ChampionSplit: A Historical Perspective

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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

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marathons: (this is my sport) - it's gotten very muddled which is actually hurting the sport. The Olympics has become diluted due to a lack of a monetary purse. So this is good counterexample of how to ruin a positive model through dilution. Note also that marathoners can run only 1 or 2 fast efforts a year, so it's completely different from any of the others.
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How is it hurting the sport? From what I can tell, the sport has had tremedous growth and appeal:
http://www.runningusa.org/statistics