Records in the presence of a linear trend

Records from the sequence Yn = Xn + cn, n . 1 are analyzed, where {Xn} is a strictly stationary random sequence. We prove various limit theorems for the record rate, record times, and record values. The situation when {Xn} is a stationary Gaussian process is considered with special attention given to Gaussian ARMA sequences. Data for the 400 and 800 metre races are used to illustrate these results.