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Athlete Data from 2024 Boston Marathon

Ben Trantanella

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Last edited Sep 05, 2025
Created on Sep 04, 2025
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https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/runningwithrock/2024-boston-marathon-weather-and-splits/data

This dataset shows the athlete data of all finishing runners from the 2024 Boston Marathon. Each item is a single runner's data, and the attributes of this dataset are the following:

  1. Bib (ordinal, sequential): The bib number of the specific athlete
  2. Zip (categorical): The zip code that the athlete used as their home address when registering for the race
  3. Age (quantitative, sequential): The age of the athlete when they ran the race
  4. Age Group (categorical): The age range that the athlete falls into
  5. Gender (categorical): The gender stated by the athlete when registering
  6. First Half (quantitative, sequential): The time it took (in seconds) for the athlete to complete the first half of the race
  7. Second Half (quantitative, sequential): The time it took (in seconds) for the athlete to complete the second half of the race
  8. Finish (quantitative, sequential): The total time it took (in seconds) for the athlete to complete the race
  9. Positive Split (quantitative, diverging): The difference in seconds between the first and second half of the race for the athlete, with a positive number representing a slower second half, and a negative representing a faster second half.
  10. Percent Change (quantitative, diverging): How much the first and second half differed by percent, with a positive percent being a slower second half and a negative being a faster.
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