The article seems to be based on a report from December of last year. Unfortunately I can’t find a way to explore the underlying data in greater detail.
Ah I see, thanks. I completely skipped over the min/mile paces, because they’re completely useless to me. I’m a runner first and foremost, and that pretty much requires working in kilometres even if I didn’t use kilometres for my day-to-day, since all common races are measured in kilometres (from the 100 m sprint up to the 42.195 km marathon).
Appears to be a conversion issue. Assuming the reported min/mile pace is correct, the UK average pace is 05:34, not 5:50.
(I’m guessing these numbers are means, not medians.)
The article seems to be based on a report from December of last year. Unfortunately I can’t find a way to explore the underlying data in greater detail.
Ah I see, thanks. I completely skipped over the min/mile paces, because they’re completely useless to me. I’m a runner first and foremost, and that pretty much requires working in kilometres even if I didn’t use kilometres for my day-to-day, since all common races are measured in kilometres (from the 100 m sprint up to the 42.195 km marathon).
I agree, but sadly certain anglophone publications like to assume that everyone thinks of a marathon as a 26.2-mile event 🙄