Bummed my marathon not til Feb, I know it will be full by then.
Ive BQd 3 times but was sick at Baystate.
SALUTARY====new favourite word
Bummed my marathon not til Feb, I know it will be full by then.
Ive BQd 3 times but was sick at Baystate.
SALUTARY====new favourite word
So why didn't you "BQ" in Boston??
me thinks wrote:
Boston should up their qualifying standards by five minutes across the board for all age groups. Then it wouldn't fill up in November or something like that.
i would think they WANT the race to fill up early - they get the money for entries faster.
as an aside, the 1st std for boston in 1970 was 4 hours for everyone.
I'm not a big fan of running along with 30,000 runners but since I'm sitting on a 3:01 qualifier that should put me up in corral 2 I was thinking of trying it again but those greedy bastards want $130.00 this year. I have the money but the principals of these rip-offs is unbelievable. Still pondering
Any inside sources know where we stand on this topic? I'm holding out as long as possible to register. Have some knee issues that I'm waiting to get over before I commit. They should post the number of remaining entries on the website or something.
Lee Greenwood wrote:
So why didn't you "BQ" in Boston??
Interesting question. I wonder how many people BQ at Boston...I am sure their are stats out there, but I am too lazy right now to look it up.
I have said for years that its too easy to qualify, especially for the younger women.
OldManRunner wrote:
I wonder how many people BQ at Boston...I am sure their are stats out there, but I am too lazy right now to look it up
According to this link about 40% of the field at Boston requalified in the 2008 race:
http://www.marathonguide.com/races/BostonMarathonQualifyingRaces.cfmIt's kind of interesting that 2004, the ferociously hot year, that Boston didn't make the list of races with high percentages of qualifiers.
As for an update, it is likely that it won't make it past November or even Thanksgiving...
Yep - 3:01 will most likely put you in Corral 3. Unless it is 3:01:0x. Plus you are not running with 30,000 other runners. The field is usually 25-26,000 runners and broken up into two waves. And for $130, the BAA puts on a pretty good, competitive race. Even if you went sub-3 last year, you weren't in the top 1000.