JumboTron Finish and the Knoxville Marathon

Knoxville did a cool thing with their new marathon last Sunday (3/20/05) by ending at Neyland Stadium where finishers got to see themselves on the 132ft by 51ft JumboTron as they crossed the finish line. The only problem is that when you're at the end of a marathon, it's easy to forget looking up at the JumboTron as you finish.

Below are the stats for the full marathon. At first I downloaded the stats from the Knoxville Marathon website. However, they didn't provide ages, cities, or states. Later I found that the Knoxville Track Club provided these details at their website. The only problem was that they didn't provide both the chip and gun times. It looks to be the gun times. So the below stats are gun times rather than chip times. Since there weren't a huge number of runners, the gun times don't seem to be too much longer than the chip times.

I added something new to the stats. For the stats by city and state, I included the fastest times so you can see what the best time was for your city or state. One thing I haven't mentioned is the cutoff time. To keep the tables from getting too big, I exclude cities and states with fewer than 10 runners.

Total Runners by Times

Under 3hr	3 to 4hr	4 to 5hr	Over 5hr
19 (2%)	278 (30%)	433 (47%)	190 (21%)

Male Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see best times

AgeGroup	Under 3hr	3 to 4hr	4 to 5hr	Over 5hr
teens	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (100%)	0 (0%)
twenties	4 (7%)	20 (34%)	24 (41%)	11 (19%)
thirties	8 (4%)	82 (39%)	83 (40%)	35 (17%)
forties	5 (2%)	91 (41%)	91 (41%)	34 (15%)
fifties	0 (0%)	34 (31%)	55 (50%)	20 (18%)
sixties	0 (0%)	4 (9%)	26 (60%)	13 (30%)
seventies	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (50%)	2 (50%)
Total	17 (3%)	231 (36%)	284 (44%)	115 (18%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see best times

AgeGroup	Under 3hr	3 to 4hr	4 to 5hr	Over 5hr
teens	0 (0%)	1 (33%)	2 (67%)	0 (0%)
twenties	0 (0%)	16 (26%)	32 (52%)	14 (23%)
thirties	1 (1%)	15 (15%)	56 (57%)	26 (27%)
forties	1 (1%)	14 (19%)	38 (53%)	19 (26%)
fifties	0 (0%)	1 (3%)	21 (64%)	11 (33%)
sixties	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (100%)
Total	2 (1%)	47 (17%)	149 (55%)	75 (27%)

Average Times By Age Groups (Male and Female)

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Time
teens	6	1%	4:18:27
twenties	121	13%	4:21:17
thirties	306	33%	4:21:38
forties	293	32%	4:16:22
fifties	142	15%	4:32:11
sixties	48	5%	4:54:09
seventies	4	0%	5:12:43
Total	920	100%	4:23:26

Average Times By Male Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Time
teens	3	0%	4:27:22
twenties	59	9%	4:12:28
thirties	208	32%	4:15:11
forties	221	34%	4:12:30
fifties	109	17%	4:26:44
sixties	43	7%	4:48:20
seventies	4	1%	5:12:43
Total	647	100%	4:18:35

Average Times By Female Age Groups

AgeGroup	Number	Percent	Mean Time
teens	3	1%	4:09:33
twenties	62	23%	4:29:39
thirties	98	36%	4:35:19
forties	72	26%	4:28:15
fifties	33	12%	4:50:08
sixties	5	2%	5:44:08
Total	273	100%	4:34:56

Average Times By Cities

City	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
Atlanta, GA	12	1%	4:24:22	3:07:59
Kingsport, TN	16	2%	4:05:14	2:52:27
Knoxville, TN	319	35%	4:31:32	2:44:47
Maryville, TN	36	4%	4:25:31	3:40:29
Sevierville, TN	10	1%	4:22:47	3:26:57
Seymour, TN	10	1%	4:23:02	3:12:31
Below Cutoff	517	56%	4:18:51	2:22:56
Total	920	100%	4:23:26	2:22:56

Average Times By State

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
AL	12	1%	4:34:13	4:09:28
FL	18	2%	4:07:59	2:41:43
GA	52	6%	4:18:47	2:59:05
IL	13	1%	4:18:30	3:23:40
IN	15	2%	3:59:27	2:40:17
KY	33	4%	4:12:56	2:32:43
NC	40	4%	4:30:20	2:59:44
OH	43	5%	4:19:59	2:36:13
SC	11	1%	4:14:54	3:19:06
TN	562	61%	4:27:53	2:40:58
VA	24	3%	4:03:32	2:25:15
Below Cutoff	97	11%	4:14:15	2:22:56
Total	920	100%	4:23:26	2:22:56

Weather at the Knoxville Marathon

The temperatures last Sunday (3/20/05) at Knoxville were great for a marathon. Perhaps it was a tad cool. Sunrise was 6:39am. At the starting time of 7:00am the temperature was 41F. By noon it had risen to 55F. Below are the details from weather.com.

Time	Temp F	Humid. %	Wind	Sky Condition
6:53am	41	93	from SW 6mph	partly cloudy
7:53am	45	90	from SW 6mph	fair
8:53am	49	80	from WSW 8mph	partly cloudy
9:53am	52	61	from WNW 10mph	partly cloudy
10:53am	54	57	from W 10mph	mostly cloudy
11:53am	55	51	from SW 9mph	partly cloudy
12:53pm	57	47	from SW 7mph	partly cloudy
1:53pm	59	36	from NW 8mph	partly cloudy