On: American Runners Have Never Been Slower

[spectrum1234]

I thought this study was going to be about the top percentile. I would assume this percentile is getting faster (competition is increasing in all sports at the top level).

Obviously on average Americans are getting slower because they are getting fatter. This almost isn't news.

[watwut → spectrum1234]

Through, average Americans don't run marathons at all. It is only self selected smaller subset that does it (or is even able to finish it).