Runners are both much faster and much slower today. That time would get you into wave 1 corral 1 at Boston this year along with 999 other runners (just barely). And obviously the world record marathon time has dropped dramatically.
At the same time, there are a lot more runners today and most of them are a lot slower than in the 1980s running boom. You can look at winning times in almost any local race between the 80s and today and those 80s runners would easily trounce today's winners.
So Turing could probably win strategically picked small local marathons here and there, but at Boston he would've done better in his time than today.
At the same time, there are a lot more runners today and most of them are a lot slower than in the 1980s running boom. You can look at winning times in almost any local race between the 80s and today and those 80s runners would easily trounce today's winners.
So Turing could probably win strategically picked small local marathons here and there, but at Boston he would've done better in his time than today.