Can people stop talking about the Boston Marathon?

Are you whining? For shame!

Squeakers please ESAD!

What annoys me is when people relate EVERY marathon to Boston.

I run a PR and am fairly pleased with my performance. Am asked by other runner "does that qualify you for boston?". That wasn't my goal!

People run marathons expressly to qualify! I think it cheapens other races when they have to put in the FAQ that they are a "Boston Qualifying" race.

Oh well. Being a T&F fan, I'm in a select minority that have any actual knowledge of the sport and realize that running a BQ isn't the huge deal that many make it out to be.

Seems like you cannot, OP.

I also would like to whine about all the whiners. Also, whiny people who keep whining about people whining about the whining also really piss me off.

vicious cycle bitch?

The baa has a good system for registration now. I give them a thumbs up for this.

The marathon they out on is a great event.

The only problem I have is the nonsense security measures they implemented last year.

Like what? Please reveal the security measures in the board who never raced Boston and believes it is a parade for amateurs.

5Ks baby

Having no bag check at the start. Limiting what can be brought to the start,

The weird thing they attempted was to try to organize it so people would line up at the high school and walk to the start in groups. That was a mess. Minor stuff but it did nothing for security if someone wanted to commit some act.

Long not hair wrote:

Having no bag check at the start. Limiting what can be brought to the start,

The weird thing they attempted was to try to organize it so people would line up at the high school and walk to the start in groups. That was a mess. Minor stuff but it did nothing for security if someone wanted to commit some act.

What did you expect? The event was in high alert. Entitled freaks like you expect way too much and always complaining.

Maybe a diamond encrusted red carpet rolled out for your boston homecoming would make you happy

Give me a break

I said it was a great event and am going to do it again. I had one complaint that I said as minor.

I love the love it all or leave it attitude guys like you have. The truth is the added security measures last year were a joke and did not effectively do much for security against someone who was determined to do something stupid. I doubt the baa was even responsible for some of the decisions so I do not really even blame them.

If it was minor, why bother mentioning it?

Dummy

The terrorists won.

[quoyoue]Sentinel wrote:board

Like what? Please reveal the security measures in the board who never raced Boston and believes it is a parade for amateurs.

5Ks baby[/quote]

Did you mean to say-To the board ??

5k's / Marathons Can't we all just get along like the song, oh wait don't know any song like that.

What ever steps they feel the need to take to prevent anything like that from happening again is fine by me.

"parade of amateurs" You so funny !!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I dont really care about the Boston Marathon. Or any marathon for that matter. I'd much rather work on my 1 mile, 5k, 10 pr than waste my life slogging an extra 50 mi a week. That cant be good for you at some point.

Boston is the holy grail for marathoners. If it weren't Boston then it would be some other, but the fact is that all sports have their holy grail. Having a goal to reach is motivation for most people.

In our sport we're fortune to have an event for non professionals that we can compete in on the same day over the same course.

Does NFL football offer something equivalent for non professionals?? Didn't think so. How about the NBA? Didn't think so.

If you're relatively fast at marathons then this is your holy grail.

I also love 5k racing. I've identified Carlsbad as the event that I should train specifically for to attempt a new PR. No qualifying standard that I know of but still a suitable goal to pursue, but at 5k.