Build with better race information.
Help runners choose a race, find the right edition, and reach the correct official results.
We are exploring an API and MCP integration for Marathon Scout’s marathon, half marathon, and ultramarathon information. A public API, MCP server, and ChatGPT app are not available yet.
What would you build?
- A race finder or coaching tool: search by distance, location, and edition, with confirmed dates kept distinct from dates still to be announced.
- A club calendar or race-travel planner: show edition-specific registration status and entry methods where known.
- An AI race assistant: return the matching race and year, with Marathon Scout context and the correct official results or live tracking destination.
Coverage and available fields vary by race. Unknown information would remain explicit. Individual runners’ finish-time records are outside this initial proposal.
The access model we are considering
Free everyday race searches and a small developer allowance across our covered races, with larger-volume use, exports, and redistribution assessed separately.
Tell us the volume and update frequency your product needs. Limits, pricing, access, and launch timing have not been set. This inquiry helps us decide what to build.
Example data shape
A response could separate the competition, edition, registration state, and result year. Source links and actual check times would accompany supported facts; a missing check would stay unknown.
See a fictional example response
Illustrative only. This is a fictional race and a proposed format, not a working API or a data-availability promise.
{
"example_only": true,
"race": {
"name": "Example Marathon (fictional)",
"distance_category": "marathon",
"race_format": "fixed_distance",
"edition": {
"year": 2027,
"start_date": "2027-04-18",
"date_status": "confirmed"
},
"registration": {
"year": 2027,
"status": "unknown",
"methods": [],
"checked_at": null
},
"boston_qualifier_status": "unknown",
"marathon_scout_url": null,
"official_results": {
"year": 2026,
"url": null
}
}
}Shape the first integration
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