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RaceRove vs MarathonGuide: Results vs Race Planning
What this says about MarathonGuide was checked on September 25, 2026
MarathonGuide is a marathon and half marathon directory. Its home page says it has cataloged more than 15,000 marathons and half marathons and has tracked results since 2000, and it carries recent results, news, articles and a Boston Qualifier Watch showing how many finishers qualified at recent races.
RaceRove covers more distances, 5K to ultras, and is about choosing and planning races rather than about results and news.
- Races on RaceRove
- 18,075
- States and DC with races
- 51
On this page
The short answer
Use MarathonGuide when…
- You want race results, or a marathon's results history.
- You want to see how many finishers at recent marathons ran a Boston-qualifying time.
- You like marathon news and a newsletter of upcoming races.
Use RaceRove when…
- You want all distances in one search, not only marathons and half marathons.
- You want to see every state you still need and the races that would fill them.
- You want to compare races, and read a guide for a specific one.
Side by side
| What's compared | RaceRove | MarathonGuide |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A US race finder and planner. | A marathon and half marathon directory with results, news and articles. |
| Distances | 5K to ultras. | Marathons and half marathons. |
| Results | You log your own finishes, or import them from a spreadsheet with an account. RaceRove does not host race results. | Recent results, with results tracked since 2000, per its home page. |
| Boston qualifying | A Boston-qualifier flag and finisher share on some marathons, and a Top 50 Boston Qualifying Races list; both come from FindMyMarathon's published facts and lists. | A Boston Qualifier Watch of qualifying rates at recent races. |
| Goal tracking | A 50-state board, World Marathon Majors and a projected finish year. | News, articles and a newsletter. |
The MarathonGuide column is what MarathonGuide says about itself, read on September 25, 2026; the sources are listed at the bottom of the page. Counts of races are not compared, because each site decides for itself what counts as one listing.
Where MarathonGuide is stronger
- Results. Its results archive is the reason to visit, and RaceRove has nothing like it.
- Marathon-specific news and the Boston Qualifier Watch.
- Long history: it says it has tracked results since 2000.
Where RaceRove is different
- It spans 5K to ultras, so a 50-state runner who mixes distances stays in one place.
- It plans forward: what is left to run, what fits, what is in the weeks around a trip.
- Race pages carry past race-day weather and course facts where the race has them, with estimates labelled.
Using both
Look up results and BQ history on MarathonGuide, then use RaceRove to pick and plan the next race and track the states.
Questions
- Does RaceRove have race results?
- No. RaceRove does not host results. You can log your own finishes, or import them, and see your PRs and projected times.
- Where does RaceRove's Boston qualifier data come from?
- From FindMyMarathon's published race facts and lists, credited on the pages that use them. RaceRove does not use MarathonGuide's data.
- How many races does RaceRove list?
- Right now RaceRove lists 18,075 US races, 10,446 of them with a confirmed upcoming date, across all 50 states and Washington, DC. Many future dates are worked out from the last running and marked as estimates, so confirm on the race's own website before you book.
- Is RaceRove free?
- Yes. RaceRove has no paid plan and searching needs no account. A free account, which needs only an email address, keeps your saved and finished races on every device.
- How current is this comparison?
- What this page says about MarathonGuide was read from its own pages on September 25, 2026. Sites change their features, prices and numbers, so check MarathonGuide directly before you decide.
Sources
Everything said about MarathonGuide on this page comes from its own pages, read on September 25, 2026. If something here is out of date, they are the authority.
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