We examined eight important world marathon runs including four of Haile Gebrselassie. The wrong running tactics can lead to exhaustion by the end of a run or failure in an aim of winning a race. Only a few first runners from the first 50 at the finish line ran the second part of a marathon faster than the first part. They had smaller deviations of velocity. Male and female runners differ in tactics.
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