| Ute guy |
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I live in Utah and we're growing downhill marathons like weeds. I think race directors are trying to make St. George look up hill. |
| ARM. |
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I was on vacation a few summers ago and ran the bryce canyon 1/2M - almost all downhill - after 5 miles of steep down, it was rough. So much pounding. Felt like I ran an entire mararthon by the end. |
| cenotaph |
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plus for 2012 significantly downhill courses were not eligible |
| scotticus |
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Were all the downhill ones like Steamtown or St. George ineligible or was it the "falling off the cliff" types only? How did they draw the line? |
| cenotaph |
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st george definitely ineligible. pretty sure steamtown too. their criteria was the course had to be <4.25m/km to count. for reference (and the reason 4.25 is the cutoff) boston iirc is 4.23m/km |
| That's hippy talk |
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What about Bay State? |
| HRE |
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New Hampshire. But I didn't know there was a marathon there. |
| stats rock |
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Why are you going to that site when you've got Marathonguide.com? They're the most comprehensive website for anything and everything about the marathon. Here's their page for Biggest and Best Boston Qualifiers, with 10 years of data. http://www.marathonguide.com/races/BostonMarathonQualifyingRaces.cfm There's also ARRS, with their race time bias for elite performances. http://www.arrs.net/TB_Mara.htm |
| Tucson Vet |
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I'd have to disagree. I've run both St. George and Tucson several times each, and I've always done far better at St. George. St. George is also a much better run race. Pam Reed, on the other hand, is one of the worst race directors ever, to the point where I will never run Tucson again. |
| sydney |
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yeah. marthonguide used to be good when it first started. the reviews were helpful, but now they're junk. unless of course you are interested in hearing people complain about the size of the medal or that there wasn't their favorite donut at the finish line. |
| 0bamao |
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It's in one of the 7 new states created in 2008 during voter redistricting: Afghanistan Egypt France Germany Libya Pakistan Puerto Rico |
| Scrantonicity |
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I know of one instance of someone qualifying with their performance at Steamtown. |
| Xplainer |
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----- ^ This is the correct answer. STOP with these down hill races; STOP!!! You prove nothing & no one cares about your race down a significant grade. |
| madder max |
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What about down an insignificant grade? |
| Multiple Chambana Finisher |
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Forget about how boring the U of I course is - a fast course also has to do with how many turns are required. Illinois has many odd sections through a park and tons of turns. Definitely not even comparable to the top courses in the US. Join that with nearly always windy conditions in central Illinois and the course is generally slow. |
| stats rock |
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If you don't like the recent comments, just flip back to the older comments. Ex. I just looked up the Baltimore Marathon, and there's 390 comments going back to 2001. There's so many different tools and years and years of stats on it. There's no other marathon website that's as comprehensive. Great resource. |
| Heat wayv |
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From the Marathon Guide site. Only 12.5% of the Boston runners requalified this year. I wonder how that compares to previous Heat years? |
| are the you there? |
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John, is that you? LOL |
| 2:45 guy |
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Myrtle Beach. Flat, Fast, and Cool. |
| Bennett |
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I'd go with CIM. Slight downhill, some good competition, wel run. |