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Marathon Pacing Optimization

Project Description:

A pacing optimization model that accurately helps marathoners meet their goal times on race days by creating a pacing plan. The tool accounts for course-specific features such as elevation changes and terrain difficulty to generate optimized pacing plans.

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Screenshot of the Optimized Marathon Pacing web app showing three marathon cards for Boston, London, and Sydney with countdown timers and the tagline 'Optimized by data. Personalized for you.

The Optimized Marathon Pacing platform displaying live countdowns to the 2026 Boston, London, and Sydney World Major Marathons, where runners can tap a city to begin building their personalized race-day pacing plan.

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A JHU Sports Analytics Research Group team built a live web platform that generates personalized, data-driven pacing plans for the Abbott World Marathon Majors by blending GPX course terrain data with historical finisher results — currently deployed for Boston, London, Sydney, and Tokyo.

Course Faculty

Anton Dahbura
Tad Berkery

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SARG
This work was made possible by the generous support of the Dackow Design Fund.