Boston 2004: Times by Age Group

In addition to looking at the top 1000 men of last year's Boston Marathon by region, I ran my standard age-breakdown program.

The largest age group was the thirties group. About 41% of the 1000 runners were in this category.

The fastest age group was the twenties group with an average time of 3:00:41. About 43% of this group finished under 3hr. Also, the marathon winner was in this group.

There were only 7 teenagers in the top 1000 men: 5 were 19 and 2 were 18. All but one were from the US and had times above 3hr. The one outside the US was from Ethiopia and had the spectacular time of 2:27:54.

At the other end of the age spectrum, there were only two men sixty or over who made it into the top 1000. One was 60 and had a time of 3:04:55. The other was 65 and had a time of 3:13:11.

Here are the details. As before these are based on results posted at marathonguide.com.

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

Ages	under 2:30	2:30 to 3:00	3:00 to 3:10	over 3:10
teens	1 (14%)	0 (0%)	4 (57%)	2 (29%)
twenties	9 (3%)	112 (40%)	76 (27%)	86 (30%)
thirties	6 (1%)	117 (29%)	126 (31%)	159 (39%)
forties	3 (1%)	58 (22%)	88 (33%)	116 (44%)
fifties	0 (0%)	7 (20%)	5 (14%)	23 (66%)
sixties	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (50%)	1 (50%)
Total	19 (2%)	294 (29%)	300 (30%)	387 (39%)

Average/Best Times By Male Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
teens	7	1%	3:02:00	2:27:54
twenties	283	28%	3:00:41	2:10:37
thirties	408	41%	3:04:27	2:17:45
forties	265	27%	3:06:05	2:18:23
fifties	35	4%	3:09:51	2:51:24
sixties	2	0%	3:09:03	3:04:55
Total	1000	100%	3:04:00	2:10:37

Tomorrow, I'll post the stats for the top 1000 women of Boston 2004.