marathon {Rlab}

Winning times from New York City marathon

Description

The data consists of the winning times (in minutes) for men and women at the New York Marathon, 1978-1998, along with the temperature in Fahrenheit.

Format

A data frame with 21 observations on the following 4 variables.

year

: 4-digit year

temp

: temperature (in Fahrenheit)

mtime

: men's winning time (in seconds)

wtime

: women's winning time (in seconds)

Source

"The Effects of Temperature on Marathon Runners' Performance" by David E. Martin and John F. Buoncristiani, Chance, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1999