Where can I find running races with verified route maps?
Use the route-map index from this evidence hub. It currently links 1,474 race pages with stored route geometry, and elevation profiles only appear where the source route supports them.
Evidence-first race search
Find running races by evidence, not just entries
Race calendars tell you what exists. raceindex.org is built to answer route, source, cost, conditions and methodology questions from the same public data that powers the race pages.
Live evidence coverage
3,232Race pages with verified facts1,474Mapped race routes806Elevation profiles100%Mapped or route-reviewed
Search wedge
Search-intent coverage built from source-backed evidence
Raceindex is not just a list of races. The site maps high-intent running race searches to source-backed answer surfaces, so broad calendar discovery, route evidence, value, comparison and audit questions all resolve into crawlable pages with visible controls.
| Search intent | Best public surface | Current coverage | Evidence control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race calendar, date and season searches | Calendar, month, season, year, date-distance and date-place guide pages | 3,043 dated race pages and 1,635 guarded calendar guide pages, including 563 date-location and 80 date-region pages. | Only source-backed race dates are used to generate calendar pages; place pages use exact region/location values and withhold radius expansion. |
| Near-me and local running-event searches | City, region, location and local route-map guide paths | 12 city route-map collections, 12 UK regional route-map collections and 78 location route-map collections. | Exact city, region and location guides are used; unsupported radius expansion is withheld. |
| Route map and elevation-profile searches | Route-map and elevation-profile collections | 1,474 mapped race pages and 806 elevation profiles. | Unsupported course traces are withheld; route gaps are shown as route-review status. |
| Flat, hilly, scenic and route-quality searches | Flat-fast route hub plus guarded ranking and race-character pages | 138 ranking pages and 273 race-character guide pages. | Ranking pages publish only when enough races have the required source-backed metric. |
| Hilly, climb and descent searches | Hilly route hub plus ascent, climbing-density, steepest, descent and low-ascent ranking pages | 806 elevation profiles and 8 route-map ranking rows on the evidence page. | Climb pages use route-profile metrics from stored routes and withhold unsupported difficulty claims. |
| Cheap, value and total-cost race searches | Best-value hub, entry-fee rankings and true-cost tools | 216 race pages with entry-fee or true-cost signals. | Cost answers separate organiser-published fees from labelled modelled travel and stay estimates. |
| Race-day weather and conditions searches | Race-day conditions hub and guarded conditions ranking pages | 3,034 race pages with typical conditions scores. | Conditions scores are based on held temperature, wind and rain signals and are omitted when the conditions inputs are not available. |
| Race comparison and decision searches | Head-to-head comparisons and decision tools | 180 curated comparison pages across 6 comparison collection hubs, plus interactive comparison filters. | Comparison collections link only canonical curated pages selected from route, elevation, value, conditions and score-state signals. |
| Audit, methodology and AI citation searches | Data coverage, methodology, evidence hub and llms.txt | 54,776 verified facts across 3,233 race entities. | Public coverage counts, JSON-LD, XML sitemaps and llms.txt expose what can and cannot be cited. |
Answer surfaces
What this index can answer
Route maps
1,474 race pages with stored route geometry, plus elevation profiles where source data supports them.
Running event hubs
Parent index of source-backed event hubs that group sibling race distances, mapped-route coverage, elevation profiles and cost/date signals.
Elevation profiles
806 race pages with publishable elevation/GAP profiles, ascent and route-gradient evidence.
Flat and fast running races
Route-profile hub for plausible low-GAP, high-flat-grade and low-ascent candidates, with PB-potential coverage labelled separately.
Hilly running races
Route-profile hub for ascent, climbing density, steepest grade, descent and low-ascent contrast pages.
Race-day conditions
3,034 race pages with typical race-day temperature, wind or rain condition scores.
Running race types
273 terrain, scenery, atmosphere and elevation-character guide pages backed by verified race-character facts.
Route maps by location
78 guarded non-UK location route-map collections with stored route geometry.
Route maps by city
12 guarded city route-map collections with stored route geometry.
Route maps by UK region
12 guarded UK regional route-map collections with stored route geometry.
Running race questions
Evidence-backed answer index for route maps, elevation, rankings, value, dates, places and score status.
Running events near me
Local running-event discovery through exact city, region and location guides, with route-map links where verified geometry exists.
Compare races
Head-to-head comparisons using available route evidence, elevation, cost and race-day context.
Running race rankings
Qualifying flattest, fastest, cheapest, beginner-friendly, scenic, regional and date-led ranking pages.
Find my race
Shortlist races by distance, date, place and route-evidence filters.
Data coverage
Live coverage counts for facts, route geometry, scoring inputs, cost models and reviewed route gaps.
Methodology
Versioned route-profile, scoring, copy-grounding and quality-gate methodology.
LLM discovery file
Plain-text map of the citable race, route, calendar, location, comparison and methodology surfaces.
Route-led pages
Mapped race collections
Marathon route maps
256 mapped race pages; 138 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps
379 mapped race pages; 191 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps
231 mapped race pages; 111 with elevation profiles.
5K route maps
210 mapped race pages; 97 with elevation profiles.
Ultramarathon route maps
151 mapped race pages; 110 with elevation profiles.
Relay route maps
111 mapped race pages; 65 with elevation profiles.
