Records, with receipts.
The board says 3:08:02 and moves on. It skips the good part: every start line it took to get there. So the whole road is plotted below, the record stepping down as it falls, slow days left in.
Where things stand
One best per distance, pulled from the race log while you read this. Real bibs, real clocks: if it is not in the log, it is not on the board.
How each record fell
Every dot is a finish. The acid line is the PR as it stood that day: flat while it held, a step when it broke. Hollow dots are relays and short courses: they made the log, they do not make the math. Hover anything for the receipt.
The marathon arc
First one: Cleveland, 2017. It went the way first marathons go. The record: The Marathon Project, 2025. The gap between those two runners is the whole point of this page.
Past the marathon
No progression charts here yet. One finish is not a trend, it is a receipt. Here are the receipts.
More running
Running HQ
- The whole operation: weekly volume, training blocks, live numbers.
- Straight off the Garmin. It updates while I sleep.
The Fifty States
- A race in every state: the map keeps score.
- Hover any state for its full race history.
Race Log
- Every start line since 2013: names, times, places.
- Filter it, search it, judge the sideways days for yourself.
Running Resume
- Detected from Strava, verified against official results.
- It caught races I forgot I ran.