record marathon times
The marathon is a 26.2-mile running race. The first modern was in the 1896 olympics. For many years, people thought that women were not able to run a marathon. several women secretly ran in the races,but their scores were never officially recorded in 1971 , women were finally allowed to compete in the New york city marathon .in 1984, they were allowed to compete in the Olympics. Below is a line graph showing the record times for men and women marathon runners