I enjoy reading road race, running and sports stats, here are some stats from this year's ING New York City Marathon that came across my desk via the Running USA newswire. I want to know, am I the only one blown away by the 99.4% completion rate? Wow! Add your 2 cents below in the Comments Section.
* Number of starters: 43,741
* Number of finishers: 43,475
(yes, you read those starters and finishers numbers correctly!)
* Largest number of marathon finishers in running history (previously 38,607 - at 2007 ING NYC Marathon; 4,868 more finishers than in 2007)
* Italy had the highest number of non-U.S. finishers: 3,093
* France was second with total finishers: 2,924
* Total countries represented: 110
* Total finishers from the tri-state area: 12,661
* 102,486 people applied for the ING New York City Marathon 2009.
* Oldest Female Finisher: Yolande Marois, 84, 7:41:04
* Oldest Male Finisher: Peter Harangozo, 88, 7:53:02
FOR MORE INFO: www.runningusa.org