"Bill Davidson" wrote in message

Some people are mentioning the ultra marathoners and I think part of that
is that the speed goes down. Those ultra marathoners are not doing the
5 minute miles that the top regular marathoners are doing.


The difference between the male and female world records has gotten to be
quite small. The male record is 2:05:38 and the female record now stands at
2:15:25. Paula Radcliff's average pace during her recent record run was
5:10:

http://www.insidetri.com/news/fea/1479.0.html

Mark