Details are only remembered by those who regularity participate in the sport. My wife is a frequent marathoner/triathlete and can recall most of her times.
However, even she thinks that to expect a one-timer to remember the details of a race that occurred over twenty years ago would be very unlikely. They focus on the “event”, not the “time”
However, it still baffles me that the press finds time to scrounge up this tidbit and the fact that Romney cut some kids hair in High School, yet still can’t find the college transcripts of our current president (after four years).
That's correct. I'm presently a runner. I know my 5K PR time because it was run just a couple of months ago (and I'll hopefully beat it in tomorrow's race). Had it been a one-off marathon 20+ years ago, I'd be hard-pressed to remember my time unless I looked it up.
Since that is who the press is the pubs have to be guarded. If they don’t like it they should buy more media outlets. But they don’t