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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 17 January 2024 and 7 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MountainsCalling ( article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Eaturvegeez ( talk) 19:26, 10 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi all, I am working on this page and plan to edit for organization and consistency. MountainsCalling ( talk) 17:58, 20 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Removed chronological (implied in progression), called for citations, made punctuation edits, made “Women Only” category a new paragraph, deleted portions based on WP: Relevance and WP: Notability, reorganized paragraphs, adjusted pictures, removed weasel word based on WP: Manual of Style/Clarity, inserted Oxford comma as a stylistic choice, removed the first version’s opening sentence to avoid redundancy MountainsCalling ( talk) 03:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I think there should be at least a mention about super shoes. Maybe a paragraph. Records have been shattered since the introduction of shoes like Vaporfly. Even the Radcliffe record. Beekeela ( talk) 14:48, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply