ABOUT THE ARRS
WWW.ARRS.NET website as it was archived February 2018
Analytical Distance Runner newsletters (2003-2017)
The ARRS database has been converted from Microsoft Access/Visual Basic to MySQL. The database records 97,000 runners, 242,000 races and 1,320,000 performances. It is not publicly accessible for the time being.
Email info@arrs-archive.net
The ARRS focuses on elite distance running at distances 3000m and longer. Many of the statistics on this website have been generated from the ARRS database which has more than 1.2 million performances from more than 220,000 races by more than 95,000 elite and sub-elite distance runners world-wide. This database and website would not be possible without the contributions of hundreds of people and many thousands of volunteer hours by dedicated ARRS members.
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RECORDS
ARRS World Records
RUNNERS
All-Time Indoor Marathon Rankings
Historical Annual Marathon Rankings
THE FUTURE OF THE ARRS
The ARRS has functioned under its present
name since 2003. The Analytical Distance Runner newsletter has
been issued on a weekly basis since 1985. In the beginning, it
only required a dozen or so hours a week with less than 10,000 performances
added to the database each year. Since then, the network of
contributors has increased markedly and more than 80,000
performances a year are now being added to the database, requiring
50-60 hours a week. The ARRS
database was put on-line in 2015. All of this information
has been channeled thru one person (me). The workload
continues to increase and I continue to get older.
We are
working on a solution by expanding the capabilities of the on-line
database so that several people will be able to edit the database in
a wiki-style structure. This step is essential for the
continuation of the ARRS (and the two ARRS websites) into the
future. At the same time, we would like to add a lot more
functionality to the online database.
In order to raise the
necessary funds to ensure the continuation of the ARRS and the two
ARRS websites, we have made sponsorships available (see below for
the list of sponsors). Please contact me if you are interested
in becoming a sponsor. In addition, we are asking users
of the ARRS websites to contribute. Any amount, no matter how small, will help us in
this effort. Contributions of US$50 or more entitles you to a
one year subscription to the ARRS newsletter. Send subscriptions
and/or donations to
Ken Young, PO Box 219, Petrolia CA 95558. Please be sure to
include your e-mail for subscriptions Thanks.
Ken Young
The co-founder, coordinator, data manager, website manager, key person and the soul of ARRS - Ken Young (1941 - 2018) is unfortunately no longer with us.
RACES
Longest Running Crosscountry Races
Longest Running Ultramarathons
Largest Prize Money Distributions
Marathon
Comparisons
MISCELLANEOUS
SPONSORS
Platinum Level
Gold Level
SIlver Level
...Bolder Boulder 10K
Bronze Level
...Cherry Blossom 10 mile
...Harold & Louise Tinsley
...Andy Carr/Milton High
...Six Rivers Running Club
...Huntsville Track Club
NOTES
Road performances are classified as "record quality", "statistically valid", or "statistically invalid" based on the start/finish separation and the net drop of the course.
Record Quality
.....Start/finish separation is less than 30% of the race distance and the net drop is less than 1.0 m/km
Statistically Valid (suffix "a")
.....The net drop is less than 5.0 m/km and the net effect of tailwind and/or drop does not exceed 5 sec/km
Statistically Invalid (suffix "x")
.....The net drop is 5.0 m/km or more
.....The course has been shown to have been short on remeasurement
.....The course is suspect based on an analysis of the race time bias that exceeds 5 sec/km faster than expected (-5.0 sec/km)
Only record quality performances are included in national and world road record lists. Record quality and statistically valid performances are included in rankings lists.
Multi-part names such as "van der Weijde" may appear in computer generated lists and elsewhere with the spaces removed, i.e., "vanderWeijde." This has been done for the purposes of efficiency in entering performances into the database.
