Race intelligence for runners with a goal
Your fastest marathon isn't always your best Boston qualifier.
Course shape, race-morning weather, the BAA downhill adjustment, entry odds, and your own fitness — folded into one answer about where your goal is most achievable.
28 marathons · 12 halves
audited July 17, 2026
22 from NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, 18 from 10 years of Open-Meteo history
Ranked by how forgiving the course and the race morning are — the two things that decide whether a first race finishes well.
USATF Half Champs occasionally. Flat. Cool January.
Pancake flat half paired with the marathon weekend. Open.
Flat beachfront course, cool spring weather.
World's flattest major. ~55% lottery accept. Cool Jan weather typical.
In-state drivable. Small flat race in December.
One of the flattest+fastest BQ feeders. Open registration. Cool weather.
Crosses into Canada. Flat. Open registration.
World Major. Lottery ~10%. Far travel. Mostly flat.
Every race here was checked by a human.
Directories scrape every race they can find and let you sort by date. That is a different product. A race-day date that is quietly a year stale, or an elevation figure copied from a listing nobody checked, doesn't just mislead you — it invalidates every number computed from it, which here is all of them.
So the catalog is deliberately small and audited. 37 of 40 verified at the official source; 3 carry a projected date because the organiser hasn't announced one yet, and say so on their page. It grows when a race has been verified, not when one is found.
Find the race that fits your goal.
Browse the catalog free, then connect Strava when you're ready to train.