All-Time Records - Equinox Marathon

With well over 50 years of history, the Equinox Marathon, Relay, and Ultramarathon have seen some amazing performances, all the more amazing given the frequently challenging weather and trail conditions. On this page, we’ve attempted to gather together the best of the best of those performances.

One factor to keep in mind is that the marathon course has changed over the years. it’s overall difficulty has stayed constant–there’s no getting around that every year requires climbing Ester Dome twice!–but local development and the shifting landscape has meant varying amounts of the course are on roads and trails, although the latter have always dominated.

The other thing to keep in mind is that this page is new after the 2016 Equinox, and it is most definitely a work in progress. In particular, we don’t have any relay statistics yet, but they will be coming. If you have suggestions for improvements or corrections, please contact the Web master.

We are deeply indebted to John Estle and his SportAlaska Event Timing for recording and compiling these records over the years, as well as providing the fascinating documents you’ll find at the bottom of this page. And to Chris Swingley for taking over the task!

All-Time Equinox Records

Gender	Class	Name	Record	Year
Male	Marathon Overall	Aaron Fletcher	2:38:14	2019
Female	Marathon Overall	Anna Dalton	3:07:22	2021
Male	Most Marathons Finished	Bob Baker	44
Male	Shortest Victory Margin	Tony Davies	0:00:04.7	1995
Female	Shortest Victory Margin	Marcie Trent	0:00:06.8	1970
Male	Longest Victory Margin	Aaron Fletcher	0:17:07.1	2019
Female	Longest Victory Margin	Gail Bakken-Johnson	0:41:15.0	1963

Equinox Stats and Analysis Documents

Chris Swingley has taken on the mantle of Chief Equinox Data and Stats Czar from John Estle, and has recompiled and updated the stats and analysis documents as of the 2023 Equinox.

If you find any issues with these documents, or can fill in any of the missing data, please contact Chris.

Top 150 Fastest
Champions by Year – and the ever popular Dinner Service list, those who have won every size of plate
Best Masters Runners – runners aged 40 and older that have placed in the top 5 for their gender at least once during their Masters years
Legends of the Equinox – runners who either won Equinox more than once, or had more than four top‑5 finishes along with one win
Best Consecutive Streaks – streaks with more than four consecutive top 5 results
Fastest to Slowest Winners
Most Races Finished – runners with more than twenty Equinox Marathon finishes
Victory Margins – margin of victory for the winner, ordered from shortest to longest
Fastest First Time Runners
Record Progression
Fastest Times For the First 10 Places
Best Runners Never to Win
List of All Top 5 Finishers
Time Rankings by Every Age

Analysis Documents – John Estle Archive

The following documents were provided by John Estle of SportAlaska Event Timing, and explore the breadth and depth of runners of the Equinox over the years. They collectively provide some fascinating insights into the amazing performances of athletes over the years. We’re sure that you’ll be as fascinated as we are by the data.

NOTE: John Estle began a well-earned retirement from timing and data nerd duties in the late 20teens, and these documents were last updated for the 2017 Equinox (more or less). We’re keeping them here for archival purposes. See the Chris Swingley refresh above.