I am running NYC this year to qualify for Boston in 2014. I am trying to beat the 3:25 qualifying time by 10 minutes so i can register early. So sub 3:15 is my goal which I feel is doable since it is only 7:25 pace and my regular training pace is just that. What corral # would a time of 3:13-3:14 place me in?
NYC Bound wrote:
I am running NYC this year to qualify for Boston in 2014. I am trying to beat the 3:25 qualifying time by 10 minutes so i can register early. So sub 3:15 is my goal which I feel is doable since it is only 7:25 pace and my regular training pace is just that. What corral # would a time of 3:13-3:14 place me in?
Usually towards the back of the first wave when they had 2 waves, 6-7th corral or so.
2011 and 2012 there where 3 waves and a 3:19 put me into the 1st corral of the 2nd wave.
my dog chased a lizzard wrote:
2160 - that is a lot of people.
Say 500 aren't interested in doing it this year.
So that reduces the number of qualifiers by about 1500 or so.
Yes but keep in mind that maybe 20% of them would have qualified again (in Boston or elsewhere) and would have signed up for 2013 anyway.
I don't think the impact will be too big.
Dont' forget that only 2,705 people BQ'd at Boston in 2012. (Due to the faster quantifying time and the extreme heat.) In 2011, 10,374 BQ'd at Boston. That's a delta of 7,600! That means a LOT of people had to find a summer marathon to run if they wanted in this year.
Not if they ran a fall 2011 marathon.
Also why not run a faster fall marathon than NYC?
JerseyTrash wrote:
Not if they ran a fall 2011 marathon.
Also why not run a faster fall marathon than NYC?
True, but my main point was that 7,500 less people had a qualifying time in 2012 than in 2011.
2010 New York had 5,396 BQ times while 2011 had 6,156. Only a increase of 760 people.
The more difficult BQ time will out weigh any amount of 2012 deferrals.