The Marathon in a Nutshell.

Via kch, MarathonGuide has posted their 2006 stats... All kinds of good info. to see there. In my ultimate quest to someday go sub. 3, here's the chart I liked best:

2007 Finishing Times by Half Hour

Finish Time*	Total	%	Female	%	Male	%
2:09:02-2:29:59	603	0.1%	9	0.0%	594	0.2%
2:30:01-2:59:59	6,326	1.6%	548	0.3%	5,778	2.3%
3:00:00-3:30:00	32,803	8.1%	4,845	3.0%	27,958	11.4%
3:30:00-4:00:00	76,900	18.9%	22,614	14.1%	54,286	22.1%
4:00:00-4:30:00	84,755	20.9%	32,496	20.3%	52,259	21.2%
4:30:00-5:00:00	75,920	18.7%	32,969	20.6%	42,951	17.5%
5:00:00-5:30:00	50,789	12.5%	24,035	15.0%	26,754	10.9%
5:30:00-5:59:59	34,383	8.5%	17,570	11.0%	16,813	6.8%
6:00:00-6:29:59	17,804	4.4%	9,812	6.1%	7,992	3.2%
6:30:00-6:59:59	11,473	2.8%	6,870	4.3%	4,603	1.9%
7:00:00-7:29:59	5,903	1.5%	3,695	2.3%	2,208	0.9%
7:30:00-7:59:59	3,525	0.9%	2,101	1.3%	1,424	0.6%
8:00:02-8:29:58	1,933	0.5%	1,087	0.7%	846	0.3%
8:30:00-8:59:59	1,257	0.3%	688	0.4%	569	0.2%
9:00:00-14:54:12	1,877	0.5%	974	0.6%	903	0.4%
Total	406,251	100%	160,313	100%	245,938	100%