%)	113 (38%)	142 (48%)

2005 Little Rock, AR Marathon Weather History

Since the weather has a big effect on marathon times, I've listed a detailed summary of the weather during the race time.

The sunrise in Little Rock for March 6, 2005 was at 6:31am. The temperature at the start of the race was about 46 F. By noon it was about 68 F. Here are the details of the weather during the marathon from data provided by weather.com

Time	Temp F	Humid. %	Wind	Sky Condition
7:53am	46	83	calm	cloudy
8:53am	53	64	3mph	mostly cloudy
9:53am	59	48	6mph	partly cloudy
10:53am	64	40	6mph	partly cloudy
11:53am	68	37	8mph	partly cloudy
12:53pm	71	39	12mph	partly cloudy