I saw Heather Fuhr(3:04) and Joanna Lawn(3:17) fast marathon times at Ironman Lake Placid. Does anyone know there PB marathon times not in a triathlon.
I bet you that Heather Fuhr could go sub 2:40 if she trained for a marathon. Erin Baker once ran in the 2:35 range and Jackie Gallagher ran 2:39 for a top 10 in Boston in 2003. There are certainly some fast tri ladies who could run super fast standalone marathons. In my opinion, Nicole Leder and Lisa Bentley would be down sub 2:40 too. These are all fast ladies and aside from carrying some additional quad and lat muscle for tri, they are built like prototype pure runners.