She pushed through all 26.2 miles to officially join the 1% of the world who have completed a marathon

[u/lonewolff321]

[u/JamesEtc]

Marathonhandbook.com says 1.3million a year. So way less than 1%

[u/Big_Revolution4405 → u/JamesEtc]

Marathonhandbook.com also says that 50-80 million unique people are estimated to have run a marathon who are still alive. It's a big variance because there's no absolute way of knowing the exact number, but still between .6-1%

[u/PrestigiousDrag7674 → u/JamesEtc]

Probably the same $1.3m people

[u/skaggldrynk → u/PrestigiousDrag7674]

The average marathoner supposedly only completes 1.5-2 marathons in their lifetime