2006 Freescale Austin Marathon - Women's Stats

Earlier this week I put together the stats for the men's marathon (see post). Now I'll post the stats for the women.

Marathon Race Issues

Before going into the women stats, I should mention that there were a few problems in the race that may have skewed the times. One significant issue is that not all start times were captured. This caused many runners to have chip times that equaled the gun times. Since my stats are based on chip times, this will skew the times to be longer than they should be. Refer to this RunTex thread for information on this issue. A quick analysis shows the following number of runners with equal chip and gun times:

       Same    %  Different    Total
Men    1549  55%       1285     2834
Women  1032  54%        879     1911

So for both men and women, over half of the runners had equal chip and gun times.

The other issue was the automobile traffic problems that runners experienced getting to the start at the Freescale plant in North Austin (see RunTex thread). This may have delayed many and caused the gun times to be longer by more than what is typical.

Women's Statistics

As I mentioned in my previous post, the most extraordinary performance in the marathon was from the women's winner, Tatyana Pozdnyakova of the Ukraine. She was 50 years old and finished with a time of 2:34:23. From the stats you can appreciate how good this is. The best time for the men in this age group is over 16 minutes slower at 2:51:43. Tatyana's nearest women competitor in that age group finished over an hour behind her (3:35:29).

Looking at the overall stats, the trend of higher percentages of young women continues. Women in the 20's and 30's made up 67% of all women. This was up from 66% last year. For men this age group only made up 49%.

The state with the fastest mean time by the women was Georgia. The 18 women runners had a mean time of 3:58:19. This was faster than the 13 Georgia men who had a mean time of 4:03:49.

The stats below are based on the results for the 2006 Freescale Austin Marathon provided by MarathonGuide.

Female Runners - 2006 Freescale Austin Marathon

Total Runners by Times

under 3:00	3:00 to 4:00	4:00 to 5:00	over 5:00
29 (2%)	412 (22%)	840 (44%)	630 (33%)

Female Runners by Times - Move mouse over cells to see median times. Top 3 times also shown in left columns.

Ages	under 3:00	3:00 to 4:00	4:00 to 5:00	over 5:00
13-19	0 (0%)	3 (23%)	9 (69%)	1 (8%)
20-29	10 (2%)	127 (23%)	245 (45%)	166 (30%)
30-39	14 (2%)	154 (21%)	322 (45%)	227 (32%)
40-49	4 (1%)	114 (24%)	205 (43%)	157 (33%)
50-59	1 (1%)	13 (10%)	50 (38%)	69 (52%)
60-69	0 (0%)	1 (6%)	9 (53%)	7 (41%)
70-79	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (100%)
80+	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	1 (100%)
Total	29 (2%)	412 (22%)	840 (44%)	630 (33%)

Average/Best Times By Female Age Groups

Ages	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
13-19	13	1%	4:19:44	3:46:55
20-29	548	29%	4:38:36	2:44:56
30-39	717	38%	4:43:49	2:36:56
40-49	480	25%	4:43:52	2:49:47
50-59	133	7%	5:16:43	2:34:23
60-69	17	1%	5:30:17	3:42:18
70-79	2	0%	5:59:39	5:24:00
80+	1	0%	7:17:10	7:17:10
Total	1911	100%	4:45:02	2:34:23
Fastest Ages (by average)
13-19	13	1%	4:19:44	3:46:55

Average/Best Times By State (cutoff=10)

State	Number	Percent	Mean Time	Best Time
Arkansas	11	1%	4:25:18	3:31:23
California	40	2%	5:05:03	2:47:55
Colorado	19	1%	4:17:52	2:42:52
Florida	15	1%	4:00:31	2:43:33
Georgia	18	1%	3:58:19	2:50:37
Illinois	21	1%	4:35:17	3:36:58
Kansas	15	1%	4:37:43	3:31:09
Louisiana	22	1%	4:28:21	3:15:16
New York	12	1%	4:09:18	2:55:49
Oklahoma	20	1%	4:35:42	3:24:31
Oregon	10	1%	4:27:00	2:55:12
Tennessee	13	1%	4:26:52	3:16:40
Texas	1563	82%	4:49:10	2:45:35
Unknown	21	1%	3:51:04	2:34:23
Below Cutoff	111	6%	4:25:30	2:44:18
Total	1911	100%	4:45:02	2:34:23
Fastest State (by average)
Georgia	18	1%	3:58:19	2:50:37