Boston Marathon should do what the Comrades marathon does

Sand Dunes wrote:

Boston Marathon should switch each the start each year. I.e. one year will be up the next will be downhill.

Thoughts?

Have you been to Hopkinton? This is a no-brainer.

I thought you were going to mention the way they handle medals/awards... Gold for top percentage, Silver, etc.

Comrades is over twice the distance, more climbing, and hotter. Can you imagine how much people would complain? Holy hell.

kjlkj wrote:

I thought you were going to mention the way they handle medals/awards... Gold for top percentage, Silver, etc.

I thought you were going to mention having a strict cutoff where a quarter of the field does not finish.

comrade wrote:

kjlkj wrote:

I thought you were going to mention the way they handle medals/awards... Gold for top percentage, Silver, etc.

I thought you were going to mention having a strict cutoff where a quarter of the field does not finish.

I thought you were going to mention moving it to South Africa

comrade wrote:

kjlkj wrote:

I thought you were going to mention the way they handle medals/awards... Gold for top percentage, Silver, etc.

I thought you were going to mention having a strict cutoff where a quarter of the field does not finish.

Another excellent idea, Boston should have Fukuoka standards:

Group A

Marathon: under 2 hours 27 minutes

30 km road race: under 1 hour 35 minutes

Half-marathon: under 1 hour 05 minutes

Group B

Marathon: under 2 hours 35 minutes

30 km road race: under 1 hour 45 minutes

Half-marathon: under 1 hour 10 minutes

Leo Getz wrote:

comrade wrote:

I thought you were going to mention having a strict cutoff where a quarter of the field does not finish.

I thought you were going to mention moving it to South Africa

I thought you were going to mention lengthening beyond the standard marathon lite distance.

Serially wrote:

Sand Dunes wrote:

Boston Marathon should switch each the start each year. I.e. one year will be up the next will be downhill.

Thoughts?

Have you been to Hopkinton? This is a no-brainer.

This was my first thought that finishing in Hopkinton would be a disaster.

A better suggestion for the OP: start your own marathon and reverse it every other year.

no lite here wrote:

Leo Getz wrote:

I thought you were going to mention moving it to South Africa

I thought you were going to mention lengthening beyond the standard marathon lite distance.

I thought you were going to mention letting a bunch of Russians win it.

Trump20202020 wrote:

no lite here wrote:

I thought you were going to mention lengthening beyond the standard marathon lite distance.

I thought you were going to mention letting a bunch of Russians win it.

Jamin would love this idea. Maybe he'll finally find his Ukrainian wife.

no lite here wrote:

Leo Getz wrote:

I thought you were going to mention moving it to South Africa

I thought you were going to mention lengthening beyond the standard marathon lite distance.

I thought you were going to mention busting many of the top runners for using drugs.

Not a bad ideal. Maybe instead keep it the same in April and then in the fall do it in reverse. Compare your times.

I always thought Broad Street 10 mile should do a reverse in the fall. Course is a slight down hill for 10 Miles. Would love to see the difference in times.

That idea has long intrigued me. Not really feasible, but I think it would be cool to do every 5th year or so. Or maybe during years where the normal direction will have a brutal headwind.

They should just cancel it so no one has to hear about this stupid race ever again.

Cancel Boston wrote:

They should just cancel it so no one has to hear about this stupid race ever again.

says someone too slow to qualify

This is a fun idea, but I doubt people will want to finish in Hopkington as opposed to downtown Boston. Simply not the same appeal. I hear that getting into Boston and experiencing the crowds is one of the best parts of the marathon.

WADA wrote:

no lite here wrote:

I thought you were going to mention lengthening beyond the standard marathon lite distance.

I thought you were going to mention busting many of the top runners for using drugs.

I thought you were going to mention giving runners green numbers after ten Boston finishes.

Green 26.2 mile wrote:

WADA wrote:

I thought you were going to mention busting many of the top runners for using drugs.

I thought you were going to mention giving runners green numbers after ten Boston finishes.

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Hmm, where's the history in reversing ? No....Comrades comrades. Boston is Boston.