10 Mile route maps
16 mapped race pages; 10 with elevation profiles.
5 Mile route maps
9 mapped race pages; 5 with elevation profiles.
15K route maps
10 mapped race pages; 7 with elevation profiles.
12K route maps
10 mapped race pages; 7 with elevation profiles.
8K route maps
9 mapped race pages; 5 with elevation profiles.
Mile route maps
1 mapped race pages; 0 with elevation profiles.
Other route maps
81 mapped race pages; 60 with elevation profiles.
Decision evidence
Comparison collection hubs
These collections group canonical head-to-head pages by the decision signal a runner is trying to evaluate, without adding builder-only comparison URLs to the index.
Named race alternatives
34 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Fastest route comparisons
23 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Elevation and grade comparisons
48 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Value comparisons
7 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Race-day conditions comparisons
13 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Same-event distance choices
48 curated comparison pages backed by source-backed route, elevation, value or race-day evidence.
Date evidence
Date-led race discovery
Calendar pages are generated only from race pages with source-backed dates. Date-place pages use exact UK-region or stored event-region values and do not add nearby races by radius.
Running race calendar
1,635 guarded calendar guide pages built from 3,043 source-dated race pages.
Date and location race calendars
563 date-location guide pages with exact stored event-region matching and no radius expansion.
Date and UK-region race calendars
80 date-region guide pages backed by source-dated race pages and exact UK-region values.
Date and distance race calendars
97 date-distance guide pages generated only when the source-dated group clears the density guard.
Date, location and distance race calendars
747 date-location-distance guide pages backed by qualifying parent calendar and location-distance pages.
Date, UK-region and distance race calendars
112 date-region-distance guide pages backed by qualifying parent calendar-distance pages.
Evidence-backed route rankings
Flattest half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Hilliest half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Lowest ascent half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Most climbing per km half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Most descent half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Net downhill half marathon route maps
191 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Steepest half marathon route maps
189 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Lowest GAP factor half marathon route maps
184 mapped race pages with the required route metric.
Mapped locations
Location route-map evidence
10K route maps in Netherlands
13 mapped race pages across 13 localities; 0 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Germany
12 mapped race pages across 12 localities; 5 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Italy
11 mapped race pages across 11 localities; 8 with elevation profiles.
Marathon route maps in Germany
10 mapped race pages across 10 localities; 4 with elevation profiles.
5K route maps in Netherlands
10 mapped race pages across 10 localities; 0 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Netherlands
10 mapped race pages across 10 localities; 0 with elevation profiles.
Marathon route maps in Italy
9 mapped race pages across 9 localities; 8 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Colorado
9 mapped race pages across 8 localities; 3 with elevation profiles.
Mapped places
City and UK-region route-map evidence
All city route maps | All UK regional route maps
Half Marathon route maps in Omaha, Nebraska
4 mapped half marathon race pages in Omaha, Nebraska; 2 with elevation profiles.
5K route maps in Omaha, Nebraska
4 mapped 5k race pages in Omaha, Nebraska; 1 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Boise, Idaho
4 mapped half marathon race pages in Boise, Idaho; 0 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Madison, Wisconsin
3 mapped half marathon race pages in Madison, Wisconsin; 3 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps in Carmel, Indiana
3 mapped 10k race pages in Carmel, Indiana; 1 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps in Spokane, Washington
3 mapped 10k race pages in Spokane, Washington; 1 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Carmel, Indiana
3 mapped half marathon race pages in Carmel, Indiana; 1 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in Spokane, Washington
3 mapped half marathon race pages in Spokane, Washington; 1 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in East Of England
10 mapped half marathon race pages in East Of England; 6 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in South East
10 mapped half marathon race pages in South East; 7 with elevation profiles.
Ultramarathon route maps in South East
8 mapped ultramarathon race pages in South East; 8 with elevation profiles.
Half Marathon route maps in South West
7 mapped half marathon race pages in South West; 5 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps in North West
6 mapped 10k race pages in North West; 4 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps in South West
6 mapped 10k race pages in South West; 3 with elevation profiles.
Ultramarathon route maps in Wales
6 mapped ultramarathon race pages in Wales; 4 with elevation profiles.
10K route maps in East Of England
5 mapped 10k race pages in East Of England; 4 with elevation profiles.
Audit trail
| Control | Current state | Public evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Verified facts | 3,232 / 3,233 race pages | Data coverage |
| Route geometry | 1,474 / 3,233 active race pages | Route-map index |
| Route gaps | 100% mapped or route-reviewed | Route geometry readiness |
| Scores and copy | Published only when source-backed gates pass | Methodology |
Evidence-first search questions
What happens when a race does not have a route map?
Race pages without stored geometry show route-review status instead of an invented course trace. The data-coverage page reports how much of the active race set is mapped or route-reviewed.
Which pages explain route, score and cost methodology?
The methodology page explains the route-profile, GAP, scoring, cost and copy-grounding rules, while the data-coverage page shows the live counts behind those public claims.
Can AI answer systems cite raceindex.org evidence?
Yes. The evidence hub links to visible route maps, coverage, methodology, comparison and discovery pages, and the same public surfaces are exposed through JSON-LD, XML sitemaps and llms.txt.