Data Set of Track/Road/Marathon Times Needed for Final Math Project

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7 years ago 03/22/2017 9:05am EDT

Hey all,

I am currently taking this math elective called data visualization and graphics. For our final project, we are tasked with finding our own data set and producing 7-10 visualizations that explore different aspects of the data.

I need data in a format that I can work with (.txt, .xlsx, . rda e.t.c.), does anyone know of ANY time series data about running? I don't care what event the data is on, I just need it to span at least 15 years. I looked briefly at TFFRS and Athletic.net but I couldn't really find anything useful.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!!

7 years ago 03/22/2017 11:50am EDT

re: math_major39

try marathonguide.com.

They have race results since 2001 or so.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 1:23pm EDT

re: math_major39

Iowa HS track results:

http://www.quikstatsiowa.com/Public/Track/IndividualStandings.aspx?IDSport=EB178641-26F1-464D-97F1-A1D101AE35D6

You'll have to do some web scraping to get the data into the format you need, though.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 2:40pm EDT

re: math_major39

math_major39 wrote:
Hey all,
I am currently taking this math elective called data visualization and graphics. For our final project, we are tasked with finding our own data set and producing 7-10 visualizations that explore different aspects of the data.
I need data in a format that I can work with (.txt, .xlsx, . rda e.t.c.), does anyone know of ANY time series data about running? I don't care what event the data is on, I just need it to span at least 15 years. I looked briefly at TFFRS and Athletic.net but I couldn't really find anything useful.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!!

I'd be interested in this as well. One of my more recent projects is trying to create a freely-licensed Wikidata-like repository for athletics performances, but to my knowledge no such repository exists yet. The two major result DBs (Tilastopaja and All-Athletics) don't even have APIs.

Athlinks has an API, but you have to apply and be manually approved to use it.

7 years ago 03/22/2017 5:50pm EDT

re: math_major39

What's the source data for Trackbot? That should have something you could use.

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