Pittsburgh Marathon by the numbers

One of the really cool things that runners got access to after the race was RunPix, which gave a breakdown of all kinds of stats for the individual runner.

Where was I?
  • When the overall winner finished: between miles 8-9
  • When the female winner finished: close to mile 10
  • When my division winner finished: between miles 10-11
Results compared to:
  • The entire field: 4121st place, 90% of people finished ahead of me, 437 people finished behind me
  • All women: 1558th place, 87% of women finished ahead of me, 237 women finished behind me
  • My division (women 30-34): 265th place, 83% of women finished ahead of me, 52 women finished behind me
  • Men: I finished ahead of about 7% of men runners! 
Kills (number of runners passed)
  • Over the first 20 miles: I passed 152 runners and got passed by 99 people
  • Over the last 6.2 miles: I passed 49 runners and got passed by 15 people
  • Overall kills: 201
  • Net kills: 87
Mile splits – I’m not sure where my Garmin started to get off from the official mile markers, so I included the official splits where they correspond.
  • Mile 1 – 12:31
  • Mile 2 – 11:49
  • Mile 3 – 12:10
  • Mile 4 – 11:55
  • Mile 5 – 10:48
  • Mile 6 – 11:25 (official 10k time: 1:13:40, 11:51 pace)
  • Mile 7 – 11:19
  • Mile 8 – 11:04
  • Mile 9 – 12:40 (bathroom break #1, I took 4-5 bathroom breaks, but I don’t remember when any of the others were)
  • Mile 10 – 11:40
  • Mile 11 – 11:31
  • Mile 12 – 11:38
  • Mile 13 – 12:00 (official half marathon time: 2:37:04, 11:58 pace)
  • Mile 14 – 12:40
  • Mile 15 – 11:30 (official 15.4 miles time: 3:05:30, 12:02 pace)
  • Mile 16 – 12:21 
  • Mile 17 – 11:52
  • Mile 18 – 12:36
  • Mile 19 – 11:52
  • Mile 20 – 15:00 (official 20 mile time: 4:04:55, 12:14 pace)
  • Mile 21 – 14:16
  • Mile 22 – 13:07
  • Mile 23 – 13:14
  • Mile 24 – 12:52
  • Mile 25 – 14:13
  • Mile 26 – 12:56
  • Last .76 – 9:69 (official marathon time: 5:28:33, 12:31 pace)
Overall Garmin pace: 12:17

Lots of numbers to crunch, but I really like all the fun stuff they shared! Have you ever had a race share this much info with you?

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